Today's Fabulous Finds: DIY Crate--from Paint Sticks (Tutorial) Are you ready for another paint stick project? Hope so! This one came about out of desperation. Prep for Assembly What you'll need 4 paint sticks--5 gallon size (you can buy them at Wal-mart or The Home Depot) 1- pine board that is 3/8" deep by 4" wide by 36" long (buy it pre-cut at Lowes, the price is around $3) Wood glue Jute or Rope Drill Staple Gun (optional) Handsaw and miter box (or an electric saw if you have one) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Assembly 1. 2. 3. The Handles I think the pictures pretty much show how to make the handles. Tip: If you're painting or staining the crate it would be best to add the handles very last. Finishing I stained it with a dark walnut stain. If you want, you can sand it down some if the stain is darker than you like. For my spring decor, I filled it with some greenery and Spanish moss. There are so many things that you can fill this crate with... 5 pint jars fit perfectly--you could fill them with fresh flowers pillar candles clay pots with flowers pine cones in the winter apples
Jamie Beck e Kevin Burg - Cinemagraphs - fotografie in movimento “There’s something magical about a still photograph - a captured moment in time - that can simultaneously exist outside the fraction of a second the shutter captures.” Jamie Beck La fashion fotographer newyorkese Jamie Beck, in collaborazione con il designer e motion graphic artist Kevin Burg, è l’autrice della serie “cinemagraphs”, gif fotografiche animate a metà strada tra video e foto. Immagini statiche decongelate e trasformate in attimi. I due artisti hanno iniziato a sperimentare questa tecnica durante la Settimana delle Moda di Milano, a febbraio. Il risultato finale è unico. Of course the technology to create GIF’s has been around for decades but I believe its potential for both expression and impact, within the fashion world, has yet to be fully explored. Jamie Beck
Garage Mini House Who doesn’t love a good makeover? Especially if it involves small space creativity. Seattle based artist, designer and welder Michelle de la Vega took an old tired garage and turned it into a full functioning and visually stunning little house. Most fixtures and pieces of furniture were custom built for the project or salvaged, refurbished and repurposed by the designer/owner. Before After Painted Wood Wall Art | Via Salvage Love Photo: Claire Ferrante of Little Dog Vintage Materials: -2 pieces of MDF 30 inches x 24 inches and 1 centimeter thick which equals one piece that is 60 x 24. I bought two pieces because I assumed when I attached the wood strips, they would end up being heavy and it would be easier (and safer) to hang them next to each other as two separate pieces -approximately 100 pieces of wood various sizes and depths -7 paint colors. -bag of sponge paint brushes -sand paper -Liquid Nails (this stuff is pretty amazing) -table saw. Time: This is definitely a time consuming project. Cost: paint- 7 / 7.25ML cans of paint -$24 2 pieces of MDF- $24 sponge brushes- $5 Liquid Nails- $3 sand paper- already had some wood strips – free! Total Cost: $56 for materials (I was lucky to not have to pay for wood. With the help of my wonderful father and his table saw, we got to cutting the strips of wood.
The Top 50 'Pictures of the Day' for 2011 Every day at 5pm the Sifter posts the Picture of the Day. Below you will find a collection of the Sifter’s Top 50 from 2011. It’s hard to imagine the year is almost over, time seems to fly faster each successive year so it’s fun to take a moment and look back at the year that was. Click any of the pictures below to be taken to the individual post to learn more about the photographer and picture taken. Enjoy and stay sifty my friends! Search #ededed #e8dcca #b08a61 #66503c #6b636a #aba2a4 Find The Palettes You Love seasoned tones posted 04.27.14 comments 1 geode tones posted 04.25.14 comments 0 sponsored links culinary color posted 04.25.14 comments 1 geode brights posted 04.22.14 comments 0 dried tones posted 04.14.14 comments 3 bundled hues posted 04.09.14 comments 1 nature hues posted 03.07.14 comments 0 color comfort posted 12.01.13 comments 2 bountiful tones posted 11.28.13 comments 1 thanksgiving hues posted 11.28.13 comments 2 pear tones posted 11.25.13 comments 5 breakfast hues posted 11.24.13 comments 3 next page >>> ShareThis Copy and Paste
Today's Fabulous Finds: How to Make a Decorative Paned Window In my last post I told you about how I came up with the idea of framing a shelf and showed you the frame and shelf before and afters. It felt like it was still missing something though...what I thought it needed was a paned window. Just thinking about it made me so excited I couldn't wait to get started! I sketched out a plan of how I thought I could make one, got out my paint sticks and got to work. 2-(five gallon size) paint sticksnarrow trim (I'm trying to remember what it's called, it measures @3/4" wide, is flat on the top with rounded edges)saw and miter box wood glue (can use hot glue, but it won't be as strong)sandpaperglass-from a picture frame (try the dollar store) or have it cut for youpaintcaulk or wood fillerstain or distress ink Directions: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Funny Story: I'm generally impatient when it comes to waiting for things to dry and tend to use my hair dryer a lot to speed things along. Today's Fabulous Find...How to Make a Paned Window
A Modern Take on the Doily - $850 Lamp for less than $50 A Modern Take on the Doily $850 Lamp for less than $50? Yes Please! Hello Pretty people! We are so excited to share a project we did this past weekend. To get started, you are going to need a few things to make this project successful. corn starchballoon (we used a 40” blown up until completely round, as pictured)upholstery thread (but any thread will do)twinedrop clothschool gluecheap paintbrushpetroleum jellylamp kit24+ doiliesstiff stuff We sewed the doilies around the balloon with the upholstery thread, very carefully. Make sure to create a space to place your bulb socket. Once you have sewn about ¾ of your balloon, stop and do the last ¼ separately. Lay down your tarp and hang your balloon from some twine above the tarp. Rub the balloon down with the petroleum jelly. When you are complete, let your doilies dry for about 24 hours, the pop the balloon! It should look something like the image above! I am Lana. Like this: Like Loading...