Ball Jar Lights I’ve been wanting to do this for a year. It’s one of those things I’ve just been putting off. I love ball canning jars, especially the blue ones. The first thing you have to do to make the Ball jar lights, is take out the glass seal. So I took the hammer and busted up the seal to get it out. Make sure to do this on a hard surface. Once the seal was out, I marked the center of the lid. And used the drill bit and a hammer to poke a hole where the mark was. Then we started drilling. It only took a few seconds since the lid is so thin. I bought 2 recessed light converters years ago from Lowe’s (I think). This is what the shade originally looked like. I thought these little round bulbs would look the best with the ball jar lights. Then I just screwed the jar onto the lid. I love how it looks. I made one for over the sink too. I know these have been done all over the place, but it’s something I’ve been wanting to do forever and I’m glad I finally did.
DIY Thread LED Tealight Cover I was messing around with different materials trying to dress up a little LED tealight, and this is one of the versions I ended up liking (plus it’s dirt cheap since it’s just thread!). I love me some textures. This may be useful for those with wedding venues that don’t allow real flames. Finding these* at the dollar store is what started this mess… 1) Get your hands on some thin cardboard that you’ll be recycling anyway. I used the back of a pasta box. 2) Find some wrapping plastic (try to use something you’ll toss anyway!) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. You can make different sizes and shapes. … and configure it however you want! * Batteries were included, and they lasted for many hours. Happy crafting! Mrs. Location: Sacramento Occupation: Tea Analyst Wedding Date: August 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta
How To Make A Stylish Photo Frame For Several Photos Here is a simple yet stylish photo frame that can accomodate quite many photos at once. The idea is very simple. Fasten twines on the empty frame and hang photos using clothes pins on them. You can use a frame you bought or a frame you made by yourself. To make it you just need to find some wood strips, sand them, paint or stain them and fasten together with the staples and nails. Craft Project Ideas with Shells, Sea Glass, Rocks and more Here is a collection of Coastal Craft Project Ideas with shells, sea glass, rocks and more from fellow bloggers who love the sea as much as we do! "I just can't help myself! I made another Seashell Garland." Kimba's words from a Soft Place to Land! Well, I made one too and I'm loving it. See here! Pretty DIY Shell Lights handmade by Carol of By The Seashore. Layla of The Lettered Cottage made this elegant Seashell Lamp from an old 1950's lamp that she spray painted white, then glued on shells -It's Called Coquillage! Linda of Surroundings loves Decoupage and created this lovely Decoupage Box. Amanda of The Eck Life is crazy about burlap and stitched up this fun Burlap Starfish Pillow. The kid in me just wants to cuddle with these great Fabric Beach Balls from the Purl Bee, a shop devoted to beautiful materials and tools for knitting, sewing, quilting, and other craft project ideas. Rachel of One Pretty Thing created Sea Glass Art by hot gluing sea glass onto canvas. More DIY Wall Art!
Creative Kismet » Blog Archive » little guiding stars Since the new year has started I’ve been trying to think of ways to be more kind to my self. Especially when that nasty gremlins try to creep in and stump me. I remembered this origami star video on You Tube and had to get them involved in my plan. I thought it would be fun to make a whole bunch with kind words and “you are….” phrases inside. I made 60 of them, enough to last me the whole year if I open one a week, plus a few extra just in case. I used 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper and cut 1/2 x 12″ strips, then followed the video HERE*. *UPDATE! Be Sociable, Share!
page corner bookmarks | I Could Make That This project comes to you at the request of Twitterer @GCcapitalM. I used to believe that a person could never have too many books, or too many bookmarks. Then I moved into an apartment slightly larger than some people’s closets (and much smaller than many people’s garages) and all these beliefs got turned on their naïeve little heads. But what a person can always look for more of is really cool unique bookmarks. Placeholders special enough for the books that are special enough to remain in your culled-out-of-spacial-necessity collection. Page corner bookmarks are cute, practical and deeply under-represented in the world.* They’re easy to make, easy to customize, and will set you apart from all those same-same flat rectangular bookmarks. If you like this tutorial, here are a couple others that might be up your alley. For the monster-loving adults in the room, try some googly-eyed paper monster wine charms. What you’ll need: Putting it all together: 1) Follow steps 2 and 3 from above.
A Jar of Nothing Gift An all time favorite, the jar of nothing is a great gag gift idea. What you need Empty jar Sticky label paper or Paper and Clear Glue Instructions For this project all you need is an empty jar. You can print this saying out onto some adhesive label paper suitable for your printer or print it onto normal plain paper. If you want to go all out you can add some ribbon to the jar and even box it up for a great gag gift. The Saying Did you say nothing? Note: These are great for Christmas fund raising stalls. Pretty Petals portable & mess free flower aisle runner. Member 291 posts Helper bee Pretty Petals: My DIY rose petal aisle runner theweddingsource.com Having seen several photos of aisles completely covered in flower petals I swooned and fell in love. How can you not love that romantic floral carpet of pink to walk on? I could purchase real fresh rose petals and scatter them, however I do not have a flower girl and would have to have them the entire ceremony. I could purchase freeze dried rose petals and scatter them. Other issues included blowing petals. So what was I to do? Materials: – lots of petals. Instructions: Roll out your tulle to your desired length. The other nice thing about this is that you can easily remove the rocks/tiles after the ceremony and the aisle runner is easily rolled up to be stored away or moved to another location (aka inside my reception hall) where it will be used again. I will say I am big into DIY, but DO NOT undertake this project unless you have the patience of a saint and lots of time. It also makes a big mess.
Pioneer Thinking - Reflexion de Pionnier - Pensamiento de Pionero Vintage-looking painted sign from salvaged wood Today I have a little tutorial for you. I'm going to show you how to (easily!) make these sweet wooden signs. I promise- they're a cinch, they don't take long at all to make and cost pretty much nothing. You will need: piece of salvaged wood upholstery tacks or short nails (optional) hammer acrylic paint (background color) black acrylic paint (or other color to fill in letters) large paint brush small paint brushink jet printer twine Sharpie Marker or other dull, rounded tool This project started with a pile of cedar fence pieces that we've had sitting in our backyard for ages. I loved how grey and weathered they had become from sitting outside. Next, distress the wood to your liking. Next, choose your paint. (I wasn't really sure if I was going to be doing a tutorial for this or not until I was finished, so I'm afraid I'm missing a few photos for some of the steps. Once you're happy with the paint, put the wood aside to dry and head to your computer. P.S.
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Anthro-Inspired Mirror You all know we love a good Anthropologie knockoff around here – so a couple of days ago when I was browsing online I came across this mirror. Oh I definitely need that. Hold the presses – did that say $498??? Huh. We can do better than that. :) So after scouring the thrift shops, cutting myself on mirror glass, and overcoming an unreasonable fear of Mod Podge, here is my version! (Bear with me here – taking a picture of a mirror is a bit tricky. Ready for the tutorial? You’ll need: A MirrorEasy Off Oven CleanerFabric (enough to cover the frame and the back of the mirror)Mod PodgeA Staple Gun or other framing tool I went searching for a method to removing silvering and came across a great tutorial at Mitzi’s Collectibles. I started with a frame that I found at the thrift store. Obviously not clean. We actually had to ask on this one – because it just said 1951. $19.51 seemed way to high – and it was. Start by taking your mirror out of the frame. Lay your mirror down on a protected surface.
16 Headband Tutorials | Croq Zine - The Blog As a busy mom of three little boys, I don’t always have time to do my hair. (Like, never, actually! I try to sneak in sessions with my flatiron while the boys are distracted with a cartoon… IF I have to leave the house. If I don’t, my hair looks like the bus driver from South Park’s… i.e., bird’s nest. Hmm, a bird’s nest headband sounds kind of cute and funny, actually!) Notes from a very red kitchen just hosted a Headband Tutorial Roundup, and there were some super headbands represented! The roundup was full of inspiration, but this rose and pearl headband by Whitney was one of my favorites. This scrappy leather headband by Missie Krissie is super cute, too! Other Headband Resources: I loved this Braided Headband tutorial when I saw it a few months ago, by Cakies (shown above) I loooved this yarn braided headband when I saw it a few months ago at EvaForeva (don’t you just LOVE the styling of the pic, too?) I like this lovebird headband at Crafty Bitch.
Build a Sausha’s Washer/Dryer Pedestals PDF version A washer/dryer pedestal made of wood to bring your front load laundry system to a back-friendly height. Special thanks to Sausha for her photos. Handmade from this plan >> Dimensions Dimensions: One of the best parts of DIY is that you can get exactly what you want, fit to your space. Materials and Tools Shopping List: 2 – sheet of 3/4″ MDF or Plywood 5 – 2×4 @ 8 feet long 1 – 4×4 post @ 4 feet long (you can also use 2x4s laminated together – just add another 2×4 to your list) 1 – stick of base cap moulding like this @ 6 feet long 4 – Angle Brackets like these 3″ screws 2″ Screws Glue Finish Nails Wood Filler Sandpaper Tools: measuring tape square pencil hammer safety glasses hearing protection drill circular saw compound miter saw nailer sander level countersink drill bit Cut List Cut List: 10 – 2×4 @ 25″ (Joists) 4 – 2×4 @ 60″ (Sides of Floor) 2 – 3/4″ Plywood or MDF @ 28″ x 60″ (Decking) 4 – 4×4 Posts (or 8 2x4s) @ 11″ (Posts) moulding cut to fit Step 1 Floors Step 2 Decking Step 3 Corner Angles Trim