Graduation gift idea: Painted Quote on Canvas - Oh So Very Pretty | A few of our favourite little things My youngest sister Krisha is graduating in less than a week from university. Time really flies! I’m really excited for her because she has this wonderful opportunity of pursuing her masters degree very shortly after she graduates. And since she’ll be moving away (I know, SO SAD!), we thought it would be perfect to give her something that encourages her both now and her upcoming move. Krish has experienced a great deal of rollercoaster moments in her life. So, I decided it would be a perfect idea to write this quote on canvas so that this Bible verse will continue to encourage her while she is away. Materials: Acrylic paints ( Reeves Acrylic Paints 10ml 24/Pkg-Assorted Colors ) Water Round brush (I used a size 5, something like this: Pebeo Round No.05 Brush ) Canvas (I used a 16×20 one ) A palette where you can mix some colours Step 1: Just like the image up top – I started by preparing my materials. Step 2: Start off with red paint. And voila! Love, K. 5 instagram About Karla Lim
Boating Knots | How to Tie Boating Knots | Animated Boating Knots Boating Knots Welcome to Boating Knots These animated knots are primarily for boaters, but many are useful for anyone who uses rope and values safety. Select the knots from: the index above left; the pictures above; or the Boating Usage page. Selection The selection of knots is based on many years of sailing combined with feedback and advice from several helpful captains. Boating Knot Characteristics Rope used in boating is durable and expensive and is often handling heavy loads, e.g., when berthing, mooring, towing another vessel, preparing for a storm, or managing sails. Standing End, Tail, and Bitter End Bitts and Bitter End In many knots there is Standing End - which takes the strain, and a Tail - the loose end in your hand. Mooring Lines and Names Mooring lines on large ships are nearly always made of a high-modulus polyethylene (HMPE) such as Vectran® or Dyneema®. On yachts mooring lines are more likely to be made of nylon, or polyester (Dacron® or Terylene®).
Upcycled Cassettes Ever since we posted the upcycled cassettes turned pencil holder we’ve been been hankering to make one for ourselves. Simple yet effective, our desks were calling out for a little mix tape loving. Thankfully cassette tapes are readily available at flea markets and we were able to buy ourselves a whole box for next to nothing. Supplies: Once you’ve got your cassette tapes ready to upcycle all you need in addition is: a sharp knifeglue gunsalvaged cardboardscissors To make: You’ll notice the edges on the side of the tapes have bumps or ‘guides’ for where the cassette tape rested in the player. Now that we’ve made one cassette pencil holder we can’t wait to use the rest of our tapes to make more. What do you use for your desktop pencil holder?
Cords and Braids Weekly Flip Flop Redo: Lace-up sandals Flashback to 1989; Chandler, Az. I was in third grade. Every girl was wearing the most *radical* lace-up sandals ever. They consisted of a black plastic sole and long shoe laces… and they came with laces in several different colors. I had to have a pair. HAD TO. My Dad is a fashion traditionalist. I wore those sandals to school everyday until my parents got home, and I was wearing them when my parents came to pick me up at Granny’s house. My Dad threw them out the car window. So much for being the cool new girl. It turns out that I survived, and even made friends despite my lack of lace-up sandals. Since the 80’s are back in full force, I decided to re-imagine those lace-up sandals that were going to change my life. I started with a pair of flip flops (electric blue, cuz as I said, the 80s are black) and some radical black and white shoelaces, 1 pair per shoe. I removed the straps from the flip flops and unwrapped the shoelaces.
Chinese Knotting ohoh-blog.blogspot.mx/2012/08/diy-paper-curtain-persianas-de-papel.html I've got a really big window in my living room (about 10' x 18' high). Since they started building a house at the end of my backyard, all the workers could see into my house...not funny, especially at breakfast when I'm just suppose to slowly wake up with a coffee.I do have to find a cheap way to give us more privacy until the end of the construction work.So I came up with those curtains paper.Tengo una ventana muy grande en la sala (como de 3m x 5.5m de altura). Empezaron a construir una plazita atrás de mi casa, y todos los trabajadores pueden ver a dentro de mi casa...y obviamente, no me gusta! Tenia que encontrar una manera de tener mas privacidad hasta el final de la obra. Also like the shadow it makes on the wall.También me gusta la sombra que hace en la pared. A small and easy tutorial:Material: Scissors / pencil / white paper (big circles) / color paper (small circles) / glue / and a lot of patience.
DIY felt feather garland for a tribal inspired nursery - Patchworkcactus Sorry for the lack of craft tutorials, I have been without camera and it hurt just a little bit. Now that I have rescued it I can share with you the felt feather garland I made for the little man's nursery. Originally I was going to do a black and white nursery but I found a really great chest of drawers that have all these rustic earthy tones through them. I did a bit of a turn around decided to do a sort of tribal, western themed nursery. I also got given an amazing blanket from Greta's Handcraft Centre that has similar colours. When little man comes along I will share pictures of the whole nursery space, complete with beautiful blanket and drawers but until then you will have to just be satisfied with this little tutorial. To make this feather bunting you will need. WoolFeltA thick needleFelt balls *you can buy them from Felt Foxes (I love this shop) or make them using this felt ball tutorialScissors Directions Cut leaf like shapes out of the felt freehand.
DIY instagram magnets (for less than 15 cents each!) I have been wanting to make some of my instagrams into magnets forever, but every time I get on the sticky gram website and start uploading them the price scares me away. $15 for 9 isn’t such a bad deal until you decide to want to print every single instagram you’ve ever taken(because they are all of your stinking cute kids and you want them ALL on your fridge, obviously). It adds up quickly! I knew I would be able to make them myself, but I didn’t realize how EASY it would be! I whipped these up yesterday and it seriously takes like 15 minutes to make them. The hardest part is formatting your photographs to print in 2″ square, and even that is pretty easy. DIY instagram magnets tutorial Materials: -photographs -adhesive magnet paper* -X-acto knife -acrylic ruler *I got my magnet paper at Hobby Lobby. I used Photoshop elements to format my instagrams into 2″ squares. If you don’t have photoshop, there are probably 1 million ways to print off 2″ squares, so you can do it however you want!
DIY Painted Nail Polish Cabochons {Video} — Jewelry Tutorial Headquarters Making your own cabochons is easy and fun with your favorite nail polish colors and some glass gems – like the kind you use in vases and aquariums! This video tutorial will show you two different techniques to create interesting patterns and textures under the glass, so you’re essentially creating your own beautiful gems to work with! When they’re done, use them for making pendants, rings, magnets, mosaics, or any number of other fun craft projects. (See ideas below!) TOOLS & SUPPLIES: • clear glass vase gems (the kind with a flat back) • clear coat nail polish • 2 or more contrasting nail polish colors • cling film (saran wrap) • toothpicks Using E600, an amazing industrial strength adhesive (and my go-to for dozens of craft and jewelry making applications), you can make all kinds of fun stuff by attaching your gems to any of the items below! 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) Got any suggestions for how to use these fun nail-polish painted gems?
Make This! Renter-Friendly DIY Typography Wall Art Curbly-Original Photo: Brittni Mehlhoff When you're renting, wall art can be a sensitive subject. This project will take the better part of an afternoon to complete, but if you have help the whole process will go by much faster. Supplies: one to two yards of fabric (depending on the size of your letters)fabric scissorsfabric fray blockpaint brusha pencil for tracing1/4 cup of corn starch 4 1/2 cups of waterone medium-sized pot for boiling the watera level and painter's tape How-To: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. I used this recipe from How About Orange (Bring four cups of water to a boil. 7. 7. 8. 9. 10. So what do you think? Tagged : Curbly-Original, How-To Material : fabric Design Style : minimalist Techniques : Creative Reuse Room : Office & Workspace Decor Element : wall art
see that there: diy type art I was in a DIY mood this weekend and I wanted to make some art for my guest bathroom. There is a big blank wall in there so that is the perfect place for an art gallery. I posted a few weeks ago about this beautiful bathroom, and I wanted to try create something similar. I don't have any word art and I've been meaning to make some, but I didn't have any printable adhesive vinyl on hand. So I decided to try and make a stencil out of regular printer paper. The DIY portion of this is very straightforward. All I did was print the word using Serifa I then cut out the letters and used museum hold to hold the letters down. I think the word focus is kind of funny in the bathroom.
The Decorista Chronicles//DIY Cross-Stitch Wall Art (without the stitching!) Well, hullo there wall-art lovers united!Lookie here! Let's start with the behind-the-scenes of this wall-art adventure tale.It all began with a cute idea to use a stamp to punch in some cross marks using inkpads to create a beautiful rose *cross-stitch" wall-art.Problem #1 encountered: I don't own stamps, in fact, I don't even own a single stamp. I'm not that aaaahhh-such a pretty stamp! kinda girl...no offense.Problem #2 encountered: I don't own inkpads,refer to problem #1. So now what? Here are snaps of my progress with my lil colorful weapons: The most important thing is to use an image for reference when you first start. You see the bluey-violety painting, I don't know how long back I did that,now that I notice, that rose painting beside the cross-stitch one is hanging a bit askew That's all me needs, a cute diary to doodle in, a cup of tea, my sketch pens and a beautiful rose vase, yeah. Great Nash, you might say, but, What if I don't like wall art?! Here are some ideas! Pin if loved!
DIY Screen Printed Canvas Small canvases are very inexpensive at the craft stores. With just a little effort, they can pack a big design punch! This time around I've used some graphic Ikat style fabric, which we stretched and stapled around the original canvas. You will need: 12"x12" blank canvas Painter's Tape Staple Gun and Staples 1.) 5.) Here is the image I used, just right click and save to your computer. It's so much fun to screen print, you may find it just a little addicting. Cheers, Madge