Ruffled® | DIY Wedding Favor Contest Tin Can Strawberry Plants Today’s DIY contest entry comes from Melanie Blodgett of You Are My Fave. We love the idea of incorporating plants as your wedding favor, whether it’s fruit (seen here), herbs, or even flowers!Reminder: Our DIY Favor Contest is still open to submissions! Submit any and all wedding favor ideas by April 3rd. Materials: - sheet metal or a piece of wood painted with magnetic primer - empty tin cans, label removed - twine - tags - stamp (or just pretty handwriting) - strong magnets - strawberry plants and soil (herbs, wheat grass, moss or flowers would work well too) - mini flag (made with a skewer and ribbon) Instructions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
hot air balloon light bulb Incandescent light bulbs have lit the world since the late 1800s, and for just as long a light bulb's journey has ultimately led to the waste bin. Every year, Americans throw away more than a billion of these miraculous little orbs of glass, inert gas and tungsten filament. Recently I came across a brilliant little sculpture by artist Souther Salazar on Pinterest. Titled "Lightbulb Balloon (orange)" the piece uses an incandescent bulb as the basis to create a whimsical hot air balloon. Genius! For my part in this week's Elmer's Glue 'n Glitter project for Collective Bias, I took my inspiration from Salazar's work and created a sweet and simple trio of light bulb balloons of my own. What I love most about this project is that it repurposes items that might otherwise be destined for the trash: water bottle caps, light bulbs, and fabric and trim scraps. Next time a light bulb in your home emits its last dying flicker, don't toss it -- transform it! Here's how... Hot Air Balloon DIY Glitter
mustache mug A fun, easy and silly gift to give the cute men in our lives this Father's Day. First, draw a mustache on the top of your mug with a sharpie marker. As you can see mine took a couple times to get right. Second, trace around the edges of the drawn mustache with your Pebeo pen. Next, fill in the mustache with your Pebeo gel stain. This is a picture of one coat. Be patient because it will take a couple of coats to get the look you are going for. Lastly, follow the directions of the stain. Ta Da...the cutest little mug I have ever seen. Fill with a favorite drink or candy and pass it on to the men in your life. Happy Father's Day! As you can tell, I might have a hard time giving mine up.
Old Board Games box Cool Copper Projects Warm metallic hues are easy to love but often pricey. When you create the look... Easy Doily Bowl Craft a decorative bowl from a doily picked up from a flea market, antique... Camper Birdhouse Encourage birds to stay awhile with an adorable vintage birdhouse. Mapquesting « SeeMegShop.com 1. Have you used Mod Podge?2. Do you really call it Mod Podge? Because I am pretty sure I have been going around this entire week calling it Hodge Podge. Um anyway. So I had the greatest idea to upcycle some bracelets (see: I saw it on an Etsy shop and thought, Hey I could do that for a fraction of the cost) and this gunk was in order. Anyway, I took a plain bangle from the jewelry box and cut up strips of a map and voila – instant cool bracelet.
pillow case bag I was inspired to make this DIY tote bag after I took a trip to the farmer's market and realized I needed a comfortable and lightweight bag to carry all my goodies. I love the way this DIY project turned out and, more importantly, there was no sewing involved! A pillowcase already has all the stitching you need to create this easy and stylish tote bag. The cross-body shoulder strap also makes it super comfortable to carry around all day. Just grab a pillowcase from your dresser, stamp it, give it a couple snips and you've got a custom carry-all tote for your next trip to the market! Follow the steps below to make your very own. Materials: • King Size Pillowcase (you could also use a standard size, but the bag will be smaller. • Acrylic Paint and a Dish Sponge (if you wish to add a pattern to the bag) • Long Fabric Strip (for the strap) • Scissors • Lay the pillowcase flat with the open end facing towards you.
Dictionary Tea Light Variety Pak by CarolinaCottage Magnetic Board DIY Hey friends! As many of you know, one of our very favorite things to do is to find an old item, ‘shanty’ it up a bit, and give it a whole new life. It really is what started our whole site. I always like keeping my eyes out for old frames! How fun is that?? List of Supplies! Empty frame 1 sheet of cardboard (size of frame or larger) 1 sheet of galvanized metal (plumbing section at Lowe’s) fabric spray paint spray adhesive hot glue gun 1×3 wood scraps (optional to make your frame larger) Start with a cheap frame like this sad guy below. Now, I really wanted to beef this frame up a bit, so I decided to add some wood to it. No matter what saw you choose to use, make sure you have your safety gear on! We get asked all the time about what safety gear we wear and recommend! Two of my personal favorite items that I am wearing here are the Holmes WorkWear Safety glasses, and the Digital WorkTunes Hearing Protectors. I even like to keep these hanging right by my saw so I never forget them! Love them!
Wooden clothes hangers + Repurposed = Jewelry Organization! | Household6Diva Welcome! If you are new to Household6Diva I would love for you to subscribe via RSS feed or Email. I would also love to connect with you via Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. If you follow my blog on Facebook, you might have noticed some chatter about some more Junkin Treasures I found this weekend! What to do? When Miss Ree blogged about her “Jewlery Holder” back in December, I just HAD to have one! (This photo from PDubs Flickr stream) So back to my hangers… I pre-drilled some holes with our drill and placed hooks one inch apart…. Then I untangled a spider’s nest carefully hung some of my necklaces… and above them, some purty bracelets to keep them company… When I ran out of hooks, I found some small eyelet screws to create two more for my earrings. (I heart 3M strip plastic hooks!) Don’t they look purty? I am hoping this will encourage me to wear them more often! Do you have any creative ways of organizing and displaying your jewelry?
Dremel carved clock Dremel carved clock While my design didn't turn out exactly the same as the one I saw, I'm sure I pretty much got it as close as possible. 1. Transfer the design I know it's a bit difficult to see, but I used a pencil to transfer the design that I wanted to cut out onto the vinyl. You have to be careful because any mistakes will scratch the record and be difficult to hide. 2. Using my Dremel MultiTool and a high speed cutting bit, I slowly started to carve out the shape. The trick is to cut and quickly pull alway melted bits before they cool down and stick again, which means that you have to carve the same spot twice! After cutting out I used an emery board (padded nail file) to clean off and neaten up the edges. There is no specific cutting tool that you need to use - they all work well to cut vinyl. If you have a select few, give them a try and see which one works best for you. 3. The shaft of the clock mechanism is pushed through the hole in the vinyl from back to front.
DIY storybook paper roses | DIY Wedding DIY storybook paper roses You’re going to love today’s DIY project so much that you’re going to want to start tearing pages out from old books tonight! Remember the storybook roses in Shanna + Richard’s wedding? Sweet, right? Floral designer, Cathy Brim of Bloom Floral Design created the elegant branch bouquets seen in their ceremony using Valerie Lloyd’s paper roses design, and now we’re jumping-out-of-the-pages excited that Valerie is sharing her DIY secrets with you! <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-17711" title="diy-paper-flowers-1" src="<a pearltreesdevid="PTD650" rel="nofollow" href=" class="vglnk"><span pearltreesdevid="PTD651">http</span><span pearltreesdevid="PTD653">://</span><span pearltreesdevid="PTD655">www</span><span pearltreesdevid="PTD657">. Step 1: Gather materials. Step 2: Cutting. Step 3: Shaping. Step 4: Rolling the center. Step 5: Attaching petals. Step 6: Finishing.