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DIY - Pretty Pens. Here is a super easy, super cheap way of customizing your own pens!

DIY - Pretty Pens

Keep reading to find out how. What you will need: • Biros • Patterned Paper or fabric • Scissors • Double sided tape Directions Unscrew the biro so that you are just left with the inside part. Cut a rectangle of fabric the length of the inner tube and approx 2cm wide. It should look like this ^ 9 fun polymer clay tutorials from beginners to advanced.

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Paper Crafts. Organisation. Couture. Beauty. Jewelry. 100 Ways to Repurpose Everything. Think this title is a tall order?

100 Ways to Repurpose Everything

Well, you’re in for a post of epic eco-tastic proportions. So epic that you may need to give your computer or mobile device an extra moment to load all of our pretty pictures. Seeing as we love to repurpose just about anything under the sun, we’re celebrating Earth Day by serving up 100 of our favorite ways to upcycle, reuse, and transform everyday materials into creative new things to wear, hang on the wall, and give to friends. 1. Newspaper Party Hats: We’ll kick things off with a must for any celebration: party hats! 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 52 Weeks Project.

31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects. Thursday, June 14, 2012 4:30 am, Posted by Chris Groves | Internet 20 Awesome Do It Yourself Projects Topics: At Home Project Ideas , Creative DIY Home Projects , Do It Yourself Projects for 2012 , Fun How To Projects , What to Do with Extra Stuff Are you bored and have a bunch of extra little items hanging around here and there?

Well we were in the same boat so we decided to round up 20 different awesome at home projects you can do. Anything from soda pop cap lids to spoons and more. 11 cheap gifts guaranteed to impress science geeks. Science comes up with a lot of awesome stuff, and you don't need a Ph.D, a secret lab, or government funding to get your hands on some of the coolest discoveries.

11 cheap gifts guaranteed to impress science geeks

We've got a list of 11 mostly affordable gifts that are guaranteed to blow your mind, whether or not you're a science geek. Click on any image to see it enlarged. 1. Aerogel Also known as frozen smoke, Aerogel is the world's lowest density solid, clocking in at 96% air. Aerogel isn't just neat, it's useful. Price: $35. 8 Cute DIY Bookmark Ideas. Bookmarks | 26 comments I don’t really use real bookmarks.

8 Cute DIY Bookmark Ideas

I’m not sure why. They’re not expensive, or hard to make, but I tend to just pick up whatever to mark my pages. Old receipts, scraps of paper, a pencil, etc. But I don’t ever dog ear my pages. 40+ Craft Ideas for HIM! Ideal for Birthday's, Father's Day & Christmas. If you're new here, you may want to join us on Facebook or Google +.

40+ Craft Ideas for HIM! Ideal for Birthday's, Father's Day & Christmas

Thanks for visiting! Welcome to the “Gift Ideas for Him” craft round up! There are so many crafts and tutorials out there to delight children, girlfriends, mother’s and sisters and yet, it is always hard to find really good craft ideas for him – either the man in your life or your father or a brother! Project 6: Canvas Art « A Smith of All Trades. You don’t have to know how to sew to work with fabrics.

Project 6: Canvas Art « A Smith of All Trades

I’m OK at sewing, but my machine is missing the pedal… Oops. DIY Painted Feathers. I’ve always loved the idea of painting fake feathers, and with festival season underway it seemed like the perfect time to do it.

DIY Painted Feathers

I originally thought of these purely as decorations but then it occurred to me that they’d be a great finishing touch for a festival outfit. This is a great activity to do outside on a warm sunny day, and once you start it’s slightly addicting! What you need: fake feathers, paint (I used acrylic paint), and a paint brush. I got this paint from Utrecht and I love it. Repurposed Hardcover Book to Notebook Tutorial. Sweetheart Tray. My honey and I aren’t big on lavish expenditures on Valentine’s Day.

Sweetheart Tray

Usually, we spend it at home with just a few decadent treats like dark chocolate and champagne ~ a thoughtful card with a sweet sentiment is always exchanged. For the longest time, I’ve been wanting to craft something with the sheet music from our wedding song, but couldn’t decide what to do. A card? A picture frame mat? Then it came to me a few days ago! Perfect for serving chocolates and bubbly today . .

Cake postcard tutorial. Supplies Materials needed to make two cake postcards: 1 large sponge (yellow paints the best)Serrated knifeX-Acto or utility knifeSpray paint (brown, yellow, pink or white)1 tube acrylic latex caulk (brown, cream or white)Spray adhesive (3M Super 77 works great!)

Cake postcard tutorial

Cardboard, kraft paper or scrapbook paper Instructions. Craft Tutorial 3: How to make Crayon Pendants. Materials: Old Crayons, knife (implement to cut up crayons very finely), old chopping board, silicone baking trays, toothpick, length of cord Step 1-4 Peel all the wrappers off the old crayons, sort the crayons into colour groupings.

Craft Tutorial 3: How to make Crayon Pendants

Chop them all nice and small. I used a knife, you could also use a chees grater. Crayon Hearts : An Eco-Friendly Gift. No need to chuck all those broken pieces of crayon that drive you nuts! Find a jar and start saving them so that you can make some pretty awesome gifts for your kid’s friends. We made our first batch of crayon hearts for Valentine’s Day after I read about them on Whipperberry. They are super easy to make and look really cool. And best of all, it’s turning trash into treasure. How to Make Paper Pencils (tutorial) How to Transfer a Photograph Onto a Block of Wood. Lana's Podge DIY. I have seen many tutorials on making your own version of Mod Podge that I just had to try it myself.

For those of you that don't know what Mod Podge is: It's a glue that is normally used for decoupaging, but a lot of crafters also use it for pretty much everything else, because it attaches on almost every surface giving a sheer finish.The down part of Mod Podge is, is that it's kinda expensive. Dump A Day Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Crafty - 35 Pics. Washi Tape. Let's talk tape! You might be wondering what all this fuss about tape is. You might be asking yourself - what is washi tape??? So, let's start at the beginning:

DIY Washi Tape Laptop Keyboard. Look whose little old MacBook got a facelift this weekend! HOW TO: Create a Home Made Wax Seal (16 Pics. Polymer Clay Web - Dedicated to polymer clay and its many uses - fimo, premo, sculpey - jewelry, sculpting, miniatures, canes. How To Make a Cut Out Monogram to Hang on a Wall or a Front Door.