Awesome Fire Pit Swing Set. What’s better than sitting around a campfire in the summer evenings?
A beautiful summer evening with a backyard fire pit is the perfect gathering spot for family and friends. How does it look this place ? Materials: 6- Bags of Sacreete (or Quickcreete – whatever you call it) one for each upright. 6- 6x6x10’s (for the uprights) 6- 6x6x8’s for the top sections 6- 2x6x8’s for the stabilizers that go kitty corner on top of 6×6’s (for strength) 24- 3/8’s x 8″ lags for laggin the top horizontal pieces to the uprights (countersunk) 24- 4″ Deck screws for screwing the top pieces together horizontally before lagging them. 24 – 3″ Deck screws for screwing the top 2×6 stabilizers to the 6×6’s 10- 3/8×8″ eyebolts with nuts and washers for hanging the swings.
Brilliant Costumes. Party Do you have a costume party any time soon? Take these brilliant creations as an example. Be honest, our brain would never come up with the idea to dress like an Instagram camera. Or dress up your child like the grandpa from the movie Up. Source Advertorial The Smart unfiction series, with Li Lin. Hanging String Balls. Whattya need?
BalloonStringScissorsGlueJar How do I make glue string balls? Step 1: Hang inflated balloon from ceiling. Step 2: Put string and glue in the jar with a hole in the lid. Next, pull string from hole while wrapping around the balloon. Step 3: Wait until dry (try to contain yourself). Created by Dane Holweger. Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Genius - 43 Pics. THE SUN WAS HIGH: DIY // Galaxy Jeans.
I don't want to enter in a "I liked galaxies before it was cool to like them" monologue, but I've always been obsessed with outer space!
My brother and I used to visit the local library and borrow tons of books about galaxies, spaceships and planets. The obsession stuck and now, even my design portfolio is filled with space-inspired pieces. There is something so fascinating and mysterious about coloured clouds, planets and stars... Galaxy print clothes have gained phenomenal popularity over the last three years, but oddly enough, they never made it to the racks of affordable chain stores. Sugar Scrub. I am still recovering from this last weekend.
My feet are killing me. We did a lot of walking and running back and forth to make sure everything was running smoothly with the Snap Conference. Me feet needed a little extra love and pampering. So I was excited to be able to use some of this amazing Lemon Sugar Scrub. I whipped it up a couple of weeks ago and have used it a couple of times but still had some left. It is so easy to make. Scoop the mixture into a pretty jar. This stuff is really so amazing and feels so decadent and expensive. This makes your feet so soft and makes them smell so good. I made the labels on my Silhouette CAMEO. {Lemon Sugar Scrub} *If you are not a fan of The Idea Room on Facebook, you will need to click like first and become a fan. You can buy high quality/food grade Essential Oils from my favorite DoTerra Rep here: Lemon Essential Oil Julie Crowell is so helpful and is happy to answer any questions you may have. Frankincense Sugar Scrub Myrrh Bath Salts. Gifts to Make for Your Man.
A real hands on craft! Alginate/plaster of paris sculptures. I love crafts and I love new things.
When I get to craft with new supplies or techniques, I totally flip. So, I bought a couple boxes of plaster of Paris a while back ago with no real intentions on how to use the stuff. Searching Amazon on my phone out of boredom one day I ran into the most awesome stuff – alginate. Now, what is alginate you might ask?
Have you ever been to the dentist and had to sit with that awful purple goop in these plastic trays? So, I bought six pounds of the stuff, straight off of my phone with no idea what to do with it. I just so happen to be needing some place to hang all of my lovely necklaces. Pitcherdry measuring cupliquid measuring cupwooden spoonrectangular shaped bowl (I used a reusable/disposable food storage container in the 8 cup size)wateralginateplaster of Parisknifeself adjusting (sawtooth) picture hangers with spikes to push in.
15 DIY crafts you need to make right now. It's cold, it's raining and quite frankly, it's utterly miserable outside at the moment.
So stay in! But then it hits you. It's not that great inside either. You're young, so you haven't got all of that furniture and all of the little decorative trinkets that accumulate over time, and if you have, you haven't got nearly enough. So we say, make them! Instead of spending your time sitting around moaning about the weather, why not spend your time doing something useful?
Why not spend your time crafting some of these? Freshers Fields is back for 2013! 1. Source Stick your button collection around a balloon (and importantly) to each other. 2. Source Glue, buttons, cardboard and a bit of artistic ingenuity and you'll have yourself a great sign for your bedroom door (assuming you use the first letter of your first name).