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100 Ways for Your Family to Make a Difference. S near Canton, Georgia. Beautiful Headboards Youll Never Find In Any Furniture Store - StumbleUpon. How to Make Clothing Buttons from Shrink Plastic&8230;. This tutorial is an old one of mine that’s too good not to share again.

How to Make Clothing Buttons from Shrink Plastic&8230;

Since posting the first time, I’ve had lots of questions about these buttons which will hopefully be answered in this revised post. Equipment Some handy notes: 1. The buttons. Single hole, hole punch (like this one here). 2. 3. Okay.. lets get started! Tracing tips: You can use either coloured pencils or permanent pens. Words must be writted backwards in order to be readable. Shrinking the buttons: To shrink the buttons, you can use an oven or a heat gun (the kind used for embellishing). After the buttons have twisted and twirled, and are LYING FLAT, it’s time to take them out. Note: If the skrinking is taking too long, you may need to turn your oven up. Really Random Tips. Search results for eye makeup. Paper Crafts : - StumbleUpon. Description: So stylish, cheap and easy!

Paper Crafts : - StumbleUpon

Craft Link: Pretty Paper Flowers Read More: Paper Crafts or Home. Get Your Hands Dirty: 100 Killer Tutorial DIY Websites. Paint Moss Graffiti - Step-by-Step Guides for Offbeat DIY Projects - Popular... Make Chalk Rocks and Homemade Chalk Board Paint. DIY Wallflowers Scented Plugin - Holy Crickey. Fake Febreeze. Host a Beauty-Inspired Tea Party. Is there anything more fun than having your girlfriends over for a tea party?

Host a Beauty-Inspired Tea Party

Afternoon tea has fast become the new sleepover, and it's oh so ladylike to get dressed up and have cake and cookies in the afternoon. Make your tea party even more girly by giving it a beauty twist. Start with the invitations. Draw and write invitations by hand, illustrating them with a cute picture of a lipstick or compact. Be sure to write that it's a beauty-themed party, and ask guests to wear a bright lipstick or eye shadow.Dress up your table. Image courtesy of pinterest. 20 Cool Home Library Design Ideas. Headband Makeover {How to Make a Bow} Mrs.

Headband Makeover {How to Make a Bow}

Priss Headband Makeover {How to Make a Bow} Feb01st2010 Supplies: Headband (mine was busted)Ribbon (I used 7/8″ wide for this size bow, but you should adjust measurements below according to ribbon width)ScissorsHot Glue Gun. How to: pore strips. DIY Bookshelves...made with Books! You gotta love Real Simple for all of their easy, breezy DIY projects and organization tips!

DIY Bookshelves...made with Books!

All you need to complete this clever little project are some old books (pretty ones are a plus!) , some hardware and a drill. I love the colorful books they used and all of the interesting "found" objects neatly displayed. In case anyone would like to take a stab at this project, I've included the instructions below. What do you think?! Find some cloth or leather-bound books with beautiful spines that will work well together as a grouping. Buy two sets of brackets, using one set for below the books and a single bracket for above. Slide each book between the top and bottom brackets before placing light-weight objects on it. Blog Archive & Grandma's Stain Spray.

Grandma’s stain spray is so simple to make.

Blog Archive & Grandma's Stain Spray

And saved my favorite shirt. Okay. One of my favorite shirts. It has penguins on it and I’m sure I’ll be wearing it for many years to come. The first time I wore the shirt (FIRST. I pretreated the EVOO stain with Shout spray, left it over night, then ran the shirt through the washer AND dryer. The penguin shirt came out of the dryer with the EVOO stain still there. Essential Oils for Soap Making. Guest blogger - Sasha from The Guilded Bee: Here's another DIY project from our sweet friend, Sasha - from the The Gilded Bee.

guest blogger - Sasha from The Guilded Bee:

Be sure to check out her awesome shop full of handmade packaging lovelies. Thanks for being here with us Sasha! I'm delighted to share my book tutorial with you today: Supplies you’ll need to make this project: • One—8.5 x 5.5 sheet of cardstock • One---1/2 x 3 inch piece of cardstock or paper • Two---2 5/8 x 3 1/8 inch pieces of cardboard, chipboard or matboard (not corrugated) • Hot glue gun and glue sticks • 25---3 x 5 inch ruled or blank index cards • Two---3 x 5 inch sheets cardstock • 2 rubber bands • Pencil • ¼ inch wide Ribbon: One-6 inch piece, plus two-1 inch pieces To make the page block: * 1. . * 2. . * 3. . * 4. . * 5. . * 6. To make the cover: * 1. Make a little mark at the center of each side of your paper (4.25 inches on center). On each side of those center marks, draw three lines paralleling each other (6 lines total): 5/16”, 5/8”, 13/16” inch from the center mark.

Top 100 Tutorials of 2010. Soap Making Recipes and Tutorials. 50 All Natural Beauty Products You Can Make Yourself - Planet Green. Make It and Love It: Satin Flower Headbands. Satin Flower Headbands Remember this post about the pettiskirt?

Make It and Love It: Satin Flower Headbands

Well, many of you asked about the headband……. I have posted about the satin flowers before…….hmmmm, maybe a year or so ago, but didn’t give a step-by-step and didn’t show it on a headband. But these little satin flowers really are a fun little thing to put on anything. Clothing, bags, headbands, etc. But since many have requested the headband version, here it is: Such a fun and vibrant accessory. Many color combos are at your fingertips. The headbands work especially well to keep hair out of the face,while your little one peeps on the neighbors. And how can you resist all those layers of petals… Nice and full and perfectly sweet. Ready to make your own? First, begin by cutting about 6 circles of satin material for each flower. I made each circle gradually smaller, making sure they fit on top of the circle just larger than it, and didn’t worry one bit about making it a perfect circle. Then I dumped off the excess beads.

How to Make Your Own Beauty Products from Scratch - Health - GOOD. Let's keep things simple this week.

How to Make Your Own Beauty Products from Scratch - Health - GOOD

When it comes to personal-care products, we are big believers in streamlining what you use—see "Eight Products You Think You Need But Don't" for a refresher—buying less in general, and getting creative. We have both always loved experimenting in our kitchens and our bathrooms, checking ingredients in products we love, isolating the main ones, and then trying them on their own. Sometimes it works: A favorite hair leave-in contained aloe, for example, so one day we tried aloe alone and found that, lo and behold, it worked just fine on its own. And sometimes it didn't. Over the years we have tried dozens of DIY beauty recipes to find ones we like—and that work. Simple body scrub Honey face wash We already told you about our new favorite homemade face wash last week but here's the recipe: In the palm of your hand, combine a tablespoon of raw, unfiltered honey with a half a tablespoon of baking soda, mix it together, and apply to damp skin.