Homemade Holidays: Crock Pot Candles Growing up in my house, we always made our own holiday gifts. We were pretty poor, and I suppose it was our only option. But it was never presented to me like that (I didn’t even know what ‘poor’ was, really, and I had a stupendously fabulous childhood full of ‘thing finding’ and ‘government cheese’. But that’s another story.) The first holiday season that Damian and I spent together, I was a starving college student. Last year we made all our gifts together – our attempt at canning. Anyway, there I go reminiscing. How To Make Candles In A Crock Pot All you need is some wax, some wicks + wick bases, and some candle-holders. Optional additions include color (candle dye is available at the craft store) and smell. Once you’ve gathered all your supplies, set aside some time when you’ll be around the house for a couple of hours. 1) Spoon the pieces of wax into your candle holders and arrange them in the bottom of the crock pot. 2) 20-30 minutes later you can check back. 4) Stir it up!
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Sixty Years Of Memories For my dad's 60th birthday last week, I wanted to do something really fun. My dad and I talk a lot about the past---nostalgia runs in our blood, I think---and we both love to reminisce. Inspired by Jordan Ferney's Postcard Birthday Poster, I started batting around an idea: what if I could get everyone from my dad's past to contribute a memory they had of him? What if I had all those people send their memories to me, and then I put each one into an envelope---sixty total, of course---and had him open them, one by one, on his birthday? That would be a lot of memories, right? So I wrote an email. Hello everyone! If you're receiving this email, you probably know that our dad, Patrick Burns, is turning 60 next month (much as he would hate us to be reminding everyone, I'm sure.) And this is where you come in! If you have a spare moment in the next few days, we would be so grateful if you'd jot down a favorite memory you have of our dad and put it in the post. Thank you so much again.
Reindeer Footprint Art Christmas Keepsake on Canvas Two years ago the kids and I crafted a few Christmas keepsake art projects and those keepsakes have been my absolute favorite holiday decorations to unpack each Christmas since! The first were our handprint Christmas trees, and the other, which I never shared here on the blog before, were our Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Footprint Christmas Art on canvas. I absolutely adore how cute and quirky these deer turned out! This is a simple project you can make with your kids now and enjoy together for many holidays to come! They also make fabulous gifts for parents and grandparents!! Materials Needed: canvasbrown and red acrylic paintblack permanent markergoogly eyesglue Making your Reindeer Footprint Art is more about logistics than anything else, as you will be painting the bottoms of your kids’ feet with paint, so have a plan for clean-up in mind before you even get started! The inspiration for our reindeer came from Life in Motion. Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. This was our first attempt:
Лучшие художники года 20 самых крутых авторов, о которых мы писали в этом году. Каждый день в мире появляются сотни различных картин художников и иллюстраторов. И среди этого великого множества мы находим настоящие произведения искусства, шедевральные работы талантливых авторов. Но в этой подборке только лучшие из лучших. Представляем вам список самых крутых художников и иллюстраторов за 2013 год по версии редакции AdMe.ru Художник Вася Ложкин «Рисовать я не умею, но очень люблю» Пару-тройку лет назад Вася Ложкин, а по паспорту Алексей Куделин, сделал альбом своих работ и пошел по галереям. Мир глазами близоруких людей На картинах Филипа Барлоу мир расплывается, а люди и предметы теряют четкие очертания Наверное, так видят мир без очков и контактных линз люди, страдающие близорукостью. Простой, как 5 копеек, художник Жизнь, как она есть, в творчестве художника Валентина Губарева Его любят в Европе, а сам он живет и работает в Минске. Самый настоящий Глюк Добрые карикатуры немецкого художника Герхарда Глюка
Painting With Watercolors, Glue & Salt Ever since our adventure with “secret message watercolor painting” the munchkin has been enamored with his watercolors. So this week we decided to mix things up a bit by painting with watercolors, clear Elmer’s glue and salt. Isn’t the final result neat? The idea for using glue and salt with watercolors came from Pinterest. I kept seeing pins with notes about sprinkling salt on wet watercolors or using glue to create designs on top of the paint. Finally I saw this post about combining the two techniques and I was like, that’s it, we’re doing this. As you can see in the photo above, the munchkin was super into this activity. We used canvases for our paintings because I had some around, but watercolor paper would work equally well. After setting everything up the process was simple and fun! So, kinda like cloud watching, the munchkin was all about seeing shapes in the blobs of glue. After adding the glue the final step was sprinkling salt around on the painting. Frequently Asked Questions
DIY: Quotes on Canvas Pinterest. I have a love/hate relationship with it. Most days, I love searching the site, finding cute outfits or kitchen designs for my "dream home." It's the other days when I come across peoples DIY projects when I'm like how in world did they do that? Or have TIME to do that??? Some of those braided hairstyles...come on! Confession: Crafting is my favorite sport. For the next few weeks, I'm going to be posting my attempts at some popular Pinterest projects (or PPP's?). First up: DIY Quotes on Canvas I "pinned" this project thinking that is such a cute idea and looks totally doable! This canvas was one of those "I had to have it" in the store and then when I got it home, I hated it. not that much money. Supplies Needed: Paint (I chose white but you can chose any color you like!) Painters tape (in case you need to tape your letters down) Spray adhesive Magazines and/or newspaper Sponge brush Vinyl Letters Old or new canvas or even an old painting {looks pretty crazy at this point} at
Yarn Block Prints Steph is the founder/managing editor of Modern Parents Messy Kids and mom to a 2 year old son and 1 year old daughter. She started MPMK as a resource for helping parents to engage their kids, organize their life, and add a little style to their home. For more inspiration on things to make and do, check out MPMK’s newest feature – The Make & Play Vault . Hello there Whip Up readers, thank so much for having me today! I’m excited to be here sharing with you a new technique I recently discovered via (where else) pinterest . Once I discovered this method, I was immediately drawn to it. It’s a very easy way to produce the type of modern prints you might find in my favorite stores (West Elm, Anthropolgie, Crate and Barrel, etc.). Check out the example above here (also seen on the set of the Nate Berkus Show ). Options really start to open up when you apply this method to fabric. What I love most about this project is that it can be easily adapted to kids of all ages. Tagged as: printing
73-Year-Old Japanese Man Creates Impressive Paintings Using Only Excel EmailEmail Meet Tatsuo Horiuchi, a 73-year-old Japanese, who creates highly detailed paintings with the most unexpected software – MS Excel. The newly discovered artist has been interested in graphic arts for a long time, but only since his retirement 13 years ago he finally got the time he needed for the new hobby. Horiuchi has never used Excel at work and got interested in this particular software only for two reasons – it was more affordable than Photoshop (he had Excel preinstalled on his PC) and easier to use than MS Paint. Horiuchi’s artworks have already been presented in many exhibitions and the artist even won Excel Autoshape Art Contest in 2006. Source: odn.ne.jp (via: spoon-tamago) Check out the raw Excel files here: Cherry Blossoms at Jogo Castle (2006) and Kegon Falls (2007)