The Outdoorsman's Wife: How I Made the Cardboard Taxidermy. By far the most popular post I've done so far is the one with the pictures of my son's nursery.
By request, here's a rundown of how I completed the cardboard heads that hang above his crib. You know, these ones: So, I most definitely can't take the credit for the design on these - After deciding I wanted to do these, I scoured the internet and turned up a template for the deer head. You can find it here. I can't seem to find my way back to the original Instructable to give proper credit, but whomever it was, all credit on the design belongs to them, not me. Shrink Plastic Rings. About a year ago I visited the Saatchi gallery in London.
Besides having some incredible art pieces, they also have a very impressive store. They sell the best art books you can find, and a lot of accessories from some pretty amazing designers. Shrink plastic statement necklace tutorial. Lately I've been having A LOT of fun playing with shrinky dinks (or shrink plastic) and decided to create a colorful and unique statement necklace completely from my own drawings on shrink plastic!
There is variety of shrink plastics out there- clear, frosted, black, white and a variety of colors. I used sheets of white and frosted shrink plastic. I used a black permanent maker and covered the surface with lots of doodles and drawings of my favorite theme right now- FLOWERS! I drew more flowers in variety of sizes, keeping in mind they will shrink about to about half the size that they start out.
I added color to the flowers by painting with acrylic paint on the back side of the plastic. Shrink plastic ring tutorial. Thank you to everyone who requested a shrinkydinks ring tutorial!
This tutorial is an experimental method, not an exact science – you should have fun playing with it… UPDATE: Since posting this very popular tutorial in 2008, I’ve answered every question imaginable in the comments of this post. If you have questions, you’re welcome to trawl back through the hundreds of comments to find my answers, or, to make things easier, I’ve compiled a 3-page shrinky rings FAQ, which is available exclusively when you donate $1 or more towards my tutorial (this also entitles you to further help from me by email, should you need it). Please see the end of this post for more details about this policy. Don't you just love little things? Show of hands, who remembers Shrinky Dinks?
I loved making these when I was a kid. And I was so happy to find a little kit at the craft store which included a few pages of the magically shrinking plastic. Today, my crafty buddy and I had some time and a craft date planned via webcam. My inspiration was this cool umbrella mobile. I drew and colored and cut and punched and ended up with this: (Please ignore my scratched up pan, lol!) I'm now old enough to pop these babies in the oven without an adult's help! How to Make a Handprinted Bracelet - How to Make a Shrinky Dink Bracelet. How To Make 2 Shiny Statement Rings.
Diy. shrinky dink necklace. Finally got around to using my Shrinky Dinks!
My inspiration comes from these wonderful clown eyelashes that I stumbled across online. This just goes to show you that you can find inspiration anywhere! Eyelashes available here! I printed the above picture at 50% of the original size & used that as my guide. Supplies: (under $7 from amazon) Diy. shrinky dink necklace. Colored Nuts and Bolt Necklace. DIY Rodarte Star Hair Pins Tutorial. I knew I wanted to DIY it, but I wasn't sure how.
That is, until I saw fortheloveof.net's tutorial. Acrylic star rhinestones were a genius idea! I mentally bookmarked her ideas: the rhinestones, the wire, the glue. Geeky DIY Women Shoes. DIY your own Killer Comic Book High Heels by “My Polite Indignation Knows No Bounds” will cost you around £15 and you will spend around Eight hours per shoe.
Requirements: Vinyl Shoes Mod Podge (Buy from Amazon US | UK ) Comics (Buy from Amazon US | UK ) Buy Mod Podge to glue the comic from Amazon US | UK. DIY Lanvin-inspired Pearl and ribbon necklace. Supplies- Satin Ribbon-I used two different sizes but you don't have to.
Large rhinestone pendant Assorted sizes of pearl beads Beading thread Thin lace trim First I started by beading the pearls onto the thread. Think Crafts Blog – Craft Ideas and Projects – CreateForLess » Blog Archive » How to Make a Cool Button Pendant. Welcome Guest Blogger, Diane Gilleland, from the Blog and Podcast “CraftyPod”.
CraftyPod is made by me, Sister Diane – aka Diane Gilleland. I’ve made things my whole life, and would gladly give up most household chores for an afternoon of serious crafting. When I’m not crafting, I producepodcasts, and make zines, and write and blog about crafts. Lace Flower Hair Pin. Another little project. Nothing fancy but easy and very cute. All you need is 7 inches of lace, a needle and thread, a small piece of felt, a glue gun, and a bobby pin.
Flowers for your fingers.....before & after.. On a recent trip to charlotte russewith my 15 year old girli spotted this fabulous yellow metal ringat the register when we were buying her some baseball tees..... i removed the large fake pearl in the middle of it....i love that the paint chippedand now the middle looks sort of rusty and vintage....well, i have loved it so muchthat i went back to see if they had any other colors..........all they had was black...... Little Wishes - Beyond Beyond. Well, we are dusting off our obligatory black armband over in Beyond Beyond land for one of our most favourite shops ever – Early Bright (mega sad face) they have been the purveyors of some delicious and inspirational bling that is more art than jewellery. And we just want to share one of the most beautiful pieces every a wish in a jar.
We used to shake dandelion bushes when we were little in the vain belief that we would get a Barbie dream house, Michael Jackson tickets, the ability to breakdance overnight (although we never progressed beyond being able to do backspins), millionaire moolah, or our favourite wish was that we had been dropped off at the wrong house (sorry parental units) and we were really the offspring of some family with the financial clout of Daddy Warbucks and the Rothschild’s combined. About the author I'm the big kahuna with the whole shebang. Amma = Idiot + Savant. Peacock Feather Earrings. Tiffany Blue Button Earrings by onedelightfulbutton. DIY Lace Earrings. Dolce & Gabbana‘s Spring ’11 collection undoubtedly furthered our already fanatical obsession with lace. Honestly, how dreamy is the collection?!
We thought we’d make good use of some vintage lace trim we had laying around and turn them into earrings similar to the ones we saw on the runway. DIY Geometric Diamond Necklace. Hi there, sorry for the missed post yesterday! DIY- Anthropologie "Perched Harmonies" Necklace. Lovely Wire Knot Ring Tutorial. Bohemian Chic Hair Pin. Yet another DIY! Summer is a time to create and when summer hits I definitely put down my knitting needles a bit more…THE HEAT!
It is hard to knit with even the softest wool fiber when it is close to the triple digits outside.