Atypical Type A. Gift Box. Gift Box This box made from two bills. The bills/box can be the gift itself, but it is also just about the right size for a ring box. (Perhaps a dollar-bill ring?) Get yourself two fairly new, crisp bills. Older "soggier" bills are much harder to work with. For this design to work, the folds should be very precise, and perpendicular to the edges of the bill if the resulting is to be retangular. Lay the bill on a flat surface, face up. Fold the note top-to-bottom just to the right of the portrait, then unfold. Starting at the top left corner (as illustrated), close the top third fold to about 90 degrees.
Inside this corner will be a remaining portion that you will crease along the natural 45 degree line to complete the corner. Complete the previous step for the other three corners. For each tab, pull it inside the box, folding so that the natural edge of the box is pulled slightly over inside the fold. Do this evenly for both tabs. You should now have an open box. Back. Monday Project - Scrap Felt Coasters and Trivets. In honor of Earth Day, this week I'll be posting about projects and art that reuse/repurpose materials one already has. Since I use felt a lot in my projects, I end up with a lot of felt scraps.
And since I have a hard time throwing anything away, I have a LOT of felt scraps! I use a lot of them in felt work, but can't keep up with the growing pile. If you've seen the photo of the felt rug from Martha Stewart's Craft Department, you might not realize it was made using scraps - I know! Materials: *felt scraps - include long pieces, not just the shorter scraps *hot glue gun and lots of extra glue sticks *rotary cutter and cutting mat - while you can make these using scissors, it will take a long time 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. To start the oval, I put hot glue on about 1 inch of a light tan strip and folded it over. 6. I do like making the circles better, though! Happy Creating! Sewing ideas. How to Weave Basket. Basket weaving hasn’t been so easy with this method: weave around a cardboard frame.
Originally, I saw this method in a Japanese craft magazine, I searched around for the template but can’t find it any where locally or online. So, I built it based on my dimension. Get the tutorial on how to make this easy woven basket and download the templates to try it out after this jump: I would say that this is a wonderful idea to make basket, with this method and concept, basically you can build a lot of shapes and sizes that you want.
Here, I demo it with 3 shapes: triangle, round and square, but you can come out with rectangle, pentagon, hexagon, heptagon & even octagon with just a little tweak in the design. The height can be modified to suit your preference. One thing you have to take note is that the sum of the “fingers” on the frame must be in odd number. Material: 1. Download the basket weaving template (consist of triangle, round and square) in pdf format. Keep going round by round. 9 Cool Things to Do With Old Books » Written Word. Bibliophiles and bookworms, English majors and lovers of literature: is it possible to have too many books? They accumulate so quickly!
Every member of your family getting you the same three books you requested for Christmas. Seeing Don DeLillo marked half-off, knowing you dumped a half-caff latte on your copy of Underworld, and – even though only the first three pages are illegible – justifying its purchase. 15+ years of required reading lists stored in boxes in your basement, even though you can bet your bippy you will never willingly read the poetry of Robert Burns again. We are up to our waists in books, some of which we hate (really Master Burns? Scottish dialect? A mouse?!) Update: Do to the overwhelming support (HA!) 1. It brings a whole new meaning to “audio book.” Use your old books to showcase your artistic side. Good for hiding passwords and codes, the key to your safe, and family jewels. 2. 3. 4. Book clocks are for everyone, young and old. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Make a silver ring for 25 cents. Paper Flowers – Anyone Can Do That | FindInspirations.com. Japanese Kusudama, this tutorial is featured on Craftuts Anyone can do that, I assure you. The proof: I can, just take a quick look at my result below. And, believe me, I am neither meticulous nor particularly patient. You could even say I’m the opposite. Below you can see my very first attempt to create paper flowers. What you will need to make your own Kusudama paper ball? 1. 3. 4. (optionally) I prefer torn paper instead of cut. You have to start with a single petal.
Now you have to glue your 5 petals into a flower. Apply the glue to only one side of each petal, except for the last one, in this case cover both sides with glue. Your first flower is done. Don’t glue every petal right after you make it. When all 12 flowers are finished you have to glue them together. When two halves of Kusudama Flower Ball are ready you have to glue them together.