4fef75ba9d899.jpg (521×960) DIY: Polaroid-esque Coasters! Darkroom and Dearly. What a clever idea! DIY firefly jars, sans fireflies. Manga farming. 12 Apr 2010 Tokyo-based artist Koshi Kawachi recently demonstrated his "Manga Farming" technique -- which uses old manga as a growing medium for vegetables -- by cultivating a crop of radish sprouts in an installation at the Matsuzakaya department store in Nagoya. [Link: Koshi Kawachi] Learn How to Make DIY Antique Blue Mason Jars | Jack and Jill Wedding. I’ve been gone so long, Jack teased today that maybe we should consider changing our domain to Jackwedding.com. To that, sir, I say Nay! Haha. So what I have for you today, I’m thinking pretty long and hard about using myself.
It’s making those beloved vintage-blue mason jars from scratch. That’s right, the antique ones you find from grammy and gramps’ teen years in their basement across the staties for about $15 each on sale. WOWZA. 1. 2. 3. Steps to get this effect: - Apply about a pinky fingienail amount of turquoise to a palette of some sort. . - Let dry for a full 24 hours. . - Bake as instructed on Vitrea bottle – it should be for 40 minutes at 375 degrees.
These are only recommended for vases and nothing flammable as noted on vitrea jar. Craftgawker. {DIY or DIE} The Easiest DIY Flower at The Broke-Ass Bride: Bad-Ass Inspiration on a Broke-Ass Budget. You probably wouldn’t have guessed this about me– and I’ll deny it if you ask me in front of my future grandfather-in-law– but I’m completely lazy. I don’t like projects that are too complicated because I get halfway through and I’m bored, and sometimes sticky, and I’m missing my trashy TV shows, and the directions are suddenly in Spanish {what?!!} And all at once I realize that I don’t care enough about this craft to keep going. So I don’t. I stop. And I leave it there, and then The Groom comes home and asks what happened and I tell him that it’s a craft project and that he’s not allowed to touch it, even though he and I both know I have no intention of finishing it and in a week, he’ll end up using a chisel to un-stick it from my desk and tossing it in the garbage can as I stand there with Elephant in my arms wailing about how life is so unfair.
And in that moment, a light bulb went on. Ladies and gents: Coffee Filter Flowers, the easiest DIY project you are ever going to find. Tra-LA! Giant Paper Rose Flower. If you loved the beautiful DIY wedding this morning and Nata’s gorgeous paper flower bouquets, you are in luck as Nata is sharing how she crafted them with us! She was inspired by a template created by Morgan Levine on Martha Stewart (as was I in the flowers I created for this styled shoot). I just love that this basic idea has inspired different brides to create their own version of giant paper flowers – you might remember these equally awesome giant paper flowers from this wedding I shared last year. :) Thanks so much Nata for sharing how you created your giant pink paper rose + special thanks to Studio Castillero for the photos of the DIY + her wedding! Materials (to make one giant rose) Step 1: Cut the petals Cut 5-6 teardrop petals and 15-6 heart-shaped petals from the petal colored crepe paper.
IMPORTANT: Crepe paper is directional so it matters which way you’re cutting the paper. Repeat until all of your petals are cut Step 2: Cut the leaves + calyx Step 3: Make the rose stem. VIDEO: How to Make Roses Out of Duct Tape.