DIY Heart Friendship Bracelet. As the month of love approaches, we thought we’d combine friendship and hearts into one Valentine’s Day themed tutorial: a heart patterned friendship bracelet!
Using some candy-colored embroidery floss and your familiarity with the chevron friendship bracelet, you’ll be able to whip up one of these tokens of love in a heartbeat. You’ll need:2 colors of embroidery flossscissorstape or clipboard Creating a heart pattern involves just a simple modification to the chevron patterned friendship bracelet. Start by cutting 4 strands of each color, at about 24 inches each, for a total of 8 strands.
Alternate the thread colors before tying them together in a knot. Separate the threads into 2 sets, 2 of each color on each side. Start on the left side with the outermost strand (shown here in red) and make a forward knot by creating a 4-shape over the 2nd strand (shown here in blue), loop it under and back through the opening. Pull up and to the right to tighten. Mirror the step on the other side. (Button) Elephant in the Room-Tutorial. Vintage-style book dustcovers. Looking at this picture, can you tell which of these books are actually hardbound?
I’m not super fussy over the books on my shelves, but I will admit that sometimes a really garish or unattractive book spine will jump out from the bunch and irritate me every time I walk by. I don’t think I would ever take the leap to cover all of my books, but I really like the idea of using these nifty deceptive hardbound dustcovers by Alex Cobbe to gussy up the real eyesores in my collection. Alex used a few inexpensive materials — construction paper, a ruler, a gold pen — to quickly turn her collection of paperbacks into a library of classics — even the Chuck Norris book looks like a masterpiece :) This would be a fun rainy day activity, and the possibilities for customizing this look are endless.
Chunk Candles. Step by step instructions on making chunk candles.
In addition to the normal items required for standard pillar candles, You will need: Instructions: Step 1: Melt Wax and add dye or fragrance oil as desired. Using a double boiler and a thermometer, melt your wax and bring it to a temperature of about 190 degrees F. You can scent and dye the chunks, the overpour wax, or both. For this project, I selected IGI 1343 to make the chunks as well as the overpour. Color Suggestion: Work with colors that are complimentary, generally those that occur together in nature. Cookie Cutter Soaps. Tired of the same old soap molds?
Get creative with cookie cutters! You Will Need: Instructions: Lune's Doily Dreamcatcher - How To. NOTE: This post was originally published on April 20th, 2011.
Supplies: large metal loop (wire macrame hoop) thrifted lacy doily (thinner fibers like doilies made of mercerized cotton work the best) small ball of inexpensive light weight yarn (cotton/poly blend for less fray) My Kanzashi Hairpin. My Kanzashi Hairpin Since I first saw Kanzashi on CraftyPod, I've admired them.
They are gorgeous! I assumed, though, that they were difficult to make, so I didn't even add them to my list of crafts to explore. Vibrant Button Tree on Canvas. Buttons aren’t just for seamstresses you know.
I always have a stash of buttons on hand for a variety of projects. Draw on tissue paper with permanent markers, - Popular DIY & Crafts Pins on Pinterest. Advanced Instagram viewer and content discovery dashboard.
Get your daily updates from leading publications and social networks according to your interests and favorite topics. 24 - THE DIRTY - Dirty Laundry - {the blog} Friendship Day is 8/7.
So I'm going to try my hand at making some friendship bracelets for a few of my friends that have helped me SO much with Dirty Laundry over the past several weeks. I'm going to try to make some snazzy ones! Here is my inspiration. 1. Hand Printed 'Insanity' Braided Cuff BraceletThis bracelet is made with hand printed fabric and super soft sued.I just LOVE how it all comes together. 2. 3. 4. Easy Felt I-pod Case. Welcome to the Bake Craft Sew Along!
If you love to sew then you won’t want to miss a day of sewn handmade gift ideas. According to Kelly is featuring gifts that can be crafted and A Southern Fairytale is sharing recipes perfect for making edible gifts! Don’t forget to enter our SEW Amazing Giveaway. Technique - Starting Braids With Very Small Knots. A very sweet reader named Becky emailed us to ask about the small knots I used to start my braids that you can see in the Summer Camp Bracelet Tutorial. This tutorial explains how to do it. They can be used on any braid or knotted project you might be starting! (The light blue/dark blue braid doesn’t count because I was trying something different – it didn’t work as well!) You have to be starting your project with strands folded in half for this method to work. Cut all your strands, separate them into 2 equal (or as close as possible to equal) groups and fold each group in half. Set the loop on the right over the loop on the left.
Bring the tails from the right up through the loop on the left. Even up the cut ends of each group and start pulling. Keep pulling and it will tighten down to this knot. Pin it in the center to start braiding or knotting. DIY: New Wave Friendship Bracelets. We’re going back to the future and are taking our friendship bracelets with us. Say hello to next generation friendship bracelets. What you need: – Flat Washers – Ribbon What you do:- Thread the ribbon through your first washer. Make sure that you’re going over and then under when you thread it through the hole. - Now add the second washer. Cord and button bracelet (tutorial) Guest Post. Lace Phone Case.
Glass Etching. Have you ever done any glass etching? Well, neither had I before today. But wow. Such an easy, yet sweet little touch that you can add to any glass. Check out my new and improved etched Trifle Bowl. The perfect bowl for desserts of all kinds…..and even a great place for fresh fruit on the counter. Circle Zip Earbud Pouch Tutorial - Dog Under My Desk. I use a little zippered pouch to carry around my earbuds since they are the fancy microphone ones and I don’t want them to break or get tangled. Some of you have commented that you are looking for some small, simple gift ideas. This is definitely simple to make, and a little more fun than the typical rectangular zippered pouch! I can see these as the perfect gift for teenage cousins or nieces or girlfriends or even teacher gifts.
Fun, quick, and cute! It doesn’t take very much fabric so you could even use scraps! UPDATE: I have completely re-written this tutorial with twice as many bright, clear photos and more detailed instructions and it is available as a pattern in my pattern shop. First, download the pattern template HERE. Cut from main fabric: 1 circle 2 half circles 1 tab. 8 Cute DIY Bookmark Ideas. Bookmarks | 26 comments. Photo 18- The Simplest DIY, Ever — For Your Headphones.