background preloader

Craft

Facebook Twitter

DIY Tree of Life DIY Projects. ¡Al agua patos! Hoy os voy a contar cómo se puede hacer una bañera con un bote de crema.

¡Al agua patos!

Dependiendo de la base que tenga el bote, podréis crear bañeras de diferentes estilos y tamaños. Yo he utilizado un bote de crema de Mercadona para hacer una bañera antigua pequeñita. Pintáis con rotulador indeleble la forma que le queréis dar y cortáis con una tijera. El acabado depende mucho de cada uno, en mi caso como siempre, no se libra ni la bañera. Para conseguirlo, he dado con imprimación plástica (alkil) y he pintado con acrílico negro. Le he puesto unas tiras de papel grueso cortadas de diferente modo, para embellecer un poco.

Tras pintar las tiras, he aplicado craquelador, y he dejado secar. Leather Lunch Tote. I don’t bring my lunch to work as often as I should.

Leather Lunch Tote

And by that, I mean never. What if I had a cool lunch tote? It might not help… but at the very least, it’s a fun project to practice some hand-sewing and to make something interesting. Dremel carved clock. Dremel carved clock While my design didn't turn out exactly the same as the one I saw, I'm sure I pretty much got it as close as possible. 1.

Dremel carved clock

How to Make a Leather Wallet By Hand. DIY: Melted Snowman Ornaments. Today is the official kick-off to my Christmas season and what better way than with a DIY?

DIY: Melted Snowman Ornaments

How about a Melted Snowman Ornament? Well, here is my version… Using clear glass ornaments that you can purchase at any craft store (you can also get plastic), fill each one about 1/4 full with kosher salt. Fake snow will work as well, but the salt is heavier which allows the snowman “parts” to stay on top – or close to – and not get covered by the lighter fake snow.

DIY Unusual Pom Pom Floor Mat. 【自己做爆花晶】这是一个很有趣的好创意!用普通的玻璃弹珠,做出仿宝石的效果哈~用…-嘀咕网. How to Make Pom Poms Five Times Faster Than Everyone Else. Sick of the cardboard circle method?

How to Make Pom Poms Five Times Faster Than Everyone Else

I’ll show you how to make pom poms much much faster! When I was about 10 years old we learned how to make pom poms at school using the traditional “cardboard circle” method . It was kind of fun, but it took forever , especially if you wanted to make a big pom pom. I wouldn’t be surprised if this way of making pom poms was invented by teachers specifically to keep children occupied for an hour.

It’s just sooo slow! Thankfully, as an adult, I realized there’s an faster way. How-To: Make your own photo mosaics. This week's How-To shows how to take just about any ordinary image you've taken with your digital camera (or from the web) and make a photo mosaic.

How-To: Make your own photo mosaics

A photo mosaic is one large image made out of hundreds and thousands of tiny images from your personal stash, from google images or even frames from a movie. There are a few applications that do this for free, on Macs / PCs, and we'll show you where to get them and how to use them. Getting starting... Awhile back we saw a post on "The Future of Television," which had a picture of Bill Gates made out of all the company logos Microsoft bought up, sued, or was sued by over the years.

Camiseta con galaxia en espiral. Easy glass bottle cutter made up of common parts [UPDATED... again] Pom Pom Floor Mat. Cake postcard tutorial. Supplies Materials needed to make two cake postcards: 1 large sponge (yellow paints the best)Serrated knifeX-Acto or utility knifeSpray paint (brown, yellow, pink or white)1 tube acrylic latex caulk (brown, cream or white)Spray adhesive (3M Super 77 works great!)

Cake postcard tutorial

Cardboard, kraft paper or scrapbook paper Instructions Cut sponge into wedge shape With a serrated knife, using a sawing motion, cut a sponge into two, cake wedge shapes. Project 1: Rock + Bowl + Flame ( 31 DIY Projects for Busy Gals) 31 minute project You'll need: Sakrete Quickset Concrete a bunch of rocks (perhaps dug up from your yard) a plastic bowl a large canned good chafing dish gel fuel pack PAM cooking spray newspaper plastic tub for mixing concrete stick to stir concrete You are going to create one of these (which, FYI, Restoration Hardware doesn't sale anymore, hence why we are making our own)

Project 1: Rock + Bowl + Flame ( 31 DIY Projects for Busy Gals)

Paracord bracelet with a side release buckle. Monsters, Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Southern Gothic, Rock-n-Roll - Brine Your Tee. Candy Wrapper Pouch Tutorial {Guest Post from Punkin Patterns} Vanessa from Punkin Patterns created a Sweet Tooth Pouch that’s SUPER CUTE!

Candy Wrapper Pouch Tutorial {Guest Post from Punkin Patterns}

I want one! They make great gifts for kids of all ages and once you see this wonderful tutorial you’ll be running to the store to buy a bag full of candy. Here’s Vanessa… We don’t normally have a lot of candy in the house. Well, the Halloween candy (at least nothing with chocolate – because that’s all eaten within hours) is still in a jar in the kitchen cupboard. So, here’s a little “sweet tooth” pouch. You’ll need two candy pouches – I used skittles and M&Ms. You’ll also need: iron-on vinyla zipper (7 – 9″ works well)two pieces of fabric for lining (each should be the size of your candy wrapper).thread, sewing machine, zipper foot, iron, X-acto knife First, we’ll put the vinyl onto our candy wrappers. Cut two pieces of vinyl slightly larger than the wrapper.

Katies Rose Cottage: Mercury Glass Family Fun. Miniature Tree Tutorial. I needed some miniature trees for an art project earlier in the year and found some on Ebay for making model landscapes and train set scenery.

Miniature Tree Tutorial

They would have worked well but I really wanted specific tree forms so I decided to make my own. Here's my tutorial, it's such a simple and quick project. Materials: 2 pairs of needle nose pliers with wire cutting feature Copper or steel wire, 26 gauge is preferred Ruler for measuring wire for cutting Beads, bases or other embellishments (optional) 5 minute or quick dry Epoxy for securing tree to base Safety glasses (& rubber gloves if you have a hard time holding the wires) *I've used brass wire, but it's much too stiff to bend easily and silver wire tends to be too soft and breaks too easily. *You can use a lower gauge. thicker wire, but it'll be harder to work with. But it's helpful if you want to make bigger trees. Step 1: Cut five lengths of wire about 7"-8" long. How to Dye a Faded Pair of Jeans. Six years ago I bought the best pair of jeans of my life.

They were a classic pair of black Gap Straight Fit Jeans that I found from Goodwill with a Fall ’03 label on them. They fit me like a glove, made me feel slim, and hit at the perfect length. Have you ever wondered what to do with an old pair of jeans you really love and that are really starting to look like they should be retired?