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I love this Sharpie tie die DIY from The Art Girl Jackie blog! She did it with her adorable daughter and I think it’s a fun inspiration for this Spring and upcoming music festival season. Use this technique to spruce up your ratty t-shirts or maybe a pair of of cut off shorts.

DIY Sharpie Tie Die

http://hellogiggles.com/diy-sharpie-tie-die
http://findinspirations.com/2009/07/handmade/ Japanese Kusudama , this tutorial is featured on Craftuts Anyone can do that, I assure you. The proof: I can, just take a quick look at my result below. And, believe me, I am neither meticulous nor particularly patient. You could even say I’m the opposite. Below you can see my very first attempt to create paper flowers.

Paper Flowers – Anyone Can Do That | FindInspirations.com

Ladders and Suitcases!

Redecorating by Repurposing

http://www.kristanlynn.com/2011/05/redecorating-by-repurposing.html
http://thehipsterho.me/2010/01/how-to-make-a-tiny-terrarium-in-a-light-bulb/

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Ahoy there Hipster Homers! I’m Julie and I’m the very first guest blogger on this fine site. Today’s project involves breaking stuff, plants, found objects, and miniatures.

Water Balloon Luminaries

A fun and easy project with a beautiful payoff. http://www.candletech.com/techniques-and-ideas/water-balloon-luminaries/
I drink a lot of wine. And end up with a lot of empty wine bottles that are oh so pretty, it breaks my heart to have to junk them with the raddi- walla. I've been trying to find all sorts of utility excuses to hang on to them - wate bottles, plant holders and what have you. http://craveorcreate.blogspot.com/2010/06/bottle-wrap.html

Bottle (w)rap

Accessories

{it’s in the news}

Oooh, all the nifty and thrifty things you can create from old newspaper! This time I decided to weave them into a little basket. http://www.niftythriftythings.com/2011/02/its-in-news.html

Wedding Mason Jar Lanterns

I spent today with my Mom, sister Brooke, and Marcie, my sister-in-law and and Jen, sister-in-law-to-be. http://www.make-it-do.com/make-it/wedding-mason-jar-lanterns/

Handmade Tissue Paper Flowers and Pompom Garland

http://sewsweetstitches.blogspot.com/2010/04/handmade-tissue-paper-flowers-and.html You'd think after making hundreds of these for my wedding, I'd be completely sick of them. But I can't help it, I love them so much!
http://www.makeit-loveit.com/2011/12/holder-for-charging-cell-phone-made-from-lotion-bottle.html My husband and I both have cell phones.

Holder for Charging Cell Phone (made from lotion bottle)

Six paper flowers

It got into my head that I needed to make some paper flowers. I don’t know why. But I figured it wouldn’t be a big deal because the Internet is a veritable smörgåsbord of craft tutorials, and all I had to do was fire up Lappy 5000 and pick one out.

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).
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