Turn trash into something cute. Simple votive centerpiece idea. Affordable decorative luminaries. Desperately seeking a cool and functional lighting option for your space?
Man Podger David has a new tutorial for you – make a luminary on a budget: with hardware store goodies! Most of you don’t know this, but I’m really into mood lighting. Not a big fan of bright light. DIY glass citrus plates.
Illustrations. Softies. 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:How to Make Pots out of Cans 1. Collect your cans (I stuck with the cans that I had left over from canned pumpkin, condensed milk and canned tomatoes) and clean and dry them. 2. Using a nail and hammer, puncture the bottom of the can a dozen times so that water will be able to drain out the bottom.
Photo - Ian Harvey + Koo Kyung Sook, Figure 2 (detail), 2007, Enamel and shellac on paper, 112 x 132 inches, Courtesy of the Artists and JAYJAY, Sacramento, CA. - San Francisco Museum. Drawing inspiration from the classic documentary, The Powers of Ten, The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art's (SJICA) current group exhibition is one that addresses ideas of scale through physical and conceptual explorations.
They ask the question about how to understand size in relationship to our daily lives. How do we solve problems when size is so abstract and incomprehensible? Size matters insofar as it tells us something about an object's dimensions in relationship to other things. We understand the difference between what is small versus what is big due to a comparison between them. While our understanding of size is intrinsically tied to human scale, science and technology have opened new perspectives into the cosmic and infinitesimal, dramatically altering the way we understand ourselves in relation to an expansive universe. 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.
Hanging couch design ideas. Supplies. Embroidered. Simple travel clothes. Furoshiki. Painted glass. Dye fabric. Pretty packaging. Art from nature. Basket weaving. How To Make Cyanotype Prints. Journals and planners. Clay animals. Kids books. Felt Baby Shoes. Shirt-Pocket Quilt. Storytelling Tape - Martha Stewart Food. Japanese-Motif Soaps - Martha Stewart Crafts by Material. Homemade Grass Soap. How to Bind a Book. Packaging. 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!
As an avid dog lover and self-proclaimed "crazy Schnauzer lady", I always get a little too excited when I see awesome DIY projects for pets. So, you can imagine my enthusiasm (or can you? It's pretty extreme...) for this stylish, retro-inspired dog bed created by Kathryn Ekloff from Mox & Fodder.
Random project ideas. Natural dyes. Skin care, soap, and cosmetics. Needle felted animals. Shoes. Photo Gifts. Recycled cardboard kitty pad. In honor of a brand new year, the common ‘material’ for this month’s projects will be a theme: new year’s resolutions!
We all make them, we all break them, but you have to try right? This week’s resolution is “waste not, want not”. every few months i purchase my cat a scratch pad from trader joe’s and he loves it…but if you look closely, it’s just a box full of corrugated cardboard! Why spend the money when i can use all my old shipping boxes (from december’s online gifting spree) to make him a stylish scratch pad for free?
Classes and workshops. Concrete. Homemade Vegetable Oil Lamp. 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 oilthe fumes are less toxic than those of paraffin candles or mineral oil lampsthe 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 extinguishedodour free when using olive oil. How to: Homemade Vegetable Oil Lamp. Posted on Oct 04, 2010 in DIY Projects, Emergency Preparedness & Survival Source: Judy of the Woods If you like candles, live without electricity, or like to have some lighting back-up, you might like this simple little DIY project.
Homemade Beauty Products - Natural Beauty Product Recipes. Sure, we all know that beauty comes from within — but from within your refrigerator?
Here, beauty experts share their secret formulas for a more beautiful you. The bonus: These recipes can be made with items found in your fridge and cabinets. Getting gorgeous has never been easier. Happy Hand Exfoliant. Homemade Skin Care Recipes - Natural Beauty Recipes. DIY Backyard Beekeeping - How To Start Backyard Beekeeping. A beekeeper's best friend is his or her smoker.
A smoker is simply a cylinder with a bellows attached. In the cylinder you build a slow burning fire, using pine needles, old burlap, rotten wood or even commercially prepared smoker fuel. A slow burning fire produces mostly smoke, and when the bellow are squeezed, smoke comes out of the nozzle. When smoke enters the beehive when you are working in the hive, a couple of things happen. First, a honey bee's natural instinct when confronted with smoke is to react as if there is a forest fire, and the natural home (recall that hollow tree?)
Craft business. Homemade gift ideas. Ceramics. Indie blogs. Indigenous craft groups and craft supplies. Felting. Random materials and supplies. Diy craft supplies. Crafty blogs and websites. Technology, materials, ideas for craft materials. Skrinky dink extravaganza. Google Image Result for. Small Clutch. I made another linen, metal zipper clutch. It's a wonder I haven't made 6 more (I guess it's those other obligations I have like my day job).
Just like the internet, I am obsessed with these and could have one in every size and color. This one is a small size, for just carrying the essentials out or for using as a wallet, which is how I'm using it now. The construction is exactly the same as the larger version I posted about here, but you'll start with different dimensions. After the jump, I've got plenty more pictures to detail the process. Apartment Therapy Chicago. Dye printing on cotton fabric. A few weeks ago I attended the second class in a series on natural dyes taught by Rebecca Burgess. (My post on the first class is here.) It was a beautiful Spring day at Commonweal Garden, the site of many great classes offered by the Regenerative Design Institute. We gathered excitedly in the green house to dye our cotton fabrics in the vats of native Toyon and California coffeeberry that had been aging for the month since our last class.
Deborah Grayson Bailey. Penn Herb Company On-Line Herb Store. Paper Lithography/Gum Arabic Transfers. Gum Arabic transfer which is also know as paper lithography or xerox lithography is a quick way to make prints. Your paper photocopy actually becomes your plate when the gum arabic interacts with the toner and raises it slightly off the paper. You can get two or three transfers from one photocopy if you are careful in your plate preparations.
If you want several copies of the same print it is a good idea to have more than one photocopy ready. The following instructions are a combination of what I learned from my recent workshop and research on the topic. There is always more than one way to accomplish what you want. Gum arabic. Acacia gum Gum arabic is a complex mixture of glycoproteins and polysaccharides. It was historically the source of the sugars arabinose and ribose, both of which were first discovered and isolated from it, and are named after it. While gum arabic is now produced mostly throughout the African Sahel, it is still harvested and used in the Middle East. For example, Arab populations use the natural gum to make a chilled, sweetened, and flavored gelato-like dessert. Usage[edit] Google Image Result for.
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