DIY Photo Light Box // Take Better Photos! | Ninth and Bird. One thing I've learned during my blogging adventures: You eat with your eyes first! Photography is everything when trying to capture a tutorial for your readers, or make your products look desirable on Etsy.com. And what's the most important part? Lighting! Follow this little tutorial to make your own Photo Light Box for the perfect lighting. Cut a border of 2 inches on each side of the tri-fold display board (the two sides and the back). Make the front of the box (the part you'll take photos from) have a one inch border.
Use the pieces you've cut out to add a bottom to the light box (or if you started with a cardboard box instead of a tri-fold display board, you won't need to do that). Use a ruler and an exacto knife to make straight edges. Use masking tape to attach the two pieces to form a box. Finally, cover the two sides and the back with white muslin fabric, attaching it with masking tape. Ta-Dah! Creative little daisy: Have you priced vintage blue canning jars lately? Wanna make your own really cheap? I bought these probably five years ago at an antique/consignment store. I think I paid about 12 dollars for a set of four. Now you can expect to pay at least that for just one.
Last night I was cruising around the internet and happened upon a link to a tutorial using mod podge and food coloring to make your own. Cool! In the original tutorial, she experimented with a few different methods and colors to get the look she was after. She had some problems with brush strokes showing up in the finished product. This afternoon I decided to play around with some mod-podge and food coloring myself. Just pour some mod podge into one of your jars. Add a few drops of water to thin down just a bit. You want to get as much of the mod podge mixture out of the jar as possible so you don't have a big glob of dried gunk in the bottom of your lovely jar.
This is how it will look wet. I took this after they had cooked for about 20 minutes. And for the finished product, drum roll please..... Edited to add*** Upcycle and Re-purposing. Embroidery Designs at Urban Threads - Projects. Milk glass. In our new place, we have a lot of space over our kitchen cabinets. I knew I wanted to do a little accessorizing up there, but I was trying to figure out what I could do without it looking cluttered or busy.
I wanted something light and fresh, that was a little more unexpected. Thus began my love affair with milk glass I knew I needed to get my hands on some beautiful milk glass vases. And fast. I figured that the cheapest and fastest (did I mention cheapest?) With the exception of the white pitcher which I already had, I grabbed all these beauties for a grand total of $12. I also picked up a few cans of high gloss white paint threw on some latex gloves to protect my manicure set up shop in my garage, and started spraying away I loved the look of them instantly. When I got them all sufficiently coated and dried, it was time to arrange them.
I added a few pieces that I already had, and you can hardly tell the difference between the real and the fake ones. Anthropologie Ruffle Shower Curtain Tutorial. So I made it. Let me just start by saying that this tutorial is not for the faint of heart. I have never once given up in the middle of a sewing project, but if I didn’t have a ruffle foot, I probably would have thrown in the towel on this one. The actual skills needed to make this aren’t very advanced, it just takes a looong time and is very tedious. If you decide to tackle it, just know that you have been forewarned. Materials: You will need lightweight cotton fabric in the various shades that you want for the ruffles. I had 6 different color shades. . – For your main shower curtain piece you will need about 4 1/2 yards. . – For the rest of the ruffles, it just depends on how many ruffles you want to make out of that particular color. Note: I prewashed and dried all of my fabric before I made this.
Thread to match each color of your ruffles Some light-weight interfacing. A ruffle foot, if you have one. Lets get started: Step 1: Cut your fabric for each piece of the curtain. Ruffles Step 2: Nature-Inspired Paper Projects. Holder for Charging Cell Phone (made from lotion bottle) My husband and I both have cell phones. And both of us have phone chargers. And that means lots of obnoxious cords. You never know when one of us may be moving phone cords around, to give our phones an extra charge while we’re chatting away……… or trying to charge our phones up before running errands or something. Needless to say, those phone cords seem to be everywhere…..and are generally in the way and hanging all over the floor. (Okay, and how about when you’re in a hotel or visiting family/friends. I was looking around on the internet for a solution and found this.
It made the perfect little holder for my cell phone while it’s being charged. Holder for Charging Cell Phone And no more phone hanging down from the outlet while in this room or that room……..the cord and phone are now up off the ground, and tucked away into the little holder, while the phone drinks up a full charge. If you look closely, you can see that the orange print is fabric.
And turns out, it’s pretty useful. How to Make Recycled Cotton Art Yarn. March 31st, 2009 Email 44 users recommend All-natural cotton makes for a soft and pretty spun yarn. Lee Meredith You can use recycled wools if you prefer, as I did with this skein. I love my finished one-of-a-kind recycled cotton art yarn! Photo: Lee Meredith 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7next> View all When I first got into the idea of making yarn, I started recycling yarn from sweaters, then I starting spinning, then I thought, how about spinning recycled yarn?
Creating new yarns by spinning multiple strands of recycled yarn together is much easier than spinning yarn from scratch, and you can use a drop spindle (which is very affordable, or you can even make your own) if you don't have a spinning wheel (or access to one). I won't get into details about how to use your wheel or spindle—you can find plenty of online tutorials for that, and if you're new to spinning and want to get into it, I'd recommend getting a book on the subject to get you started. You'll need: Darice Mirrors Product Line Detail.
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