Chalkboard Paint. We love using chalkboards as backdrops for displays and parties (like this one here!).
So we were super excited to learn that you can create your own custom colors-and it's really easy! We first learned how from Martha Stewart whose tutorial you can read here. She recommends that you use latex paint, but we tried it out with acrylic paints with much success. Here's how you too can create your own chalkboard paint... Supplies: 1/2 cup acrylic paint (choose any color you like, or mix colors together to make the perfect shade!) 1. 2. Once your chalkboard has fully dried be sure to slate the surface before using it for the first time. Have fun creating any color combination you like!! Window Shutters. Posted by ScrapHacker.com on fredag, mars 16, 2012 · 6 Comments Open your eyes to the possibilities of upcycling old shutters into new awesome creations.
I’ve gathered a pick of 10 inspiring and doable DIY projects (most with link to DIY tutorials) to show you there’s no need to shut the door to shutter futures anywhere. Hope the ideas will inspire some scrap hacking action! Shutter Wall Olive & Love made the shutter wall in the pic below: DIY TUTORIAL – HERE! Shutter Coat Rack Old shutters and some hooks is all it takes to make your own shutter coat rack: Shutter Head Board Blogger Whitney of ‘Create Love Grow’ made the yellow head board in the pic below: Shutter Bulletin Board The Crafty Nest features a DIY Shutter Bulletin TUTORIAL – HERE!
Shutter Store Window Decor Shutter decor in Paul Smith SoHo Store Windows were snapped by The Elegant Thrifter Shutter Wall Display Shutter Sidetable Shutter Screen or Room Divider Some high gloss paint in grey and black achieves a modern feel. Dreamcatchers. I’m really diggin the whole hippy thing.
And while Craig is quick to correct me on the fact that dream catchers are not hippy-ish, I still think of them that way. Natural, care free, simple. All things I relate to those old hippies. hah. The point of a dream catcher is to weed out bad dreams. Depending on who you talk to, there will be two different stories on how this happens. This is not a traditional Native- American dream catcher. What I used: Embroidery Hoop Yarn (or twine, hemp… whatever you have on hand) Beads Feathers Thread Felt Hot Glue Gun.
How to Hollow out a Book. Pick out a hardcover book.
Make sure it's structurally sound and kind of pretty, but wouldn't stick out too much on a bookshelf. Bonus points for a nice book jacket too, but more on that later. Wait, there's more! Glue, a little cup for glue, and an old paintbrush. Take a minute and appreciate the book you're about to totally destroy. Open up the book and find the prettiest page. Meh … Plants are so weird … Nah … It's perfect! Use the X-Acto knife to carefully cut the page out of the book as close to the spine as you can.
Set it aside, out of harm's way. You will, however, need that plastic wrap soon, so whip it out. Tape, too! Flip to the back cover. Close the book so you're looking at the back cover. Wrap the plastic around the cover and tape it in place because you're a cautious person. A really cautious person. Now open up the front of the book and flip through the first few pages. Wrap these pages up with the cover the same way as before. Squeeze some glue into your glue cup. Hi, Maurice! 9 Things to Do With Old Books. Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books?
They accumulate so quickly! Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. Seeing Don DeLillo marked half-off, knowing you dumped a half-caff latte on your copy of Underworld, and – even though only the first three pages are illegible – justifying its purchase. 15+ years of required reading lists stored in boxes in your basement, even though you can bet your bippy you will never willingly read the poetry of Robert Burns again. We are up to our waists in books, some of which we hate (really Master Burns? Scottish dialect? Update: Do to the overwhelming support (HA!) Pistachio Succulent Garden.