Pugly pixel : tips & tutorials. Poppytalk. Smaller: small diy. The wonderfully talented Bess Harding of Beeb Design has sent us another super cool craft you can do with your kids. Bess lives in London and is an illustrator/designer/maker. If you would like to have her work in your own home, her etsy shop stocks her delightful characters and dolls as well as prints and illustrations. Egg Cosies With spring in the air and Easter around the corner, here’s a very quick and easy way of making chick and bunny egg cosies - with two options depending on how handy you (or the kids) are with knitting needles. You will need: Old woolen jumpers or tops, ideally grey/cream/yellow/orange (washed) OR wool and knitting needles Felt - ideally orange/yellow, grey and pink Scissors Glue (PVA or similar) Thread (any color) White paper or card Black pen 1. Knit a rectangle in whatever stitch you like, making it roughly 20cm x 10cm. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Please send along any photos of your finished crafts to editor@smallmagazine.net- we would love to see your designs too! Beeb Design. DIY Wire Basket turned Pendant Light via... | Homemade Crap! R e c o v e r g i r l. Felted Sweater Slippers. One of the favourite gifts that I have been making for family members the last few years are Fibre Trends felted slipper clogs. This year, since I'm enjoying chopping up felted sweaters so much, I decided to try making some slippers from the sweaters. I found this pattern and knew it was a must try so yesterday I made a pair. The instructions on that link are very clear and I was able to easily put together these slippers even though crocheting isn't my strong point.
I like them so much that I think I'll need to make a pair for myself in January. Indie Business Tips - Art, Craft & Trade Shows | Keeping It Indie. Feb Image Credits: Belinda/Tutti Fruiti Doing shows can be so much fun and in most cases profitable. This will be a three part series as there is a lot of information to cover when it comes to shows. Today we are going to focus on a few things to consider before you decide on applying for a show. 1. ART , CRAFT OR TRADE SHOW ? 2. Image Credits: 1. 3. 4. 5. Check back with us for Part II — Preparing for an Indoor show & Part III — Preparing for an Outdoor show in the upcoming weeks. Related posts: DIY notebook/ sketchbook/ whatever-I-want-to-use-it-for-book. Here is a quick tutorial on how to make your own little notebook. You will need: Card stock (I used a cereal box - of probably the worst cereal I have ever tasted, hence why you won't see the label in any photos) Paper (preferable blank paper, but if you want to do something different I'm not going to stop you) I used 10 small sheets.
Needle and thread Washi tape A marker 1. And your paper (mine is 10cm x 15.5cm / 3.9" x 6.1") You can do any size just remember that your paper should be a cm shorter in length and 1/2cm shorter in height, than your card stock. 2. 3. 4. I did the card stock first so that I wouldn't need any shoes/hammers etc. 5. 6. 7. And TA DA!! Now I feel better spending money on that specific box of TERRIBLE cereal :) Have fun crafting. Blessings Gabi. Painted Glass With a Marbled Look. Marbled Paper. You can use this paper to decorate notebooks, cover canisters or for making Gift cards and matching gift wrap. What you need 5 Pints ( 10 cups) Cold Water Shallow Baking Pan Oil Paints Turpentine Brown Wrapping paper or Paper Bags or A4 paper Instructions Place water into shallow pan.
Mix the oil paints with a bit of turpentine to the consistency of thick cream. Drop a few drops of color into the pan. If the color spreads (it is too thin) add a little more paint. When the right thickness is achieved drop large spots of color one at a time onto the solution. With a spoon, stick or other utensil (even combs) swirl the paint into patterns. Cut a piece of paper slightly smaller than the size of the pan. Lift the paper carefully and place right side up on a stack of newspaper to dry or hang on the clothes line. Try making our Marbled Candles using the same techniques. DIY MARBLED VASE TUTORIAL » Magpie Paper Works. Happy Monday Lovelies! Today I’d like to show you one of my favorite DIY projects… Swirly, marbled mason jar flower vases! (Perfect for wedding receptions…) For this project, you’ll need: 3 or more colors of acrylic craft paint | a clean, empty glass jar | gloss or high gloss spray lacquer | drop cloth or old newspapers| another glass jar (not shown above) to contain excess paint Any clean, dry jar with a lid will work for this project.
First, pour your “base” color into the jar. Add the contents of your remaining bottles, one right on top of the other. Gently swirl, turn and tumble your jar so that the paint begins to marble and coat the interior of the glass. Go ahead and give her a whirl, just as you did with the other jar. Pour your excess paint into the trash or use a little bit to “patch” small areas you might have missed in the first jar. Wipe any excess paint or splatters off of the exteriors of the jars and set them upright on your drop cloth to dry. Tada!!! Sew Modern. I only had my iphone with me this time, so the pics aren't that great, but they're still pretty fun! Sample Spree haul! Melody Miller in her adorable booth: New Echino samples at 7 Islands: Robert Kaufman rep Cheryl MADE US do these: Showing off our ink: Art Gallery's fabric wall: Sales rep Ellen's toenails!
Vanessa Christenson's booth (her new fabric line is awesome!) Oliver and S's new Straight Stitch Society manifesto! One way to get around quilt market: Anna Maria's beautiful booth: Shoes! Yup, even Chewbacca and Darth Vader come to quilt market: Guess what? Shea Henderson of Empty Bobbin's pretty booth: Denyse Schmidt and me (Lauren): One more round of "guess whose shoes" (Lauren, Liz, Anna Maria, Pierrette and Verna Mosquera): That's all for now folks! 3 tips for craft blog etiquette. Starting a craft blog can be a fun but also daunting prospect. If you are a blog lurker and eager to start your own blog but not quite sure what to write or if you already have a craft blog and would like to build your audience and participate more fully in the craft blog community – then tune in over the coming weeks for tips and ideas on how to build a better craft blog. 1.
Be polite: Craft blogging is about building communities and ‘meeting’ people of like interests, sharing ideas and being inspired. Craft blogs are places where people are expressing and sharing their ideas, and these ideas should be respected. Its ok to not like other peoples stuff and its ok to say so – but rudeness and meanness is never ok. So whether you are commenting on someones elses blog or writing about something on your own blog – try your best to not be nasty. 2. Don’t repost the whole of someone else’s post – reposting a quote is fine – but not the whole thing. 3. Never hotlink an image . Blog Etiquette or Blogtiquette. Photo from Celia I've had a couple requests for Blog Etiquette hereby known as Blogtiquette. Not that I'm an expert - just looking out, as usual. #1. Give credit where credit is due. If you saw a post, meme, idea, etc. that you love and want to recreate on your blog - go ahead.
Just be sure to give link love to the person you blogjacked it from. #2. The Original Mud Puppy has some good ones I hadn't thought about: Rule #1 - Dont blog about something that will get you fired, or cause you to lose a relationship. Stupid Church People has some great ones: 1. Rocks in my Dryer, a truly fab gal, posted the question and these are just a sample of comments from her readers: * Do respond to people that comment on your blog.
Celia,who was one of the hosts of Blogapalooza I attended, posted her thoughts on the subject last month. YouTube. Instructables - Make, How To, and DIY. Daily source of DIY craft projects and inspiration, patterns, how-tos. MAKE. Craftster.org - A Community for Crafts and DIY Projects with Free Craft Ideas, Inspiration, Advice and More. Knitting Crochet Sewing Crafts Patterns and Ideas! One Pretty Thing - DIY craft tutorials. Not martha. Craft Ideas, Kids Crafts, Recipes and More. Hostess with the Mostess® Daily Blog. Cuteable. CraftFail | Where Crafters Go to Fail. Vintage Indie. The Farm Chicks. Sadie Olive – The Blog » family, love, and everyday muses. Posie Gets Cozy. HELLOmynameisHeather. Embroidery patterns are here. Printed with heat-transferable ink for your ease and convenience, our FOUR new embroidery patterns make stitching beautiful needlework fun and relaxing—perfect for your holiday break. • 11" X 17" pattern sheet with heat-transferable ink.Each design can be heat transferred multiple times. • Instructions for a variety of transfer methods includingtracing options. • Illustrated guide to basic hand-embroidery stitches.
These first four patterns feature birds, flowers, paisleys, butterflies, repeating borders, frame designs and more. Stitch a quilt label to match your next Lottie Da quilt or trim out your next apron with a charming cherry border. There are countless ways to incorporate this rewarding hobby into your creative repertoire. We did it! Ask for them all at your local, independent fabric store. Quilters will be especially excited to hear about the Fresh Flowers quilt labels and frames pattern. In short, embroidery is seriously fun and relaxing. Xo—Heather. Heather Bullard. (Inside A Black Apple) Farewell, ReadyMakers. Cool Copper Projects Warm metallic hues are easy to love but often pricey.
When you create the look... Easy Doily Bowl Craft a decorative bowl from a doily picked up from a flea market, antique... Camper Birdhouse Encourage birds to stay awhile with an adorable vintage birdhouse. :::: OutsaPop Trashion recycled style DIY fashion eco sustainable refashion blog ::::: heinäkuu 2008. Pretty odd wonders.: THE DIY BEAD BOWL. I've been feeling quite crafty this week. Yesterday on my lunch break I had a look in the arts and crafts section of a department store and saw some Hama beads. Remember the ones that you placed on a little spiky mat to make a shape, ironed over and you ended up with a little plastic image? I suddenly thought I'd make a bowl.
I would just place the beads in a baking dish, heat it and end up with a pretty bead bowl. I don't know how I came up with this. 1. 2. 3. 4. Note: I left mine in for too long and ended up with bubbles in the middle. 5. 6. 7. I have to admit - I don't think this bowl was a complete success. Shrink Plastic Charms For Jewelry. DIY Material Guide: Polymorph Plastic ( a thermal plastic with low melting point) This is not so much an instructable, but a guide on what you can do with this incredibly useful plastic for DIY projects. The low working temperature of 60 degrees Celsius makes it as easy to work as Playdoh, when cooled to room temperature, it has similar properties as nylon, useful for tidy little bit of odd jobs you need for your projects (so long as it is not temperature sensitive).
Not to mention this plastic is biodegradable! See more information at: For purchase in UK, Middlesex University Teaching Resources, MUTR, is an excellent source, and for other DIY stuff as well. Product Information: For purchase in the US and A, the trade name for the product is 'Friendly Plastic' as genial as a happy meal ;) Below are some of the ideas I had for using this plastic. Buenos Aires' Very Own Sustainable Design Exhibition. (Opening picture, from La Nacion newspaper) From November 9th and until today, Buenos Aires had its first exhibition with a focus on eco, social and sustainable design. It was inside Design Connection, an annual exposition on avant-garde design. Though the products that focused on recovered materials were mixed up with regular ones and didn't have enough clear specifications about the materials, the show served as a great introduction for general people to the theme of recycled and social design (it even had a stand from the government with flyers that explained how to separate and recover garbage).
We also found out that in the frame of this exhibition was the official launch of ReMade Argentina: this country's own version of the Italian organization that promotes design from recycled materials (ReMade in Italy). Perfectos Dragones' flowerpots and lamps from melted plastic straps (they also have purses and other accessories that weren't at the show). Arqom's Simoa bench.