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Stylish custom designs for life

Stylish custom designs for life

Jones Design Company | stylish custom designs for life Our Best Bites | Tips, Tricks, and Tastes from Two Real-Life Kitchens DIY or DIE rolled paper flowers {tutorial Welcome to flower week – five days of simple and delightful flower projects. I could probably do three weeks of flowers because there are so many different ways to create them, but I’ve limited it to five of my current favorites. Before we get started, let me make a few disclaimers: 1. 2. 3. Okay, so let’s begin. Here’s what you’ll need: :: paper {either cover or text weight} :: florist wire :: scissors, pencil, glue gun STEP ONE: cut irregular circle This circle is approximately 8 inches, but you can do any size you wish. STEP TWO: cut spiral Start at the outside edge and cut in a spiral fashion to the center. I like a sort of bumpy shape so that the petals end up a bit irregular If you aren’t so sure about your cutting skills, feel free to draw your spiral before cutting. To add a little interest to my bouquet, I used a variety of yellow scrapbook papers {my favorite is that yellow dot} STEP THREE: roll your blossom start at the outside edge and coil tightly STEP FOUR: release coil

PRAGYAKOTHARI.COM New Love Kitchen Whimsical Birds People The Unexpected Pet-Portraits ©Copyright Pragya Kothari. All rights reserved. Fun with Foam Printing - Easy Tutorial I loved this idea because not only can you recycle these horrid polystyrene containers, but the process is really simple. You could even use tracing paper and trace your design so you don't even need to be able to draw. You could make a whole series of cards like this or just a colorful print to hang on your wall and cheer up the place. Materials needed: Foam or polystyrene container pencil paint or ink small roller 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Happy printing! Original image courtesy of themetapicture

HELLOmynameisHeather Henrietta and I have a new friend at the studio. Meet Effie, keeper of pink pins and patron of happy thoughts. Doing tricks and back flips is Effie's younger brother, Ollie, the circus star. Several religions claim that the world rests on the back of an elephant, standing on a tortoise. These sweet little elephants make fun baby toys too -- great for girls and for boys. Check out the perfect, sloping elephant bums and cute little tails. *Simply Scratch*: Bacon Wrapped Jalapeños I have three words for you… BACON….WRAPPED….Jalapeños! Have you heard of any three words that sound more delicious than that?? And as much as I would love to take credit for this recipe, I can’t. This isn’t an original recipe… but it’s a darn great one! I made these along with the Bacon Wrapped Pineapple {I must have been craving bacon eh?} and these went just as fast. Jalapeños… I love them pickled, in my salsa, in my dips and baked… with trucks full of cream cheese! You’re gonna need bacon, jalapeños and 2 bricks of cream cheese… and maybe an oven. Oh and maybe some toothpicks too, which I never seem to have! You need about 20 or so jalapeños. I can’t stress enough about wearing gloves… WEAR THEM!!! Then place them in a bowl. See my husband is way tougher than me, he didn’t wear gloves {show off}… but since I did like 10 to his one… I did. He didn’t cry… but I did… from laughing. If you like them a little hot… you could leave a little of the rib {white membrane) attached. Yield: 40

Revolutionaries: A Project for Fall! Hello my blog friends! I'm so pumped to share a project I finished today! It's simple, cheap, quick, and fall-y (yes, that is a word). Anyway... I've been diligently collecting these for what seems like forever: Why? [Side note: please pin from the original source so the credit goes to the right person! But I also love projects involving trees/branches like these: Then, I saw this yesterday and even though it's not made from toilet paper rolls, I thought, hmm.... color behind the toilet paper rolls? So basically... What you need: 1. 3. How to do it: 1. 2. 3. 4. 4. 5. 6. It's so.. fall. And I love that I used things I already had in my craft stuff and I recycled toilet paper rolls! Would it be bad to keep it up all year? Update: here are some more pictures that I took in better lighting! Looking for more toilet paper projects?

Scottie Dog Days of the Week: {Cross Stitch & Embroidery Here’s the latest vintage cross stitch and embroidery set from my personal collection, it features a lively scottish terrier character for each day of the week…use for kitchen towels or whatever else you like. The details and individual downloads are available below, I hope you like them! Playful Scottie Dogs Vintage Scottie Dog Pattern Set This pattern contains motifs to be worked in the simplest of embroidery stitches to be used on kitchen towels or other kitchen linens. Material Requirements: One Towel: 1 yard of 16 or 18 inch materialSix strand cotton in each color to be used. Transferring Pattern: Hem each towel end. Embroidery: Follow Color Suggestions and work crosses, cross stitch; continuous lines, outline stitch; single lines, single stitch; broken lines, running stitch. Instructions For Stitches - Click To View Larger Size Directions: Click on image to access larger pattern (jpg file format), right click on it then save to your desktop. Also check out this playful puppy set here.

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