NIB - Norske interiørblogger Påske er en fabelaktig grunn til pynte hus, og i månedens gjør-det-selv med BRIGG , blir det derfor påskebordpynt! Rosa påskepynt som er billig, enkel og kjapt å lage. Hvorfor det ble rosa i år skyldes fargens selvsagte skjønnhet. Fargen er en nytelse og jeg har dilla på den. Men det er også av den enkle grunn fordi eggekartongene vi hadde i kjøleskapet var rosa. For det er nettopp disse tomme, rosa eggekartongene som er påskepyntens base i år. Man trenger: Tomme eggekartonger, saks og ståltråd - Klipp fire strimler ut av en tupp på eggekartongen. - Stikk blomstene på en lyslenke. - Man tar to muffinsformer og kniper dem sammen. - Man trenger: Egg, folie, saks og rød konditofarge (Eventuelt GJØRE DET NATURLIG ved å koke eggene i rødløk, nypete eller rødkål. - Man gjør det selv: Man blåser eggene ved å stikke hull i begge ender og blåse ut innholdet. Fyll tomme eggeskall med telys, blomster, snop eller andre ting hjertet begjærer. Da vil jeg ønske alle en fin påske!
Candle Holder I was messing around with different materials trying to dress up a little LED tealight, and this is one of the versions I ended up liking (plus it’s dirt cheap since it’s just thread!). I love me some textures. This may be useful for those with wedding venues that don’t allow real flames. Finding these* at the dollar store is what started this mess… 1) Get your hands on some thin cardboard that you’ll be recycling anyway. I used the back of a pasta box. 2) Find some wrapping plastic (try to use something you’ll toss anyway!) 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 13. You can make different sizes and shapes. … and configure it however you want! * Batteries were included, and they lasted for many hours. Happy crafting! Mrs. Location: Sacramento Occupation: Tea Analyst Wedding Date: August 2008 Venue: Vineyard on the Delta
How to Make Leaf Skeletons I wanted to share with you a project from one of my readers who shares with us how to make leaf skeletons. I LOVE this! I have several leafs in various forms displayed in my home and knew I needed to make some of her leaf skeletons to add to my decor. I have spent hours and tried various ways of making these. You need washing soda, not baking soda! Gather your leaves. Washing soda is a strong base so you may want to wear gloves when handling the leaves. You will add 3/4 cup of washing soda and 4 cups of water to your pot of leaves. Keep going, you will need to add more water so your pan doesn’t dry out. When 1.75 hours are up fill a glass baking dish with cool water. I carefully removed them and rinsed with water and added clean water to the pan. If you’re still with me, this is what I ended up with… I have a maple leaf which turned out not so well. 37.1Kstumbleupon
radical possibility: Easy Anthropologie Confetti Tumblers Thank you all so much for such amazing feedback and for helping this project circulate all over the internet! My cups have held up pretty well due to not being used too often (they are currently just holding bobby pins in my bathroom) but several readers said after a little wear and tear, the paint comes off. Other readers have found that using paint specifically for glass leads to a much longer life! In the comments, readers have specifically stated that Martha Stewart Paints and DecoArt paints have lasted the best. I have used both, and love them both! Here's the thing about Anthropologie; everything is gorgeous. Let the knockoff begin! The internet taught me that I can use acrylic paint on glass as long as I seal it afterwards, so thats what we are going to do here. In true knockoff fashion, I did one rainbow confetti, and one each of red and blue. So there you have it. xo,
Wrap String Bottles 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. And now I have the perfect non-utility excuse to collect some more! Used: Coloured raffia from Le Papier Empty clearglass wine bottles (Sula Zinfandel -which is incidentally my personal favourite) Heavy duty glue (I have this stick of industrial glue that solidifies when it cools but I guess Fevicol would do as well) Starting at the bottom (cos the top's a bit tricky) starting winding the raffia tightly around the bottle, pausing to add a bit of adhesive every now and then. Edited to add: A couple of months later some more string arrived. And about half a dozen wine bottles later, here's what happened:
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. it's good. it's quiet. i am rockin' it. removing wallpaper.....making code for craft weekend stuff.....doing my hair....going to lunch..... it's all good. hooray for school!
Knock it Off! The Orimono Pillow I kind of cringe when people tell me I’m creative, because deep down I don’t feel I am a truly creative person. Crafty, yes. But creative? I wish. So I openly admit to being (most of the time) nothing more than a copy-cat. My first official Knock it off! The Orimono Pillow from Anthropologie: price tag $88 smackaroos. My knock off total price: $3. $0 for the scrap fabric, $2 for 3 yards of heavy white linen, and $1 for a throw pillow, both thrifted (and I obviously didn’t use all 3 yards of the linen…) I recreated it with lots of my scrap fabric and heatbond (double sided interfacing), which made it a relatively quick project (surprisingly!) Here’s how I did it: I chose which scraps I wanted to use, trying as best I could to choose patterns that were fairly solid in color, and also jewel-toned. Once it was all heat bonded on there, I zipped around each petal with a really small zig-zag stitch, and assembled the pillow normally from that point.
Plant Tree Hello sweeties! I had the morning to myself and didn't want to go outside, so I've decided to make something beautiful! I have been seeing these wonderful vases made of lamp bulbs all over pinterest for some time now. Yesterday, I discovered that the last remaining traditional bulb I had in my balcony, had died and thought of giving this tutorial a try. It was a bit harder than I thought to take all the glasses and inside parts of the lamp out, mostly because my bulb was really small. I think I love my new vase!!!
Tutorial: Homemade Sidewalk Chalk by Michelle Vackar, Modern Handmade Child One of our favorite outside activities at our home is drawing with chalk on the driveway. You can play hopscotch, four-square, and of course draw and create silly stories. My daughters and I were talking one day as we played hopscotch about how to make chalk and I thought to myself, let’s try it! What you will need: • Toilet paper or paper towel tubes • Scissors • Duct tape • Wax paper • Small bucket or disposable container to make the recipe • ¾ cup of warm water • 1 ½ cups Plaster of Paris • 2-3 tablespoons of tempera paint • Paper bag or a “mess mat” ** we made six tubes of chalk – we simply doubled the above recipe Step 1: If you are using paper towel tubes, cut each tube in half, so it is roughly the length of a toilet paper roll tube. Step 2: Cover one end of each tube with duct table to hold the contents within. Step 3: Cut as many pieces of wax paper as you have tubes. Step 4: Pour the warm water into your bucket.
Mini Marquee Sign with Lights We made this giant marquee sign last summer and I loved making it so when I saw these Mini Globe Lights I knew had to make a mini version. I actually made this project last month but forgot to take photos. So when I pulled them out of the bag the letters were a little bent after being ignored. They are made out of paper so if they are on a shelf they’ll be fine but from experience I just don’t recommend cramming them in a paper bag. . Click through for full instructions and photos! (p.s.: The letters don’t light up separately, it’s just a photoshop trick. Materials Needed: Scissors, Quick Dry Tacky Glue , X-acto Knife, Whole Punch, Cardstock, Free Template, Ruler, Mini Globe Lights Step 1: Download and Print the free template onto cardstock. Credits + Contributors:All photography by Heather Zweig for Oh Happy Day Art Directed by Jordan Ferney Produced by Ashley Rose Kirschling
Clothes Pin Bowls Yeah, I know. No big whoop. However …. And once you have that you can form it into this … Clothespin Fruit Bowl Or you can spiral it and use it like this … A Tabletop Sculpture Or stack the bowl up a bit and have … A Sculptural Bowl Or just form it into whatever shape you want and lay it on a table or buffet. So by now you have the idea that you can do just about anything you want with this method. Total cost of this project? I’ve used just over 9 feet of this hot pink wire which I bought for a total of $7 at the hardware store. If you don’t like the pink wire you can give it a quick coat of paint. I used 220 clothespins. If you happen to have some standard electical wire around, you can use that too. To make it even easier to form your project into the shape you want, squish your clothespins together as tightly as you can. If you come up with a bowl shape you absolutely love and don’t want to lose, just dot a few beads of hot glue around the edges to hold it together.
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