16 Headband Tutorials | Croq Zine - The Blog As a busy mom of three little boys, I don’t always have time to do my hair. (Like, never, actually! I try to sneak in sessions with my flatiron while the boys are distracted with a cartoon… IF I have to leave the house. If I don’t, my hair looks like the bus driver from South Park’s… i.e., bird’s nest. Notes from a very red kitchen just hosted a Headband Tutorial Roundup, and there were some super headbands represented! The roundup was full of inspiration, but this rose and pearl headband by Whitney was one of my favorites. This scrappy leather headband by Missie Krissie is super cute, too! Other Headband Resources: I loved this Braided Headband tutorial when I saw it a few months ago, by Cakies (shown above) I loooved this yarn braided headband when I saw it a few months ago at EvaForeva (don’t you just LOVE the styling of the pic, too?) I like this lovebird headband at Crafty Bitch. This vintage applique headband at Ruffled is just gorgeous!
Gum Wrapper Chains | Did you know that the world’s most amazing gum wrapper chain is 11 miles long? Yeah, it’s true. It would actually take you several hours to walk the length of that thing. That’s just nuts! Do you remember making gum wrapper chains as a kid? Dang they were cool. We’ve made them out of regular gum wrappers, Starburst, Life Saver and Mamba wrappers. Everyone needs “mad skills” like this. Heh… Cut the wrapper in half, long ways. Fold up each edge about half way… then fold in half again to form a long, skinny strip. Now fold the long strip in half. Now fold each end in half, to meet in the middle. It should look about like this. Now fold a million little “prongs” just like this. Fit the two prongs of one piece into the slots of the other piece. Push it all the way through until it can’t go any more. Now take another “V” and slide it through the one you just fit in place… and on… and on and on… Now try one yourself. If you have any trouble–email me. I’ll help you. Happy National Crochet Week! March 8-14
Make Water Balloon Candle Holders | Dollar Store Crafts Home » $5 and Under, cheap crafts, Decor, Headline, High Concept, Weddings 11 February 2009 364,642 views 50 Comments by heather Candletech has instructions for the coolest candle-making project I have EVER seen! The comments section of the tutorial also provides a lot of valuable insight for making this project. Other commenters suggested adhering something to the outside of the wax to add additional interest (although I just LOVE them as they are!) The project recommends high-melt paraffin wax to avoid the melting issue when used with tea lights. Project Estimate: Paraffin Wax*, $1 (find at the grocery store in the canning section)Balloons, $1Double boiler, on handCookie sheet, on handBattery operated tea lights, 2 for $1 Total cost: $3 *one commenter said s/he made 15 luminaries out of about 8 lbs of paraffin, so figure about half a pound of wax per luminary. Disclosure: this article may contain affiliate links or other forms of sponsored content.
Made By Lex Craftaholics Anonymous Spring Scrapbook Paper Tree Hello fellow crafters! Tristin and I were invited to be today's featured guest blogger over at Everyday Mom Ideas! We were thrilled with this wonderful opportunity, and wanted to share with the readers over there one of our trees from the collection we're currently doing. This second tree is very similar to the first one. (Since this is a guest post on a different blog, and the concept is similar to the first tree.. Thanks, Julia, for having us on your blog! Terrarium Centerpieces&|&Indie Bliss The other week, my good friend Stephanie and I planned out a craft weekend. Our mission: Terrariums. Not the kind you keep lizards in, but the kind you can seal up and watch the moss grow. It was fun, cheap, and easy, and while we were creating them I realized how awesome they would be as centerpieces at a wedding. They are totally unique, creative, and beautiful. Terrariums are meant to be long lasting, so you can even make some months before the wedding and still have them thriving in time for the big day. So lets get down to the nitty-gritty of how you can actually make them: Step 1: Materials • Glass containers in whatever size you heart most. • Good dirt and rocks. • Figurines or decorative rocks to place inside. • Horticultural Charcoal. • Moss (another one of those things you can find outside, but can also order if you don’t live somewhere it doesn’t grow naturally). • Spray bottle (for misting after wards). Step 3: Then start your layering your base. - Paula Hayes - Eco Sphere
Paper Flowers - Anyone Can Do That | FindInspirations.com 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. Below you can see my very first attempt to create paper flowers. What you will need to make your own Kusudama paper ball? 1. 3. 4. (optionally) I prefer torn paper instead of cut. You have to start with a single petal. Now you have to glue your 5 petals into a flower. Apply the glue to only one side of each petal, except for the last one, in this case cover both sides with glue. Your first flower is done. Don’t glue every petal right after you make it. When all 12 flowers are finished you have to glue them together. When two halves of Kusudama Flower Ball are ready you have to glue them together.
Easy Stamped Coasters I’m trying to simplify my life in a lot of ways. One of those ways is using things I already have on hand instead of buying new things. I’ve had these coasters for years but they were a little too plain for my taste. It was time I added a little pizazz to them. This project took me under 10 minutes, which is a good thing since that’s all the time I had today. Here are the flower coasters. And the tree coasters. I’m pleased with how they turned out and that they have a bit of pizazz now. Do you want to check out more ideas for coasters? I’m linking to these awesome link parties:Making Monday Marvelous at C.R.A.F.T.Made By You Monday at Skip to my LouMomspiration Monday at Moms By HeartShow and Share Day at Just A GirlGet Your Craft On at Today’s Creative BlogTransformation Thursday at The Shabby Chic CottageHookin Up With HOH at House of HepworthsTip Me Tuesday at TIp Junkie
DIY Market Bag - HonestlyWTF With Earth Day just around the corner, we’re turning to artist and environmentalist Chris Jordan for inspiration. In this large-zoom photograph he has captured 1.14 million brown paper supermarket bags, the number used in the US every hour. And did you know that 2.7 billion plastic bags are used every day worldwide? Floored by these staggering numbers we were motivated to do a quick and easy DIY, recycling an old t-shirt into a reusable fringed market bag. We hope that it will also inspire you to use less plastic and paper! Lay the t-shirt on a flat surface. Snip 8 evenly spaced slits along the bottom hem of the t-shirt. Attach a safety pin to the end of one of the strings. You can trim the strings but we like leaving the fringe as is. Aren’t you excited to BYOB (bring your own bag)? Make one for a friend. (top image from here, rest of images by Honestly…WTF; thanks to Leethal & Lynn for the inspiration!)
Etched Portion Control Wine Glass OK, confession: I’m on Weight-Watchers. And a major part of the program isn’t completely restricting what you eat and drink, but you DO have to watch and control your portions. This goes for wine, too. I chose a stemless wine glass and measured out 5 ounces of water and poured it in the glass. I used plain ol’ painters tape along the line, and burnished it down well with my fingernail. I then applied the Armour Etch Cream (see my review of that here) to the bottom of the glass. Now, you could leave it here and you’d have done the job- now you know just where to fill your glass! I chose the flower head icon of the Songbird Cartridge (using my “j” monogram) for the Cricut and cut it out at 3″, using some craft vinyl. So there it is…my special, portion-control wine glass. If you are in the market for some of the products to make this craft, I hope you’ll consider purchasing from my affiliate links: <A HREF="
Dyed Buttons | Rit Dye Dyeing buttons and beads is fun and easy to do, enabling you to get the exact color you want whether using the buttons and beads on a coat, a pillow cover or in a necklace. They also look beautiful in a vase as part of a flower arrangement, helping the flowers to stand tall. Most buttons and beads are made out of nylon and Rit is one of the few dyes that will color these materials (it also dyes wood buttons!). That means you can transform plain buttons and beads into colorful accents that match or coordinate with whatever you are making. Prep, dye and rinse time: 30 minutes You’ll Need White nylon-based plastic buttons or beadsRit Dye, liquid or powderMeasuring cupMeasuring spoonsPlastic containersSpoonRubber glovesPlastic table coverPaper towels Step by Step Cover work surface with a plastic table cover.