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Crochet Artist Anu Tuominen. One of the items I shared on this weekend’s link love was a link to a post by Things Bright about the crocheted potholder art exhibit by Anu Tuominen. I made a mental note to follow up and learn more about this artist and I’ve done that so I thought I’d share with you what I learned. More About Artist Anu Tuominen Anu Tuominen is a Finnish born conceptual artist who explores, among other themes, methods of translating linguistic ideas into their visual equivalent. This transcends language and is one of the reasons that she appeals to both Finnish-speaking and non-Finnish viewers. She has an MFA from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki. Current Solo Shows Tuominen currently has a solo exhibit at the Craft Museum of Finland called Fingerprints. “When an object is handmade, you can see the artist’s unique touch in it. And she also has a current solo show at The Nordic Watercolor Museum called Write Red in Blue, which is where the crocheted potholder exhibit is featured.

Other Colorwork. Untitled. Fourchettes & cuillères : les couverts détournés pour la déco. Pondu par Flo le 5 juillet 2012 Vos couverts non plus ne sont pas ceux que vous croyez. Non seulement fourchettes et cuillères peuvent vous servir à manger vos tupperwares de la pause déjeuner, mais ils peuvent aussi servir de déco ! Fourchette niveau facile : à coller et à clouer — Sources : visuel de gauche / visuel de droite Pour ces deux exemples, il vous suffira juste de vous fournir en clous/vis/écrous ou en colle très forte.

Encore mieux que les post-it : les fourchettes-mémos. Fourchette niveau difficile : à plier et à tordre — Sources : visuel de gauche / visuel de droite Dans cette affaire, il va falloir chauffer votre fourchette pour la tordre. Il faudra bien évidemment des couverts aux manches plats, et peut-être quelques outils comme des pinces, pour tordre plus efficacement les couverts ! Des cuillères et des louches — Sources : visuel de gauche / visuel de droite Cuillères colorées — Sources : visuel de gauche / visuel de droite Un peu moins austère : les cuillères colorées.

101 Simple Handmade Gift Tutorials. These simple handmade gift tutorials will make any crafty person’s heart sing with joy! You don’t need special skills or a bunch of time because these can all be done super fast! Simple and cute…that works for me! Oh, and think of all the money you will save making these gifts. {At least that’s the story I tell my husband…shhhh!} You are going to love these fabulous tutorials!!! There’s a little something for everyone on your list and if I started talking about each one this would be a book, not a blog post. You can make all your gifts for years from this list! If you love creative links, please subscribe to Everything Etsy! Thanks so much for all your tweets, stumbles, Facebook likes and pins on my Sewing Tutorials and Free Printables posts…you are the coolest crafty friends! If you want to be doubly awesome, try doing handmade gifts that are also eco-friendly!

Handmade gifts make people feel special, don’t you think? ~Kim. ♥ Stipje ♥ 30+ Ways to DIY Sliced Wood. Are you ready to try your hand with sliced wood? It’s one of the best ways to add a little FOREST GLAM to your home and garden decor. But don’t go choppin’ down the neighbor’s tree – ’cause you’ll be busted next time you have them over for a dinner party and they admire your new-natural-tree-coat-rack in the entry way…which looks suspiciously like their missing birch! No, I’m not speaking from experience…but I can’t say I haven’t thought about it! If you find yourself the lucky owner of a mother load of wood slices, I’ve collected over 30 inspirational ideas to get you going! Didn’t find that ‘try or die’ wood project in this collection? Until next time… Mike.

50+ Inexpensive DIY Gift Ideas. We’re still discussing gift ideas today. I hope you’re not sick of them. Today’s gifts are also handmade but may cost a little more to make. Even then they are still Inexpensive DIY Gift Ideas and range from $5 – $20. Not sure about how you do things but I usually have a set number in my mind of how much I’d like to spend for each person. I’ve tried do each round-up this week as if you do the same thing… Gift Ideas for under $2, Gift Ideas for under $5, and this one. I sure hope it helps out if you’re going handmade this year. Hope you enjoy these ideas as much a I did! From Lil’ Luna: Scrapbook Frame Count Your Blessings Board DIY Planter Boxes Coffee Filter Letters Coffee Filter Wreath Twine & Vinyl Holders Custom Name and Picture Boards DIY Serving Tray from A Thoughtful Place DIY Spoon Hook Rack from Fox Hollow Cottage DIY Rustic Chalkboard from Love Grows Wild DIY Kitchen Chalkboard from Love Grows Wild DIY Distressed Sign from Love Grows Wild DIY Number Tray from Design Dining and Diapers.

Tote Craft - Making a Purse. Je confectionne des pompons en tulle fluo. Fabriquez de jolis pompons fluo, pour décorer votre intérieur ! Une idée originale, à réaliser dans des couleurs pastelles pour un mariage ou une réception. Les fournitures – 50cm de tulle jaune fluo (en 280 cm de large) – 60 cm du ruban pour accrocher et maintenir le pompon (ici nous avons utilisé du biais noir métallisé) – deux disques en carton d’un diamètre de 10 cm avec un cercle évidé de 3,5 cm au centre Les étapes de réalisation Etape 1Couper 10 bandes de 5 cm de large (et de 280 cm de long) dans le tulle.

Petit conseil : pour couper plus facilement, replier la longueur de tissu plusieurs fois et coupez toutes les épaisseurs en même temps. Etape 2Enrouler les bandes de tulle sur elles-mêmes. Etape 3Superposer les deux disques en carton, commencer à enrouler une première bande et faire un nœud pour qu’elle tienne. Etape 4Glisser le ruban entre les deux disques de manière à ce que les extrémités dépassent de chaque côté.

Une création exclusive France Duval-Stalla A lire aussi : La pâte à sel, à l'école comme à la maison - Planetloisirs. La pâte à sel est le loisir “star” des petits et l’école n’y est pas pour rien ! En effet, la plupart des petits la pratique à l’école et souhaite la poursuivre à la maison ! Ça tombe bien, c’est une activité particulièrement enrichissante pour les enfants et facile à mettre en œuvre pour les parents ! Mais commençons par le commencement : ce dont vous avez besoin pour la pratiquer ! Fournitures Pour faire de la pâte à sel, on a besoin des fournitures suivantes : Un verre de sel finUn verre d’eau tièdeDeux verres de farineDes colorants alimentaires pour colorer la pâte (facultatif)Des huiles essentielles ou des épices pour la parfumer (facultatif) Celles-ci se trouvent aisément dans les magasins de loisirs créatifs ou en hypermarché.

Préparation Recette de la pâte à sel La préparation de la pâte à sel est facile et rapide, elle ne prend qu’une dizaine de minutes : 1. Réalisation de l’objet Cuisson Ceci dit, on observe des constantes lors de la cuisson de la pâte à sel : Coloration Décoration. Do-it-Yourself DIY String Wedding Lanterns Yarn Chandeliers - StumbleUpon.

Jessica of Wednesday Inc shows us how to make those gorgeous twine chandeliers from the inspiration shoot she shared with us this morning. Using balloons, glue and twine, you can also make these lanterns for your wedding – and then bring it home and use it as your very own mid century lampshade. What you will need are: balloons, glue, yarn, tray for glue, corn starch 1/2 cup of Corn starch, 1/4 cup of Warm water, clear fast drying spray paint, hanging lamp cord or fishing line (depending on your desired final product), and a lighting kit if you’re looking for a fully functional lantern.

Jessica recommends using a sharpie to mark on the inflated balloon how much room you need to leave for the lighting cord. She also recommends coating the balloon with vaseline prior to wrapping the yarn coated with glue so it doesn’t stick on the balloon once it’s dry. Are you getting excited to try to do this at home as much I am? Instructions: 1. Lobster & Swan. Writing, Design, Photography, Things of Beauty & Inspiration.

Starburst Twig Wreath. If you’ve read this blog more than just once you probably know I have a bit of a thing for using natural elements to decorate my home, and for a budget-savvy gal like me, there’s no better way of introducing this textural earthiness to a space than via a great-outdoors scavenger hunt. So, until money grows on trees, I’m taking my free share of what already does…twigs that is. This starburst inspired wreath was basically free and super-duper fast and easy to make. Fortunately for me, where I live there’s no shortage of sticks just lying around… …and after collecting my pile – with a bit of help (or hindrance, more like)… …I broke them down into similar sized lengths. I then cut a disk from an old cereal box to create my base.

Using a hot glue gun, I worked in sections to attach my sticks to the twine covered disk, building them up where necessary to create a pleasing wreath shape. To finish, I simply tied a length of twine around the central disk to create a hanging loop. Design Megillah: Twig Ball. I was walking through Crate and Barrel a while ago and this driftwood ball caught my eye. (If you don't already know, I am obsessed with sphere shapes which you can read about here). I loved it and I thought it might be fun to try making one on my own.

Since we don't live near the beach, and our house is surrounded by way too many trees, I decided to use what was right outside my door--branches and twigs. After I collected an armful of sticks I broke them up into about 3-inch pieces. I bought a good-sized inflatable beach ball to use as the foundation. When I would accidentally have a big blob of glue I just covered it with a smaller twig. Here is yet another sphere to add to my collection, and I love to incorporate outdoor elements indoors--it really breathes a lot of life in to a room! Linked to: Hookin Up with HoH French Country Cottage. DIY Headband. Via duitang.com on Indulgy.com. Paper-Back Planters: Recycling Books to Pot Indoor Plants | Designs &Ideas on Dornob. Have books finally met their match with the Apple iPad, or is it just another fad like the Amazon Kindle?

Readers may find some poetry in these volumes regardless of whether they are willing to give up their favorite paperback companions: potted plants put into scooped-out sections of beautiful old hardback books. Gardenkultur (via Inhabitat) makes a simple recycling project out of even the most complex novels, but carving into the heart of a book, sealing off the resulting space and putting seeds of little trees or other plant life into the curved void. Of course, this would work just as well as a do-it-yourself gardening project for those green-thumbed enough to provide proper moisture barriers for their own plants.

But if a picture is said to be worth one thousand, at how many words do we value a wee plant? Hopefully these books were beyond repair and those ripe only for reuse. 41 Easy Things To Do With Mason Jars. Elle a le fil,elle a tout compris... Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Genius - 43 Pics. Click Here For More Genius Ideas. 4863951194_f2a4eca464.jpg (292×500) 20 Creative Ways To Use Embroidery Hoops. Vintage suitcase chair. My latest sytyc project for ‘upcycle’ week. A little less sewing than usual and a little more decor-y. I love vintage luggage! It’s so nostalgic to me, I always am reminded of my grandfather’s travel journal that he wrote in the 40s.

As a bonus, this suitcase smelled like my grandpa’s house when I bought it! Talk about nostalgia. When I think of upcycling, I think of turning something into something completely different. So I picked up this old suitcase for under $3 and upcycled it into a chair. I love that it still looks like a suitcase, it has an old world appeal. Tutorial: You need: vintage suitcase 4 legs 4 screw on leg attachments 1 piece of thin plywood cut to fit inside your suitcase foam or pillows to fit in your suitcase fabric Suitcase sizes vary so you’ll have to figure out how much pillow or foam you want to make your cushions how you want them.

Step 1: spray paint legs step 2: cover the pillows/foam with your fabric and tuft them. Then put it in the corner of your bedroom. How to cut glass. I posted a picture about 1 week ago on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter of me cutting glass using just string. I got LOT’S of requests for a tutorial on how I DID THIS! So here it is. FINALLY! You will be able to learn how to cut glass. I want to warn you. It’s best to triple your yarn because it will burn longer! Soak it GOOD! I like to tie my yarn where I want my glass to “cut” then quickly pour polish remover over the string again. Get a big bowl with ice and water ready. VERY IMPORTANT! Slowly turn your bottle. You can’t let the flame go OUT then dunk it in the ice water. YAY!!! I reallly hope you enjoyed this tutorial because I had ALOT of requests for it! © Copyright jaderbombllc, All rights Reserved.

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