mustache mug tutorial A fun, easy and silly gift to give the cute men in our lives this Father's Day. First, draw a mustache on the top of your mug with a sharpie marker. As you can see mine took a couple times to get right. Second, trace around the edges of the drawn mustache with your Pebeo pen. Next, fill in the mustache with your Pebeo gel stain. This is a picture of one coat. Be patient because it will take a couple of coats to get the look you are going for. Lastly, follow the directions of the stain. Ta Da...the cutest little mug I have ever seen. Fill with a favorite drink or candy and pass it on to the men in your life. Happy Father's Day! As you can tell, I might have a hard time giving mine up.
Christmas tree ornament mobile, how-to Here is how I made my Christmas tree ornament mobile, it was easier than it looks, promise. The Supplies a 17″ steamer rack from a restaurant supply storeabout 5 feet of lightweight jack chaina small carabiner100 basic ornament hooksone roll, 500 feet, monofilament jewelry string (not the stretchy sort)200 jewelry crimp beads or tubesjewelry crimping tool100 lanyard hooks100 ornaments Note: In the photo above I show earring wire instead of ornament hooks. I changed that later as I found ornament hooks made it far easier to move ornaments around after they’d been hung. Creating the Mobile Frame Creating the frame for my ornament tree mobile turned out to be fairly simple. For the top of the mobile I needed something that would allow me to easily secure a lot of hanging points without them sliding around too much. Turn the rack upside down and the spots where the legs were secured neatly become four hanging points. I bought some inexpensive jack chain to use for hanging.
Rustic Pencil Holder I don't know about you, but I've seen a lot of rustic accessories and tableware popping up all over design blogs lately. The wood cake stand is one of my favorites, and I'm hoping to be able to make one soon so I can share the DIY with you!I love the idea of bringing the outdoors in through rustic or organic design elements. Which is why I was thrilled when my husband made me this wooden pencil holder. The piece of wood is one that his friend found by a river bank. My husband just added a few holes to it, sanded down the edges, and made it into a functional decorative piece for my art room. Click below to get the tutorial...it's super simple! Rustic Pencil HolderMaterials & Tools Needed Hand saw Small slice of wood either from a large branch or tree base (mine is a piece of poplar about 6" in diameter) Drill (with a drill bit size of about 7/16") Sand paper Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. (I told you it was simple!)
20 Creative DIY Project Ideas We all have many old and unused items lying around in our homes or garages waiting to be thrown away. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there’s a great feeling of liberation that comes after shedding old stuff. However, before you start cleaning your home, we want to show you 20 incredibly creative Do It Yourself projects that may change your mind. You’ll learn that a lot of useless items can be transformed into wonderful creations. You can turn an old glove into a cute chipmunk toy, toilet paper rolls into a beautiful floral wall art, plastic bottle into a broom and many more. [Read more...] We’ve been working on this list for a long time, but I’m sure there are many more awesome DIY ideas that we’ve missed. 1. More info: here | Buy: here 2. More info: here 3. More info: here 4. More info: here 5. More info: here 6. More info: here 7. More info: here 8. More info: here 9. More info: here 10. More info: here 11. More info: here 12. More info: Alpha Mom 13. More info: here 14. More info: here 15. 16.
DIY Natural Room Scents Don't miss my follow-up post to this one withNATURAL ROOM SCENTS FOR DIY GIFTS & CENTERPIECESCLICK HERE This post was featured in the April 2013 issue of Woman's Day magazine. Here's the thing. I'm married to a man who hates artificial scents of any kind. Turns out that King-Man may just be ahead of his time. But, the air in my house gets stale sometimes. There is a simple, all natural, truly lovely solution. Keeping the supply list simple. How to Make Natural Room Scents Fragrant items for naturally scenting your home: citrus -- I've tried other fruits. view whole spices on Amazon: cinnamon sticks, anise stars, allspice, cloves, vanilla beans Five Natural Room Scent RecipesThese are all scents that my nose likes. General procedure: Combine the ingredients in a 2 cup (pint) jar or container, or in a pan on the stove top. view on Amazon: ♦pint jars ♦plastic lids for jars Scent #1: Oranges, cinnamon & cloves (allspice and anise are optional). Scent #2: Lemon, rosemary, & vanilla. Gift them!
DIY Terrarium | I have seen these all over the internet and I have loved them but I never got around to making them until Rachel, my twin sister was like lets do this! We had these glass teacups from David’s Tea and thought they would be prefect! and that they were, tutorial below! Enjoy What You Will Need: A glass containerGravelDirtMossTwigsLittle plantsA little sculpture of whatever you want Steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. buttt she was kinda of childish so I painted her gold! 10. Tips: Moss is a shade plant, so keep your terrarium in the shade! Total Cost: $5 just for Tinkerbell, we had everything else. Total Time: An hour.
Tin Work Ornaments featuring Bic Mark-its Happy Friday, friends! We’re in the homestretch of the Christmas holiday now, and I’m STILL making little gifts. Today I came up with this idea to make some metal-work ornaments. Wanna see? Craft Metal + Nestabilities Dies + Bic Mark-It + Tools = Awesome! I made this with craft tin, but you could just as easily use recycled soda can aluminum. I used an embossing folder to add instant texture. For this bird version, I then embossed the shape using a Cuttlebug folder. Next, I decided to free-hand a design on a bird shape & hand-tool it so that it was 3-D. Then I colored it in with my Bic Mark-It Markers and let them dry. You can blend the colors with a bit of alcohol. In the meanwhile, I cut an extra birds shape from embossed craft metal and from adhesive backed foamies. Adhesive-backed foamies help keep the tin's shape. I placed a ribbon hanger in there, and voila- a hand-tooled ornament suitable for any season! For this version, again, I free-handed my design.
DIY comic book geek coasters It’s so hard for me to think of crafts for men! You may be like me and have a brother who loves comic books – in which case, geeky coasters are the perfect gift for said brother. And trust me, I’m not throwing stones. I’m a Star Wars fanatic. I even have a t-shirt (I wear it) that says “Be Nice to Nerds.” Haha! I’m quite pleased with Man Podger David’s project because I know a lot of you are looking for gifts and project ideas for the men in your life. —————- If you’ve visited my Etsy store you know I’m the coaster guy. You can buy round wood or chip-board blanks for coasters but for me they are just too lightweight (nothing is more annoying than a coaster that ALWAYS sticks to your glass). For this project you will need: I wanted a white coaster, so after a light sanding with some 220 grit sandpaper (just to rough up the surface and give the paint something to stick to) I used some Antique White spray paint and allowed it to dry thoroughly. And you now have finished coasters to gift.
DIY: No Sew Fabric Applique Monogram | Effortless Style Blog This project has been sitting around my living room waiting to get done for the last couple of weeks. I was constantly walking past it thinking today is the day it would get done, but work always got in the way. After my shower I had a lot of extra Heat and Bond Ultra Hold and even more emails asking for me details on the onesie/bib decorating station. So instead of making a tutorial with a onesie I decided to make a design related post to keep everyone interested. This project took at most 1 hr and I was able to do it all alone without shouting SOS for Jon’s help. I have always loved the look of Leontine Linen’s Abigail fabric applique monogram: I even toyed with the idea of splurging on some bedding a while back and had them do a mock-up for me with our initials: Oh swoon, but once I added up how much everything would be I knew it wasn’t a right now purchase and I would have to wait. Step 1: Apply Heat and Bond Ultra Hold to the fabric you want to use for the applique. Let cool.