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.
Update: I found the original pattern! Now, to print it big enough to be of any use, you need to change some settings on the print screen. Now, print that sucker out. There are probably a whole bunch of ways to proceed from here, but what I did was cut each piece out with about an inch of allowance around each shape...In other words, I didn't cut on the lines, I cut a big blob around them. And that's the deer. And there you have it. DIY | 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. That shop is where I stumbled upon these rings from Soop. I immediately fell in love with the concept of the ring and decided to try to make a version of my own. I decided to make the rings out of shrinky dink plastic, because it's affordable and I don't really know any other way to make them :) Here's how: 2. 3. 4. ** Extra tip: My rings sometimes rolled op to much in the oven and would stick together.
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. I cut out flowers and circles from the shrink plastic and punched holes in everything. I baked the plastic in the oven- preheated to 350 degrees. It takes about 30 seconds depending on the size and it is just like magic! The plastic shrinks, rolls up in a ball and then flattens out. added them to a chain, 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 Please note: if you’ve come here via the lovely bird ‘ring’ picture on Pinterest, read this post to answer your questions. This tutorial is Donationware – the instructions are available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation to show your appreciation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. That’s it! 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! There's a lot of fun tutorials out there with great ideas for Shrinky Dinks! If you want to make your own shrink jewelry, etc. you can find paper (you can even print on it) here.
While we're on the subject of small things, let me introduce my new little friend: For a long time I've enjoyed looking at pictures of Blythe dolls. One last thing, I'm so excited to report that my TARDIS mini quilt was featured on Geek Crafts AND the Craftzine blog and now Nodwick! 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) black sharpie scissors hole punch jump rings chain & clasp pliers & the use of an oven. Other cool shrinky dinks necklaces... super duper. 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. I figured I would tackle it a different day. Then I read the update from truebluemeandyou tumblr saying the tutorial had been taken down. Eep. This is my contribution to the Rodarte star hair pin craze, I loved making them and hope it inspires people like others posts have inspired me. I went to two craft stores, Michaels and AC Moore. MICHAELS: jewels, wire and gold spray paint AC MOORE: buttons and barrettes Purchase thick wire, I'm using 20 guage. + pliers and wire cutters Before we get started, I'm going to show how to do 'the loop'. Grip the wire in between your pliers, and then just loop it around one of the ends.
How to make a loop at the end. Okay, ready? Snip a long piece of wire and slide it through the button holes. The next steps are where you can get creative. 1 and 2. 3. 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. I did a graduated beading to add some interest. I beaded the pearls with the thread still attached to the spool, this way I could make sure I had enough length.
Continue beading the large pearls and then begin incorporating the small pearls again working back up to the large pearls. Once your done beading, tie a knot large enough for the beads to not move around on each end. Then I took about a yard of ribbon and laced it through the loop of the pendant. Pull both ends of the thread through the pendant loop. At this point I decided I wanted to add some lace trim to the necklace.
At the opposite end of the pearls you should have the ends of the lace trim. Voila! Thoughts- -I think I'm going to sew the lace trim to the pearl beads. Enjoy! Xoxo, Amanda. 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.
I live in Portland, Oregon – the coolest city ever. I also run DIY Alert, a website for Portland crafters. How to Make a Cool Button Pendant How to Make a Cool Button Pendant at ThinkCrafts.com Here’s what we made at Church of Craft yesterday: Button Pendants. So, you begin with some small pieces of plastic canvas. Next, gather some cool buttons. Okay, now we’re going to wire these buttons to the plastic canvas. Take about an arm’s-length piece of wire. Poke the leading end of the wire back down through the other set of holes – again, passing through both the button and the canvas. Let’s add a shank button to our pendant now. . . . See? 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. I found my lace in the dollar bin at JoAnn’s Fabrics. Lay out your lace in front of you on a flat surface. Fold the corner of the edge down and begin to stitch along the bottom with your needle and thread.
I used a dental needle but any regular needle will do. Stitch 6-7inches of lace. Pull the thread tight so the lace ruffles. Once you have checked that the flower looks like you want it to. Cut a circle from the felt that is slightly smaller than the circumference of you flower. Then turn the bobby pin over and begin glueing the lace spiral to it. Once your flower is secure and your glue has cooled you can use the hair 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...... not being a black flower sort of girl,i was disappointed,but then i started thinking, .......spray painti'm not a very good painter,(i leave that to my pal, who is fabulous at it :)but this was super easy.....first i took out all the pearlsand then....... i love how they turned out!!
I still have a couple more,....i'm thinking red or turquoise..........i know, i went a little ring crazy! But....they were only $4! They could be a great gift....or my daughter may wear them........or....... i may just wear a different color every day! Little Wishes - Beyond Beyond | 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. I posted some pictures of peacock feather earrings I made a while back. I thought I would do a tutorial for how to make them so if any of you are up for a fun summer jewelry project. I saw these a while back at Anthropologie for 40.00 or so. They only cost a couple of dollars to make which is more in my price range. Materials Needed: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. You should be able to find all of these supplies at your local bead or craft store. To start, select two feathers that have the same eye shape and color. Once you have chosen your feathers strip the feathers until they are the width you want your earrings to be. Once they look like the above picture trim the stem down to a quarter of an inch long. Place the feathers face down into the fold over crimp ends so that once you have folded down both sides of the crimp end, the flat side will be in the front.
Carefully with your pliers fold down each side of the crimp end so that it firmly holds the feather. …and like this from the top. 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. And thanks to some tips from a DIY previously featured on Poppytalk, making lace earrings proved be a cinch! Mix equal parts glue to water in a bowl. Cut your shapes from your lace trim or doily, making sure both pieces are symmetrical. Submerge the cut shapes into the glue mixture.
I haven’t stopped wearing mine since and can’t wait to make more. (top image from Vogue.com, rest of images by Honestly…WTF) DIY Geometric Diamond Necklace. DIY- Anthropologie "Perched Harmonies" Necklace. Lovely Wire Knot Ring Tutorial. Bohemian Chic Hair Pin.