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Blog: Creative and Crafty Organizing If you put pictures into scrapbooks, how often do you find that you don't use all the pictures? Inevitably, we end up tossing them or sticking them into a photo box to never been seen from again. I was reading a great article the other day that gave some great ideas of how to use those unused pictures, without having to toss them. With the holidays quickly approaching, it might be fun to make a few gifts with pictures...
Creative and Crafty Organizing: Creative Ways to ReUse Old Pictures
Bottle-Cap Magnets and Thumbtacks - Martha Stewart Crafts
A homey take on the traditional locket, bottle caps inset with small black-and-white pictures can be used as thumbtacks or magnets. A homey take on the traditional locket, bottle caps inset with small black-and-white pictures, can be used as thumbtacks or magnets. Clear resin is poured into the caps to seal the photos and give them an appealing glossy finish.
My father worked in advertising for 30 years. He has always been a very creative person. In fact, he began his professional life as an art director before being promoted to creative director.
Functional Found Art Assemblage- Clock
Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom: Feature Friday- Faux Metal Wall Art
Looking for the Faux Metal Wall Art? Since this project was originally published on The Sitcom in December 2010, it has been my most popular project by far. Who knew that a bunch of toilet paper tubes and an idea would become so big? You can now find the full tutorial and FREE patterns on Suzys Artsy Craftsy Sitcom here: Faux Metal Wall Art I want to personally thank all my readers for making my Faux Metal Wall Art so popular! It is an incredible honor to be included in this magazine!Kodachrome Curtains - Updated! Now with lampy goodness! - HOME SWEET HOME
So, it's been a while since I've made anything Craftster-worthy, but my husband and I busted out the Dremel tool a few days ago and we made this: It's a pair of curtains made out of old Kodachrome slides! I'm really interested in photography, and will buy old cameras in antique and thrift stores in order to develop film that's inside of it.
A couple weeks ago, I found a paint-by-number at an unbeatable price. I can't pass these things up even though I already owned this particular design. I thought that I could maybe use it to make a fun D.I.Y., but my new rule is that all thrifts that I purchase with the intent of restyling need to get done right away. I have way too many half finished projects in my life. With that little bit of motivation I came up with a fun D.I.Y. to display some of my favorite song lyrcis in our newlywed home.
Song Lyric Wall Art
DIY {clothes pin magnets}
As a little gift to the girls that attended the dress making brunch (previous post) , I made them each a set of clothes pin magnets. I found the idea on the Pin and Paper blog. I thought it was an appropriate gift for for the brunch for these reasons: 1. Clothes pins can be a reminder of the dresses we made, but more importantly the little girls they will be going to
Crayon Hearts
If the sun seems to peer right into your window, give it something pretty to look at -- and through. These translucent hanging hearts are easy to make from waxed paper and crayons. In return, sunbeams will color your room with cheer.
My friends, if there ever was a bandwagon, this carefree DIYer is jumping right on it. For months, I’ve seen fabulous versions of the sunburst mirror pop up all over the blogosphere. And for weeks now, with every stop in the paint department, I couldn’t help but notice how those paint stir sticks might just make a very cool version of this decorative favorite. I couldn’t figure out how to stack them nicely enough around the center to make it worth my effort, but that little road bump didn’t stop me from snagging more than my fair share of free stir sticks at a time, like 8 or 10, over the course of a month. When I read how Danielle used an embroidery hoop , that convinced me to make my own version too!
