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DIY Vertical Terrarium Mini Garden Wedding Favors. We’re approaching the end of our DIY wedding favor series, but I guarantee you will love our last picks as much as the first ones.

DIY Vertical Terrarium Mini Garden Wedding Favors

These vertical terrarium wedding favors make great gifts because they don’t take any room, and are extremely easy to maintain. Who wouldn’t want to bring a little bit of the outdoors to their home or office? – Gravel (can be found at any pet store in the aquarium section) – Air plants, cactus or succulents (you will need a small amount of potting soil if not using air plants) – Moss – spray paint – magnetic metal tins (from here or here, you just need to slap magnetic tape on the back!) – Dremel tool – painter’s tape – E6000 glue Cover your tins with painter’s tape before you begin spray painting the inside of them.

Place acrylic tops back in the metal frame of the caps and glue both pieces. Once your tins are dry from spray paint, remove tape and wash tins with water and soap. DIY Ombre Projects. Hanging Basket Garden DIY. We have a sweet little backyard at our new house but with a rambunctious puppy and a curious two-year-old, many of my efforts to plant things in the ground have been thwarted.

Hanging Basket Garden DIY

Well, more like dug up, chewed up, and pulled apart. I was determined to have some sort of herb garden so I got smart and came up with my own version of a vertical garden. I used supplies I already had on hand and bought herbs and flowers that would take the same amount of sun. I put this together on a Sunday afternoon and have enjoyed it from my kitchen window all week! 1. This is a great project for renters, apartment dwellers, or anyone who wants to enjoy just a little bit more greenery. Use this same idea in your studio to house crafting supplies, store your fruits and vegetables where you can see them in your kitchen, or add it to your bathroom to store toilet paper and washcloths. 1. This is a great project for renters, apartment dwellers, or anyone who wants to enjoy just a little bit more greenery.

Personalised candles. Personal picture {clocks} ***Update: I was recently asked if you just keep the board the same size as the picture, and the answer is yes. :) Inevitably because of the cutting there will be a tiny bit of spacing you can see which is why we painted it, as well as to make the sides uniform as you don't want them to be brown mdf.

personal picture {clocks}

Unless you do, than that's ok too. ;) Sorry, I would have emailed you the info, but there's no contact. :) I was also asked how I got the numbers to be perfect on the board, I used a template of a clock online. Just google clock template. I put that in a layer on photoshop and marked with the paint tool where each number was, then I put my own in. Pennant Rubber Stamp Roller. While at the hardware store the other day, this seam roller caught my eye.

Pennant Rubber Stamp Roller

It’s a tool for wallpapering. Then, from my kitchen junk drawer, I dug up a grocery store produce rubber band and a new project was born. Make a roller blind with a personal aside - Boligliv. 31 Insanely Easy And Clever DIY Projects. Beaded Garland Wall Art DIY. Here’s an easy way to fill up a large wall.

Beaded Garland Wall Art DIY

A few people asked about the beaded wall art from a photo of my old apartment in yesterday’s post, so I thought I’d share the instructions with you. It’s an easy craft project! You’ll need many strands of beaded garland (I used 18), an inexpensive café rod, and a little bit of paint and a paintbrush. Take the café curtain rod and paint it so that it blends in with your wall color. DIY colorful hangers for kids. When you design something meant to be used by kids you have to pay attention to the appearance and appeal.

DIY colorful hangers for kids

Kids need to perceive these items as friendly and fun in order to like them and to use them. With some object it’s easier while with other it’s a little more complex. There is a category of objects that is so common that there aren’t any distinctions between the ones used by adults and by kids. For example, the hangers. They are basically the same for everyone.

Beaded Hangers « Spearmint Decor. How to Make a Pop up Photograph: 9 steps (with pictures) Bookmark Edit Article Using Pop-Out TabsUsing Stability Strips Edited by Carol Barton, Glutted, Jonathan E., Fruit Boy and 43 others Making your favorite photo into a pop-up is fun and relatively easy.

How to Make a Pop up Photograph: 9 steps (with pictures)

Pop up your family, your pet, your best friend, or even your own imaginary scene using magazine cut-outs and drawings. Ad Steps. DIY: Photo pop-up cards. Dollar Store Serving Tray Tutorial. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered wpgb_shadowed"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><img class="enable-pib-img-under" src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon" data-recalc-dims="1"/></div>Thanks for coming by!

Dollar Store Serving Tray Tutorial

How-to: foxy valentine favors. This pocketbook favor box has been totally disguised as a fox – perfectly festive for your Foxy Valentine!

How-to: foxy valentine favors

This is a super easy Valentine craft – just use our How To PDF to trace and cut a few simple paper shapes. Fill with Valentine goodies, or give as Valentine cards (sure to impress!). DIY Wedding Project - Tealight Boxes for Wedding Tables. Bride Kit DIY. Apr 26 This post is sponsored by Dove® ClearTone™ Deodorant – designed to visibly reduce underarm dark marks and even skin tone.

Bride Kit DIY

Here is a really cute gift for someone someone getting married. Tiny Polaroid Magnets. Hi there! It’s felt like forever since I’ve last blogged, and has felt like an eternity since I’ve done anything crafty and nifty. Since my morning sickness has gone into full speed (yes, we’re expecting our third this fall!) I haven’t felt like myself.

31 Days to {Cheaply} Organize your Home. Welcome to 31 Days to {cheaply} organize your home. You are probably here because you want to learn how to organize. Or, you are here because you like to organize. Bubble bath paint. My kids LOVED this. I mixed up some baby bubble bath/body wash with a little cornstarch and a little food colouring and they played in the tub forever. They had so much fun painting the walls and even painting themselves.

I didn’t have to worry about them painting themselves either because I made this with gentle, tear-free, baby wash. It only took minutes to make too, which is always a bonus. Don’t worry about this staining your tub walls either. Russell & Camille: Shoe Clip Tutorial. When I posted some of my most recent crafts earlier, it seemed as though the majority of y'all wanted to learn how to make the shoe clips. I don't blame you! They are so fun to have on hand to dress up an outfit. You can wear them on the shoe (obviously), or clipped to a headband, a belt, in your hair, on a purse, a sweater, you name it! Not to mention they are really fun/unique/affordable gifts for that special someone. So let's get going shall we? There are two different fabric flowers I have used for shoe clips so far.

Life {Sweet} Life: DIY: $5 Apothecary Jars. I recently came across this project on the Dollar Tree Crafts blog, and I absolutely loved it! DIY APOTHECARY JARS!! . DIY Beauty: Make Your Own Lip Balm. 101 Green Handmade Gift Tutorials. These crafty green gift tutorials are going to make you recycle, reuse, upcycle or repurpose like never before…you’ll see. Canvas shoe makeover tutorial. .: DIY makeup holder. DIY Make-Up Storage Idea. ...love Maegan : Fashion, DIY, Home, Lifestyle: French Pouf! Chiffon & Tulle Flower Accessory DIYReader Request Maeg-it Yourself Tutorial ~ Los Angeles. * French Pouf Accessory : Pin, Belt, Hair from Ban.do * Shoe makeover « Mother Crafter. October 12, 2011 at 23:55 | Posted in Before and After, Crafts - DIY, Tutorials | 9 Comments Tags: Alpargatas Argentina, before and after, Footwear, how to, shoe makeover, TOMS Shoes. Handprint pillow keepsake.... OMG—over 200 followers already…thought that goal would take me all year!!

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