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Photo Bunting – How To Make Photo Bunting. Bunting is a fun way to decorate for a party; it’s easy, pretty, and you can hang it anywhere you like.

Photo Bunting – How To Make Photo Bunting

The other day here at Free People it was my sister’s Bridal Shower and for the occasion I made some bunting to hang delicately on the wall. The theme I used was “a couple in love” and printed out photos of her and her fiance throughout the years they have been together. The term bunting refers to a collection of flags made out of fabric, plastic, or card and placed onto a ribbon for hanging. What’s great about this festive decoration is that you can get super creative with ideas – there are no limits!

Just have fun and make it look pretty. Here’s how I created the bunting for my sister’s bridal shower. What you need: A collection of photographs you want to use An outline of a triangle Glue A ribbon Scissors Step one: Position the triangle on the photographs onto an area that you want to be present in the triangle shape. Step two: Cut out the triangles that you drew. Tags: DIY. Working on: stamped salt dough ornaments. A variation on the salt-dough ornament tutorial I did for Katy Elliott last year. They were rolled out and lightly stamped with ink before I cut and baked them.

Happy holidays! Diy: Salt Dough Ornaments : katyelliott.com. The holidays have officially begun. As we countdown to Christmas I’ll be sharing some of my favorite holiday decorations, crafts, and gift ideas. To start us off Bread Dough Ornaments from Stephanie of even*cleveland. So cute, I can’t wait to try. Thanks for sharing Stephanie! P.s. for christmas 2010 Stephanie made these stamped salt dough ornaments. Salt dough ornaments are an easy holiday craft that everyone can do, and you can make them as simple or as complicated as you like.

Step 1. Step 2. For the gnomes, I used food coloring to dye some dough red for hats and jackets – this was EXTREMELY messy, so I would recommend wearing latex gloves if you mix in the color by hand, and rolling out any dyed dough between two sheets of wax paper to protect your counter and rolling pin. Once the ornaments are formed, poke them with a bamboo skewer to make holes to hang them from. Step 3. Happy holidays! Related Post:Macaroni SnowflakesDiy: Icicle Chandelier share. Christmas Wreath Ideas - How to Make a Christmas Wreath. White Christmas Matte white spray paint transforms au naturel grapevine, twigs, and pinecones into an icy-looking Arctic circle. At your crafts or floral supply store, purchase an 18-inch grapevine wreath. At the floral supply area of the craft store, look for natural pods in a variety of shapes, pinecones, and seasonal nuts from an assorted-mix package to add texture and variety to the wreath.

Using a hot glue gun, add these dried decorations to the wreath. To make stick stars, use sticks from outdoors broken into 3- to 4-inch lengths or use cinnamon sticks. How To Make Body Spray – DIY Body Spray. When I was little I used to love making my own potions.

How To Make Body Spray – DIY Body Spray

I’d sneak into the bathroom and mix baby powder, shampoo, mouthwash… whatever I could get my hands on! With Halloween on its way – and our Dark Side of the Moon trend going full force, I can’t help but feel the need to get in touch with my inner witch. Today I have an almost-too-easy recipe for homemade body spray and a really fun idea for little decorative bottles to keep it in. Get ready to get your witch on. Homemade body spray (I mean, Love Potion) What you need4 ounces distilled water 2 teaspoons vegetable glycerin (I got mine at Whole Foods) 1 teaspoon essential oil of your choice (I used patchouli – also from Whole Foods) Jar with lid What you doMix all ingredients together in your jar, cover with lid, and shake until it’s mixed through.

As I mentioned above, you can really use any type of essential oil – or even combination of oils – for this. Decorative potion bottles.