DIY: Paper Gift Bows. A few months ago, I started bookmarking some cool DIY craft projects I stumbled across online. I seem to go through spurts of different interests and love to find things that keep my hands busy. Crafty projects are my favorite and yes, I do copy other people's ideas instead of coming up with my own. Common misconception: being a graphic designer does NOT mean I'm artistic. I can't draw. I can't paint. I don't come up with arts and crafts projects on a whim. So I steal other people's projects and make 'em my own.
Because I know I ramble on and on and on about dogs and my house projects, I thought sharing some of my favorite DIY craft projects would be a good idea. Find a bright, colorful page out of a magazine... any size will work. Cut the page into nine 3/4" wide strips. Next, twist the eight long strips into a figure eight (graphic side facing out).
You can either tape or staple the ends in place. Take the 3.5" strip and tape it into a circle. Ta da! PaperTrayTemplate. DIY: Dry-Erase Calendar. Since joining the Pinterest world, I have found so many things that I want to make! One that caught my attention was a dry-erase calendar. So, I decided to make one for my office out of green paint chips. When I went to Wal-Mart, the cashier gave me the "stink eye" because I was carrying LOTS of paint chips. I bet the thought going through her mind was, "I can't believe she's getting all those paint chips for free! " Note to self, next time I am doing a project with paint chips, I'll remember not to go through that lady's checkout. I then went to Hobby Lobby and purchased a 12" X 16" frame.
I didn't want a basic frame--I wanted something vintage looking. I found a white-washed frame at half-price, then took it home and did my own antiquing to it by smearing some brown paint on the wood. It came out just the way I wanted it. Beforehand, I had cut all my paint chips to be 2" x 2". Just enough room to write the times of important meetings. Then I arranged the colors so that there was a. Scrapbooking. Free Template Maker. Make a Basket with only one piece of 12x12 paper - Down Home Inspiration. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! This morning was spent making a bunch of mini muffins with my sweet little four year old helper. We ended up making so many muffins that we decided we should probably give some away to neighbors and friends lest we eat them all ourselves!
Of course this decision was made last minute and I quickly came to the realization that I didn’t have any containers to give away. Fear not, for there is a super simple way to make a crazy adorable paper basket with just one piece of 12×12 scrapbook paper. And it truly takes less than five minutes per basket. Let’s get right into it…there are a ton of pictures here! You’ll start with a single piece of 12×12 paper with the pattern facing down. This picture is showing you all four sides of the paper with the fold lines all marked. Okay, now it is time to start our folds. Continue folding all four sides in by four inches. Now you’re free to fill it up however you choose.