DIY – Map Wallet This beautiful wallet is made out of a map. I made it for my boyfriend for valentines day. Of course you could make it with any paper you really like. It’s really easy to make, so let’s get started! The full instruction continues after the jump . . . What you need - a map or some other pretty paper - transparent self-adhesive foil (contact paper) - a ruler - a pencil - a sewingmachine How you make it Start with drawing the following rectangles on your paper: - 20 cm x 10 cm - 3 cm x 5 cm - 12 cm x 10 cm - two times 8 cm x 10 cm - 6 cm x 10 cm - 4 cm x 10 cm Take the self-adhesive foil and put it on the front and the back of your paper. The 20×10 is the base of your wallet. KNOW AND TELL CRAFTS: DIY STICKERS! Ok so I think it is pretty much impossible to hate stickers. Which is why I decided to make my own! I want some personal and unique stickers to use. I drew up these three drawings. If you would like to use them, their links are under each of them. For the off chance you have the same name as me and would like this click here! So I put them into photoshop (Microsoft word might also work), and organized them like this: I wasn't sure exactly what size I wanted them so I tried it several ways. Now comes the printing! It is important that you use this kind of paper to print your stickers on: Mine is Avery brand and I have no clue where or how it came into our house, but it seems like the same sort of thing can be bought here. Cut out around your sticker. Now if you cut with the right pressure, you can just peel it right off. I made some more... And I used some of them: Anyways, I think it'll be really cool to make more and more of these in the future! Hope this helps...
A geometric kind of love Valentines is just around the corner, so now is the perfect time to craft up some love. Jumping into this project, I really didn't know how I wanted the end results to look like. I started off with the desired to use heart shapes and triangles and went on from there, piecing everything together. Try it out for yourself! The supplies your gonna need is: a glossed wood heart (you can purchase it at Micheals or ACMoore. the one i purchased was painted red ) scissors a few of your paint swatches modgepodgepaintbrushyarnspray paint (its optional) fabric glue or hot glue gun Grab all the supplies you need and grab color swatches that you think would look well together, take into consideration what color you want the heart to be, and think of a color motif that works for you. I wanted to stray away from the typical Valentines day colors and use gold for the heart and a cool color scheme for the triangles. Once the modge podge has set and dried, grab your fabric glue or hot gun glue and yarn.
DIY – Painted leather bag I found a bag in this great color on Net-a-Porter. I loved it, but it was way out of my budget. So I decided to make my version, with off course a little twist of my own. On the right you see the bag I found for just one Euro at the thrift store. On the left you see thee paint I used. It is acrylic paint that I mixed until I got the shade I wanted. The full instruction continues after the jump . . . I used many layers of paint to get the whole bag covered. On the left you see the bag I inspired my bag on.
Tie Dye Instructions Color Choice The two most obvious differences between a wonderful tie-dye and a so-so one are color choice and color saturation. You'll find that you really have to work to squirt enough dye into the folds to avoid a large amount of white on the finished garment. In choosing colors to place adjacent to each other, remember the color wheel. Do not place "opposite" colors next to each other, such as red near green, or blue near orange, or yellow near purple: the results would be a muddy mess. A good basic rule is to apply two colors next to each other only if they appear next to each other in the following short list: fuchsia...yellow...turquoise...purple...fuschia ...or, for a more detailed color scheme, choose adjacent colors from the following expanded list: fuchsia...red...orange...yellow...green...turquoise...blue...purple...fuschia It really does help to place fuchsia between red and purple.
Poofy Cheeks: Yarn Wrapped Letter Tutorial Last year around this time I was bombarded with baby shower invites. This year proves to be the same! All of my friends must love Spring time babies or something! In these parts (Florida) it REALLY isn’t fun to be prego during the summer months, so good planning on their parts! So as a gift I love making yarn wrapped letters using the first letter of the babies name. My sister-in-law is pregnant and due in April. To make your own letter you will need:A paper mache letter (I got mine from JoAnne Fabrics) Yarn – any kind works! Enjoy,
Green Wedding Shoes If you loved the beautiful DIY wedding this morning and Nata’s gorgeous paper flower bouquets, you are in luck as Nata is sharing how she crafted them with us! She was inspired by a template created by Morgan Levine on Martha Stewart (as was I in the flowers I created for this styled shoot). I just love that this basic idea has inspired different brides to create their own version of giant paper flowers – you might remember these equally awesome giant paper flowers from this wedding I shared last year. :) Thanks so much Nata for sharing how you created your giant pink paper rose + special thanks to Studio Castillero for the photos of the DIY + her wedding! Materials (to make one giant rose) Step 1: Cut the petals Cut 5-6 teardrop petals and 15-6 heart-shaped petals from the petal colored crepe paper. IMPORTANT: Crepe paper is directional so it matters which way you’re cutting the paper. Repeat until all of your petals are cut Step 2: Cut the leaves + calyx Step 3: Make the rose stem
Make a Devil Costume What You'll Need: Black and red clothing A set of horns (try this cute devil horn tutorialRed heels or black shoes Devil costumes are easy, because all you really need is a set of horns and some black clothing. Choose a little red dress, a red pantsuit, or even black clothing with a red jacket. There aren't many rules for a devil costume except for dressing in red and donning a mischievous attitude. Have you made a devil costume?