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Tabletop Christmas Ornament Tree

Tabletop Christmas Ornament Tree
I haven’t done a lot of holiday decorating this year – keeping it simple, but I found this idea in an old Christmas decorating book and wanted to try it out. It is a non-permanent way to use your ornaments, very easy, and can be done in many variations. It is perfect to place on a mantle, table, or just to accent your decor. All you need for the basic version is a knitting needle and about 16-20 classic ball ornaments of varying size. Here is the basic version. The bottom can be simply left alone, adorned with some greenery, or placed in an urn or planter. I put this tree in my dining room using a collection of vintage ornaments. For this one, I added a star ornament on the top and made a coordinating tree stand from an empty spool of ribbon and some scrapbook paper. Experiment with different style balls and your favorite colors. How to Make the Knitting Needle Ornament Tree Supplies Needed: Attach the paper with glue. Attach to the spool. The tip will look like this.

Bottle Cap Candles how make tiny candles using old bottle caps! fun easy diy tutorial. these tiny candles are a really fun to make and come together quickly. AND you can up-cycle several materials in the process, which makes this a fabulous Earth Day craft :) {Earth Day is April 22} to make these colorful tiny candles, i used several materials that usually end up in a land fill: bottle caps, broken crayons, and empty soup cans. the only thing i bought to make them was the pre-waxed wicks which cost me $1.50 for a set of 12. these make a great kid craft {with supervision, of course!} How to Make Bottle Cap Candlessupplies: bottle caps, crayons {or wax}, pre-waxed wicks, soup cans, wax paper {optional}, small cooking pan, scissors, and water remove paper from crayons. you can also use candle wax if you wanted. put crayons in clean, empty soup cans. take your pre-waxed wicks and… bottle caps put wicks inside the bottle caps. i placed my bottle caps on wax paper in case i spilled some wax. happy crafting!

Christmas Lights in 8 Bedrooms - wave avenue Posted by rd on Thursday, November 3, 2011 · Countdown begins before Christmas! And timely enough I’ve found these beautiful Christmas lights adorned bedrooms. [source: one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight] 12 Days of Christmas – Make Your Own Adornament | Bower Power What the heck is an Adornament? Well, simply put, it’s an ornament you adore. Or an ornament that you have adorned. Or a dorn you have mented. Whatever floats your boat. What floated my figurative Christmas boat was thinking about making my own ornaments. I started by snagging a box of plain opaque white ornaments at my local Hobby Lobby for half off: And then I gathered some inspirational ornament photos: I loved the Ballard Designs alphabet lettered ornaments – don’t they kinda look like Lotto balls? So now that you have seen my inspiration – let me show you how I DIYed a few ornaments for around the Bower house. First I located my Sharpie paint pens – I love the metallic colors. And then I used a bit of painters tape to give me a guideline for my monogrammed ball: Then using the paint pen against the painters, I just drew two straight lines to give me my stem for the letter “B”. My second ornament was inspired by those ZGallerie votives. Don’t make fun of me. So whattya think?

Bookshelf Porn PODRUNNER™: Workout Music by Wizzard Media Sun Lamps UPDATE: This post originally ran on March 23 2011, but with summer winding down we wanted to bring it back up for some late summer inspiration! a fellow fp girl sent this to me a couple weeks back and i’ve been thinking about it ever since! i can think of a million reasons why these would be awesome… as apartment décor, as outdoor party décor, and – wouldn’t they be the best thing EVER for camping in general or at a festival? you can buy a sun jar here, but you can make your own for much cheaper! what you need: a mason jar with a clear glass lid like this one from ikea, a solar garden light like the ones pictured above, which i found here, adhesive and glass frosting spray. start by spraying the inside of the jar with the frosting spray – this will help diffuse the light and give it a warm glow. don’t spray the lid though! glue the solar cell, or the parts you’ve harvested from the garden lamp, to the underside of the jar’s lid, and you’re done! last image. Trending on FP.com:

PostSecret Tips for Cookie and Brownie Mix In a Jar Article DIY Vases Everyone loves vases, but it’s difficult to find one that is unique and not the same old run of the mill vase you’ve seen 1000 times before. As the most prominent centerpiece, you always want a vase to be special, just like the rest of your decor. Whether it is empty, holding flower, a candle pebbles or anything else, a vase can be boring or the perfect accent you’ve been looking for. And it’s only better when you can make it yourself flexing your craft skills and saving some money as well. This lovely vase is simple and its beauty is its simplicity. All it takes is a cute vase, some sequins and some glue. For this cozy yet stylish vase, pick up some clear craft glue and yearn and collect a few pop bottles, beer or wine bottles. For some true vintage charm, these are the way to go. courtesy of sjarmerende-gjenbruk.blogspot.com This is simple, whimsical and somehow elegant. courtesy of witandwhistle.com For those who want light, but don’t want fire, this is the vase for you.

Before & After: Crazy Beautiful Toy Kitchen :: Green Your Decor 23.2K Flares23.2K Flares × LOOKING for more DIY play kitchens? Click here for a roundup with lots more projects, photos and ideas, including a DIY toy workbench for a little boy! And if you like this post, Subscribe to Green Your Decor for more DIY projects and green ideas! I like to think of myself as pretty crafty. I often see items in a store and think of a way (or find a tutorial) so I can make it myself. I usually post the “after” picture first, with a before picture later. Gorgeous! Read the details at Giggleberry Creations. Looking for more DIY projects? Soap Making Instructions | Soap Making Recipes and Tutorials | Teach Soap

Clothes Pin Bowls Yeah, I know. No big whoop. However …. And once you have that you can form it into this … Clothespin Fruit Bowl Or you can spiral it and use it like this … A Tabletop Sculpture Or stack the bowl up a bit and have … A Sculptural Bowl Or just form it into whatever shape you want and lay it on a table or buffet. So by now you have the idea that you can do just about anything you want with this method. Total cost of this project? I’ve used just over 9 feet of this hot pink wire which I bought for a total of $7 at the hardware store. If you don’t like the pink wire you can give it a quick coat of paint. I used 220 clothespins. If you happen to have some standard electical wire around, you can use that too. To make it even easier to form your project into the shape you want, squish your clothespins together as tightly as you can. If you come up with a bowl shape you absolutely love and don’t want to lose, just dot a few beads of hot glue around the edges to hold it together.

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