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T-shirt pom poms | Craftaholics Anonymous. Learn how to turn old t-shirts into pom poms! T-shirt Pom Poms are so much more durable than tissue paper ones. And I think they look loads better! Got an old tee or two {or 20!} That you don’t wear anymore? Turn them into *pretty little pom poms! Supplies t-shirts, 1 per pom pomscissorscardboard use round objects to trace circles onto cardboard to make 2 templates like those shown above. i used a roll of tape and my camera lens cap…. the diameter of the outer circle is 6.5″ and the diameter of the inner circle is 2.5″. you can play around with different template sizes to get different sized pom poms. cut your t-shirt into 1/2″ strips. i only used from the arm pits down on each shirt. . take one strip and one template and place strips as shown close to the inner circle. sandwich the strip by putting the other template on top. take a fabric strip and place on cardboard with the end even with the outer edge. continue winding the strips around the template until you reach the other side.

30 Days of Creativity: Days Twelve and Thirteen | Discover Paper. Aluminum Can Ornaments. Thank you for visiting Little House in the Suburbs. Please subscribe and you'll get great simple living tips and how-to articles delivered to your inbox, for free! Today’s post began where so many of our posts seem to originate: The Recycling Bin What you need: Empty aluminum beverage cans Scissors Sandpaper (sanding block is helpful but not necessary, or wrap sandpaper around a bit of wood) Pen or pencil Ribbon or cord for hanging 1. Start with an aluminum drink can. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. PS: Welcome Stumblers: Thank you for dropping by! Other Posts that went crazy on StumbleUpon:Making Soap from Kitchen Grease Secrets of the No-Sew Rag Rug. A Little Light Reading - CRAFTSTER CRAFT CHALLENGES. Make-up Magnet Board. We all know with craft blogs that original ideas are often hard to come by, we find ideas we love and make them our own but we didn't come up with the idea ourselves.

I feel like I've finally done something original here and I'm excited about it. I'll show you the finished product and then explain. Behold my Make-up Magnet Board. I have a friend who is beautiful and stylish and has always loved make-up but recently took a course that intensified her love. Her renewed interest has worn off on me and it made me remember eye shadows I'd hidden away that were gathering dust. The basket was a mess and I was overwhelmed with all my choices never knowing what to use, digging through to see what I had and find what I wanted was a pain. I painted it (The hard way, with a brush instead of spray paint.

I went to the hardware store and picked up some metal and had them cut it to fit inside my frame. Here comes the brilliant part though. Next I wanted a place to store my brushes and liners though. Make grow gather - Posts - summercraft: simple decoration for paper lanterns. Surely last holiday season, you saw those mini gingerbread houses that perch on the edge of your mug of hot chocolate?

The ones that made your heart break a little with the utter genius and cuteness of the idea? Well, meet Megan of Not Martha. I have long admired her talent and creativity. Last fall, I got to spend a weekend in her company and meet the warm, talented spirit behind the clever ideas and beautiful photography. So for all these reasons, I am thrilled to have her and her stunner of a DIY project here as part of Lazy Summer.

We have a bunch of paper lanterns left over from our wedding reception and I had been planning on hanging them around our deck this summer. Here is a picture of one by night and by day next to a lantern that I used as the base. Do you remember that craft we did as kids where you twist a small square of tissue paper over the eraser end of a pencil, dip it in glue, and stick it down to paper plate to decorate a valentine or a holiday wreath? Notes: 1. 2. Bird Mobile. Crafty. 16 Headband Tutorials | Croq Zine - The Blog.

As a busy mom of three little boys, I don’t always have time to do my hair. (Like, never, actually! I try to sneak in sessions with my flatiron while the boys are distracted with a cartoon… IF I have to leave the house. If I don’t, my hair looks like the bus driver from South Park’s… i.e., bird’s nest. Hmm, a bird’s nest headband sounds kind of cute and funny, actually!) Notes from a very red kitchen just hosted a Headband Tutorial Roundup, and there were some super headbands represented! The roundup was full of inspiration, but this rose and pearl headband by Whitney was one of my favorites. This scrappy leather headband by Missie Krissie is super cute, too! Other Headband Resources: I loved this Braided Headband tutorial when I saw it a few months ago, by Cakies (shown above) I loooved this yarn braided headband when I saw it a few months ago at EvaForeva (don’t you just LOVE the styling of the pic, too?)

I like this lovebird headband at Crafty Bitch. Victorian Stencils. 1/15clover.jpg 2/15corner.jpg 3/15corner2.jpg 4/15cornerflower.jpg 5/15fern.jpg 6/15fleurdelis.jpg 7/15flips.jpg 8/15Flower.jpg 9/15letterhead.jpg. Shrink plastic ring tutorial. Thank you to everyone who requested a shrinkydinks ring tutorial!

This tutorial is an experimental method, not an exact science – you should have fun playing with it… UPDATE: Since posting this very popular tutorial in 2008, I’ve answered every question imaginable in the comments of this post. If you have questions, you’re welcome to trawl back through the hundreds of comments to find my answers, or, to make things easier, I’ve compiled a 3-page shrinky rings FAQ, which is available exclusively when you donate $1 or more towards my tutorial (this also entitles you to further help from me by email, should you need it). Please see the end of this post for more details about this policy Please note: if you’ve come here via the lovely bird ‘ring’ picture on Pinterest, read this post to answer your questions. This tutorial is Donationware – the instructions are available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation to show your appreciation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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HOW DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION AND WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? Distribution Partners Website operators that license our ad serving technology pass information to us so that we may serve advertisements to you. Website Registration Forms We collect information about you when you register on one of our websites. Sorry. Thanks. Road Rage Reduction Project. DIY Pom Pom Project.. - this is how its done apparently - BILLIEWINTER's Black Wedding by Color Blog. Create a Chic Bud Vase Out of an Old Light Bulb | Apartment Therapy Unplggd. Tutorial: How to Make a Pomander Flower Ball. DIY Wedding - do it yourself wedding ideas and templates by Weddingbee. Pretty Petals portable & mess free flower aisle runner. Member 291 posts Helper bee Pretty Petals: My DIY rose petal aisle runner theweddingsource.com Having seen several photos of aisles completely covered in flower petals I swooned and fell in love.

How can you not love that romantic floral carpet of pink to walk on? I could purchase real fresh rose petals and scatter them, however I do not have a flower girl and would have to have them the entire ceremony. I could purchase freeze dried rose petals and scatter them. Other issues included blowing petals. So what was I to do? Materials: – lots of petals. Instructions: Roll out your tulle to your desired length. The other nice thing about this is that you can easily remove the rocks/tiles after the ceremony and the aisle runner is easily rolled up to be stored away or moved to another location (aka inside my reception hall) where it will be used again. I will say I am big into DIY, but DO NOT undertake this project unless you have the patience of a saint and lots of time. It also makes a big mess.

DIY Thread LED Tealight Cover. I was messing around with different materials trying to dress up a little LED tealight, and this is one of the versions I ended up liking (plus it’s dirt cheap since it’s just thread!). I love me some textures. This may be useful for those with wedding venues that don’t allow real flames.

Finding these* at the dollar store is what started this mess… 1) Get your hands on some thin cardboard that you’ll be recycling anyway. I used the back of a pasta box. 2) Find some wrapping plastic (try to use something you’ll toss anyway!) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. You can make different sizes and shapes. . … and configure it however you want! * Batteries were included, and they lasted for many hours. Happy crafting! Mrs. Location: Sacramento Occupation: Tea Analyst Wedding Date: August 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta.

How To: Make Your Own Round Art Gallery | Apartment Therapy Los Angeles. Creative Kismet » Blog Archive » little guiding stars. Since the new year has started I’ve been trying to think of ways to be more kind to my self. Especially when that nasty gremlins try to creep in and stump me. I remembered this origami star video on You Tube and had to get them involved in my plan. I thought it would be fun to make a whole bunch with kind words and “you are….” phrases inside. I made 60 of them, enough to last me the whole year if I open one a week, plus a few extra just in case. I used 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper and cut 1/2 x 12″ strips, then followed the video HERE*. *UPDATE! Be Sociable, Share! How To Make a String Tree Wall Mural Home Hacks | Apartment Therapy Re-Nest.

Build a Sausha’s Washer/Dryer Pedestals. PDF version A washer/dryer pedestal made of wood to bring your front load laundry system to a back-friendly height. Special thanks to Sausha for her photos. Handmade from this plan >> Dimensions Dimensions: One of the best parts of DIY is that you can get exactly what you want, fit to your space. The dimensions above are based off Sausha’s washer dryer pedestal, and are designed to fit a standard laundry basket. Materials and Tools Shopping List: 2 – sheet of 3/4″ MDF or Plywood 5 – 2×4 @ 8 feet long 1 – 4×4 post @ 4 feet long (you can also use 2x4s laminated together – just add another 2×4 to your list) 1 – stick of base cap moulding like this @ 6 feet long 4 – Angle Brackets like these 3″ screws 2″ Screws Glue Finish Nails Wood Filler Sandpaper Tools: measuring tape square pencil hammer safety glasses hearing protection drill circular saw compound miter saw nailer sander level countersink drill bit Cut List Cut List: Step 1 Floors You are basically going to build two mini floors for this project.

Step 2 Step 3. Things to Make and Do. Wizard Wand Craft‬‏ Making: Pages packed full of wonderful, original and exciting craft projects, perfect for dads, mums and kids. One of the first shops that Harry Potter visited when Hagrid took him to Diagon Alley was Ollivanders, the wand shop to buy his most important possession, his wand. Wands can be made from a variety of materials, after all Hagrid used an old umbrella as a wand! Yours will be made from paper. But do not be deceived it will be every bit as magical as the real wands used in the film, and if you make it carefully will look just as good. . . . Because glue is used on the paper to harden it, this wand is a made of a type of papier mache.

For a detailed set of instructions and an explanation of how to do the distressing, which is very easy and great fun, please see the instruction sheet which is available in both A4 and US Letter sizes. 404 Error - Page Not Found. Pumpkin Carving How-To: Making Owls - Introduction - MarthaStewart.com. Suzy's Artsy Craftsy Sitcom: Feature Friday- Faux Metal Wall Art. Looking for the Faux Metal Wall Art? Since this project was originally published on The Sitcom in December 2010, it has been my most popular project by far.

Who knew that a bunch of toilet paper tubes and an idea would become so big? You can now find the full tutorial and FREE patterns on Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom here: Faux Metal Wall Art I want to personally thank all my readers for making my Faux Metal Wall Art so popular! It is an incredible honor to be included in this magazine! A similar project to check out would be my Faux Metal Filigree Frame.

For more tutorial fun, please check out my Tutorial Page. Signing you up! If you enjoyed this post... Halloween Painted Jar Luminaries. This isn’t the first time I’ve made luminaries for Halloween. Several years ago I made these painted Ghost Luminaries which are posted on FamilyCorner, these decoupaged Pumpkin Luminaries and this Candy Corn luminary which are both posted on Disney’s Kaboose. Today I made some colorful luminaries inspired by the ones I saw on this cute blog called Not So Idle Hands.

While Emily uses the decoupage method with strips of tissue paper, I opted for what I believe to be an easier, faster and less expensive method… paint. Aside from the new luminaries I made (which I describe below), I also spruced up my others after unpacking my Halloween boxes. You see, hubby had the heat up so high today, and sometimes I swear I’m experiencing early menopause, that I just had to get out of the house. To spruce up the Pumpkin Luminaries, which are decoupaged orange material, I used a damp rag to wipe them down, then I painted the yellow facial features black.

I painted the jar rims with black paint. Great diy lighting ideas. The Hipster Home » Blog Archive » How to Make a Tiny Terrarium in a Light Bulb. Everyday DIY Ideas. Wall-E Art. Simply Vintagegirl Blog » Blog Archive » Tutorial: How to Make Lovely Fabric Flowers. Shadow Box Photo Display for Photographers.

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