Entertaining Made Lovely: DIY Glass Centerpieces **Featured on KCMag.com!** **Featured on French Marie Claire website!
** **Featured on KCMag.com! **Recently while perusing Nell Hills for some decorating inspiration, I spotted some beautiful, brightly colored grouped vases. I fell in love and set out to recreate this look for myself. I headed to River Market Antique Mall, where I found three interesting clear glass bottles at a great price, and then headed home to start my project. Then I decided that I wanted to create two different vase groupings with two totally different looks and shapes. I washed and dried all of the vases and jars.
All I needed to get started on my project was some enamel paint made especially for glass. The painting process was surprisingly quick and easy. (TIP: I didn’t wear gloves, and after the first few minutes into the process, I immediately regretted it as my hands were completely stained. I was so pleased with the results that I decided to make a dining table centerpiece out of one of the groupings. DIY Lucite Clutch. Lucite clutches were all over every street style blog after this past fashion week.
(I pinned a few of my favorites, here.) I knew of course, that I needed to have one… but if you break down the components, a lucite clutch actually looks quite similar to the acrylic boxes sold in home goods stores to store bathroom necessities and such. All you need is some fun hardware, to dress it up however you please. I was feeling floral, but the sky’s the limit in terms of what you can do with it. You’ll need: Start by using your bolt cutters to cut the metal stem off of your drawer pull. Apply a large dollop of your E600 glue to the base of the pull… And adhere the pull to the box. Next, glue on your catch… And your clutch is complete! P.S. Fashion DIY: Cosmic Cross Sweater/Jumper. DIY: Galaxy Print. OOTD & DIY Galaxy T-Shirt. Waves Over Dawn. Hello everyone, These past few weeks have been filled with activities that forced me to keep from posting.
Today I have something that I think will be very helpful to all readers who are looking for a more entertaining way of adding new pieces to their wardrobe.DIY--Clutch enjoy! DIY « Mood Designer Fabrics Sewciety Blog. How To Make An Envelope Clutch. I know places like JoAnn's and AC Moore have classes sometimes.
You can call your local ones and ask, but also check out the local "mom-and-pop"-type fabric/sewing machine repair stores and ask them! The "indie" stores that are owned by and aimed towards younger clientele will most definitely have info or even their own store classes on how to sew. I also recommend the book "Sewing for Dummies" on just the basics. I'm not this expert sewer, but I make my own bags and wallets of all kinds, and after you learn the basics and what your machine can handle, common sense and practice (along with lots of mistakes and wasted fabric along the way!
It's all part of the process, even for expert sewers!) Oh, and for some handy tutorials or just good advice, crafster.org is a great place to go, even to just snoop around and read (which is what I do). Hope you find something near you! For me, it's impossible to learn a skill through reading and diagrams. Wow thanks for all the info guys!