creative little daisy: Have you priced vintage blue canning jars lately? Wanna make your own really cheap?
I bought these probably five years ago at an antique/consignment store. I think I paid about 12 dollars for a set of four. Now you can expect to pay at least that for just one. Last night I was cruising around the internet and happened upon a link to a tutorial using mod podge and food coloring to make your own. Cool! This afternoon I decided to play around with some mod-podge and food coloring myself. Just pour some mod podge into one of your jars. Add a few drops of water to thin down just a bit. You want to get as much of the mod podge mixture out of the jar as possible so you don't have a big glob of dried gunk in the bottom of your lovely jar. This is how it will look wet. I'm pretty sure I read somewhere about heat setting paint on glassware by baking it at a low temp, so I set my oven on the lowest setting it would allow, 150 degrees and popped them in. I took this after they had cooked for about 20 minutes. And for the finished product, drum roll please..... Not too shabby, eh?
milk glass
In our new place, we have a lot of space over our kitchen cabinets. I knew I wanted to do a little accessorizing up there, but I was trying to figure out what I could do without it looking cluttered or busy. I wanted something light and fresh, that was a little more unexpected. Thus began my love affair with milk glass I knew I needed to get my hands on some beautiful milk glass vases. I figured that the cheapest and fastest (did I mention cheapest?) With the exception of the white pitcher which I already had, I grabbed all these beauties for a grand total of $12. I also picked up a few cans of high gloss white paint threw on some latex gloves to protect my manicure set up shop in my garage, and started spraying away I loved the look of them instantly. When I got them all sufficiently coated and dried, it was time to arrange them. I added a few pieces that I already had, and you can hardly tell the difference between the real and the fake ones.
Anthropologie Ruffle Shower Curtain Tutorial
So I made it. Let me just start by saying that this tutorial is not for the faint of heart. I have never once given up in the middle of a sewing project, but if I didn’t have a ruffle foot, I probably would have thrown in the towel on this one. The actual skills needed to make this aren’t very advanced, it just takes a looong time and is very tedious. If you decide to tackle it, just know that you have been forewarned. Materials: You will need lightweight cotton fabric in the various shades that you want for the ruffles. – For your main shower curtain piece you will need about 4 1/2 yards. – For the rest of the ruffles, it just depends on how many ruffles you want to make out of that particular color. note: I prewashed and dried all of my fabric before I made this. Thread to match each color of your ruffles Some light-weight interfacing. A ruffle foot, if you have one. Lets get started: Step 1: Cut your fabric for each piece of the curtain. Main body of the curtain Ruffles Step 2: Step 3: Step 4:
Holder for Charging Cell Phone (made from lotion bottle)
My husband and I both have cell phones. And both of us have phone chargers. And that means lots of obnoxious cords. You never know when one of us may be moving phone cords around, to give our phones an extra charge while we’re chatting away……… or trying to charge our phones up before running errands or something. (Okay, and how about when you’re in a hotel or visiting family/friends. I was looking around on the internet for a solution and found this. It made the perfect little holder for my cell phone while it’s being charged. Holder for Charging Cell Phone And no more phone hanging down from the outlet while in this room or that room……..the cord and phone are now up off the ground, and tucked away into the little holder, while the phone drinks up a full charge. And of course I couldn’t just leave the poor little holder alone……I had to Mod Podge some fabric right onto it for some kick. If you look closely, you can see that the orange print is fabric. And turns out, it’s pretty useful.
How to Make Recycled Cotton Art Yarn
March 31st, 2009 Email 44 users recommend All-natural cotton makes for a soft and pretty spun yarn. Lee Meredith You can use recycled wools if you prefer, as I did with this skein. I love my finished one-of-a-kind recycled cotton art yarn! Photo: Lee Meredith 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7next> View all When I first got into the idea of making yarn, I started recycling yarn from sweaters, then I starting spinning, then I thought, how about spinning recycled yarn? Creating new yarns by spinning multiple strands of recycled yarn together is much easier than spinning yarn from scratch, and you can use a drop spindle (which is very affordable, or you can even make your own) if you don't have a spinning wheel (or access to one). I won't get into details about how to use your wheel or spindle—you can find plenty of online tutorials for that, and if you're new to spinning and want to get into it, I'd recommend getting a book on the subject to get you started. You'll need:
