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Turn trash into something cute
Stop whatever you are doing. Right now. Head to the garbage can and start digging – I guarantee there is something in there you can Mod Podge, so you need to pull it out. That is what Ashley from Under the Sycamore did, and how she has some smart containers for storing supplies.
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How To: Make Can Planters
Yesterday's post on indoor plantscapes inspired a few to start looking for some new pretty pots for an indoor garden. And although you can find great small ceramic pots at Target or cute eco friendly ones at kelly green , you can also make your own by reusing cans and wrapping paper :
Duo Fiberworks - Duo Fiberworks - Obscure Craft book Thursday, The International Dolls House Book
Laura and I both had dollhouses when we were growing up. Our mom was into miniatures for a while and we went along for the ride, each getting our own luan plywood punch-out kit, even our brother had a log cabin to outfit. I have fond memories of making furniture and accessories to decorate them.
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How To Make Cyanotype Prints
The Cyanotype, which is also known as ferroprussiate or blueprint was invented by Sir John Herschel in 1842, when he discovered that ferric (iron) salts could be reduced to a ferrous state by light and then combined with other salts to create a blue-and-white image.journals and planners
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Felt Baby Shoes - Martha Stewart Crafts
There's no better way to cover a baby's precious toes than with a pair of soft, snug hand-sewn booties. They may seem daunting, but these slippers are made easy with ingenious templates .Shirt-Pocket Quilt - Martha Stewart Crafts
This pocketed quilt, made from recycled shirts, will look sweet hanging on the wall of any child's room. 1. Start by cutting nine 11-inch squares from the front portions of shirts, keeping pockets in the centers of the squares; or trim the pockets off shirts or jeans, and mix and match with different materials (below, left).
Japanese-Motif Soaps - Martha Stewart Crafts by Material
Create extra sets of these pretty soaps to have on hand for unexpected guests. Japanese-Motif Soaps Start with bars of white soap with flat sides.Homemade Grass Soap - Martha Stewart Crafts
We used a pound of glycerin soap to make four to five bars of soap. Tools and Materials Scissors Wheatgrass, health-food stores Blotter paper Flower press Melt-and-pour glycerin soap base, thesage.com (regular soap base available at Pearl Paint ) Sharp knife Glass measuring cup Grass fragrance oil, naturesgardencandles.com 4-inch mini loaf pan, broadwaypanhandler.com Spray bottle filled with rubbing alcohol Waxed paper Twine Grass Soap How-To Cut a 5-inch-square section from a flat of wheatgrass.
DIY Lip Balm - Whole Living Wellness
With most beauty products, healthy choices become clearer after a scan of the ingredients.
Follow these simple instructions to bind your own professional-looking book at home. Tools and Materials Sheets of paper for binding into a book Bone folder StudioTac double-sided adhesive Heavyweight papers for end pages Pencil Jade glue Paint brush Headband tape Craft knife Binder's board (acid-free) Book canvas Iron-on transfer paper (optional) Binding a Book How-To 1.
How to Bind a Book - Martha Stewart Crafts
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Make It: A Vintage Suitcase Dog Bed » Curbly | DIY Design Community « Keywords: DIY, Craft, Inspiration, dogs
We've shown you how to turn suitcases into chairs and even picnic kits , but this might be my favorite vintage suitcase repurposing project ever!felting
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in honor of a brand new year, the common ‘material’ for this month’s projects will be a theme: new year’s resolutions!lamps
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Page created: 26 January 2008, updated: 20 February 2009 If you like candles, live without electricity, or like to have some lighting back-up, you might like this simple little DIY project. An oil lamp can have a number of advantages over candles and mineral oil lamps: very cheap to run - can even burn used cooking oil the fumes are less toxic than those of paraffin candles or mineral oil lamps the production of renewable vegetable oil is less harmful to the environment than petroleum based products (including paraffin candles) for the extreme survivalist, vegetable oil is easier to store in bulk, or can even be produced on the home farm due to the wider base, more stable than candles, and the flame of any burning wick falling into the oil will be extinguished odour free when using olive oil
Homemade Vegetable Oil Lamp
How to: Homemade Vegetable Oil Lamp
Posted on Oct 04, 2010 in DIY Projects , Emergency Preparedness & Survival If you like candles, live without electricity, or like to have some lighting back-up, you might like this simple little DIY project. An oil lamp can have a number of advantages over candles and mineral oil lamps:Homemade Beauty Products - Natural Beauty Product Recipes
Make your own beauty products to keep harmful chemicals off of your skin. Homemade creams, soaps and other products can be just as luxurious and fragrant as their commercial counterparts but you can avoid artificial chemicals – and the headache of dealing with all that packaging waste. Although beauty products don't have to list their ingredients, they often contain pthalates, formaldehyde, parabens and other chemicals that have been shown to harm animals in lab tests, and which are being phased out in Europe in favor of less toxic alternatives. Prenatal exposure to pthalates, for example, has been linked to liver and kidney damage and effects on baby boys' reproductive organs, and the chemical has been implicated in male obesity.DIY Inspiration
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