SCLSNJ Offers Popular DIY and Crafting How-To Digital Resource

If you made a New Year’s resolution to learn a new creative skill or to explore your artistic side, then look no further than your library. The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) now offers Creativebug, an online learning platform for arts and crafts workshop and technique videos.

The crafty resource has over 1,000 tutorials instructed by industry experts who have been featured in publications such as “Vogue,” “Martha Stewart Living,” and “O Magazine.” Library customers can discover their creative side through painting, knitting, screen printing, and much more.

“Once you set up an account, you can learn from anywhere using any device,” said Linda Tripp, SCLSNJ collection development librarian. “You can stop and start videos or even repeat them – it’s all at your own pace. We anticipate the classes, especially those on art, sewing, quilting, and cake decorating, to be as popular with our patrons as our print items.”

For those looking to find success with your New Year’s resolutions, try exploring on the creativebug website some of these titles: Planners 101: Creative Ideas for Choosing and Using a Planner, DIY Cleaning Products and Craft Organization, Revamp Your Creative Space, Meditative Art Journaling, DIY Year Planner, and more!

In addition to the variety of instructional videos, there are downloadable patterns, templates, and recipes designed for both beginners and experts.

New classes are released daily. Explore Creativebug today in branch or at home using your Library card: creativebug.com/lib/sclsnj.

About Somerset County Library System of New Jersey

Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) partners with you to connect, to explore, to share and to discover. Together we enrich lives, expand knowledge and strengthen communities. SCLSNJ branches can be found in Bridgewater, Bound Brook, Hillsborough, Manville, North Plainfield, Peapack & Gladstone, Rocky Hill at Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, Somerville, Warren Township, and Watchung. Additionally, there are two SCLSNJ reading stations in Branchburg and Washington Valley. Visit SCLSNJ.org.

(above) The Somerset County Library System of New Jersey (SCLSNJ) now offers Creativebug, an online learning platform for arts and crafts workshop and technique videos. “Once you set up an account, you can learn from anywhere using any device,” said Linda Tripp (pictured), SCLSNJ collection development librarian. “You can stop and start videos or even repeat them – it’s all at your own pace. We anticipate the classes, especially those on art, sewing, quilting, and cake decorating, to be as popular with our patrons as our print items.” Explore Creativebug today in branch or at home using your Library card: creativebug.com/lib/sclsnj.