James Charles – Pop Cultured Currency Repurposing existing objects for other uses is always cool. Repurposing them for pop culture references though is even better. James Charles has been doing just that with United States currency for the last year or so. Many more after the jump.
Enluminure et calligraphie - Encre La fabrication d'encre pour la calligraphie est un exercice très enrichissant. C'est très facile de réussir son encre et cela ressemble à quelque alchimie mystérieuse qui nous replonge dans quelque arrière-boutique obscure du Moyen-Age. Pour commencer, il vous faut partir à la recherche des différents éléments constitutifs de notre encre. La liste des ingrédients est la suivante : noix de galle - 10g, vitriol vert ou bleu - 7g, gomme arabique - 10g. Les noix de galle se trouvent au gré de vos ballades en forêt. Vous laisserez macérer une semaine les noix concassées dans un demi litre d'eau la plus pure possible.
Recyclebank The Chinese people use 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which adds up to 25 million full-grown trees. If you can’t use ‘em with food, try recycling them into something a bit more interesting! Photo from ichizen According to an article in the UK-based magazine The Independent, “The Chinese use 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks every year, which adds up to 1.7 million cubic meter of timber or 25 million full-grown trees, which means badly depleted forests.” And that’s only in China! Just think about how many Asian restaurants exist around the world (and around the corner from your home), and how many people they service every day. I’ve been to a few Asian restaurants that offer reusable stainless steel or wooden chopsticks, but for the most part (because it’s cheaper to mass produce), these places give you disposable wooden chopsticks. I wanted to see if I could find some clever and funky ways that people are recycling these chopsticks. 1. Featured on kk.org 2.
wind-up paper butterflies are my fave (guest post from amelia) I had a baby so I’ve invited some fave guests to take over for me while I spend time with the little guy. Today’s post is from super crafter and cute mom, Amelia of The Homebook. Growing up, I had an aunt who lived in Canada. Every year for my birthday she’d send me a card and a fancy little gift. She always found the neatest things! I made my butterflies into Monarchs, but you could use different materials to create any sort of colorful butterfly. Materials: You’ll need heavy cardstock, 24 gauge wire, silicone rubber bands (I found mine in the hair aisle at Walgreens) needle-nose pliers, scissors, tape, a paintbrush, a black marker, and a white ink pen. Step 1: Measure and cut your wire. Step 2: Find the center of the longer wire. Step 5: Find the center of the shorter wire, and wrap it around the base of the paintbrush. Step 8: Draw the shape of your wings and cut them out. Step 11: Tape each wing to the body of the butterfly. See more awesome from Amelia on The Homebook
Gift Ideas for Poor Creative Souls (13) Posted by: Cathy on Jun 11, 2012 Tagged in: Untagged Painting stones has to be one of the cheapest forms of art and a wonderful way to give someone an inexpensive but thoughtful gift. I have collated a great selection here which I hope you will like and will feel inspired by. Painted stones also make great paper weights or you could use them as place settings for a wedding party. All you need to do is collect a few pebbles, get out your acrylic paints and then varnish your stones to protect them. Have fun! For tutorials on how to market yourself online, please go here
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry L'Homme anatomique, ou Homme zodiacal, enluminure réalisée par les Frères de Limbourg et portant les armes du duc Jean de Berry, f.14v. Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry est un livre d'heures commandé par le duc Jean Ier de Berry et actuellement conservé au musée Condé à Chantilly (France) sous la cote Ms. 65. Histoire du manuscrit[modifier | modifier le code] L'œuvre des frères de Limbourg[modifier | modifier le code] Lorsque Jean, premier duc apanagé du Berry, troisième fils de Jean II Le Bon, commande aux frères de Limbourg, Paul (ou Pol), Jean (ou Jannequin, Jehannequin ou Hennequin) et Herman (ou Herment) un nouveau livre d'heures, les liens entre les artistes et leur commanditaire sont déjà étroits. Pour Raymond Cazelles, conservateur du musée Condé, les frères de Limbourg travaillent peut-être sur les Très Riches Heures à partir de 1410[c 2]. Composition du manuscrit[modifier | modifier le code]
Julia Petit - Petiscos & Grampo e linha Já faz um tempinho que detectamos uma onda de pulseiras de corrente decoradas com trabalhos em crochê e linhas nas lojas mais bacanas de acessórios. O trabalho é supervalorizado porque muitas vezes o material da pulseira é de ouro, e o trabalho artesanal também tem o seu valor. Quem virou febre da modinha lá fora e vende suas peças no Net-a-Porter é o designer Aurélie Bidermann. As joias são feitas com materiais nobres, e as correntes são todas de ouro 18k. Vale a pena o investimento, mas se você não pode arcar com o precinho, encontramos um site que ensina a fazer o passo a passo da pulseira sensação. Separe a sua tesoura, linha de bordar trançada e grampos de cabelo. Pulseirinha da amizade fina! Fotos: Reprodução.
Lovely Wire Knot Ring Tutorial You can make this lovely ring (or a version of this design) yourself, using just some basic tools, wire and a lip balm! Yes, in this tutorial I am going to demonstrate that just basic beginner tools and a wire from Michael’s can go a long way! Wouldn’t this ring make a great present?? For the purpose of this tutorial I am going to be using the very basic, cheap tools that are available almost everywhere. Instead of a ring mandrel you can just use a tube of a lip balm, like I did. I chose to make my ring from a simple gold-plated wire (20 gauge) but you could also use 18-gauge wire, twisted wire (wouldn’t that be nice?) PLEASE excuse the state of my nails in these pictures.. First thing to do is to cut a piece of wire. Next, wrap your wire around the tube of your lip balm. Cut of the extra bits, if any. Now bend the wire coming from your left to aim away from the ring and then bend again to aim it slightly upwards, as shown on pictures below. Almost done! And it’s done Like this: