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Tote Craft - Making a Purse

Tote Craft - Making a Purse

Weblog Altered matchboxes are easy and fun to make! To view a step-by-step tutorial with photos for making these paper boxes, check out the Matchbox Valentines How Tuesday post on the Etsy Storque blog. These little boxes are approximately the size of standard, store-bought, 32-count matchboxes (1.5″ x 2″ x .5″). They make lovely mini gift boxes, and are also fun to swap! Here you can download the PDF template I created and use for creating these matchboxes from scratch using heavy card stock. (Make sure to download the full-size document using the link below. Download Rachel’s matchbox template. Instructions: Print out template on card stock at 100%. Optional: Want to include a little card or mini zine in your matchbox? Want even more matchbox fun?! Here is a newer Envelope-style matchbox template: The inner drawer of this matchbox is exactly the same as my original Matchbox Template above, but the outer wrap differs significantly. Download the Envelope-style Matchbox Template PDF here. Also…

Make a Recycled Vase :: Etsy Blog Have April showers driven you inside to your craft nook? Follow the lead of artist and creative reuse whiz Lee Christopher Hughes and pluck a plastic bottle from the recycling bin, transforming it into a vase to hold May flowers. Hughes is an artist and dad based in Allentown, Pennsylvania, who has found a way to transform plastic castoffs and hardware store treasures into elegant art objects and home decor. Today’s How-Tuesday features a video by Amanda Danziger from Ferasha Films. I’ve been creating artwork for the past few years. Supplies you’ll need: Plastic bottle Pen/thin magic marker Utility knife or small hacksaw blade (for cutting styrofoam and for cutting off top of bottle) Scissors Styrofoam (preferably at least 1” thick) Sandpaper Scrap paper Glue Ruler Heavy poster board (one side shiny) Hot glue gun
 and hot glue Joint compound Paint Paintbrush(es) Felt (for the base) Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Recycling Projects | More How-Tuesday Posts

Style Scrapbook: DIY: YELLOW CLUTCH March 19, 2011 in Uncategorized by Andy And because I like keeping my word, here is the how.to.make.this.bag step-by-step… C’mon, its Saturday, you have no school, no work, you probably have a party later today, but you are free right now, so get the fabric, scissors, pins and let the party begin!, then, you take your new clutch to tonight’s party? How does that sound? Laters! Traduccion: Y como soy una mujer de palabra, aquí esta el como hacer la bolsa, paso a paso … Es Sábado, no tienes clases, no tienes que ir a trabajar, ¡No hay excusas! Andy Under The Table and Dreaming: DIY Faux Curled Rosewood Wreath {Made From... I have seen various versions of Faux Rosewood Wreaths in just about every store and catalog for the upcoming season; most with a price tag running upwards of $40 or more. Some are crafted of paper and other of real wood shavings. Last year I made a few rolled flower gift toppers from recycled book pages and they remind me so much of the curled wood roses I thought they would make a good substitute. {with a much lower price tag} Materials Needed:Foam Wreath FormRecycled Book PagesLots of Hot GlueRibbon to Hang The full step by step tutorial I posted last year can be found {here}.Basically you layer three book pages together and draw a spiral circle. Starting with the outside of the spiral, roll the paper inward to create the flower shape. Give the wreath form a light coat of white {or light color} spray paint to help camouflage any see-through spaces. It seriously takes quite a few roses to fill the entire wreath, however I think the finished project has such a unique look. {Simply Lovely}

DIY Photo Canvas Hey there! So, I have seen so many cool DIY photo canvas projects on Pinterest and I had to do one of my own! My son is playing his first season of tackle football and I have taken a ton of pictures! I thought he would love to show them off in his room so I came up with this! It was so quick, easy and cheap! I started with 2 pieces of scrap MDF that I cut down to 8 1/2 x 10 1/2. I used a TON of wood glue to attach the 2 pieces together. Next, I broke out the black acrylic paint and covered all four sides and a little onto the outside edges. I printed out an 8×10 black and white, through walmart.com, and attached it with a spray adhesive. For the finishing touches, I used a stencil brush to dry brush the black acrylic onto the actual picture (all around the edges) and followed up with Modpodge, using the same dry brush technique for a textured, canvas-like, finish! That was it! I had to make several for him and he thinks they are pretty cool:) I want to do more around the house! ~Ashley

Make :: Etsy Blog What’s better than receiving a giant chocolate egg? Receiving a giant chocolate egg with a surprise inside! This springtime treat is commonly found on European grocery store shelves wrapped in colorful foil paper or clear cellophane. Some eggs have toys and small gifts inside and others are strictly candy-filled. Making your own hollow chocolate egg is easier than you might think, and you can customize the surprise inside to suit the recipient. Chocolate almond bark (sometimes referred to as chocolate candy coating) is easy to use because it doesn’t require tempering and provides glossy, flawless results. This surprise egg is tailor-made for the seamstress in your life. Chocolate Surprise EggYield: One 8-inch egg Note: This egg holds spools of thread, candy buttons, an embroidered daisy handkerchief, candy-coated chocolates, a pin cushion, a thimble, a fabric quarter, and a tailor’s tape measure. Place the egg molds in a large baking pan so that they are level.

Build/Make/Craft/Bake: How-to: Hammered flower and leaf prints Get out the hammer, it's how-to Tuesday and we have some botanical prints to make! I learned this technique, which makes an image using the natural dyes in plants, from my college roommate Sarah. It's great for making cards or simple botanical prints. Actually, you'll need a little more than just a hammer. flowers or leaves to printwatercolor or other rough, acid-free paperselection of hammers (including ball-peen or cross-peen, if possible)hard work surface (cutting board, slab of wood, etc.)paper towelsscissorspentweezers or toothpicksacrylic finishing spray (optional) Start by going on a walk or visiting your garden to find leaves and flowers to work with. Then set up your work surface. Next, trim any chunky or squishy bits off of the plants and arrange them on your watercolor paper. Cover the plant with 2-3 layers of paper towels. On the paper towels, sketch the borders of the area you'll need to hammer. Start by making small, even taps using the flat side of one of the hammers.

Light Bulb Terrariums :: Etsy Blog MP4 | YouTube | Vimeo | Blip.tv | Subscribe in iTunes (Music by Barry London and Eric Beug) For this week’s How-Tuesday, we’re resurfacing an old favorite. Enjoy! Just because the first flurries have decimated your window garden, there’s no need to settle for a season lackluster and dreary. Lets get started! Materials Needed: ContainerCharcoalSoilRocksSphagnum mossNeedle-nose pliersLong tweezersScrewdriverPlants Step 1: Choose your container. Step 2: Add a layer of rocks. Step 3: Add a barrier layer of sphagnum or green moss, a layer of activated charcoal and a layer of soil (organic soil works best). Step 4: Gently settle in your plant and decorate the interior of the terrarium with figurines, twigs or other ornamental additions. Tweet this post or embed the video on your blog! If you don’t know how to embed a video on your blog — no worries, it’s simple. Click the symbol that looks like this on the video player at the top of this post.Copy the embed code from the “embed” tab.

I Love You Pop-Up Card Eatsy: Plum & Ginger Natural Soda From Brooklyn Soda Works :: Etsy Blog Nowadays a lot of folks are popping up with alternatives to commercially available foods. One such newbie is Brooklyn Soda Works and we couldn’t be more glad they’re here. Their origins are humble enough: Caroline Mak and Antonio Ramos, an artist and a chemist by training, looked everywhere for a ginger-y “ginger beer” but came up empty. So they made their own, it was great, and they decided to make more. Soon, foodies took notice. With talented newbies like these stepping forth, operations like the Flea (where BSW’s sodas are sold every Saturday) are providing new platforms for talented food-inspired DIY-ers. Etsy also hopes to provide a platform, support and encouragement to all those interested in bringing their delicious food stuffs to the marketplace. Thank you, Caroline and Antonio, for sharing. Plum & Ginger Carbonated Juice (or Soda)Makes 1 liter; serves 3-4 people Simmer the plums in the 600ml of water. Add the turbinado sugar to the plum juice.

Drink Can Tinwork Tinwork Embossed tinwork is sometimes used to decorate rustic style photo or mirror frames, or just to make decorative items such as Christmas tree decorations. The metal used is usually thicker (tinplate) and is normally worked with hammered tools - I wanted to try to get a similar effect, but with a bit less effort. The Most Popular ArticleOn Atomic Shrimp No, really! I created this page towards the end of October 2008. More Metalwork If this project interested you, you might also like Lost Wax Casting Safety This project makes use of very thin sheet metal that is likely to have sharp, jagged edges and is prone to springing back. Great care should be taken to avoid injury. This project probably isn't suitable for children - and certainly not without supervision. Updated Autumn 2010 - now with Video Goodness! Soft drink cans are easily recyclable as scrap metal, but I fancied trying something a little more direct - a simplified form of tinwork. Materials Finished And Better... And Better Still

Make Your Own Sandals :: Etsy Blog I’m Kathrin. I’ve always been inspired to make things, all kinds of things, using my personal interpretation of slow design. My material of choice is usually rescued or salvaged and then transformed into interesting, functional items and accessories. I love hand-sewing, but also enjoy developing unusual designs, which can be found on my blog, annekata.com. However, I recently got side-tracked with an idea for summer sandals… Summer shoes are a challenge for me. I thought the soles of flip flops were quite useful and maybe, just maybe, I could figure a way to attach something to make them into wearable footwear. Materials: - Flip flops (remember, used flip flops work great, and are more eco-friendly) – Scissors – Piece of chalk or marker – Craft knife – Heavy duty waterproof glue – Recycled T-shirts – Screw driver – Flat butter knife or thin plastic ruler to stuff fabric into the soles – Clamps (or heavy books) Make: Cut the rubber bits at the point where they come through the sole.

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