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You’ve might have seen seed paper recently. It is homemade paper with flower seeds in it. When it is planted in the ground and given lots of TLC it will bloom into beautiful flowers you can enjoy. Here is a tutorial for a project using seed paper. Use paper you have around your house. This is a great way to recycle old scraps.
When tying two pieces of yarn together, you usually end up with a knot that is visible in your knit or crochet project and is not always strong. The Russian join method weaves the two pieces together for an invisible, sturdy join. Published by Marie Anne St.
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If you want to make your own cute and unique bookmark, here are the simple steps to follow. This is an origami heart-shaped bookmark. All you need is paper, a scissor and a little bit patients (less than 10 minutes).
Make your own unique heart bookmark
5 Minute Projects
Happen to have a few extra minutes? Need to entertain someone for a little while? Well, look no further because here are some great things you can do and make in the next few minutes.
Crayon Hearts and more creative crafts projects, templates, tips, clip-art, patterns, and ideas on marthastewart.com
If the sun seems to peer right into your window, give it something pretty to look at -- and through. These translucent hanging hearts are easy to make from waxed paper and crayons. In return, sunbeams will color your room with cheer.I have so many books requested at the library right now! I love books they may be my favorite thing, but bookmarks I have an issue with. I've always been a dog ear person (you know, folding down the top corner of the page to mark my spot). Bookmarks always fall out then I have no clue where I was. But I don't like to dog ear books that don't belong to me (or even some that do). I'm sure you've seen this idea around, I would give credit for the idea, but I've seen it to many places to know who to give credit to!
MaryJanes and Galoshes: No Slip Bookmark Tutorial
Who said valentines were only red and pink? In bright colors, these Heart Breaker Valentines work great for boys and girls. So get out your scissors and stapler, because today, you’re tearing up my heart ….. (cue N Sync)
Heartbreaker valentines
Removable Bracelet that won't come off
This is one of the best ways to start and finish a bracelet so that it is removable , but won't simply fall off. Some people have that problem with the common knot that goes into the loop. In this tutorial, I show how it's done with a four string, two color bracelet. I assume you may be able to do it with any number of strings, but I haven't tried it. Do not attempt this tutorial until you know the Macrame Knot, instructi ons for which can be found here . I apologize for bad photo quality in some of these pictures!
Foam Roses
Mother’s Day is hours away, but there’s still lots of time to make these beautiful foam roses in minutes. They’re much more dainty than the no-fuss paper roses I made for Valentine’s, and perhaps far more versatile. In a few simple steps, you can make these sweet rose magnets, rose pushpins, and rose jewelry.life in general: yarn bowls
I believe that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not. I plead with you not to let those important things pass you by as you plan for that illusive and non-existent future when you will have time to do all that you want to do. Instead, find joy in the journey -- now.
Remember the Fingerless Mitts Times 3 project I had in Craft: 10 back in February? Well, now that it’s getting colder, I want to share the tutorials with all of you do stuff! readers!
do stuff! » Fingerless Mitts parts 1+2: Recycled Sock Mitts!
Tutorial time! I got a gig teaching a recycled t-shirt project at the library a few months ago, with a request for a recycled tee bag – the only bags I’d made from tees in the past had required sturdy sewing , and I didn’t want hand-sewing to be the only thing holding the bottom closed in a class version of the bags, so I started brainstorming about some kind of hand-sewing-friendly or no-sew bag idea…. and here’s what I came up with! The simplest version of these bags is great for smaller tees, or the more light-weight kind of girl-tees – just turn the bottom of the shirt into a drawstring and tie it closed! As you can see, even with a not huge tee, this will still leave a significant hole in the bottom of your bag, but for purposes like grocery shopping, this size hole shouldn’t really matter… And now for the actual tutorial – for this one, with the step-by-step, I will be making the bottom with 3 holes.
do stuff! » Ten minute no-sew recycled t-shirt bag!
This process involves just a few basic steps, no sewing, or doing mini-binds (otherwise called signatures). The most time consuming part of this process is just waiting for glue to dry.First, the problem: How many times do you print up a book or detailed report only to lose some of the pages, or have them fall out of your hands and jumble the pages? Since ebooks can contain several hundreds of pages, it’s easy for accidents to happen. You can’t read them if there is any wind blowing. You can’t pull them out 5 minutes before a meeting and turn to your bookmark. Even turning the pages becomes annoying after awhile.
Fun and Easy How to Guide to Binding Your Own Paperback Books At Home…FAST
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