DIY Solar Lamp: Make Your Own Eco-Friendly Sun Jars « Dornob The principle is simple and seductively clever: solar lights that store energy during the day and release light at night. These can be purchased ready-made in a variety of colors (yellow, blue and red) but they can also be built at home. A simple, less-technical approach involves buying a conventional solar-powered yard lamp and then essentially harvesting it for key pieces to put in a jar. This is simply a way of taking an existing solar lamp design and appropriating its parts to make something more attractive for display around a house or home. A more electronically-savvy individual can take the more complex route and built a solar lamp from the ground up using small solar panels – though the aesthetic result may not be as impressive. Whatever route you choose to go, these are fun and sustainable gadgets that make it easy to go green, automate the process of turning on lights at night and can add some color to your porch, patio, garden or windowsill.
Tutorial This tutorial is dedicated to pattern #1. This tutorial is supposed to teach you how to tie normal pattern #1, the striped and easiest one. If you want a printer-friendly version in PDF, click here. To make this bracelet, you will need yarn or embroidery thread in different colors. Step 1 Start with the string on the left. Step 2 If you've done it right, it will look like this. Step 3 Continue to make forward knots with the same string on the next string in line. Step 4 Now you take the string out on the left again, and do the exact same thing as in steps 1 to 3. Step 5 After two rows it looks like this. Cut two strings of different color, about 65" long each. Tie a FK (forward knot) with string 1 over 2, 3 and 4. Tie a FK with string 2 over 3, 4 and 1. Tie a FK with string 3 over 4, 1 and 2. Tie a FK with your string 4 over strings 1, 2 and 3. Repeat steps 2 to 5 until the bracelet is long enough. Bracelet: Diagonal/Candy Stripe. Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. My 5 stringed Sweets Candy Stripe.
xhezachanx: So tired! ~Tacgnol Scarf~ All this week I've been doing nothing but sewing for the opening of my shop tomorrow. I have a feeling I won't have time to make my soot sprites as planned, but that's ok if they are a day or two late! I'm damned exhausted cranking out over 8 scarves this week. I still have 3 to finish (paw detail, sewing up openings, painting...) and only today to finish it in. I've been working on these suckers from noon till 2am. Here's what the Tacgnol scarves look like: And I'm absolutely happy with how my tags turned out: Longcat and Tacgnol scarves go on sale tomorrow on Etsy. Tonight I am working on super corny Halloween costumes with Claire.
Mark Jenkins // Street Installations Kristiansand, Norway London, England Montreal, Canada Cologne, Germany Besançon Rome Rio de Janeiro Tudela London Dublin Moscow Winston-Salem Seoul Royan Bordeaux Puerto del Rosario Barcelona Malmö Washington DC Washington, DC Easy Origami Envelope | If you’d like to make these cute little “Flap Lock” Origami Envelopes–all you’ll need is a piece of square paper…any size. I used Christmas scrapbook paper. 1. Fold the paper in half to form a triangle. Make sure your edges are even. 2. 3. fold the right corner about 1/3 of the way to the left. 4. 5. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. And there you have it! Now scurry off and make a million of these–or at least 24 if you’re using them for the Family Advent Countdown Calendar. Not in the mood to fold your own?
Emily's Light & Bright Shabby ChicHouse Tour | Apartment Therapy Chicago Name: Emily Location: Ukrainian Village, ChicagoSize: 1,000 sfYears lived in: Just over one year When I wrote the post about Emily's welcoming guest room earlier this month, I knew I had to see the rest of her apartment. Luckily, Emily was willing to have us all over for a House Tour! Emily's crafty guest room is just the beginning of her stylish home. As Emily mentions in her survey, she is limited as a renter by color in this apartment. It's obvious that Emily has put a lot of thought and hard work into creating a perfect little bachelorette pad. Apartment Therapy Survey: My/Our style: My style has always been very organized, clutter-free, light and bright with a tendency towards clean, straight lines and white. Inspiration: There's so much inspiration out there today in both magazines and blogs! Favorite Element: It's hard to compete with my rooftop's view, but my favorite indoors element is the wall behind my sofa. (Thanks, Emily!) Images: Jason Loper
Make Photo Necklaces, Earrings, Magnets and More Using Shrinkable Plastic Seems like everything keeps getting smaller these days: computers, dogs, headphones… And now even photographs are joining in the smallness, thanks to the magic of biaxially oriented thermoplastic polystyrene (that’s Shrinky Dinks to you). You can print photos on plastic using your inkjet printer, and shrink them down small enough to make into necklaces, fridge magnets, earrings, or practically anything you can think of. See? Just like that, the world is your bivalve mollusc of the family Ostreidae! How to Turn Photo Shrinky Dinks Into Wonderful Things Photo credits: city: Christopher & AmyCate, giraffe: milkfat, tree: left-hand, bird: lucianvenutian What You’ll Need Inkjet-printable shrink plastic (clear or white)– Michael’s and Pearl usually have it Oven or toaster oven Cookie sheet Parchment paper — check the grocery store next to the plastic wrap and tinfoil Scissors and/or X-acto knife Hole punch (optional) Choose Your Photos Print on Plastic Don’t Make Me Cut You Preheat the Oven More Ideas
Earth from Above a collection of aerial photography "Earth From Above" is the result of the aerial photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand's five-year airborne odyssey across six continents. It's a spectacular presentation of large scale photographs of astonishing natural landscapes. Every stunning aerial photograph tells a story about our changing planet. Coal mine in South Africa Sha Kibbutz, Israel Military cemetery in Verdun, France Suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark Elephants on the savannah, Botswana Favelas in Rio de Janeiro Ruins of the medieval city of Shali, Egypt Switzerland Gullholmen, Sweden Denver, USA Fraser Island dune, Australia Pena, Portugal Amazon River, Brazil Suburbs of Cape Town, South Africa Machu Picchu, Peru Walled City of Dubrovnik, Croatia The Changping District in Beijing, China Cattle near the Masai Mara National Park, Kenya Tasmania, Australia Boat Houses in Lagos, Nigeria Bazaar of Istanbul, Turkey Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany Hashima Island, Japan Stockholm, Sweden Boats stranded on the dry Aral Sea, Kazakhstan Varanasi, India
Re-use First things first! Thank you SO MUCH for all the love and well wishes on my Birthday Love List last week. Celebrations and school were keeping me extra busy, but of course I read each comment, and every single one of them made my birthday so much better. So thank you!!! And now, on to [...] I live in an itsy bitsy cottage, freestanding – a rare point of pride in this ridiculously overpriced paradise – and in many ways falling apart. I generally try to avoid Pinterest. Boy howdy, this project. Glass straws are one of my absolute favorite plastic replacements.
CZ Chain Earrings Designed by: Virginia Magdaleno Skill Level: Intermediate Materials: 26 Gauge Silver Soft Flex® Craft Wire – 1 spool Sterling Silver 4 Loop Open Faced Connector – 2 connectors (1 pkg) Sterling Silver Earwires – 2 ear wires (1 pkg CZ Rondelles – about 66 beads Tools: Soft Flex® Professional Needle Nose Pliers Soft Flex® Professional Round Nose Pliers Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters Instructions: Attach 1 ear wire to the top outside loop of 1 connector Use Soft Flex® Professional Flush Cutters to cut 4 inches of wire. Projects not intended for children under the age of 13.
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