Tutorial: Double Duty Dry Erase Board
I am constantly writing notes and messages to myself to help me remember what I have going on for the day. But my office is also my bedroom, so an ugly dry erase board is just not an option. I’ve been thinking about solutions to this problem for a while, and at one point considered Idea Paint, but eventually changed my mind. I wanted something that could pull double-duty, and that’s when I came up with this…an idea for a pretty dry erase board that serves as wall art when not in use. Materials: 1. Step by Step How To: {click image above for larger step by step view} 1. For more ideas for quick and easy projects, click here to visit the tutorials page filled with more than 30 diy’s. This entry is filed under diy, dry erase board, girlie, how to, message board, office, organization, organize, pattern, patterned, pretty, project, tutorial, workspace, workstation.
Faux capiz shell lampshade
Inspired by West Elm's capiz shell table lamp Some of you may remember my first faux capiz shell lampshade that I made for Sunset magazine. It was originally inspired by West Elm’s popular capiz shell table lamp. I was going for the mod look, but I didn’t quite pull it off. Plus I discovered, after two years of use, that the colored rice paper fades badly. How to make a faux capiz shell lampshade Supplies laminated 24-inch by 36-inch sheet of white rice paper (I bought the rice paper at University Art and took it to FedEx Office for lamination) white polyester thread lamp base slip uno top ring (the top ring of a lampshade. Tools sewing machine scissors3 circle punches: 1-inch, 1-1/4-inch, and 1-1/2-inch sizes (I found these at Beverly’s) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Butterfly Project...
A few weeks ago I shared a pic of some butterfly punch-outs I had done from a Pottery Barn catalog (it was a really colorful picture of some towels all stacked together). I had seen a picture that Ali Edwards made of butterflies all lined up and punched from many different colors of paper (which gave me some serious inspiration in the butterfly department). I decided that I wanted to do something similar but with a different spin! I started working on this little project Saturday afternoon. I seem to have loads ideas that do not always turn out as I had envisioned them... so I figured I had better test carefully to make sure this was going to work out! In my day job I get a lot of really fine paper samples in the mail. Cougar paper had sent me sample called Ode to the Earth. I knew this was just the project for it! Picking the piece to use was the hardest part of this whole thing! You can faintly see pencil marks in 4 spots on the paper. Here is a side view of the finished piece... P.S.
How to Make Leaf Skeletons
I wanted to share with you a project from one of my readers who shares with us how to make leaf skeletons. I LOVE this! I have several leafs in various forms displayed in my home and knew I needed to make some of her leaf skeletons to add to my decor. I have spent hours and tried various ways of making these. You need washing soda, not baking soda! Gather your leaves. Washing soda is a strong base so you may want to wear gloves when handling the leaves. You will add 3/4 cup of washing soda and 4 cups of water to your pot of leaves. Keep going, you will need to add more water so your pan doesn’t dry out. When 1.75 hours are up fill a glass baking dish with cool water. I carefully removed them and rinsed with water and added clean water to the pan. If you’re still with me, this is what I ended up with… I have a maple leaf which turned out not so well. 37.1Kstumbleupon
82: DIY dinosaurs fabric wall stickers
Tuesday, 19 April 2011 by Irene Hoofs Fabric wall stickers by (me) Irene My son loves dinosaurs and asked me several times whether he could stick stickers on the wall. I was not so excited about this idea so I searched the internet for a nice alternative. The materials you will need:* Steam-a-Seam (available in quilt shops, craft stores)* Fabric* Scissors* Pencil* Masking tape* Iron Step 1 Create your own image or use one of the many templates you can find on the Internet and print it out and cut it out on paper. Step 2 To make sure that the image you like looks good on the wall use some masking tape and see if size is good. Step 3 Place the fabric wrong side up and paste the adhesive side of the steam-a-seam material on the wrong side of fabric. Step 4 Now place the picture with the wrong side of the steam-a-seam paper glued to the fabric. Step 5 Use a pencil to trace the image and cut it on the double layer of steam-a-seam and the fabric. Step 6 Step 7 And that's all! ..101 Woonideeen blog..
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