DIY Dry Erase Board Tutorial | Craft Pond. Set Sail With a Gadanke Journal. By now you most certainly know that we love being on the road, taking pictures all the way from beginning to end. Our daughter is the chief chronicler and takes care of our travel journal. Not that we had one. Up until now. In fact, I didn't even know you could have a special journal for your travels. Katie makes a travel journal for you that prompts you to notice more than you regularly do.
This travel journal is such an extraordinary idea that I wish to share with all of you. It has a mini calendar, a map to point out where you were, space to paste travel stubs and receipts, pockets to collect smaller bits of memorabilia, there are even star stickers to rate your experience! But what I find extraordinarily clever are the creative writing prompts that set you in such a humorous mood that you are bound to have fun, whatever happens.
For the recordwe were not lost,we were merely enjoying the views! Who hasn't got lost on a journey! I can't wait for our next trip. Me? The Loveliest Free Printables. Happy Friday! Today I'd like to share with you my favorite free printables! In case you love free printables and missed this post from last week, you may want to check it out for free printable floral gift tags and luggage tags. I also posted a few days ago a free printable weekly blog planner I had made for you - in case you missed it, you can find it here. Ok, here we go with the loveliest free printables! (Button) Elephant in the Room-Tutorial | Busted Button. If you remember that button elephant I created a while back, you might also remember that I promised a tutorial asap! Well, asap has finally come, so here we go!
To make this cute little elephant, all you need are some buttons, hot glue, a wee bit of paint, a canvas board (which you can find at any craft store) and a frame. First, draw out a nice, chunky elephant. I used card stock to make a stencil, which was inspired by a fabric pattern I saw online. You can feel free to yoink this elephant. I got a dozen orders of these cute littles as soon as I shared the first one, so I was on an elephant-making rampage! Now for the buttons! Get out your trusty glue gun and add the first layer like so, trying to cover as much space as possible without going over the edges. You know what? For the next layer of buttons, try to overlap along the edges to create a straighter line, and fill in any gaps. For the tail, just find a tail-shaped button…Wait, what?!?! Lets give these two some privacy. ;) Oh gosh! - StumbleUpon.
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Say Yes to Hoboken | Three Cheers for Stylish & Crafty Living. Go Origami! Origami Butterfly by Akira Yoshizawa - tutorial. Today is the 101st birthday of Akira Yoshizawa, the great origami master and the father of the modern origami. You have probably noticed that Google marked the occasion with a special origami doodle created by Robert Lang! Why not celebrate the event by making your own origami butterfly?! Here is a step-by-step tutorial for a 3-d variation of a classic butterfly by Akira Yoshizawa (first spotted on Nick Robinson’s blog), enjoy! UPD. A few people have asked me about the paper I used to fold those butterflies, so I thought I’d update the post with some photos. It was a set of traditional Japanese washi paper (brought to me from Japan). Tags: Akira Yoshizawa, Animals. From {panka} with love. Glowing jar project – varázslat a lakásban (EN/HU) | from {panka} with love.
A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness. Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe.
Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple! Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins. Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat. Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin. Oh the lovely things.