Sewing Projects: Easy Sewing Projects for Beginners - Martha Stewart#266228#270148. 18 Easy Sewing Projects for Beginners. 47 Unexpected Things To Do With Cookie Cutters. Inexpensive Decorating Ideas - How to Decorate on a Budget. Crafts - Ideas for Crafts Using Letters and Words. A picture may be worth a thousand words, but words can create a pretty picture, too.
That's what stylist Paul Lowe set out to celebrate when he determined to make artful use of books and letters that, too often, end up in the trash. "There's such beauty to the written word, both in what it says and how the letters look on the page," he says. "I wanted to make the most of this, providing the printed word with another level of expression. " To do so, Paul recommends looking at lettering in terms of its font, at book pages in terms of their color ("I love the way aging pages range from cream to yellow," he says), and at sentiments in terms of their graphic appeal. "It's a way to see words in a new fashion," says Paul. Pictured: Poetry- and prose-inspired crafts, such as these decorative plates printed with word decals at home, may cost very little, but they certainly say a lot.
Recycled Craft Ideas - Crafts from Recycled Materials. Cheap Craft Ideas - Inexpensive Crafts. Adapted from Clare Youngs’s The Perfect Handmade Bag ($19.95; Cico), this cute carryall requires little more than a pair of small wooden spatulas and two tea towels ($15 each; motherlindas.com).
Cut six strips of fabric from one towel. Two, measuring 33⁄4"W x 141⁄4"L each, will serve as the decorative horizontal bands at the top of the tote and should incorporate the towel’s graphics (as shown, left). The other four, measuring 31⁄2"W x 8"L, will form tabs for the bag’s handles. Turn under the long sides of each strip and press a 1⁄4" hem.
To make a tab, topstitch one of the long sides of a 31⁄2"W x 8"L strip near the edge. Lay the second towel on a flat surface, right side up. Flip the towel right side down. Fold the towel in half, wrong sides together. You knew i was going to make one. They are all over pinterest....
(i still am not signed up for pinterest because i don't have time for one more thing but browsing is fun!) So we made one. i took a box of 64 crayons and took out the blacks and browns.i used another small box and doubled up on the good colors i liked and hot glued them to the top of our canvas. then we turned our blow dryer to hot on high. not long after you set the hair dryer by the crayons they get shiny and then the wax starts to melt! And it dries really quickly too. seriously. what could be happier than this?? GREAT project. loved it today is the first FULL day with ALL my kids in ALL day school.yeah...i am smiling as i type that.