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Upcycled Grocery Tote Bag. Crafty accessories. Paper crafts. Things id like to make - maggie makes. How to Make Leaf Skeletons - The Idea Room - StumbleUpon. I wanted to share with you a project from one of my readers who shares with us how to make leaf skeletons.
I LOVE this! I have several leafs in various forms displayed in my home and knew I needed to make some of her leaf skeletons to add to my decor. I love how a pattern of leaves can enhance the beauty in your home. So I asked Heather if she would mind sharing her project with you. You can find more great projects from Heather at her blog The Other White House. I have spent hours and tried various ways of making these. You need washing soda, not baking soda! Gather your leaves. Washing soda is a strong base so you may want to wear gloves when handling the leaves. You will add 3/4 cup of washing soda and 4 cups of water to your pot of leaves. Keep going, you will need to add more water so your pan doesn’t dry out.
When 1.75 hours are up fill a glass baking dish with cool water. I carefully removed them and rinsed with water and added clean water to the pan. 37.1Kstumbleupon. Tanvi Kant / Archive / Award recipients / Explore Crafts. Sustainable jewellery need not be associated with recycled bottle tops and plastic bags.
As Tanvi Kant's work demonstrates, it can be far less crude and much more stylish. She received a Crafts Council Development Award in 2006. 'Untitled' (50cm) by Tanvi Kant; Photo: Tanvi Kant, 2006 Watch Tanvi's video What are your materials? Much of my jewellery is made from old Indian saris belonging to my mother: bright cottons, notes of gold and metallic yarns, these are the colours that reference my Gujarati heritage. Tanvi Kant, Jewellery maker; Photo: Tanvi Kant, 2006 What's the process of creation? My work is a process of unpicking discarded and unwanted materials, then whipping, binding, knotting and sewing the remaining threads into loops, until a form emerges. What are your aims?
I strive to reflect a love of drawing in my work, which – like a doodle coming to life on a page – can be worn and wrapped in different formations around the body. Watch Tanvi's video. Look to inspire. DIY Faux Curled Rosewood Wreath {Made From Rolled Recycled Book Pages} I have seen various versions of Faux Rosewood Wreaths in just about every store and catalog for the upcoming season; most with a price tag running upwards of $40 or more.
Some are crafted of paper and other of real wood shavings. Last year I made a few rolled flower gift toppers from recycled book pages and they remind me so much of the curled wood roses I thought they would make a good substitute. {with a much lower price tag} Materials Needed:Foam Wreath FormRecycled Book PagesLots of Hot GlueRibbon to Hang The full step by step tutorial I posted last year can be found {here}.Basically you layer three book pages together and draw a spiral circle.
Starting with the outside of the spiral, roll the paper inward to create the flower shape. Give the wreath form a light coat of white {or light color} spray paint to help camouflage any see-through spaces. It seriously takes quite a few roses to fill the entire wreath, however I think the finished project has such a unique look.
{Simply Lovely} Make a Lunch Box from a Milk Jug. How to make roses from maple leaves.
V and Co how to: jersey knit bracelet. I don't know what it is about this time of year that makes me just want to have my bare feet in the sand, be watching the sun setting into the ocean, and breathing in the warm salty air of the beach...as i get older, more and more i find myself missing that place i used to go to almost every.single.day. as a teen.
(my skin doesn't miss it. as a matter of fact, i now wish i listened more and DID put SPF on my face...hindsight is 20/20). my mom calls me from her walk on the beach almost every morning... *sigh*yeah, i get a little homesick around this time of the year. heck on my pinterest my "dreaming of summer" has the most pictures in it. ah yes. i miss my ocean. case in point. this bracelet, brought a flood of memories, not because i used to have one like it but because i can totally see me wearing it by the beach, not caring that it's gotten salty and wet, because i can totally make another one in like less than 5 minutes flat when i get home.
*sigh* okay... *cut off excess tails!