Make Your Mark
This do-it-yourself series features the creative talents and enthusiastic personality of the top-selling craft book author Mark Montano. The trend-setting former fashion designer and his guest experts create affordable, accessible and customizable projects for the whole family. Each episode allows Mark to explore a fun theme — from Halloween and Downton Abbey to Fashion Week.
Episodes
Recreate some earthly elements as found across Mother Nature. Connecting to our natural home, these green crafts include faux rocks, paper plants, and an agate bracelet.
Engage in the art of stamps in new and creative forms this episode. With projects that purpose materials like fabric, metal, and pencil erasers to making rubber stamps of your own, the simple craft is reimagined.
Level up your car’s interior with air fresheners and travel desk with a flip-up tray. Some other crafts this episode includes car-themed wall decor, bracelets, and key hooks.
Hit the books in an unconventional way this episode. With crafts like book page glass dishes, mixed-media necklaces, and homemade smashbooks, reading is not the only way to engage with books.
From zip tie jewelry to decoden jars, Mark provides some new tools to enhance anyone's DIY repertoire. Utilize basic hardware finds for fun at-home crafting projects.
This illuminating episode features light up jewelry, candle holders, and chandeliers to brighten your home.
This episode, Mark shares his fashionable ideas for a mirror, tutu skirt, free-standing clothing rack and glamorous accessories.
Get ready for spooky season with projects like a flapper costume and various decorations including Day of the Dead paper mâché skulls, paper spiders, and glow-in-the-dark stepping stones.
Inspired to recycle, Mark turns junky into funky as he dumpster dives and thrift-shops for DIY projects ranging from a guitar strap to chairs. For the conscious crafter, bring new life and use to items that are thrown or given away.
This episode highlights the beauty of the backyard — cabanas, shadow boxes, votives and smore makers.
Mark's silver-themed projects include a glamorized table, a kids’ knight shield and metal shelves.
A walking stick, three-mirror vanity, black jewelry, and painted tea set brings to life PBS’ hit show Downton Abbey.
Mark celebrates the holidays and shares his project ideas for DIY cardboard ornaments and wreaths, snow globes, wrapping, and a standing plywood tree.
