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No Gatekeeping Here: Influencers Share Their Favorite Place to Shop for DIY Supplies (and It’s Not Amazon)

Is there a craft-aissance happening? (Crafting renaissance, that is.) Lately, our social media feeds have been filled with more DIY and handmade tutorials than we can shake a glue stick at. And the one thing they have in common? The creators are all shopping for their specialty supplies at Michaels.com. Whether it's soap molds shaped like cake slices, leather hole punches or specialty beads, they're finding what they need for any project at Michaels.com.

The beloved arts, crafts and home decor store’s expanded online product assortment now offers over 1 million products, from essentials for the most tried-and-true projects to specialty supplies you’d normally be hard-pressed to find. Since Michaels has made it easier than ever to find what you need to get creative, here are four of our favorite DIYs now trending on Tiktok, and how to recreate them yourself.

1. Leather Belt Tutorial

  • Time Commitment: 1 hour
  • Degree of Difficulty: 7/10

2. Cereal Soap Tutorial

Time Commitment: 4+ hours
Degree of Difficulty: 9/10

3. Fairy Necklace Tutorial

Time Commitment: 1.5 hours
Degree of Difficulty: 3/10

4. Cheesecake Candle Tutorial

Time Commitment: 5 hours
Degree of Difficulty: 4/10


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Director, Branded Content + Cohost, Royally Obsessed Podcast

As Director of Branded Content at Gallery Media Group, Roberta helps oversee the ideation and execution of sponsored content and experiential campaigns across PureWow and ONE37pm, including PureWow’s 24 in ’24. She began her career in editorial nine years ago, and has written and edited countless articles on news, trends, fashion, beauty and the royal family. She’s also cohost of the Royally Obsessed podcast, named one of the best royals podcasts by The New York Times and Town & Country. She cowrote the book Royal Trivia: Your Guide to the Modern British Royal Family.