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Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects. Jewelcases.jpg (JPEG Image, 640×827 pixels) How To Make Coffee Table Ottoman: DIY Tutorial. REAL COMFORT be it!

How To Make Coffee Table Ottoman: DIY Tutorial

It means: WE NEED MORE THAN A COFFEE TABLE and we want to use RECYCLED, REPURPOSED and CHEAP MATERIALS. We need a coffee table with sturdy surface, but SOFT enough to serve us as ottoman TO REST our feet while reading, handcrafting or watching a movie. It needs to be BIG enough to accommodate not only 2-3 pairs of feet, but also a tray with drinks and snacks. We want it to be MOBILE so we can push it aside when freeing up space in the room for yoga workout.

We want it to SERVE US as table, when we sit on the floor around it and enjoy indian style meal. MATERIALS NEEDED TO MAKE COFFEE TABLE OTTOMAN (picture 1): A. Step by step description of how to make mobile Coffee Table Ottoman is below pictures. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. It is time to enjoy a cup of hot tea, freshly baked cinnamon buns, and watch a nice movie (picture 14). DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars. The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night.

DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars

These can be purchased ready-made in a variety of colors (yellow, blue and red) but they can also be built at home. A simple, less-technical approach involves buying a conventional solar-powered yard lamp and then essentially harvesting it for key pieces to put in a jar. This is simply a way of taking an existing solar lamp design and appropriating its parts to make something more attractive for display around a house or home. A more electronically-savvy individual can take the more complex route and built a solar lamp from the ground up using small solar panels – though the aesthetic result may not be as impressive. Whatever route you choose to go, these are fun and sustainable gadgets that make it easy to go green, automate the process of turning on lights at night and can add some color to your porch, patio, garden or windowsill.

DIY: Hair Comb Steps. The last DIY hair comb was such a hit that I had tons of requests for a step-by-step tutorial.

DIY: Hair Comb Steps

I hope this helps! You wrap your floss between the comb teeth. You start wrapping the way you do each time you switch a color, start in the back and pull through the front. Hold the floss to the back while you do your first pull-through. When you come back around and pull through again, you'll have secured the end of the floss. If you checked out the last hair comb diy (see comb below - upper right & lower left), then you may have noticed that I wrapped differently this time. Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects. DIY Jeffrey Campbell Shoes DIY Fashion and Craft Tutorials. A while back I saw this post on Outsapop and I've been searching for a pair of shoes to use!

DIY Jeffrey Campbell Shoes DIY Fashion and Craft Tutorials

I finally found a pair at Urban Outfitters for 10$ on clearance and I went out and got some thumbtacks. (600 of them!) Inspired by: Jeffrey Campbell's "Tick" via Lori's Shoes. DIY: Tuxedo Jacket with Tails. I've always found fashion inspiration in non-traditional places — I rarely buy anything I see in a magazine because I prefer the look and feel of street style or the quirky taste of fashion bloggers.

DIY: Tuxedo Jacket with Tails

For some reason, I also am a huge fan of airport fashion. (Minus all the velour sweatpants.) About a month ago, I was in the airport, exhausted, and I looked up to see this über chic girl standing in front of me wearing a tuxedo blazer with tails. Easy as 1 2 3. So you guys know that I'm a big dork right?

Easy as 1 2 3

Yeah like it's a big secret or something... this chick here (pointing at myself)... she's a DORK!! I was talking with Jeanne the other day.... ok by talking I mean emailing... John goes nuts when I say "I was talking to so and so" he always responds... "oh really, you were on the phone?? " Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects. D.I.Y: Recycled T-Shirt Scarf // Gettin' Crafty! D.I.Y: Recycled T-Shirt Scarf 1} Gather a few old t-shirts you don't wear anymore; thrift them or buy new -- but choose thin, soft (preferably worn out) t-shirts.

D.I.Y: Recycled T-Shirt Scarf // Gettin' Crafty!

Find two t-shirts of different colors that go well together. 2} Lay the shirt flat on the table or floor. 3} Cut 1 1/2 inch strips, remove the hemmed edges. Cut them as long as possible; I went from the bottom of the front of the shirt all the way to the end of the back on some pieces. 4} Cut off the sleeves of the shirt and save them for the end. 5} Organize the strips by length and gently pull on them. 6} NOW GET CREATIVE! 7} Tie together, trim ends, and wrap with the excess sleeve fabric you saved. Upcycle: T-shirts to Summer vest tutorial. Mod Podge Shoes. My husband jokes every time I get the bottle of Mod Podge out that I’m going to Mod Podge fabric to our computer keys or Mod Podge our kids clothing to their bodies.

Mod Podge Shoes

Hey, don’t tempt me.