Hotwheels Flash Drive This Instructable will show you how to take a simple hotwheels car, and turn it into the coolest flash drive ever! I would love to see your creations. If you have made a Hotwheels flash drive post a pic as a comment. Step 1: Selecting a car The fist I made was a Hotwheels 07 Dodge Challenger. Step 2: Tools you will need The tools you will need are a Dremel and a flat-head screwdriver. Step 3: Taking apart the car Taking apart the car is easy. Step 4: Taking apart the USB case Now take your flash drive. Step 5: Cut the rivet off of the frame If your car has a rivet on the end you want to put the flash drive, you will need to cut it off of the frame of the car. Step 6: Cut through the interior If you chose a car with an interior, you have to cut a hole through the back seat to make room for the drive.
DIY Baby Blocks Step 1 Get prints of your favorite pictures. For these I took pictures of the mommy to be and daddy to be from when they were babies, and then now, with them together as a couple. You can either use regular photos or you can print them from your computer. If you print them from your computer just make sure to use a light coat of glue so they don't wrinkle. Step #2 Cut the pictures to the size of the blocks. Step #3 Buy Blocks. Step #4 Sand them if seem like they need it. Step #5 Glue the pictures to the block. Step #6 Paint the other sides of the blocks. Step #7 Stencil on letters, imagines, such as flowers or butterflies and let dry again. Step #8 Take sanding paper or a sanding block and sand lightly around the edges of the block. Step #9 When you are done sanding, seal your block with Mod Podge. You can get all the supplies you need right on Amazon!
Embroidery + Metal? Here's something I've been noodling around with lately - embroidered metal discs! Wait - what? I bought a bag of these perforated beading discs a while back, intending to make some beaded pieces a la Miriam Haskell. Only I never quite got around to those, and eventually a different light bulb went on over my head. The resulting discs are so cute and easy to make, and lend themselves beautifully to lots of crafts. Like this simple cuff bracelet! The stitchery part is dead simple. Just leave a few inches of thread hanging from the back when you start stitching. Then you just follow the holes, making stitches in different colors and patterns. At the end of the strand, tie the ends of the floss into a double knot. The only thing to watch out for as you stitch is the fact that, for some reason, the outermost row of holes in the disc is not in a symmetrical pattern. The back of your stitching, then, forms a nice, porous surface, which you can easily glue to things. Cute, eh?
Plastic Lid Ladybugs I’ve been saving the lids from my milk jugs just to make these little cuties, they make a very simple kid’s craft and and fit perfectly in the recycled crafts category! I absolutely love ladybug crafts, you might remember my paper plate ladybugs, or the ladybug rocks I did for Kaboose a few years ago, or the egg carton ladybugs I have on FamilyCorner. I have another ladybug craft I’m working on now and hope to have that posted soon, they are just so cute! In case you’re wondering about all the different colored lids, they come from whole milk, 1% milk, buttermilk and juice. I didn’t take any step by step photos of these as they are so easy, step by steps just aren’t necessary. Plastic Lid Ladybugs by Amanda Formaro printable version What You Need plastic lid from milk jug black acrylic craft paint 2 small wiggle eyes paintbrush white craft glue What You Do Wash and dry the plastic lid. Use the handle end of a paintbrush dipped in black paint to add the spots.
DIY: Necklace Holder I found this genius idea to get my necklaces organized from and I thought I'd give it a go. 1. You will need a flat board to attach your knobs unto. I got 4 out of my 5 knobs from our local habitat for humanity store for less than $1.00. 2. 3. 4. and now my necklaces are officially organized! See how I organized my earrings here. xo DichroicGlassman.com Halloween Painted Jar Luminaries This isn’t the first time I’ve made luminaries for Halloween. Several years ago I made these painted Ghost Luminaries which are posted on FamilyCorner, these decoupaged Pumpkin Luminaries and this Candy Corn luminary which are both posted on Disney’s Kaboose. Today I made some colorful luminaries inspired by the ones I saw on this cute blog called Not So Idle Hands. Aside from the new luminaries I made (which I describe below), I also spruced up my others after unpacking my Halloween boxes. To spruce up the Pumpkin Luminaries, which are decoupaged orange material, I used a damp rag to wipe them down, then I painted the yellow facial features black. You can see that the white ghost luminaries have been around for quite a few years. Over the summer I bought a couple of boxes of canning jars with the intention of canning. One layer of acrylic craft paint on the OUTSIDE of the jar was enough for these, but you can add another if you like. I painted the jar rims with black paint.
Memorable Gifts for Mother's Day By poppytalk | I’ve been loving photo-inspired products lately from big wall murals, images on pillows to a dresser IKEA hack I just posted yesterday; the mediums are endless and inspiring. Coincidentally I’ve come across a few really good photo project ideas that would be perfect for Mother’s Day recently and thought I’d share some of my finds with you to make your mom something memorable this year. nggallery id=’122665′ Mother’s Day Memory Jars Kate Riley of Censational Girl makes these clever Mother's Day Memory Jars for West Elm.Get the how-to at blog.westelm.com. Photo Canvas Prints Using transparencies and a gel medium, personalize a photo canvas print for Mom.Get the how-to at bhg.com. Read my other posts on Babble here!