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December 17th, 2010 I love string lights and their endless possibilities . I wanted a little something special to drape over our headboard, and a row of glowing paper cubes turned out to be just the thing! First get a string of 20 lights (use LED lights if you are worried about this being a fire hazard) and 20 square pieces of paper (I used 8.5″ x 8.5″).
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solid perfume pocket watch locket
Try as I might, I cannot seem to grasp even the most basic of feminine beauty rituals. I’m constantly struggling to master rudimentary hair and makeup techniques, and my one-time foray into the “subtle” art of perfume left everyone in the room with burning nostrils. This DIY solid perfume locket from artisanal perfumer Mandy Aftel is something I can definitely stand behind, though. Mandy only uses pure and natural ingredients to create her perfumes, and this solid scent can be easily applied with no risk of over-dousing.
Putz houses , also called “ glitter houses ,” are little houses that make up a Christmas village. Popular from the 1920s on, they can be made from cardboard, card stock, and even old Christmas cards. I drew the pattern for this house based on the pattern for the Stone Cottage on the Little Glitter House site , which has patterns for different kinds of buildings. I made it a bit smaller than the given pattern and made a few minor changes to it.
working on it - Christmas card putz houses | Christmas Notebook
Make: Projects How-to Projects Library — Electronics, Arduino, Crafts, Solar, Robots
Explore our growing cookbook of DIY projects for the workshop, kitchen , garage, and backyard. Learn new skills, find family fun , build a robot or a rocket . Get started in electronics and use new platforms like Raspberry Pi and Arduino to power your inventions. Get inspired and start making something today. Welcome to the new Make: Projects! User accounts are temporarily disabled.Uses: The Masthead Knot ( ABOK # 1167, p 212) is described as being useful when rigging stays to the head of a temporary jury mast. Maybe! Many authorities certainly described this. However, Ashley emphasizes how prone this knot would be to slip.
Masthead Knot Mat | How to Make the Masthead Knot Mat | Decorative Knots
The Japanese art of paper folding is obviously geometrical in nature. Some origami masters have looked at constructing geometric figures such as regular polyhedra from paper. In the other direction, some people have begun using computers to help fold more traditional origami designs. This idea works best for tree-like structures, which can be formed by laying out the tree onto a paper square so that the vertices are well separated from each other, allowing room to fold up the remaining paper away from the tree.
Origami
Tammy Yee's Origami Page- easy paper folding crafts for children.
Aerogami Paper Airplanes Print and fold paper airplanes. Joseph Wu's Origami Page Incredible paper art. If you thought origami was limited to folding paper cranes, you must check out Joseph's intricate works of paper art. Merlin's Castle Got the September blues? Rainy days keeping you in the house (or sweltering days, depending upon where you live)?
Jim Plank's Origami Page (Modular)
Instructions Pictures -- ``Penultimate Module'' Compound of 5 tetrahedrons --- Another one. --- And a third.
not martha - to make: marble magnets - StumbleUpon
I finally gave in and made marble magnets. Not surprisingly they are quite fun, smooshing the glue out to make a perfect little magnified image is very satisfying. Here, in order of appearance, are the places I referenced: paper candy instructions with pictures (this is the first place I saw this project) dogmestic with instructions and pictures photogeek pictures ugly green chair cute ladybug magnets – pictures with packaging threads at Glitter: one two threeAs far as the backyard garden at casa de radmegan goes, most of my vegetables have ceased production for the season. The pitchers on my carnivorous plants are browning. My sweet little alien-like conophytums and lithops were covered up last week to protect against too much rain.
Indoor Tabletop Water Garden
Home PomPom Pillow from Living with Punks . Dip-Dye Lamp and Pillow from Design Sponge .
Top 100 Tutorials of 2010 - StumbleUpon
Make Chalk Rocks and Homemade Chalk Board Paint
I recently saw these Chalkboard Rocks from Pottery Barn that you can write on with chalk and thought…”I can make those!” So I did! I had been wanting to paint something with chalk board paint (which has been all the rage on the craft blogs the past several months) to try out a homemade chalk paint recipe I found while browsing Martha Stewart’s site a while back.Paper Crafts : - StumbleUpon
Description : In case you’re not sure what quilling is, it’s the art of rolling thin strips of paper into lovely little designs. Quilling was traditionally used to create framed pictures, greeting cards and decorate furniture, but lately it has become more 3D. Try this DIY Quilled Chess Set for a modern take on an old craft. Craft Link : DIY Quilled Chess Set Read More : Candle Making or Paper Crafts or Home Description : Jessica, from How About Orange, made these adorable Cut Paper Candle Holders using sheets of computer paper and a craft knife.How to Make Your Own Beauty Products from Scratch - Health - GOOD - StumbleUpon
Let's keep things simple this week. 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.TIPS,