Creative DIY Tips & Project Ideas For Homemakers 41 Easy Things To Do With Mason Jars dafont.com Drab to fab! 5 DIY ideas for t-shirt remakes Posted by ScrapHacker.com on tisdag, juni 5, 2012 · 5 Comments With temperatures rising so is the annual epidemic of fashion fever, making many of us feverishly hit the high street (although our wardrobes are already stuffed full…). This post celebrates the power of re-invention of a wardrobe staple – old t-shirts. Infusing and old tee with some contemporary style means that fashion quick fix is waiting in the dusty corners of your wardrobe…When you’ve found yourself a remake candidate, get crafty asap! Here are 5 easy peasy drab-to-fab projects from the D.I.Y blogosphere to get your own ideas flowing – enjoy! D.I.Y from ‘Free People’, check out the full DIY TUTORIAL HERE Lauren of ‘Calico Skies’ has made a great screenprint tee, to make your own, check out the DIY TUTORIAL HERE Rebekah of blog ”A little Sunshine when skies are grey” made an awesome DIY ombre inifinity scarf from an XL white t-shirt, to make your own, check out her DIY TUTORIAL HERE
The grown-up guide to playful living A practical 10-step guide to view the world as a child and embrace the abundance of living. Just because you are grown up now, doesn’t mean that you can’t have the same fun as when you were younger. You are never too old to play. 1. Do something you loved as a kid but haven’t done in years. 2. Commit to learning something new. 3. Ask ‘why?’ 4. Make a list of 10 places in your city you haven’t visited, but would like to. 5. Yes I know, your mom always told you NOT to play with your food. 6. I came across a Pippi Longstocking edition in a bookstore that I have wanted for ages. 7. Something you’ve always wanted but never got. 8. Theme parties are a great way to dress up and behave silly and get away with it. 9. In the end, children know how to play best. 10. Embrace the freedom you have to decorate your living space in any way you desire. So, I hope these steps provided some fun ideas to work with. image sources: swing, slide, roller skates, fort
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). 3. Simply wash out a screw top spirit bottle, find a screw top soap dispenser and put it together. 4. Source 5. 6. Source 7. 8. 9. Source 10. Source 11. Source Hollow them out and plant.
From Flea Market Finds to Savvy Storage Jewelry Storage Organize your jewelry in a vintage printer's tray. Give the tray a fresh coat of paint, and line the back of the compartments with pretty papers. Screw brass hooks into each compartment to hang baubles. To make space for necklaces and bracelets, use a hammer to remove a few slats. Milk Crates Heavy-duty metal milk crates become handy catchalls for almost anything when mounted to the wall. BLOG | Creative Nonsense & Other Junk: Official Minty Weblog » Crafting with Vinyl and Your Cricut, Silhouette or Wishblade Digital Cutting Machine Crafting with Vinyl and Your Cricut, Silhouette or Wishblade Digital Cutting Machine By: Tay Silver | Creative Cuttables & Commercial Vector Designer Crystal Petersen (crystalcangel) is the creative expert behind many of the vinyl home décor projects in the Peppermint Creative Gallery. I decided to tag along for one of her craft nights to see how it’s done so that I can share with you some tips and tricks on how to make adorable vinyl crafts just like Crystal’s! First you’ll need the vinyl, which can be cut on your Cricut, Silhouette or Wishblade digital die cutting machine using Peppermint Creative’s Vector Shapes for vinyl cutting or purchased from a vinyl store online. Next you’ll need to cut some wood to fit your vinyl graphic. 1. 2. 3. Tip: Do any edge treatments and/or sanding before applying your vinyl so you don’t accidentally stain or sand off the vinyl decal! 4. 5. 6. 32 brand new designs have just been released for your personal use! Expires June 30th (midnight EST).