How to Make Pom Pom Flowers. I have a thing for flowers that look like pom poms. Mums, allium, chive blossoms, dahlias – love ‘em! Since fresh flowers aren’t always in the budget, and because I have a brown thumb, I started thinking about what I could do to brighten up our apartment with flowers without actually using flowers. Soon, the idea for some sort of pom pom flower started bouncing around in my head, and this is what I came up with. How to make pom poms? Though my method basically follows the Bella Dia tutorial, I have made some slight variations, so I’ve posted my method below. What you’ll need for the project: yarn small, sharp scissors wire cutters a hot glue gun and glue sticks materials for the stems (paper or fabric covered floral wire or my favorite, branches or twigs) Using your thumb, hold the end of the yarn against your fingers as you begin to wrap the yarn.
The more times you wrap the yarn, the fuller your pom pom will be. Cut a piece of yarn that is between 4 and 6 inches long to use as a tie. Universal wrapping paper : WORDLESS® | Universal wrapping paper Design and art direction: Fabio Milito, Francesca Guidotti You can choose your celebration between 20 different occasions: / MERRY CHRISTMAS / HAPPY BIRTHDAY / HAPPY VALENTINES DAY / HAPPY EASTER / HAPPY THANKSGIVING / I LOVE YOU / I MISS YOU / HAPPY NAMEDAY / CONGRATULATIONS / HAPPY RETIREMENT / RECOVER SOON / GREETINGS WITH LOVE / YOU ARE THE BEST / FOR DAD / FOR MOM / ENJOY / ALL THE BEST / IT IS NOT A TIE / IT IS NOT A PERFUME.
I really do love HALLOWEEN. I am so excited i can hardly stand it. i started decorating yesterday with the kids. trey and i made these fun wooden blocks today. we'll show you how! I found these pre-sanded pre-painted wooden blocks at craft warehouse. if your craft store doesn't have them you'll have to cut, sand, and paint your own wood blocks.cut scrap booking paper to the size of your wood blocks. oh how i love mod podge. i have gone through a couple bottles in the last few months :o) so put a nice healthy coat of mod podge on your wooden block. two seconds before this picture was taken trey asked "mom can you eat this stuff? " oh how i wish we could trey. place your paper onto the mod podge. make sure to push down the corners. trey is doing such a nice job here. then cover the top of your paper with another coat of mod podge. i bought these wooden letters at Michaels. my little craft slave :o) went to bed at this point, so i had to finish these up by myself.
9 Beautiful Bookcase Makeovers. Furniture Makeover - DIY Bookcase. Pretty Bird Wall Art. Water Balloon Luminaries : Candle & Soap Making Techniques. A fun and easy project with a beautiful payoff. Learn how to make these Balloon Luminaries. You will need: High-Melt Paraffin Wax (IGI 1260)Party BalloonsDouble BoilerCookie Sheet Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Here is an example of these luminaries when using dye. Whirl-it lampshade - Whirl-it lampshade - free DIY tutorial. We really needed a new lamp, and we´ve planned to make one for months. This week we finally got around to it. It takes a bit of different materials, but it´s really easy when you´ve started. We recommend making it outdoors, as it gets quite messy. The result is pretty neat, especially at night when the threads cast shadow on the walls.
We planned to make the lamp using the yarn Garnstudio Ice, but it ran out really quickly, and we had to improvise by using a thinner yarn to complete it. Perhaps it happened for a reason - we really like the contrasts between the yarn quality and colours. Happy whirling! What we used One big, round balloon. How we did itGather all the materials.Put the yarn into the glue and mix properly. Fill the balloon to a desireable size. Hang it and start whirling. Whirl pretty tightly.