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Creative Giving. For the last installment of Sugar & Cloth’s Handmade Holiday, here are a few favorites for DIY gifts. After all, even if they have everything, it still isn’t the same if it’s made by you! 1 Felt Animal Kit | Purl Soho 2 Woolen Pouches | Martha Stewart 3 Tiny Polaroid Magnets | Ambrosia Creative 4 Canvas Leaf Boxes | One Perfect Day 5 Solid Perfume Locket | Design Sponge 6 Wool Camera Wrap | Design Sponge 7 Pom Pom Cowl | The Purl Bee 8 Chalkboard Necklace | Henry Happened 9 Teacup Candles | Martha Stewart 10 Etched Map Serving tray | Design Sponge 11 Leather Envelope iPhone Case | SwellMayde 12 Vintage Coasters | Sugar & Cloth Like this: Like Loading... DIY Projects & DIY Crafts – FP DIY Blog Category | Free People Blog | Page 4.

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Cute as a Button - Amazing Button Crafts from Around the Web. Lately I keep coming across the most adorable button crafts. I seriously want to do them all. The Freckled Nest has two fantastic button crafts that are so cute I had to share them both. First, Spring Button Flowers - This is adorable and I love the simplicity of it. Second, a Framed Cork Display Case for a Button Collection - This reminds me of butterfly specimens and would be perfect to hang in a craft room.

The Factory Direct Craft Blog has a wonderful tutorial on how to make fun button stamps using wine corks and interesting buttons. Ellen's Creative Passage shows how to make a few different beautiful button bracelets. I saw this button color palette at Creating While Waiting. I love this button explosion t-shirt from iCandy Handmade. At MarthaStewart.com there is a great simple tutorial on how to turn your favorite buttons into cute little fridge magnets. I love love love scanner art and I think it can be such a fun activity to do with kids (or all on your own). Cooking ala mel: Harry Potter Kindle & iPhone Covers. Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk. By Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories.

My daughters and I were talking one day as we played hopscotch about how to make chalk and I thought to myself, let’s try it! It ended up being quite a lot of fun. What you will need: • Toilet paper or paper towel tubes • Scissors • Duct tape • Wax paper • Small bucket or disposable container to make the recipe • ¾ cup of warm water • 1 ½ cups Plaster of Paris • 2-3 tablespoons of tempera paint • Paper bag or a “mess mat” ** we made six tubes of chalk – we simply doubled the above recipe Step 1: If you are using paper towel tubes, cut each tube in half, so it is roughly the length of a toilet paper roll tube.

Step 2: Cover one end of each tube with duct table to hold the contents within. Step 3: Cut as many pieces of wax paper as you have tubes.

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Pillow Case Box. I ditched school work today in favour of some crafting :) Here is my creation; A fabric box made using an old pillow case and some cardboard! I started with a plain white pillow case from the thrift store. We live in a tourist town, so lots of plain white hotel linens end up at the thrift store. Woo-hoo! I trimmed off the band at the open end of the pillow case and later used it as a handle on the box. I then sat the pillow case on the counter to create a flat base. I rolled down the top part so that I could see the corners.

I then marked straight lines across the corners... Difficult to see the pencil marks, but they're there! Then I sewed along the pencil lines. The triangular flaps were long enough to sew together, so I did :) Here you can see the box standing up, but it has no support. Inside of the box... (note: this is a great time to attach a handle to the box. To give it some support, I used some cardboard I had lying around. I made a box shape using the cardboard... ... ... Ta-da!

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Random Tutorial Generator. IMG_1708.JPG (640×427) Interiors: Revival tactics. By Clare Nolan UPDATED: 19:00 GMT, 3 April 2010 Leftover fabric pieces, flea-market finds, a handful of beads and buttons… It’s amazing how a few thrifty treasures – and a little imagination – can help you create a chic and unique home If you can’t bear to throw away much loved but chipped or cracked china, put it to good use as decorative planters for easy-to-care-for succulents. You can mix colours, sizes, patterns and styles of china – the more eclectic the collection, the better it looks (car-boot sales and charity shops are great sources, and the high street has some cheap and cheerful options, too). As there aren’t any holes, it’s important to provide a bit of drainage – put a few small pebbles or a layer of fine gravel in the bottom of the cup before you add compost. This is bunting with unique appeal – use images of your choice (eg, photocopied photos, tear-outs from magazines) to decorate each triangle.

Transform plain curtains by sewing on pretty panels and pockets. Project DIY: Party Hats / Ruche Blog.

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Clothes. Shoes. Blogs. Decorations. Anthropologie. Inside Story: Easy DIY Wall Decals + Downloadable Patterns! Is your space craving some change? Only have an afternoon to spend sprucing? Welcome to the last installment of ‘Inside Story,’ our four-part interior design series featuring super simple, low-commitment projects you can conquer in just a few hours. Our Associate Product Manager Fontaine will teach you how to create your own decorative wall decals using minimal supplies and simple skills. Don’t stress about sticking them either—Fontaine has some tips for bubble-free adhesion, too! Part IV: DIY Wall Decals by Fontaine, MC Associate Product Manager Scissors Pencil Masking tape Vinyl contact paper Credit card or ruler Downloadable patterns (linked below) 1. 2. 3. 4. Fontaine’s Tips: Look to our wall decal round-up post for a little inspiration if you’re crafting your own design!

About Laura With a passion for events, interviews, and her pet aloe plants, Laura strives to live in a world where writing poetry evokes celebrity status.