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Google. Rookie & RIT Dye Tutorial. It happens to me every year.

Rookie & RIT Dye Tutorial

How to cut glass. I posted a picture about 1 week ago on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter of me cutting glass using just string.

How to cut glass

Cheap Easy Craft Ideas, Tutorials, Free Crafts - Dollar Store Crafts. &Where geek and crafts collide. December 28 This is the gingerbread Optimus Prime made by a friend of a friend of Redditor downvotedagain. Caroline Eriksson, the girl in the photo, made our favorite Autobot, and said it’s only made of gingerbread and melted sugar to hold it together.

December 27 Frivolite Handcrafts is at it again. This time with a Hobbit themed double knit scarf. Again this scarf, like the day of the doctor scarf is double knitted so you see the pattern on both sides as mirror images of each other. December 22. Reclaimed Cardboard Crafts. Resurrection fern: How to Make Ice Wreaths. Resurrection fern « Deck the Porch with Greens and Berries, FA LA LA LA LA | Main | How to Make Floating Flower Stones » November 24, 2008 How to Make Ice Wreaths I had so many lovely comments on the ice wreath hung on the garden gate yesterday that I decided to let anyone who doesn't already know in on how to make them.

resurrection fern: How to Make Ice Wreaths

It is so easy and although I realize they don't last forever if you live in a sub zero climate in the winter and don't place it directly in the sunshine they can last for weeks or even months. Even the birds are getting ready for Christmas at my home. Posted at 12:01 AM in arts and crafts, christmas, family traditions and holidays, gardening, Nature and the environment | Permalink ShareThis.

DIY Paper Flower Corsages. I love Brittany’s work and love her blog House That Lars Built.

DIY Paper Flower Corsages

You may remember her beautiful wedding on 100 Layer Cake with the amazing giant paper flowers. DIY Paper Flower Cone Bouquets. Mar 5 by Brittany Watson Jepsen Are you a cone or cup person? I was usually a cup type of girl myself (save a few calories? Why not!) But why eat them at all when you can use them as a vase and pass on feeling the guilt. Materials: ice cream cone (waffle or sugar), x-acto knife, glue gun, cutting board, scissors, skewers about 3-4″ long, garden pot 2″ in diamter(optional to be used as stand), bright colored paper for flowers, green paper for leaves, striped paper for cone covers (free download here) Click through for all the instructions!

Step 1: Using Jordan’s party hat template, scale down the size to fit your cone and draw it diagonally on the striped paper. Step 2: Cut around the template. Making a Valentine Paper Flower. Who wouldn’t love to be given this gigantic paper flower on Valentine’s Day this year?

Making a Valentine Paper Flower

It’s incredible! Find the full tutorial here on Green Wedding Shoes. Natural Bean Jewelry. “Me, sexy?

Natural Bean Jewelry

I’m just plain ol’ beans and rice.” — Pam Grier Once thought of as the seat of the soul, beans have been buried with the dead, deemed the seed of sin, grown for almost nine millennia, and eaten daily across the globe. With over 4,000 cultivar they come in coats of many colors: rich red and purple kidney, tawny intricate tans of cranberry, or the the simple stark contrast of the black eye. Spring DiY - Recycle flower pots! BustedTees - Funny T-Shirts - New T-Shirt designs every week - Crazy Tees Hilarious Cool Shirts. Backlit Canvas Art. Do you have one project that you've been longing to do, but just haven't found the time yet?

Backlit Canvas Art

Waterproof Your Canvas Shoes. DIY Sharpie Tie Die. I love this Sharpie tie die DIY from The Art Girl Jackie blog!

DIY Sharpie Tie Die

She did it with her adorable daughter and I think it’s a fun inspiration for this Spring and upcoming music festival season. Use this technique to spruce up your ratty t-shirts or maybe a pair of of cut off shorts. The Shabby Creek Cottage - interior design and home remodeling on a budget: 31 days: Book page garland. I think I’m gettin’ my creative mojo back!

The Shabby Creek Cottage - interior design and home remodeling on a budget: 31 days: Book page garland

Today’s post isn’t technically Halloween, but it is part of my Halloween mantle (which you’ll see later this week), so I think it counts It’s all about the book page garland, baby! I love working with book pages. Maybe it’s because I’m a writer and I love being surrounded by words where ever I can squeeze them in, but I also love the look of the written word on a page. For this project I used nearly an entire hard back book from the Dollar Tree, some left over coffee for staining the pages, and my trusty stapler. Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial « « Fluffyland Craft & Sewing BlogFluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog. Big news!

Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial « « Fluffyland Craft & Sewing BlogFluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog

The Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial is now available as an Amazon e-book It’s only $2.99 and with the e-book version, you can take this handy step-by-step guide wherever you’re going to be folding! Giving the e-book along with a pack of Starburst wrappers would be an excellent gift. The purchased book can be read on the iPad, Kindle, e-reader, or your computer screen so it’s portable and versatile.

Thanks for your support of Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog, and enjoy crafting! <A HREF=" Widgets</A> Have you been wondering how to make the amazing bracelets from Starburst wrappers? If you’re clever, you can make this bracelet from any rectangular wrapper: dum dum wrappers, tootsie roll wrappers, most gum wrappers, now and laters… be creative, there are lots of options! Keep in mind that when you have finished, you need the bracelet to be big enough to slide on and off your wrist without too much trouble.

Dollar crafts

All Featured Projects. Great Ideas. Paper mache teacup pattern & ann wood. A paper mache teacup pattern to mark the 5 year anniversary of my blog, my experiment. A perfect time to say thank you and give you a present. There is a template you can download here. Art 1. Optical Design. How To Turn Old Books Into New Furniture. 25 Handmade Gifts Under $5. If your gift list is long and your budget is small here are some great Handmade Gifts that you can make. Keep in mind that handmade items are not just beautiful but special… I love to give them and I love to receive them. In my opinion they are the best! Basic Flag Book.