Wire Wrapped Tree Ornament Tutorial. How To Make Your Own Magical Shrinking Necklaces. Easy Gold Crochet Bow Bracelet. I made the gorgeous Crochet Bow Bracelet after I saw something similar in a magazine. For the life of me I can't figure out which magazine I saw it in, but if I find it I promise to upload a pic and show you how similar it is. I used 28 Gauge wire and started with the bow.... I crocket a rectangle for the bow. The height of the bow depends on you, add more rows for a bigger bow, less for a smaller one, but I would use at least four rows to get a "fluffy" looking bow.
I finished off the end of the rectangle and strung it into the edges. I then used some wire to wrap around the middle and pinch it. Finally slide some wire through the middle of the back of the bow and begin to make a long chain- long enough to fit over your hand and fit snuggly on your wrist. DIY Heart Friendship Bracelet. As the month of love approaches, we thought we’d combine friendship and hearts into one Valentine’s Day themed tutorial: a heart patterned friendship bracelet! Using some candy-colored embroidery floss and your familiarity with the chevron friendship bracelet, you’ll be able to whip up one of these tokens of love in a heartbeat.
You’ll need:2 colors of embroidery flossscissorstape or clipboard Creating a heart pattern involves just a simple modification to the chevron patterned friendship bracelet. Start by cutting 4 strands of each color, at about 24 inches each, for a total of 8 strands. Alternate the thread colors before tying them together in a knot. Separate the threads into 2 sets, 2 of each color on each side. Start on the left side with the outermost strand (shown here in red) and make a forward knot by creating a 4-shape over the 2nd strand (shown here in blue), loop it under and back through the opening. Pull up and to the right to tighten. Mirror the step on the other side. DIY// bobby pin earrings. So along with this DIY, I'm also trying out a new photo editing site called PicMonkey. So that's why all my pictures have such lovely effects.
Let me know what you think! These are my bobby pin earrings that I talked about doing in this post. Mine are slightly different than the tutorial I followed. Ingredients: - Craft wire - Earring hooks - Bobby pins - Nail polish Start by painting your pins. If you bought your pins new, keep them on the little cardboard piece that they came on. Simply tape off the areas you want to paint, and paint whatever pattern you like. Let your paint dry and carefully feel back the tape. Next, prepare your wire. Repeat these steps for the second earring.
Totally cool, right? I hope you enjoyed this DIY! How to make zipper earrings | Craftaholics Anonymous™ Happy Happy Friday!! Remember those Zipper Shamrocks from the other day? Well, I was looking at the zipper pulls trying to decide what to do with them, and ya know, they’d make some really cute Zipper Earrings! Kinda funky and fun, right? They make a great St. Patrick’s Day accessory, too. Grab a pair of zipper pulls, some E600, and earrings posts and backs, and make you some earrings! Don’t have zipper pulls hanging around your house? Have a great weekend! Share and Enjoy. Sweater Bracelets. I thought it was time to make something out of my old sweaters and these $1 spot bracelets from Target. Wouldn’t a warm, cozy bracelet be fun this time of year? I thought so. I decided to use a sleeve so I could save the body of the sweater for something else. Then I cut the sleeve on the seam to flatted out the piece. I took the center out of the bracelet to make sure I could still get it on after I added the thickness of the sweater.
I trimmed the piece of sweater down to fit around the bracelet. And secured the sweater to it using hot glue all the way around the inside of the bracelet. Then I did the same thing to the other side of the bracelet. Pretty cute, huh? I made a yellow one too, but secured it to the bracelet on an angle so it has a slightly different look. Shrink plastic ring tutorial. Thank you to everyone who requested a shrinkydinks ring tutorial! This tutorial is an experimental method, not an exact science – you should have fun playing with it… UPDATE: Since posting this very popular tutorial in 2008, I’ve answered every question imaginable in the comments of this post.
If you have questions, you’re welcome to trawl back through the hundreds of comments to find my answers, or, to make things easier, I’ve compiled a 3-page shrinky rings FAQ, which is available exclusively when you donate $1 or more towards my tutorial (this also entitles you to further help from me by email, should you need it). Please see the end of this post for more details about this policy Please note: if you’ve come here via the lovely bird ‘ring’ picture on Pinterest, read this post to answer your questions. This tutorial is Donationware – the instructions are available for free, but if you like it please consider sending me a donation to show your appreciation: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. That’s it! Button ring tutorial | Craftaholics Anonymous™ I work with a group of 8-11 year old girls at church.
My partner and I are always looking for ways to teach the girls life skills and to have fun together. I came up with this simple button ring to teach the girls how to sew a button and then make a cute ring out of it. But honestly, I think it’s pretty darn cute too! While we were home for Christmas, I scored some of my Grandma’s vintage fabric {yeah, I about peed my pants when I got it! Here’s another one I made. But you’ll be so proud of me, I have the tutorial already done. Supplies: buttons, vintage ones would be awesome! Cut a small piece of fabric, just big enough to work with and bigger than your button. Sew on the button. (if you need a separate tutorial on sewing a button, just let me know ;) Here’s my sewn button. Wrap the elastic cord around your finger and tie a knot. Trim the excess cord down. Hot glue the cord ring to the back of the fabric. Share and Enjoy. Lace overlay pendant tutorial. Made myself a new necklace... ...and you can make one, too!
To create your own lace overlay pendant you will need: wood oval (mine's 1.5") 1/16 drill bit & drill craft paint & paint brushes scissors lace (or paper doily would work, too) mod podge mod podge dimensional magic jump ring (mine's 9mm) ribbon chain or ribbon for stringing Start by drilling a hole in the top of your wooden oval with your 1/16 drill bit. Also cut a piece of lace that will cover the surface of your oval. Now spread some mod podge or other decoupage glue on the top surface of your oval, place your lace over it (allowing the excess to just hang over the edges), and spread a bit more podge on top. Once it's dry, trim the excess lace. Next, I painted a tiny floral motif and added a seed pearl for embellishment. The next day, add a jump ring, tie on a bit of ribbon, and string your cute new lace overlay pendant!
They are so easy, inexpensive, and pretty... you could even make a whole bunch to give as gifts. Enjoy!! How to Make Clothing Buttons from Shrink Plastic… This tutorial is an old one of mine that’s too good not to share again. Since posting the first time, I’ve had lots of questions about these buttons which will hopefully be answered in this revised post. Equipment Some handy notes: 1. The buttons. The buttons are cut from shrink paper. The brand of shrink paper I used was called Shrinkles which I got from the UK. Single hole, hole punch (like this one here). 2. 3. Okay.. lets get started! Tracing tips: You can use either coloured pencils or permanent pens.
Words must be writted backwards in order to be readable. Shrinking the buttons: To shrink the buttons, you can use an oven or a heat gun (the kind used for embellishing). After the buttons have twisted and twirled, and are LYING FLAT, it’s time to take them out. Note: If the skrinking is taking too long, you may need to turn your oven up. Here’s a short little stop-motion to make sure you’ve got the gist of how easy this is! Shrink Paper {here} Circle Punch {here} Hole punch {here} Pens {here} DIY GOLD TWIG BANGLES. Diy {bird nest necklace} I have been seeing a lot of bird nest jewelry around lately. They are beautiful and I love the trend so I thought I would try making my own. These turned out to be really easy to make and require just a few simple supplies. This necklace would make a lovely Mother's day gift, which just happens to be coming up this weekend!
What you'll need: - Jewelry wire (I prefer using a 24 gage because it is easier to manipulate but the 20 gage can work well too with the help of some round nose pliers) - pearls or glass beads - necklace chain - jump ring and a clasp Select the beads you want, string them onto your wire and arrange them as you'd like. then simply wrap the wire around the beads wrap some wire in the space between each bead (I like the look of three loops but you could just do one or two if you prefer) this is what the back looked like.
Now attach a jump ring and a clasp to the end of a necklace chain and this is what you end up with :) I love how each one is so different. ModCloth-inspired color wheel pendant. Yes, I have been making a lot of pendants lately. And this one makes me feel like a huge art nerd...I love it! I used that as my inspiration. But I actually put the colors in the correct order. What kind of art teacher could bear to wear an inaccurate color wheel necklace?! (Although I'm thinking about trying another version using a washer shape like the inspiration piece. Anyway, you want to make one? You'll need... wooden disc - mine's 1" drill & 1/16 drill bit craft paint - at least white, red, yellow, & blue tiny paint brush dot sticker masking tape dimensional magic jump ring chain or ribbon Drill a hole at the top of your disc, then paint it white and let it dry.
Next, place your dot sticker (you can get them in the office supplies section) in the center of your disc. (The tape is mostly covering my dot, so it's hard to see in the pic.) Paint each section according to the color wheel below. Here's some color mixing tips in case your art education growing up wasn't up to par... Etc. Tada!