Stormdrane's Blog. How To: Make Typographic Gift Wrap » Man Made DIY | Crafts for Men « Keywords: gift, christmas, wrapping, gift-wrap. This year, I vowed to only make or buy handmade holiday gifts for my friends and family, and I've kept to it so far. But wrapping these gifts in commercial paper didn't seem to make much sense, so I wanted to create some handmade gift wrap to match. I happen to think a gift wrapped in newsprint is actually quite attractive, and love the look of text on a package, but wanted to put in a little more effort. So I came up with a cool option that's clean, masculine, and maintains the typographic look of the newsprint. Plus, it eliminates the need for any "to:/from" tags, as the recipient's name is right there in tasteful type. Once I figured it out, it was actually quite easy and quick - less than ten minutes per gift. The unbleached brown craft paper is only $1.25 per roll, and the book pages came from 25¢ war novel at the secondhand shop.
To me, this beats the pants off of any mass-produced "Ho Ho Ho" paper in both price and style. Here's how to do it: Materials and Tools 1. 2. 3. 4a. 4b. 5. Whirl-it lampshade - Whirl-it lampshade - free DIY tutorial. We really needed a new lamp, and we´ve planned to make one for months. This week we finally got around to it. It takes a bit of different materials, but it´s really easy when you´ve started. We recommend making it outdoors, as it gets quite messy. The result is pretty neat, especially at night when the threads cast shadow on the walls. We planned to make the lamp using the yarn Garnstudio Ice, but it ran out really quickly, and we had to improvise by using a thinner yarn to complete it.
Perhaps it happened for a reason - we really like the contrasts between the yarn quality and colours. Happy whirling! What we used One big, round balloon. How we did itGather all the materials.Put the yarn into the glue and mix properly. Fill the balloon to a desireable size. Hang it and start whirling. Whirl pretty tightly. Sewing. Last week it took a melt down for me to carve some time for selfish sewing. I’ve been really busy with black friday business for I Still Love Calligraphy, prepping for Alt Summit and taking care of kiddos. No complaints though!! We’re flabbergasted at how quickly the calligraphy kits sold out (buying supplies for more kits tomorrow!). Your support has made putting food on the table and a roof over our heads possible. Thank you for keeping us busy! In addition to being busy, it’s been cold around our neck of the woods. I found this crochet-like sweater knit several months ago. I used the oatmeal for a lining (this hoodie is technically reversible), for the cuffs and the hood.
The briar sweater pattern fit the bill for this piece. This hoodie took some time to complete since I lined it (sewing both inner and outer tops separately, then connecting them with the hems). I also sewed the leggings from the block I made back in September (you can get a PDF pattern here, too). Outfit details: Crafts — Page 2. Irresistible by DaisyCrafts In Little House knitting news, I was halfway through knitting a second sock yesterday when I put down my needles and took up another set of needles.
Tiny ones, size 1. When I’m in second sock mode I sometimes need a little break, not from knitting, but from that pair of socks. I’d seen a […] Read the full article Make a Felted Wool Rose These are so easy I wanted to share them with you. Read the full article. Why make stuff? Peter Callesen. Sunflowers, and spiders ah ha! | Debbiedoo's. JUNK CAMP. A picture of Ron, my UPS man, would have been a better shot. The packages laying on my front stoop will have to do. What's in them you ask? Well it is Friday, and I am scratching my head once again asking myself what in the heck happened to the week of August 4th 2008?
Since I did such a lousy job of documenting my movement through out the week I decided to refer to my infamous black book. Ask anyone that knows me and they will tell you I never leave home without it. As not to bore you with the insignificant details, I will offer up the highlights of this past week. Monday August 4 2008 *Rented Gary's Firetruck for the Bonanza. Tuesday August 5 2008 *Reorganized storage locker with Muffys' help. *Decided on a logo for my new company, Junk Revolution. Wednesday August 6 2008 *Had a phone meeting with Kelly at Country Home discussing December column. Thursday August 2008 *Collaborated with the Junk Bonanza posse on vendor procedures, logistics, details, paperwork and PR. Tutorial. Since the busiest gift giving season will soon be upon us (whether we want to believe it or not) I decided to create a set that shows you how to combine different tools to make gift embellishments and a card idea.
Keep in mind that the flower idea can be made with many colors and even be a useful way to use small scraps (you know I enjoy those projects). Flower The Martha Stewart Punch Around sets are a great way to add a decorative border to any project. But instead of showing you how that works (you can see that here) I decided to make something that uses them in a different way. This simple flower just uses the corner punch! Materials: - The corner punch of a Martha Stewart Punch Around Punch set - One letter-sized sheet of dark blue paper - Paper trimmer or scissors - Glue - Button Steps: - Using the paper trimmer cut 20 - 1/2" x 3" strips of paper and 3 - 1/2" x 2" strips of paper Rosette Materials: - The edge punch of a Martha Stewart Punch Around Punch - Glue ) - Glue.
Gift tag no. 3 - popsicle sticks. Here is a new gift tag/gift decor project for the series that I'm creating because of the holiday season. I didn't use any paper for this one. I'm trying to use what I have so this version is using a tiny part of my popsicle sticks stash. The design is fairly simple - one stick to use for a holiday message, another for "FROM" and the last one for the "TO" information. Materials:- 3 popsicle sticks- yarn (enough to make it around the gift about two-three times.- drill I drilled a hole on each end of the sticks (1/4" from the end). Then I started wrapping the yarn around the gift starting from the back and threading it through each of the sticks.
The ends are tied in a knot on the back. What the back looks like. The diagram below shows the way I wrapped the yarn around the gift. That's it! Hints + tips:- There are wider craft sticks that can be used for this. EDIT - Tonia gave me the following tip regarding the cracking in the comments below. Thanks Tonia! Ana White | Free and Easy DIY Furniture Plans to Save You Money.