Paper Rosettes The lovely peeps at new craft store Mushi Makes also sent me Tildas star tissue paper in grey brown. So to match my Vintage Christmas theme I have started making paper rosettes in the pretty tissue paper. Some to hang on my white Christmas tree and some smaller ones as cake toppers! Here's how... Paper Rosettes Tools and Materials Paper Rosettes, How-to step by step Start by cutting out a rectangle 25cm x 12cm from one sheet of tissue paperMake 1cm wide accordion folds, creasing the paper carefully with each fold.Using the accent star punch, carefully punch a star from each end Using a pair of scissors round the end edges of the paper Repeats steps 1-4 with a second sheet of tissue, and fold in halfStack the two folded sheets of paper on top of each other ( making sure the fronts face the same way) and tie embroidery thread round centrePlace a piece of double sided tape on one sideAffix the thread so the ends stick out the top Have a sweet day!
Redfly Creations: The 50-Cent DIY iPad Stand Ever since we purchased a tablet we have been looking for an inexpensive yet sturdy stand. The good ones available on the market cost about $30. On the other hand, inexpensive homemade stands out of legos or pencils and rubber bands are just not sturdy enough. This stand is versatile enough that it will fit any generation iPad AND most Android Tablets including Amazon's Kindle Fire and Kindle Fire HD. This design is VERY simple and easy to make. The best part, is it only costs 50 Cents to make when you make it in bulk. Here is a tutorial so you can make one of these stands yourself. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. There you have it! {New to Redfly? Beaded snowflakes To match my Vintage Christmas theme in a colour palette of snowy white, pale rose, vintage pink, icy mint, faded aqua, mushroom and lots of glamorous gold. I have made a cluster of glamorous, shimmery, sparkly beaded snowflakes. Here's how... Beaded snowflakes Tools and Materials Beaded snowflake, How-to step by step Simply thread beads on to the wire frameUsing a pair of small roundnose pliers, loop the wire end towards the last beadAttach a jump loop to one of the wire looped ends Thread jump loop with ribbon, knot ends and trim Have a sweet day!
Rosemary Mint Shaving Cream: Homemade Gift Ideas How to make homemade shaving cream with coconut oil and shea butter that smells of a delicious rosemary-mint pairing. Great for personalized Christmas gifts or just to pamper yourself. 44K+Around the same time that I started washing my face daily with the Ginger Coconut Oil Body Scrub I had concocted in the kitchen, I also had the revelation that post body scrubbing, you could shave your legs without using shaving cream. Shaving cream and I are lifelong enemies. I have to buy some pretty expensive slathering lotion for it to do its job without leaving me looking like I had a run-in with a barbed wire fence, and I, frankly, am complaining about it. <--me complaining.Shortly thereafter, my husband, who sports a perpetual 5 o’clock shadow (you don’t believe me, just click, click, and click), was distraught when said expensive shave cream ran out, leaving him standing in the shower, the water streaming down with nothing but bar soap and a dull razor to do the job. Notes:
DIY vintage inspired baubles Last week I showed you the vintage Christmas tree decorations that I bought from Sunbury antiques market and on Sunday I showed you the gorgeous vintage Christmas tree decorations from Citrus and Orange and Loretoidas. Inspired by all these vintage baubles I decided to paint cheap plastic silver baubles with nail polish and dust them in vintage glitter to match my Vintage Christmas theme. I love how the polish gives them a worn look but still gives them a little shimmer and is a great way to use up old nail polish! I was also lucky enough to find some old metal glitter in my craft boxes which adds to their vintage look. If you can't find metal glitter try using a course glitter instead. Here's how... DIY vintage inspired baubles Tools and Materials Plastic silver baublesNail polishPVA glueCourse silver glitterSmall paint brush DIY vintage inspired baubles, How-to step by step Have a sweet day!
Take it on Tuesday #40: DIY Car Mount For Your Cell Phone - Romance on a Dime Like this post? Check out: Please join me in Taking something on and link up each Tuesday! DIY Car Mount For Your Cell Phone Yep! I won’t lie, I found this elsewhere online and thought GENIUS! So, who wants to drop $10-$15 bucks on a car mount for your cell phone just so it can break or lose it’s grip in a week? (Generic warning about how this blog is in no way supporting driving while using your cell phone blah blah blah… come on, we all do it whether we think it is right nor not, let’s not be hypocrites.) So. Let me tell you… no… better yet, let me SHOW you: Presenting (loud fanfare) the DIY Car Mount that will cost you under $2 (if you have to purchase either of these items to begin with.) What you need: – A large (2 inch) Binder Clip (Don’t look at how it is bent already, that would be cheating!) – Rubber Bands (Any amount that makes you feel secure, you will see what I mean.) - Optional: Macrame Thread Tools: Here we go! Step one – take apart the binder clip. Now, off you go. TIOT Features!
In My Own Style | DIY Home Decorating Blog | Interior Decorating on a Budget Blog | Easy Home Decor and Crafts ipad cover tutorial We recently bought a new iPad 2 for work and I was floored at the prices of covers…..I just couldn’t bring myself to spend that much. My husband’s friend Walker jokes that his composition notebook is his “low-tech iPad” because it is exactly the same size…..so it gave me an idea. I would make a cover for our new iPad out of one of the old composition notebooks I had sitting around. Turns out it was pretty easy using the box my iPad came in, some hair elastics and a notebook with the pages removed. Here is how I made an easy, inexpensive iPad cover: Photo 1 & 2: I took a razor blade and cut out the pages…..this composition book was on its last leg so they basically fell out.Photo 3 & 4: I removed the plastic insert from the box that the iPad came in and marked the height of the notebook for reference on the side. Photo 13, 14, 15 & 16: I took 2 black elastic hair bands and sewed each onto one corner at two points using needle and thread. An iPad cover for $2.99. Comments comments
PATCHWORK : Le quilting ou matelassage Vendredi 6 novembre 2009 5 06 /11 /Nov /2009 22:08 Si vous avez essayé d’assembler les faces du patchwork comme je l’expliquais ici, peut-être souhaitez-vous le quilter à la manière traditionnelle ? Pour cela, il faut prévoir un tissu de doublure un peu plus grand que votre patchwork. Choisissez-le de préférence assez souple pour faciliter le matelassage à la main, à moins que vous ne préfériez utiliser une machine à coudre. Les deux tissus seront positionnés envers contre envers. Entre les deux, on intercale du molleton polyester, dont la taille sera identique à celle de la doublure. Pour quilter, il faut maintenir les trois couches entre-elles en les cousant à très larges points avec un fil à bâtir. Le motif du quilt peut tout simplement être un motif géométrique simple réalisé à l’œil, ou bien suivre les coutures des blocs de patch. Je préfère quilter en tenant mon ouvrage dans la main gauche, mais certains utilisent un tambour à broder. Ces derniers sont de simples points devant.
A small bite of mondocherry Honestly WTF Make Bracelets: Video | Make Bracelets! Up-cycled Beaded Silk Wrap Bracelet Tutorial Irish Linen Sparkly Wrap Bracelet Tutorial Beaded Wrap Bracelet – Waxed Irish Linen Tutorial 101 Simple Handmade Gift Tutorials These simple handmade gift tutorials will make any crafty person’s heart sing with joy! You don’t need special skills or a bunch of time because these can all be done super fast! Simple and cute…that works for me! You are going to love these fabulous tutorials!!! You can make all your gifts for years from this list! If you love creative links, please subscribe to Everything Etsy! Thanks so much for all your tweets, stumbles, Facebook likes and pins on my Sewing Tutorials and Free Printables posts…you are the coolest crafty friends! If you want to be doubly awesome, try doing handmade gifts that are also eco-friendly! Handmade gifts make people feel special, don’t you think? ~Kim
For The Love Of (Free) Labels Part 1 Oh yes, I just can’t get enough of them. Just search free labels on the blog and you’ll see what I mean, hehe. So to my fellow label whor hoarders out there, here’s another roundup of some of my faves for your downloading pleasure. Add your own text, print onto adhesive sheets or plain cardstock, then cut. P.S. Stay tuned, there’s more on the way…