Anna's nest: How To Make Lined Curtains. UPDATE: Oct 27, 2013 – Thanks for all the great comments! This post has been incredibly more popular than I ever imagined. Wow! Thanks for visiting and feel free to poke around. Even though it’s kind of dusty around here, I’m hoping to be adding more soon. I hope I’ve been able to answer all your questions – some other very helpful folks have also left answers in their comments – I’ve tried to incorporate most of these into the tutorial but feel free to ask any more that I’ve missed. I read and appreciate each one! Making your own curtains is easy-peasy, and making lined curtains is just one step up from the plain ol’ kind (and lined curtains last longer, provide a better screen for hot sunlight, and probably have some other benefits I’m not thinking of right now).
One side-effect I didn’t really expect is that making your own curtains is also very gratifying. 1. Now you get to start the fun part – sewing! 2. 3. 4. You will end up with extra DF at the bottom and center. 5. 6. 7. Yay! 1. Poppytalk - The beautiful, the decayed and the handmade: DIY: Cute Quote Block. Contributor post by Penelope and Pip A few birthdays ago, my beautiful sister gave me a cute little inspirational quote block with illustrated cards you could change every day. I absolutely loved it and have had it on my desk at work ever since. However, a couple of years later and looking at the same quotes every day I was starting to feel a little bit uninspired (I really felt like I had "taken my wings and soared" over and over!) And then ironically, a wonderful little inspiration hit me - I could make my own block with some new quotes.
I wanted to make the wooden block part so I could make bigger cards, but I am banned from the drop saw (I don't even have a key to the shed!) I've even made three cute quote cards for you to get you started. Firstly, grab your materials: Materials: Quote card template (download here)ScissorsUnpickerBalsa wood blockStanley knife The steps are super easy to follow and take no time at all. Step 1: Print your quote cards and cut them out. We hope you get inspired! Poppytalk - The beautiful, the decayed and the handmade: DIY. Contributor post by Penelope and Pip (as seen in our June Lookbook) Colour blocking is, as you know, pretty fantastic. Today, we want to show you how to dress up your table a sure-fire way to please all your colour block fancying friends!
Let's get started with materials: Materials: 1. Wooden coasters (you can get these from your local craft store) 2. Acrylic paint 3. Once you have collected all of your materials, it will take you no time at all to make these coasters sparkly and pretty. Step 1: Mask off half of each coaster diagonally Step 2: Using a different colour for each coaster, paint half of each coaster and leave to dry. Step 3: Depending on your paint's drying time, come back and give each coaster another coat so the colours are crisp and thick. You could actually leave the coasters like this with the wooden side exposed and then finish with a clear varnish.
Now spray paint each side using a gold spray paint. Now all you need to do, is invite some friends over for drinks! Poppytalk - The beautiful, the decayed and the handmade: DIY. Guest post by Denise Sharp of Studio d.Sharp Some people say that if a butterfly lands on you it means good luck - this badge must grant the wearer much luck until their next birthday.
For this project, I was inspired by the graphic quality of the butterfly wing patterns, and how they resemble a blossom when clustered together. Wanting to make the badge really dimensional, I chose to put the butterflies on a domed covered button and to score each as if fluttering their wings. Attached to the presentation card, the badge is an unusual and engaging gift that can be presented in person or sent along as a birthday wish. Materials: Butterfly images (download pdf here) Presentation card (download pdf here) White crepe paper I have used two types: a heavy, stiff paper and a lighter crepe streamer Ivory or white cardstock and text weight paper Vintage book pages Half Ball cover button, 1 7/8 inch White fabric, anything not too thick. Ribbon 1 ½ inch wide by 12 inches long. Poppytalk - The beautiful, the decayed and the handmade: Photo Transfer D.I.Y.
Contributor post by Janis Nicolay of Pinecone Camp Great to be back at Poppytalk! Today I'm sharing a fun, and fairly simple, photo transfer project with you. I've done a variety of different ways of transferring images onto wood, fabric and glass and even polaroid transfers, and plan to post more in the future. For this project I had an old bench that needed funktifying.... I started with a roughed up vintage bench. After stripping it and sanding it down, I put one coat of primer on it. I chose an image, then cropped and sized it to work with the bench. Working quickly, I applied a layer of Liquitex Medium Gloss Gel on to the bench, then applied a coat to the front the image and placed it face down on the bench.
Once the bench dried, I used a textured cloth, soaked in warm water, to gently rub off the "back" of the image (the paper). The beauty of photo transfer projects, are all the little "cracks", "scratches" and "imperfections". Janis. White is White, Right? Not Quite. See 8 White Paint Picks for 8 Very Different Effects.
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You! How to Turn a Pallet into a Garden. Good news and bad news. I had planned to film a short video showing you how to make a pallet garden, but the weather didn’t cooperate. I was stapling the landscape fabric onto the pallet when it started drizzling and got really windy. That’s the bad news. But I know I promised a tutorial today, so I took photos and have kept my word to share how to make the pallet garden. I tried to be as detailed as possible. So keep reading my pallet loving friends, instructions on how to make your own pallet garden are just a few lines away… Find a Pallet The first thing you need to do is–obviously–find a pallet. Don’t just take the first pallet you find. Collect Your Supplies For this project, you’ll need the pallet you found, 2 large bags of potting soil, 16 six packs of annual flowers (one six pack per opening on the face of the pallet, and two six packs per opening on the top of the completed pallet garden), a small roll of landscape fabric, a staple gun, staples, and sand paper.
Now for the sides. Eight Ways to Ease into a Natural Home. This post was written by Desiring Virtue’s monthly contributor, Katie Drumm. It seems to me that there is a lot of confusion and misinformation when it comes to household cleaners. Today I would like to share some facts that may turn you off from traditional cleaners, but also provide you with some wonderful, natural cleaning alternatives. The best part is that most of the things I use to clean my home I own anyway for cooking or first aid, so they are not only healthy, but frugal options! Living naturally can be a bit overwhelming, so I’ve broken down the way I clean my home and listed 8 easy ways that you can ease into your own natural home. 1. Learn about the products you’re currently using. First, before you scoff and decide that you’d rather just bleach your home to death, take a moment to think about what you’re exposing yourself and your family to. Some More Things to Know: There is no federal administration to regulate the safety of household cleaners. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Before & after: mantel bookshelf. Sometime in my adult life, I would love to live in a home with a working fireplace, but in lieu of that, I will settle for a great mantel. I love that you can find loose mantels because they are truly versatile objects — just the other day, I saw that Shauna & Stephen had turned one into a TV unit! Chenin Boutwell has also made great use of an old mantle by converting it into a bookshelf. I love the tan and yellow color combo in this vignette, and the bright color really allows the items on display to stand out. Great job, Chenin! — Kate Have a Before & After you’d like to share? Read how Chenin transformed this gorgeous mantel after the jump! Time: 7 hours (including drying time) Cost: $155 (including supplies) Basic Steps: After carefully measuring the interior dimensions of the mantle, we built a basic MDF box with shelves to mount behind it.
My advice is to measure and measure again. Holmberg. Nytt år og nye muligheter! Jeg henter mye inspirasjon fra disse bildene av FriedaMaria. Har lenge ønsket et lampearrangement som det siste bildet viser... skjermene ligger nedpakket i kjelleren.... de har ligget der lenge... men som sagt nytt år med nye muligheter... kanskje blir det en tur ned dit i dag;) Jeg har som mål at det her inne skal være en positiv sone for min del og ikke skrive om slike ting som turen hjem fra fjellet der til vanlig tar fem timer men pga bilstopp denne gang tok 29 timer....og om at sikringen var gått da vi kom hjem og det var biiiiitende kaldt i hele huset....og all mat i kjøleskap og fryser var ødelagt...og at vi måtte koke vannet før vi skulle drikke det.... Hi~hi, det er da jeg tar fram slike vakre sitater...