Sunday Best: Wrap It. Tiny Polaroid Magnets. Hi there!
It’s felt like forever since I’ve last blogged, and has felt like an eternity since I’ve done anything crafty and nifty. Since my morning sickness has gone into full speed (yes, we’re expecting our third this fall!) I haven’t felt like myself. But nothing like inspiration to wake one out of a reverie — or nightmare, in my constantly sick state. I came across these DIY Pantone chip magnets on How About Orange and wanted to do something similar. You will need: Cardboard (mine was the backing of a sketchbook — much thicker than the back of a regular spiral bound notebook) or 2-3 sheets of white cardstock or poster board spray-mounted together to use as a sturdy backing to the magnetsOpaque white marker (necessary only if your cardboard is not white) Craft knife Metal straight edge/ruler Clear packing tape or frisk film.
Step 1: Download a Photoshop file of the Polaroid frames below. Step 2: Print out photos onto photo paper. Step 4: Trim out photos with craft knife. 487 Comments. Believe It or Not, These Stylish Bracelets Are Made From Cardboard! DIY Macrame Bracelet. Growing up by the beach in Southern California, the ability to knot a macrame bracelet was practically a right of passage.
Although those days are long behind us, we’ve never forgotten the ever-so-simple square knot technique. This time, however, we’re replacing hemp and wooden beads for more updated elements like colorful nylon cord and glossy metal charms. TUTORIAL: Coffee Stirrer DIY Wall Art - makeanddogirl.com. Last week, I posted a preview of the simple, inexpensive wall art my mom and I created.
Now I’m excited to show you how you can make a one-of-a-kind coffee stirrer masterpieces too! I’m big on projects that anyone can do. And this is one of those projects. If you can smear paint on wood and use scissors, you can make this easy art. Tween Crafts - Connecting Mom and Daughter through crafting. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to our mailing list.
Thanks for visiting! Ever since I saw this video from Oh Crafts! TUTORIAL Namaste Bead Woven Earrings by HeidiLeeDesign. How to make your own dress form. When starting on the wonderful and exciting journey of making your own clothes or altering old ones there is one thing you will definitely need to make your job easier...that is a dress form.
There are many tutorials on the web but the best one I found is the one I am going to share with you. The source is but the tutorial is in German so I am going to make a short presentation in English, although the pictures speak pretty much for themselves. Here is what you will need: pillow filling for stuffing out your formscissorsmetal base2-3 rolls of tapecardboardan old hip-length T-shirtfoil (for the neck) Fake Toilet Paper Roll. Is there anything worse than going to the bathroom only to find you forgot to check if there was any toilet paper? There is Now!
I made a fake roll of toilet paper out of cardboard, and inserted a removable prank message for that moment of truth when your victim realizes that no salvation will come from that little white roll. Making a Wire Wrapped Ring. DIY Photo Light Box // Take Better Photos! One thing I've learned during my blogging adventures: You eat with your eyes first!
Photography is everything when trying to capture a tutorial for your readers, or make your products look desirable on Etsy.com. And what's the most important part? 24 Cute And Incredibly Useful Gift Wrap DIYs. Wire-Wrapped Tree Necklace. I’ve gotten some comments recently about how often I use images of trees in my crafts.
I really do love trees. I know you have probably seen the wire-wrapped tree necklaces around (some people call them Tree of Life necklaces) – so perhaps yet another tutorial is overkill… but I made this little beauty for the Birthday Bash giveaway that starts tomorrow at SevenAlive, so I thought I’d show you the how-to, since I was making it anyway! :) This is going to be photo-heavy, but it’s not because it’s complicated – just difficult to explain, and much easier to show you. If you checked out my Beaded Family Tree from a few weeks ago, this is much the same – just on a smaller (wearable!) Oversized Pinwheels - Design Editor. Have you ever made a pinwheel? I can't believe it took me 38 years to try it. So easy! I made this oversized, decorative version to dress up my girls' Easter baskets.
Decorative meaning they don't spin. 20 of Our Favorite Homemade Halloween Costumes. If you’ve been on this site for more than a minute, you know we here at Brit + Co. are all kinds of crazy about the upcoming Halloween holiday.
Given our penchant for all things homemade, we only felt it right to share with you, dear readers, all of our favorite homemade costumes we’ve spotted from around the web. Many of these you can even make with stuff you already have lying around your house! There are options for singles, couples and families alike. Summer bracelets DIY. When M. came home from her camp with school, she showed me this yellow bracelet she made with 'scoubidoo' strings.
One of her friends taught her how to make these and of course I wanted to have a go at it too. Instead of scoubidou string I used strips of fabric for one and leather - what did you think?! - shoelaces in offsetting colors for another one. I believe both resulting bracelets look really nice. The possibilities in terms of material to braid with are endless.
So, in case you 're in need of a fun summer project here's a how-to in 16 pictures with a short description below. This is what you'll need for an adult size leather bracelet. Steps: 1. This is the kind of craft you could easily do with kids - have them cut strips of fabric, no need to worry about the strips being straight and regular, and teach them how to braid. Wire Wrapped Tree. Well, voting is now closed for this week’s challenge at One Artsy Mama, which means it’s big reveal day here!
I’m so excited to show you my entry. Did you go vote? I am happy to say that while I didn’t win this round overall (the competition was pretty impressive!) I am advancing to round 2. The theme is Mod Podge, so stay tuned next week! YARN BRACELET DIY! Bracelets, once more... I don't know how your week has been, but mine was weird. And short. Flat tire on Tuesday, right when we were supposed to head off to gymnastics. Had to go by bus which we missed, so we had to wait and hence M. was late. Wednesday, I had to get the tire fixed besides everything else on a usual Wednesday . Fun and Crafty Uses for Newspaper. Återvunna armband. Vi hittade ett gäng plastflaskor i återvinningslådan och kunde inte låta bli att klipp i dem. Med lite klister, garn och fantasi blev nya smycken till mor och dotter. Ni behöver plastflaskor, klister och material att dekorera med, till exempel garn och spets. 1.
Börja med att klippa till lagom tjocka armringar av flaskorna. Det lättaste är att först klippa dem grovt med en stor sax och sen finputsa kanterna med en lite mindre. 2. 3. 5. Vi har nu en helt ny uppsättning armband, gjorda av saker vi hittat i lådor och skåp här hemma. It's a good idea to use free paint chips: Check out the 31 ways paint chips are used in all kinds of projects!! Some of these you may have seen around blogland others are from Etsy. 1.PaintswatchWall2.SnowmanOrnaments3.cut leaves.