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Tutorial/How I Turned a Dollar Store Find to a Ring Display Case. I am pretty excited about this project I was just about share with you, because, I only spent $1 to buy the wood frame at the dollar store about year ago or so, and rest of the material was I already had at home and leftovers from other projects!

Tutorial/How I Turned a Dollar Store Find to a Ring Display Case

Even though you don't have exactly the same frame, no worries. You simply need to increase or decrease the number of "fabric spring roll" :) you put in. 1. One dollar frame... this is the before picture that I simply spray painted it to prep for the project and set a side. 2. 3. 4. Then, sew the end. You need to make this how many ever you need, but this is like the perfect part to make it into take and go project in the zip lock bag. 5. 6. You see the difference of before and after? 7. Each rings are snugly in it's place...I LOVE it.

Just like I said in earlier, you don't have to have exact same frame to make a ring display case like this. Blog Archive » GOLD LEAF PAPER MACHE BOWLS. So, I think this might be my favorite DIY to date.

Blog Archive » GOLD LEAF PAPER MACHE BOWLS

It’s just so practical and pretty! A few friends and I decided we would get together once a month for an all day craft day. Just to create pretty things, simply for the sake of creating. Weather it be something we wear, or something for our homes, decorations for the holidays, or even little somethings for our babies. I tend to get wrapped up in projects for other people that I fail to do all the projects I want to do for myself! We’ve been dying to try out gold leaf for a while now. ONE – To create your bowl forms, you’ll need to start with balloons. TWO – Cut up your newspaper into small strips. THREE – Place your balloons upside down (or right side up, whichever way you want to look at it) inside paper cups and let them dry overnight.

These are some useful tricks. How to Transfer a Photograph Onto a Block of Wood. Paper Fortune Cookie Favors by La La Laurie. Freshly Picked: How to Make a Chandelier.

21 ways of turning pallets into unique pieces of furniture. Designed for Life. Plastic Cup Lamp. Now that my university is closed for winter holidays, I finally have more free time to do all the crafty things I’ve been wanting to.

Plastic Cup Lamp

One of these is a lamp made from plastic cups I’ve seen at taf, the art foundation, in the Monastiraki region in the center of Athens. When I first saw it at taf, I was amazed; I looked closely and I couldn’t believe my eyes! The object itself is so peculiar, modern and alien-like it could be in any design exhibition. With my best friend’s birthday coming up, I decided to make it myself and give it to her as a gift. It turns out it was the easiest craft I’ve even done, the epitome of DIY objects! Disclaimer: There have been some concerns about the safety of this construction (see the comment of user “when” below for example). I only needed a couple of things: 200-250 large plastic cups (recyclable, at least )600-700 staplesa staplera lamp socket, lamp cord and plug – mine came from a broken IKEA lamp!

That’s all you will need. …to this! You might also like: