Decorating a frame with broken glass. When Rob and I were first married and had a brand new house that we were so excited to fix up, one of the first things that Rob did was to add an extra lock to the sliding glass door. It was one of those locks where you drill a hole in the door frame and slide the pin in so the door can't move... Well when Rob drilled into the frame the drill hit the glass and shattered it. I heard a loud cracking sound and turned around just in time to see all the glass explode out of the door and hit the ground. Neither of us said anything for a minute, and then I started laughing and Rob started cussing.
We ended up with a brand new door and a {now} funny story. I swept up the broken glass and saved it in a vase. A few days ago I got an idea to use some of it to decorate a picture frame. I painted the frame white and then used Mod Podge to glue down the glass. After it dried I went back over all the glass with the Mod Podge. I love how it turned out! Soda Can Crafts. Are you a beer drinker or a soda addict? If you're a regular reader here, chances are you toss those empty cans into the recycle bin instead of the trash. High five! Recycling metal is a pretty efficient process, and recycling your empties definitely lightens your beverage footprint a bit. Of course, recycling still takes energy, and reusing before recycling is always the best way to go. Luckily, there are all sorts of fun, crafty ways to reuse empty soda cans! Here are some of our faves. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Have you guys done any fun soda can crafts? Drink Can Tinwork Upcycles Soda Cans into Embossed Boxes.
SExpand Am I doing it right? Protips: 1) Don't score the original fold lines with anything sharper than that ballpoint pen. As you can see my box disintegrated along those lines when I folded it up. 2) Not a project for those with arthritis. 3) Draw your patterns as if you were using a big fat marker; use broad shapes and leave plenty of room between them, because, 4) When you go to trace your lines on the front, you'll NOT want to trace them too close, or the relief won't stand out very much, and it will be hard to RE-trace your original lines on the back.
Pallets. Kid craft. Tiny Bubbles (Beach Crafts) | Backyard Nature Crafts. 100 Amazing Upcycling Ideas Anyone Can Do - Top Online Engineering Degree. One does not have to be an environmentalist to enjoy the benefits of upcycling projects. Anyone who derives enjoyment from DIY projects and other creative endeavors will love looking at the following instructions for ideas and inspiration for undertakings of their very own. Or, of course, they can follow along at home as a means of learning new techniques and nurturing their innovation. 1. Bike Innertube Wallet : Learn how to transform the innertube of a bike tire into a durable, waterproof wallet that only requires a bit of simple cutting and sewing. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. 97. 98. 99. 100.
Scarfy/necklace thing. Hi! I made this after finding this tutorial on instructables- *EDIT* - but...... then they took the instructions down because there is a patent pending for the idea (!?) I dont get it. how can you patent cutting up an old t-shirt and wrapping it around your neck? Well anyway, i was asked by a couple people to make my own tute for it, so here it is!
- you can do this 2 ways. 1. you can use a large t-shirt (i like 100% cotton, but you can probably use a blend) that does not have side seams so you can cut one continuous strip. this will come out looking like the green scarf at the end of this post. -ok, so start at the bottom of the t-shirt and cut off the hem, you dont need this. then begin to cut a long continuous 1 inch wide strip, going around and around the t-shirt until you get to the armpits, then stop. -then take your long strip and tug firmly on it section by section so it folds in on itself.
UpCycled mini-journals. New Life for Old CDs. This is a guest post by Becky Haas, who is an amateur crafter/environmentalist who also tries to make a living as a professional musician. You can also find her at the craft blog Sew and So. I have a confession to make…I’m addicted to music. I guess it comes naturally, since that’s what I spend a lot of my time doing. So I always love it when I stumble across a craft project that uses music-related materials, like Kelly Rand’s recent article on things to do with old cassette tapes. By this point, I don’t have too many old tapes lying around, but what I do have is a lot of CDs–most of which I still listen to. But we all have those CDs that are too scratched up to play properly, or came free in the mail with unwanted software, or have those songs that seriously tempt you to throw the disc out the window if you hear them just one more time, if it wouldn’t be considered littering.
So here’s a couple of ideas for things to do with them. The first step is to cut the CD into the desired shape. Pillow Mattress Tutorial. Several friends have sent me some amazing project ideas - they're all in a file and at some point I'll get to them (I swear!). Two days ago, however, my friend Tatiana posted this on my Facebook wall: She found it on pinterest and thought I would like it. Welllll....she was right.
Not only do I like it, but I could see an immediate need for one (why is it that you don't know you need something until you see it?). Since the one in the photo above is somewhere in England right now retailing for approximately $145 plus shipping...you know the rest, right? I'm super cheap. If you'd like to pay $145 for it, you can get it here. First, I went to IKEA - here's my entire haul...one twin size duvet cover and five pillows. The duvet cover was $9.99 and the pillows were $0.99 each (yes, you read that correctly). Step 1: Measure. Here's how I measured: Yep... " Step 2: Cut the duvet cover to the desired width. I ended up cutting the duvet cover exactly in half.
Step 3: Step 4: Hem all raw edges. Step 5: Hemp pendant lamps. Inspired by West Elm’s gorgeous Abaca pendant lamps Super talented Heika DeHart strikes again. These pendant lamps she made of hemp string are genius. Plus, don’t you love how they look with her wallpaper? Heika writes: “I fell in love with West Elm’s Abaca pendent lamp a few years ago but, as usual, my taste was more expensive than my wallet could support. How to make hemp string pendant lamps Supplies and tools bouncy balls of various sizesclear drying craft glue (about 1 bottle per ball) such as Aleene’s Clear Gel Tacky Gluehemp string 20lb. weight estimated amounts needed: 16 inch diameter ball—400 yards 14 inch diameter ball—300 yards 9 inch diameter ball—100 yardsplastic gloves (optional)trash bag or small drop clothpermanent markerball inflating needle (available at sporting goods stores or bike shops)light fixture and hardware (Lowe’s doesn’t carry the fixture that Heika used anymore. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Shiny cans.