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39 Easy DIY Ways To Create Art For Your Walls. How to Make a Stencil. Stenciling is a super useful technique that is great for many applications.

How to Make a Stencil

You can stencil onto clothing, sewn goods, or hard household items. DIY or Don't! DIY – Map Wallet. This beautiful wallet is made out of a map. I made it for my boyfriend for valentines day. Easy Peasy Pillow Covers (no hand stitching required!) Hi everybody!

Easy Peasy Pillow Covers (no hand stitching required!)

Is anyone else glad that the temp is starting to come down a little? I am SUPER excited about that! Projects Using Hot Glue Gun. How To: Print On Fabric. Printing on fabric is so much easier than I thought it would be!

How To: Print On Fabric

You start with some spray adhesive: Spray it onto a piece of cardstock and place your fabric on top, being sure to get out as many bubbles as possible. (I recommend spraying the adhesive outside.) Then cut down the fabric so that it is the exact same size as your cardstock. Place it in your printer with the fabric facing whichever side gets the ink. You now have printed fabric! Just peel it off of the cardstock. DIY: Decoupage. Rainbow in a Jar. I remember doing this project when I was young-- one of my favorites.

Rainbow in a Jar

I loved the process of making it, the way the colors looked next to each other, how the layers undulated in the jar. I remember begging my mother to let me do this more. She claimed that it used too much salt – way too expensive. Given that the salt I bought my children was $0.50 a canister and could make four of these each, I realize now that my mother was avoiding the mess-- Hrmmph. Well, fair warning, this is a salty mess, but oh so much fun. The Green Roof Dog House. While your busy making all those cool green upgrades in and around your house, don’t forget that your four-legged friends might also want a piece of the action. Well, at least that’s what one company called Sustainable Pet Design believes. They’ve introduced “Green Roof Animal Homes” that ‘smell good, grow plants, attract butterflies, filter water, insulate, and repeal fleas naturally.’ Each home is custom-built and uses only non-toxic materials, including untreated red cedar planks, zero-VOC paint, and beeswax waterproofing.

All vegetation for the green roof is native to the region you live in. Pretty cool idea — and something nice for those that would prefer not to take a hands-on approach. Www.charliesfriends.com/pdf/CareofDogs_Puppies.pdf. Www.pifexperience.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/2012.03.28-PIF-Experience-V3.pdf. OPP crime unit probing man's death in Port McNicoll. TAY TOWNSHIP - Ontario Provincial Police are being tight-lipped about the death of a 27-year-old Tay Township man.

OPP crime unit probing man's death in Port McNicoll

Members of the Southern Georgian Bay OPP detachment are investigating a Saturday night incident in Port McNicoll, which claimed the life of James Pirie. "I really don't want to speak to it much at all," Const. David Hobson said on Sunday. An unexpected wedding guest in Kansas. The “One-derful Moments” Photo Contest. Usefullness. Treating Yourself Expo. Mothers day on Etsy, a global handmade and vintage marketplace. Modern Mother's Day Card with Handwritten by sparrownestscript. Mom You're Wonderful Mother's Day letterpress by springolive. Mother's Day owl and owlette card letterpress by jdeluce. Mother's Day Card Orange Daisies Extraordinary by PattieJansen.

Google Image Result for. OneofaKind Spring Show and Sale 2012. OneofaKind Spring Show and Sale 2012. OneofaKind Spring Show and Sale 2012. Google Image Result for. Google Image Result for. It's HERE! The Kitchen Cabinet Tour!! Back to School Organizing: Packing Lunches. I wanted to put together a couple of posts sharing the things we are doing to prepare for the new school year.

Back to School Organizing: Packing Lunches

First, I shared how we are getting back into a new sleep routine and today, I thought I would touch on school lunches! We do our best to pack the kid's their lunches since it's such a huge money saver. Once a week, we allow them to snag up a lunch from school, since it's a special treat. We have them look at the school menu ahead of time, pick a day to eat school lunch, and the rest are packed by the hubs and I. This year I would love to be really organized when it comes to packing up lunches. October Featured Space: Kitchen - Disastrous Drawers {part 2} So on Monday, I shared a messy little secret we had going on here at the Jones' home.

October Featured Space: Kitchen - Disastrous Drawers {part 2}

February Featured Space: Kitchen - Recipe Finder Binder. Back to some more kitchen love.

February Featured Space: Kitchen - Recipe Finder Binder

And what's the main purpose of a kitchen? Cooking! Recipe Card Maker. Welcome to Skip to my Lou As seen in the new book "Hand in Hand" Recipe Card Maker Create your own recipe cards using this free online recipe card maker.

Recipe Card Maker

Re-purposing: Tshirts into 5-strand-braided-headbands. I was walking through Target a few weeks ago and noticed this little knit fabric headband that was not just braided together…….but woven.

Re-purposing: Tshirts into 5-strand-braided-headbands

I decided they were charging way too much for something that could be made with t-shirt scraps. And that means free. Mini DIY Round-up. Repurposed DIY For Everyone! I've heard it from so many different people...and I've said it myself! "I wish I could... " I'd like to showcase some repurposed DIY designs I've collected that I think anyone and everyone could do - and do well!

It won't be hard to find the supplies, either. Not only will you feel the elation of creation (hey, that rhymes!) Holder for Charging Cell Phone (made from lotion bottle) The DIY Modern Outdoor Succulent Planter #2. DIY Friendship Bracelet. For several months now, we’ve been receiving emails requesting a friendship bracelet DIY.

Well, friends, ask and you shall receive! Today, we’ll give you a step by step tutorial on the classic chevron pattern. If you used to whip up friendship bracelets like a champ in grade school and have since forgotten how, consider this a refresher course. And if you can make these with your eyes closed and arms tied . . . umm, can we still be friends? You’ll need:embroidery threada safety pin or tapea pair of scissors Start by cutting several strands of embroidery thread at about 24 inches each.

Start on the left side with the outermost color (shown here in red) and make a forward knot by creating a 4-shape over the 2nd color, loop it under and back through the opening. Pull up and to the right to tighten. Now pick up the outermost color on the right side (show here in red) and make a backward knot, creating a reverse 4-shape over the 2nd color, loop it under and back through the opening. A Wordy Egg. Over in Beyond Beyond towers we have one weakness, of the Achilles Heal variety and it is eggs. Scrambled, poached, sunny side up, boiled – whatever way you can imagine them we have had them in all the many fangled ways that you can imagine!

What we have never had is an invitation in an egg and this exploded our minds not even blew them. So, if you want to fry people’s minds like eggs then you can learn how to make these eggtastic wonders here on Poppytalk. Droolsome, and after you make your message in an egg we like paprika and parma ham in our scrambled eggs. Paper Flowers – Anyone Can Do That.

Things we make, bake and photograph: Things I'm loving this week: mason jars. I love mason jars. Always Chrysti - Always Chrysti - 100+ Ways to Creatively Reuse Old Magazines. How To Craft a Table Using Old Magazines. D.I.Y.

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Threadlessssss. Drawing. Graduation. Pooktre Tree ShapersBank of Imagination. Skip to my Lou. FREE PHOTO WORKSHOP 1hr-Workshop from CLLiK Photography in Midland, Ontario, Canada. A FREE one-hour introduction to Understanding Photography. Usually scheduled for the first Wednesday of every month. A great way to ease into the art of photography. Let us introduce you to photography and how to take great photos. Through our easy to understand methodical approach, CLLiK Photography Workshops are designed with YOU in mind. The One - Hour introduction is a way to become comfortable with your camera and begin to understand that taking pictures is fun and exciting.

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