Tiny Delicate Tissue Flowers This is what I've been up to lately, making these delicate tissue flowers. The flowers will be glued onto contorted willow branches as part of a table centerpiece (providing all goes well). I'm really happy with the results, light, delicate & airy. Perfect for summer decorations. Supplies:tissue paperscissorsstring - waxed dental floss works well Layer four pieces of tissue paper together measuring at 2 1/4" by 3 1/2". When you're finished with the accordion fold, it should look like the picture on the left. Your tissue flower should now look like the image on the left. Pull the first layer up.
DIY: Maison Martin Margiela Bottle Lamps Older DIY: Maison Martin Margiela Bottle Lamps by Izabella Simmons Issue 3 · European Travels · January 20, 2012 Newer Issue 3 · European Travels · January 20, 2012 Maison Martin Margiela's elevates the simple lamp-from-a-bottle into an elegant lighting fixture. The Line 13 collection debuted at Milan's Salone del Mobile a while back, which inspired us to come up with a DIY budget version. N.B.: For a more elegant solution, use a glass drill bit to drill a hole at the base of the bottle and run the cord through. Above: Maison Martin Margiela's display at the Salone del Mobile. Above: A liqueur bottle is yet another option for the lamp base. Above: Top the lamp with a simple white or black fabric shade (White Linen Drum Shade, $19.99; Black Linen Flat Lamp Shade, $24.99, both from Lamps Plus.) EXPLORE MORE: Issue 3: European Travels, DIY & Remodeling, Baths, Bedrooms, Dining Rooms, Living Rooms, DIY, Lighting Hotels, Lodging & Restaurants: La Maison Champs-Elysées in Paris By Janet Hall
HOW LONG DOES STUFF TAKE TO DECOMPOSE | This and That, There and Here When we go to different areas, knowingly or unknowingly, we harm nature by littering the areas. Actually our original purpose is to search for peace of mind and to enjoy nature. We end up adding the degradation of Nature however. For example,we go for a picnic to a sanctuary, have fun with loud music, knowing full well that loud music is prohibited in sanctuaries. We drink and happily break the bottles on the rocks or throw the cans, make a fire, cook and most of the time, after having a great lunch we leave the plates, disposable glasses and polythene as debris scattered all over the place. It’s not that we don’t have the knowledge of environment pollution but sometimes because of lack of awareness and responsibility, we do harm to Nature. Here is a small list of things with the time it takes to decompose. Tinned Steel Can- 50 years Aluminum Can- 200-500 years Disposable Diapers- 550 years Plastic Bags- 20-1000 years Cigarette Butts- 10-12 years Leather shoes- 25-40 years Like this:
How to Make a Personal Fire Pit For Cheap! My name is Karen and I haven’t lit anything on fire in 5 months. I’m sure I deserve some sort of a chip or something for that. You see … I’m a bit of a pyromaniac. Technically I’m not a *real* pyromaniac I guess. We light fires in the fireplace every night here in old Casa de Karen from October until March. 6 face cords every year go flying up that chimney. So what’s a pretend pyromaniac girl like me to do in September? The Answer … The Personal Fire Pit. Here we gooooooo … Materials you Need cheap glass frames – $4 small rocks – $2 any kind of metal mesh – $2 any metal planter with a lip (edge) on it – $8 (on sale) Step #1 – Making a Glass Box You need to make a glass box. Do two sides first and hold them in place somehow until they dry. Position them so your final side will be easy to silicone. Run another bead of silicone and place your last piece of glass. When you’re placing your glass, try to be a bit careful about it. P.S. Step 2: Making the pit. It’ll look something like this. 1. 2. 3. 4.
10 Unique Uses For Used Tea Bags Everyone is familiar with the health benefits of tea: it fights cancer, reduces risk of stroke and other diseases, and revitalizes body cells. Yet, after you’ve drained your delicious cup of tea, you find yourself discarding the used tea bags. Well, don’t. You’ll be surprised at the number of ways you can reuse these materials. Here are a number of unique and surprising uses for those old tea bags. Soothe Tired or Injured Eyes Crying all night over a breakup can result in puffy and red eyes. Flavor Your Meat Meat tastes great when cooked the right way, but when not prepared properly, it can turn out bland, tough and unappetizing. Make “Less Sinful” Drinks If you’re a health junkie, you’re definitely very much aware of the unpleasant effects of soft drink and alcoholic beverages on your body. Around-The-House Cleaner Tea can effectively remove grease and grime on mirrors, floors and even linoleum, so why not use your old bags to make a cold brew, then use it as a cleaning solution?
How to Make a Moss Chair August 4, 2010 by Robin Plaskoff Horton It’s eye candy, but maybe not seating. Los Angeles designer, Kyle Sugarman, created this cool moss chair and offered up the directions for the rest of to create on our own. Sugarman, who’s been featured on HGTV and The Style Network, has also left his creative mark with companies such as Microsoft, Lipton, and Target. • Find a side chair that has a nice solid seat–something with a great shape and with a vintage flair will really take this chair to the next level. • Once the chair is covered in newspaper you will then put a little spray adhesive down and a thin layer of chicken wire so that the moss has something to grab on to. • Section by section, spray a bit of adhesive on the back of each piece of moss and push it onto the damp newspaper/wire. • Once the entire chair is covered in moss, make sure to water it regularly in order to keep it healthy and growing. hat tip to casasugar
Petrobras told it can use deep-water vessel in Gulf | Business | Chron.com Petrobras has received final approval to operate the Gulf of Mexico's first floating production, storage and offloading vessel, clearing the way for the Brazilian oil giant to start pumping oil from two deep-water fields, federal regulators said Thursday. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement took the "final regulatory step" in green-lighting the project, with the approval of a production safety system permit and a supplemental deep-water operating plan, the bureau said in a statement. The floating production, storage and offloading vessel, or FPSO, has a daily production capacity of 80,000 barrels of oil and 16 million cubic feet of natural gas. The ocean energy bureau said with the latest approvals, production at the Cascade and Chinook deep-water fields is expected to begin soon. The fields are in more than 8,000 feet of water about 165 miles off Louisiana, in an area called Walker Ridge. brett.clanton@chron.com
6 Awesome Reuse Tumblr Blogs We’ve been Tumbling for about 3 months now and have found many creative people that share our passion for the 3 Rs – especially reuse. “Thinking Outside the Bin” can spark many positives, including saving money, exercising the right side of your brain or purely expanding your awareness of household-generated waste. These beneficial attributes, when combined with eye-catching imagery on Tumblr, are an excellent way to ignite and motivate progressive thinking, creating, and living. Here are 6 unique Tumblr blogs that share our mission to recreate “trash” into beauty and these are their stories. Happy Tumbling! Photo/Creation: Alpha Wilson Tumblr blog:Unconsumption: Your Daily Source of Inspiration for Creative Reuse and Mindful Consumption Aiming to inspire creative reuse and mindful consumer behavior, this Tumblr was recently named by Time as one of ”30 Must-See Tumblr Blogs.” We asked Unconsumption’s founder and editor, Rob Walker, what they’ve been working on lately.
Garden Games A patio floor does double duty as a Scrabble board. E. Spencer Toy Click to Enlarge "I like areas of double use," says Sacramento architect Kristy McAuliffe, and her 5-foot square Scrabble board rates at least a double-word score on the scale of inventive garden games. With the help of friend Keith Rogers, McAuliffe made a wood frame, then poured concrete and scored it into 3¾-inch squares separated by ¼-inch joints. After the concrete had cured for one month, she colored the squares using water-base concrete stains. McAuliffe then made 100 3¼-inch square letter tiles from baseboard trim. She found precut, adhesive-backed vinyl letters and numbers at a sign shop, stuck them on the tiles, and sealed each one with spray lacquer. The lightweight letters, which are stored in a canvas bag, fit on metal trays made by McAuliffe's friend, metal artist Crystal Weber. Games go late on summer evenings. More: Our favorite backyard projects
5 Reuses for: Tea Bags" When my parents emigrated to the U.S. from Iran, they brought their Persian culture along with them. Part of that involved drinking black tea at least 5 times a day. 30 years later, that tradition is still going strong, and I don't even want to know how many used teabags they've thrown in the trash. Today we realize that there are so many different ways to reuse a teabag (other than obviously making another cup). Here are some favorite reuses that you can incorporate into your tea drinking ritual. 1. Tea bags do wonders for the garden. Lots of people add their used tea bags to a compost to help reduce garbage and cultivate their plants. 2.Under Eye Circles: Got puffy under eyes that no cream can fix? If you're looking for that extra oomph, try using a caffeinated tea bag. 3. Tap into your artistic side and get creative with tea bags.
DIY: Chocolate Flower Bouquet for Mum | dweam.com Mother’s Day is less than a week away! Have you gotten your Mother’s Day presents yet? If you haven’t, here is an idea for your gift. If your Mum loves flowers or if she loves chocolates, why not get her the best of both worlds and make her…. Our Mums have put in lots of blood, tears and sweat to raise and provide for us. Here’s a simple step-by-step guide to showing you how to make chocolate flowers for mum, with love: Things you need: - satay sticks - chocolate Ferrero Rocher - ribbons (both cloth and plastic ones) - scotch tape - cling wrap - tissue wrapping paper Step 1: Pierce the satay stick till midway through the Ferrero Rocher. Step 2: To keep the chocolate fresh, wrap a large square piece of clingwrap around the chocolate and secure the ends around the satay stick with scotch tape. Step 3: Now we move on to making the petals of the flower. Step 4: Leaving a margin of about 2.5cm (1 inch) from where the two ribbon ends meet, use a sharp scissors and cut lengthwise.
Sad Love Quotes that Make You Cry "Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go." - Hermann Hesse Whilst sailing the rough seas of love, coming across such quotes makes you feel as if these deep quotes, that make you cry, were written for you. Yes they do! These heart rending quotes have the pain, the anguish to make your eyes swell with tears. Sad Love Quotes and Sayings Most of us, if not all, go through the trauma of losing someone we love, and that, perhaps, explains why there is no dearth of sad love quotes in this world. "Love can sometimes be magic. "It takes a minute to like someone, an hour to love someone, but to forget someone takes a lifetime." - Anonymous "The saddest thing in the world is loving someone who used to love you." - Anonymous "When you are in love and you get hurt, it is like a cut... it will heal, but there will always be a scar." - Anonymous "It's amazing how someone can break your heart and you can still love them with all the little pieces." - Anonymous