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Pallet Hacks - ScrapHacker. Cheap’n'Chic Pallet Sofa Posted by ScrapHacker.com on juli 13, 2012 · 12 Comments Been busy hacking around the house the last couple of days! Among other things, I’ve hacked the crap out of yet another discarded pallet, now enjoying a blissful afterlife as a neat little sofa in my kitchen with some equally neat magic storage, check it out: The project is really an easy-peasy D.I.Y, and hope [...] Pallet Hack 2.0? Posted by ScrapHacker.com on januari 25, 2012 · Leave a Comment These hacks might not be the most D.I.Y friendly ones, but I´m thinking they could plant some small seeds of inspiration… Featured above here is the art by Vancouver based artist Aaron Moran (born 1986) who has a trademark hacky, and amazingly cool style (scroll down for some more glorious creations of his). Top 20: D.I.Y Spool Hacks Posted by ScrapHacker.com on december 21, 2011 · 6 Comments Top 15 Pallet Bed Hacks Posted by ScrapHacker.com on november 24, 2011 · 5 Comments Top-15 Pallet Sofa Ideas ScrapHacks @ the office.

Make-up Magnet Board. We all know with craft blogs that original ideas are often hard to come by, we find ideas we love and make them our own but we didn't come up with the idea ourselves. I feel like I've finally done something original here and I'm excited about it. I'll show you the finished product and then explain. Behold my Make-up Magnet Board. I have a friend who is beautiful and stylish and has always loved make-up but recently took a course that intensified her love. Her renewed interest has worn off on me and it made me remember eye shadows I'd hidden away that were gathering dust.

I pulled them all out and was shocked at just how many I had. The basket was a mess and I was overwhelmed with all my choices never knowing what to use, digging through to see what I had and find what I wanted was a pain. I painted it (The hard way, with a brush instead of spray paint. I went to the hardware store and picked up some metal and had them cut it to fit inside my frame. Here comes the brilliant part though. Turn Silverware Trays into Colorful Jewelry Organizers. <div class="greet_block wpgb_cornered wpgb_shadowed"><div class="greet_text"><div class="greet_image"><img class="enable-pib-img-under" src=" alt="WP Greet Box icon" data-recalc-dims="1"/></div>Thanks for coming by!

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And this is such an easy project. 3 Silverware Containers (I bought mine at Walmart) Spray Paint Command Strip Clear Hooks Command Strip Medium Picture Hangers. Bits Of Everything: Wall Picture Collage. I have been wanting to hang something on the wall in my kitchen ever since we moved in. Between Emily and I, we finally dreamed up this Wall Picture Collage after looking at lots of other people’s photo collages- and I love the way it turned out. Here are all the things that I bought. (all found at walmart) This entire project was under $20.

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Start Being Awesome typography art. Hey you! Ya, you.. I order you to I made something. Something really really awesome. I found a piece of typographic statement art on pinterest* that was so amazing I even used it when I talked about mean comments last month. I LOVE love love this saying so much (“awesome” is kinda *my* word, ya know) that I just had to recreate it. I’m still trying to narrow down a new home for it, so I tried out two places for my picture taking. I have been falling in love with this rustic throw-back look ever since I discovered Rodney White last year. So are you dying to know how to make this art for yourself? I wanted to make a huge piece of statement artwork but I had a budget of exactly ZERO dollars. The previous owners left this random fence in our garage.

I’d been meaning to drag it out to the curb for the trash men, but there was something that held me back every week. I pried off several fence boards with a pry bar. Then I took a hammer and hammered all the nails out of them. And that’s it. Art 1. Optical Design. Learn to draw.