5 Kitchen Staples You Can Make Yourself If you take a look in your pantry, you’re bound to find some of the usual store-bought staples like peanut butter, mayo or salad dressing, and most of us don’t think twice about heading to the grocery store for these commonly-used items. But could you get a better product, with less waste, for less money by making some of these items yourself? We say, of course! Difficulty level: Easy What you’ll need: 1 pound shelled and skinned peanuts, roasted 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon honey 1 teaspoon oil Food storage container How to make it: 1. 2. 3. Compostable waste: Peanut shells and skins Recyclable waste: Honey packaging (find local plastic recycling), oil packaging (find local glass recycling) Trash: None
pelote de fil avec t shirt Reader Blair liked our t-shirt yarn dishcloths, but had a major question about t-shirt yarn: "So I don’t know how when one piece of yarn ends, to begin again with a new one… Does that make sense? Someone please email me.and tell me!" Well, Blair, I'll do you one better and write a whole post about it! How do you turn t-shirts into yarn, and then attach the ends? There are a few common methods for making t-shirt yarn. This seems to be the most common method for cutting a t-shirt into yarn, and it also seems the most time-economical. When you get to the end of one piece of yarn you can attach it like this: 1. Amanda's Happy Hearth shows how you can attach yarn ends simply by stitching through the ends of the t-shirts. 2. Another way to attach ends is by just tying the ends together in a square knot (if you don’t mind the nubs in your finished project), or just twist them together when you are crocheting or knitting to create a more seamless join. 3. T-shirt Yarn Craft Project Ideas: 1. 2.
Craft Cart and a Craft Room Tour! - The Country Chic Cottage I wanted to share the craft cart I added to my craft room along with a new video tour of my entire space. It has been a year since I showed the place I work everyday and I thought y’all might be interested to see the changes. You can also see more than 25 spaces below that will inspire you to have you very own space for creating the things you love. I have wanted one of these carts from Ikea for a long, long time. We recently had a store open in Memphis so I was able to make the trek to get the cart and add it to my space. I used my Silhouette to cut vinyl for the front. Each layer of the cart contains mostly things I use daily. I did reserve the bottom for incoming projects that have not been completed yet. Want to see the rest of my space? Error loading player: No playable sources found Want to see pictures instead of a video? I am also joining in the craft room tours with the lovely ladies from Snap! There are over 25 great craft rooms and workspaces to tour below.
The Cheese Thief When I did my salt dough gift tag tutorial I didn't post any pictures of how I used the salt dough gift tags. That's because this year I fell so behind in all of my Christmas shopping. I have been trying desperately to catch up and get all my holiday shopping complete. I did manage to get a little more than half of my shopping done, so I'll show you some ideas on how to integrate the salt dough gift tags into your wrapping. I'll also show you how to create some custom stamped wrapping paper of your own. Salt dough recipe and tutorial here. Recycler et crocheter des sacs plastique ! En premier lieu avant de crocheter du plastique, il faut confectionner des pelotes de façon à pouvoir crocheter votre plastique comme vous le feriez avec de la laine. A partir de là, vous pourrez crocheter toutes sortes de choses et pratiquer l'art du crochet exactement comme avec de la vraie laine. Isabelle Kessedjian : tuto crocheter du plastique Avec des poches plastique on peut crocheter d'autres sacs plastique. Source : 1-fillesdufacteur.typepad.com 2-nellinello.canalblog.com Avec des sacs plastique, vous pouvez créer toutes sortes de choses. Source 1 : vracajo.canalblog.com 2 - : www.maison.com Pour recycler vos poches plastique vous pouvez aussi crocheter de jolies panières pour la maison Source : tutoriel crocheter panière plastique 2 - fillesdufacteur.typepad.com Avec des pelotes de plastique on peut confectionner de solides tapis pour la maison. Source : Nafeuse'magazine autres créations recyclage plastique
Framed Skeleton Keys Instead of paying $99 for framed skeleton keys, Angie from The Country Chic Cottage suggests stalking secondhand stores to make these beauties at a fraction of the cost. A mere fraction of the cost. Like $7 for two instead of $200! Angie pulled it off by pairing a set of reproduction skeleton keys she found at the flea market with thrift store frames. I love how they came out! Angie was inspired by the Key Shadow Box Collection from Restoration Hardware. Check out Angie’s DIY wall art at The Country Chic Cottage. 35 DIY Fall Crafts and Recipes I am so excited for Fall this year! The link party is packed of Halloween Crafts, Fall Delicious Recipes, and of course so many other DIY Projects and Makeovers. You guys are amazing! I am featuring today 35 Fall Crafts and Recipes made by you! Be ready to drool and visit many fantastic blogs! Let’s do it! White Hot Chocolate Recipe by Inspiration by D. DIY Pumpkin Soap by Clean and Scentsible. This would make a cute gift perhaps for the host of a Fall Party. Black Widow Spider Bites by Mom On Timeout. Halloween Spider Pumpkin by A Pumpkin & a Princess. Payday Caramel Corn by Shugary Sweets. I love me some popcorn! I am in love with this gorgeous Fall Pine Flower Wreath by Today’s Fabulous Finds. Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Roll Bars by AKM Designs and Delights. Rosette Pumpkin Pillow Tutorial by Girl Loves Glam. Adorable Witch Hat Cookies by Ginger Snap Crafts. Candy Corn Star Burst by Mom On Timeout. Molasses Pumpkin Kiss Cookies. Yumminess from The Diary of Daves Wife. Apple Pie Fudge by Shugary Sweets.
Mini carnet en origami Pour bien commencer l'année, un p'tit peu d'origami : ça vous tente ? Je me rends compte que cela faisait un petit moment qu'il n'y en avait pas eu sur le blog : erreur réparée. Aujourd'hui, donc, voici la technique qui vous permettra de réaliser un mini carnet à glisser dans votre petit sac à main. Vous pourrez y noter tout ce qui vous passe pas la tête et même vos bonne résolutions pour ne pas les oublier. Le matériel nécessaire : - du papier A4 blanc (le classique) - une paire de ciseaux - un mini massicot (en option) - un pistolet à colle - du joli papier : origami, scrap et même du fabric tape ( enfai t, ce que vous avez sous la main). - du papier épais ( selon la couverture que vous réalisez). Les étapes de fabrication : a) Les pages du carnet : 1) Découpez des bandes de papier de même longueur et largeur avec une paire de ciseaux ou un massicot. 2) Prenez une bande et pliez-la en 2 dans le sens de la longueur. 3) Pliez-la ensuite en 2 dans le sens de la largeur. b) la couveture :
The Cheese Thief I needed bakers twine for the Valentine's Day Card I made, but did not have any on hand. I decided to try to make some baker's twine with some butchers twine I had at home. I want to note that if you need a lot of baker's twine then it probably makes more sense for you to buy it. But if you just need a couple of yards or live somewhere that does not sell baker's twine, then this tutorial is for you. Use a drill to separate the butchers twine into two strands. Take one of the strands and dye it with the dye of your choice, I used food coloring which worked ok for a more light pastel color.
DIY: Wearable words When I was looking around for tutorials on making paper beads, I found some really striking "book beads" and accessories, now collected in this post. I understand (after all the browsing) that you can make really durable "beads" easily ... very little time, skill or money required. Woohoo! Who doesn't need more jewelery? (UPDATE 6/12: See the follow up post for more wordy accessories) First, this wonderful necklace. Inexpensive, easy scrap-paper earrings? Need a little more inspiration?