DIY: Necklace Holder I found this genius idea to get my necklaces organized from and I thought I'd give it a go. 1. You will need a flat board to attach your knobs unto. You can be creative with this. I got 4 out of my 5 knobs from our local habitat for humanity store for less than $1.00. 2. 3. 4. and now my necklaces are officially organized! See how I organized my earrings here. xo the LIFE LESSONS blog {things crafty, thrifty, family, yummy & rambly): Lesson# 144 The Best Gifts are Homemade {Natural Chapstick} After searching FAR AND WIDE for an awesome Christmas gift for my girlfriends this year... I finally landed on the best gift project I'm made thus far. I mean, this is way better than painted frames, decorated mugs and puff painted totes. Homemade Natural Chapstick (because who needs another crocheted tissue box cover?) 1.5 oz beeswax (1 and a half tablets) 6 vitamin E capsules 2-3 tablespoons of olive oil (2=more rigid, 3=softer) 2-3 teaspoons of coconut oil 2-3 teaspoons of cocoa butter 25-30 empty chap stick tubes OR 15 lip balm containers DIRECTIONS 1. Where I found my ingredients: Organic olive oil (local health food store) Organic coconut oil (local health food store) Vitamin E tablets (local health food store) Empty chap stick tubes (ebay and a few pill boxes) clear printer labels (walmart) Aren't they adorable? Be Brave and EXPERIMENT! Dress 'em Up! Cost per Tube The total cost I think was around $1 per tube, but I have seriously 75 percent of all my ingredients left!
Tutorial: Valentine's Day Sequin Heart Pin I guess I've always been a fan of Valentine's Day. I loved picking out which Barbie valentines I'd give to my classmates for our parties in elementary school, I buy those candy conversation hearts for fun every year, and I always dress up on Valentine's Day in red with some kind of heart-shaped accessory. This sequin heart pin adds just enough sparkle to any holiday outfit and has several wearable options- it could be customized to be a hair clip or pendant depending on the size you decide to make your heart. Materials: Red felt Sequin strand, approx. 1 yd Glue gun and glue inserts Craft scissors Paper Pen Directions: Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6. Step 7. Hand-made cool mint lip balm On Tuesday I showed you the sparkly strawberry lip balms I made for my Christmas cracker gifts. They'd be great for the gals, but I also needed something for the lads so I made cool mint lip balms with a white leaf atop. Christmas gift : Cool mint lip balmIngredients 2 tablespoons of white beeswax pellets (1/2 tsp for leaves)4 tablespoons sunflower oil (1/2 tsp for leaves)Few drops of cool mint flavour oilTeal food colouringPackagingEquipmentMini leaf mouldPipettesMicrowavable glass jugMicrowavable small glass jarMetal spoonScissorsSharp knife Cool mint lip balm, How-to step by step Start by placing the beeswax pellets and oil in a glass jug and heating in the microwave on low to medium power until the beeswax pellets have melted. In a small glass pot, melt half a teaspoon of beeswax with a teaspoon of oil in the microwave until beeswax pellets have melted. Wrap washi tape around each jar to secure lids. See hand-made strawberry lip balm here, with fully illustrated photos.
Carry on...Carry on...: DIY Lace Applique Pumps Supplies- Fabric Pumps Two lace appliques Spray adhesive Iron Needle and Thread-optional First clear a large space to avoid getting spray adhesive on stuff it shouldn't be. Before spraying the appliques plan out how you want them on the shoe. You have to apply the applique within 15 seconds so you need to know where you want it before you spray it. Now go ahead and spray an even coat of the spray adhesive on the back of the applique. Carefully, but quickly apply the applique to the shoe making sure the applique is securely glued. Give the glue some time to adhere and then start ironing the applique. Once you are sure the iron has fully adhered you can also put a few stitches in to really secure the applique further. Voila! I seriously can't get over these pumps. xoxo, Amanda
KNOW AND TELL CRAFTS: MAKE YOUR OWN T-SHIRTS! With all the old t-shirts that I have stashed in my closet, I need to start putting them use! To make your own printed shirt, keep reading and follow this tutorial: 1. Get yourself a t-shirt that fits. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I took my love for mod podge to another level by making my shirt using this technique! I also like fun hats but i have a lack of ones I would actually wear out:). Unfortunatey, I'm not wearing anything very special. It was a crazy sunny day, which was probably because of Ohio's confused weather system. This proves just how sunny it was, and by standing by a window this bright glow emerged, and I thought it looked neat! Hope you liked this craft, I'd love to see your results, so send them to me at awesomeartist99@hotmail.com! Ty
Green Wedding Shoes If you loved the beautiful DIY wedding this morning and Nata’s gorgeous paper flower bouquets, you are in luck as Nata is sharing how she crafted them with us! She was inspired by a template created by Morgan Levine on Martha Stewart (as was I in the flowers I created for this styled shoot). I just love that this basic idea has inspired different brides to create their own version of giant paper flowers – you might remember these equally awesome giant paper flowers from this wedding I shared last year. :) Thanks so much Nata for sharing how you created your giant pink paper rose + special thanks to Studio Castillero for the photos of the DIY + her wedding! Materials (to make one giant rose) Step 1: Cut the petals Cut 5-6 teardrop petals and 15-6 heart-shaped petals from the petal colored crepe paper. IMPORTANT: Crepe paper is directional so it matters which way you’re cutting the paper. Repeat until all of your petals are cut Step 2: Cut the leaves + calyx Step 3: Make the rose stem
Poofy Cheeks: Yarn Wrapped Letter Tutorial Last year around this time I was bombarded with baby shower invites. This year proves to be the same! All of my friends must love Spring time babies or something! In these parts (Florida) it REALLY isn’t fun to be prego during the summer months, so good planning on their parts! So as a gift I love making yarn wrapped letters using the first letter of the babies name. This is the yarn wrapped letter that I made last year for a friend’s baby shower - My sister-in-law is pregnant and due in April. To make your own letter you will need:A paper mache letter (I got mine from JoAnne Fabrics) Yarn – any kind works! Enjoy,
KNOW AND TELL CRAFTS: DIY STICKERS! Ok so I think it is pretty much impossible to hate stickers. Which is why I decided to make my own! I want some personal and unique stickers to use. I drew up these three drawings. For the off chance you have the same name as me and would like this click here! So I put them into photoshop (Microsoft word might also work), and organized them like this: I wasn't sure exactly what size I wanted them so I tried it several ways. Now comes the printing! It is important that you use this kind of paper to print your stickers on: Mine is Avery brand and I have no clue where or how it came into our house, but it seems like the same sort of thing can be bought here. Cut out around your sticker. Now if you cut with the right pressure, you can just peel it right off. I made some more... And I used some of them: Anyways, I think it'll be really cool to make more and more of these in the future! Hope this helps...
Grandma's Garden- Crayon Art It's hard to find a good present for our grandma (actually, she's my mom, but Anya's grandma). "I have everything," she says always. Ok, we will not buy a present, we will make it! My mom has a beautiful garden in Russia. My mom's birthday is in February. To make a piece of art, we used canvas (12"x12"), crayons (we used 3 boxes to pick only greens), artificial flowers, glue gun and hair drier. Turn canvas upside down so crayons are pointing down. Today I made a little different picture- Fire of Love.
DIY – Map Wallet This beautiful wallet is made out of a map. I made it for my boyfriend for valentines day. Of course you could make it with any paper you really like. It’s really easy to make, so let’s get started! The full instruction continues after the jump . . . What you need - a map or some other pretty paper - transparent self-adhesive foil (contact paper) - a ruler - a pencil - a sewingmachine How you make it Start with drawing the following rectangles on your paper: - 20 cm x 10 cm - 3 cm x 5 cm - 12 cm x 10 cm - two times 8 cm x 10 cm - 6 cm x 10 cm - 4 cm x 10 cm Take the self-adhesive foil and put it on the front and the back of your paper. The 20×10 is the base of your wallet. A geometric kind of love Valentines is just around the corner, so now is the perfect time to craft up some love. Jumping into this project, I really didn't know how I wanted the end results to look like. I started off with the desired to use heart shapes and triangles and went on from there, piecing everything together. Try it out for yourself! The supplies your gonna need is: a glossed wood heart (you can purchase it at Micheals or ACMoore. the one i purchased was painted red ) scissors a few of your paint swatches modgepodgepaintbrushyarnspray paint (its optional) fabric glue or hot glue gun Grab all the supplies you need and grab color swatches that you think would look well together, take into consideration what color you want the heart to be, and think of a color motif that works for you. I wanted to stray away from the typical Valentines day colors and use gold for the heart and a cool color scheme for the triangles. Once the modge podge has set and dried, grab your fabric glue or hot gun glue and yarn.