DIY Moleskine Scrapbook Erica and I never leave home without a Moleskine notebook (we still like to take notes the old fashioned way with a notebook and pen)! So when our friend Karen (of Lulu Loves Caleb) showed us her fabric embellished Moleskine Cahier Notebook, we jumped at the opportunity to have her show us how she did it. You’ll need a sewing machine, a kraft brown Moleskin Cahier Notebook of any size, a piece of fabric, a glue stick and a pair of scissors. Start by cutting down your fabric to a size that is small enough to fit on your notebook. It’s possible you won’t be able to stop yourself from sewing fabric to paper…it’s that addicting. (all images by Honestly…WTF)
DIY Votives With Lace I'm excited to present a post from one of my favorite sites, Stylelist Home! Need an easy craft that has a lot of impact? Look no further! This Craft Of The Day turns mason jars into vintage votives in just a few easy steps. If you don't have any mason jars, you can follow the same instructions to dress up a hurricane or small candleholder too. What You'll NeedMason jarLace/twineSpray glueScissors How To Make It Clean the mason jar and let it dry. For more great ideas, check out our Craft Of The Day slideshow.
Love Is In The Air: Create Your Own Heart-Shaped Bokeh Lately, the combination of a busy school schedule and my addiction to Instagram has resulted in serious camera-neglect. I've found little time and reason to take the ol' DSLR out. So when I saw this simple lens filter DIY, I jumped at the opportunity to play around and have fun– and just in time for Valentine's Day! You don't need to be a serious photographer to create heart-shaped bokeh. ”Bokeh” is a photography term that essentially means blur. In photography– especially food photography– this blur creates an aesthetic quality by keeping the subject of your photo in crisp focus, while the background appears blurry. So what exactly do you need to create this effect? Making sense so far? Therefore, your heart-shaped hole must be slightly smaller than this diameter so that the camera captures the shape of the heart instead of the circle. The measurements do not need to be exactly precise, but get it as close as you can. Materials: Tips for shooting at night: Good luck and have fun!
EKDuncan - My Fanciful Muse DIY Key Catch All Plate Thanks to Hurricane Irene, we were holed up at home for half the weekend watching constant weather reports. So whats a girl to do with her time than complete a fun project that has been in my head for a while. Using some sculptey clay I bought a while back, I wanted to make a little key catch all plate. I've never used this stuff before so I didn't know what to expect. Materials: Sculptey clay, rolling pin, glass bowl, key, butter knife, oven The end result isn't exactly as I hoped. Anyone master this material and have tips for me on how to improve?
lemmemakeit A Look at Paper Quilling March is an exciting month: it’s one step closer to spring, it brings longer days with Daylight Savings, and it begins an active season of new books reaching publication. One of these books we’re so very excited to see on shelves is Quilled Flowers: A Garden of 35 Paper Projects by Alli Bartkowski. In posts to come, I look forward to giving you a peek into the book, lovely insights into the life of the book’s author, Alli Bartkowski, and some fun paper quilling giveaways (woohoo!). But wait, what is a quilled flower? What is paper quilling, for that matter? Paper quilling is the art of rolling, scrolling, and coiling thin strips of paper into shapes and designs. I thought it might be nice to take a look a paper quilling and share some examples of beautiful, innovative quilled projects created by the artists featured below. Happy almost spring to you, friends. The House of Life :: by Natasha Molotkova Quilled Marriage Certificate :: by Ann Martin of all things paper About the Author
Top This: DIY Sparkly Monogram Tree Topper So now that the tree was up, it was time to get busy with the decorating. I decided I was going to stray from my usual mainly gold balls this year and go with blue and silver. I'm crazy like that. Our current tree topper was definitely not the right shade. I always loved using the letter but the academic looking font never did anything for me so I thought I'd try to make a version from scratch. You will need: heavy cardstock or thin cardboard, newspaper, scotch tape, an exacto knife, flour, water, spray adhesive, glitter and time. I started by print out two copies of a letter I had drawn on my computer (or you could draw it free hand) and cutting them out. Obviously I went with something a bit more swirly and complicated. Taping the strips so the letter shapes to make it 3D is the most difficult part. Now comes the messy part. I was hoping to have this done in a day but that wasn't in the cards. Voila! Now that we're all topped off, time for balls!
P.S.- I made this... Cupcake Flower Lights May 24 By Steph Hung May flowers have arrived! Making these floral garlands couldn’t be faster – all you need are cupcake papers and string lights, and you’re on your way to some simple summer lighting. Materials you will need: cupcake papers (large and small), string lights, scissors, and an exacto knife. Step 1: To make leaves – fold a small cupcake paper in half 2 times, and with the folded point at the bottom cut a leaf shape. Step 2: To make an 8-petal flower – fold a small cupcake paper in half 3 times, and with the folded point at the bottom cut around the top. Step 3: To make a 16-petal flower – fold a large cupcake paper in half 4 times, and with the folded point at the bottom cut around the top. Step 4: Cut a small X in the center of each paper. Step 5: Layer cupcake papers onto each lightbulb to make flowers. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
Return to Sender Window Treatment Tutorial + Freebie So now that you saw the window treatment, its time to reveal how I did it. The most exciting bit was that it cost me a total of $1 in supplies I didn't already have laying around the house. First off its a faux roman shade - it doesn't go up and down - perfect for my needs since privacy and light is not an issue in here. I thought about what I wanted in here for a long time - solid was too boring, a geometric print was too mod, a floral print was too fussy. Materials & Tools: drop cloth fabric, fabric glue, a strip of wood, t-shirt transfer paper, iron, printer, staple gun, scissors, hammer, measuring tape, nails, tacks Step 1: I started at my desk and did a layout of a vintage letter on my computer until I was happy with how it would look. Step 2: Print out all the elements on t-shirt vinyl paper and cut to size. Step 4: Fold over the ends of the fabric and iron away until you get a nice clean hem. Step 5: Glue a bead of fabric glue under each hem. Step 6: Iron on transfers one by one.
Top 11 DIY Fashion Blogs Update 7/23/12: Hey guys! I wrote this post in February of 2011 and since then I’ve discovered lots more awesome DIY blogs! Either there are tons of new ones popping up or I didn’t even know how much great stuff was out there. Keep sharing them in the comments, I love checking each one out! These are in no particular order. I mean, how could I *possibly* rank them? Honestly… WTF I Spy DIY P.S. Stripes And Sequins Studs and Pearls Lemmemakeit A Pair & A Spare Be Vain or DIY …love Maegan Phosphene Fashion Outsapop Trashion Do you love DIY, fashion and craft? Tagged as: a pair and a spare, bevainordiy, diy, honestlywtf, i spy diy, lemmemakeit, love maegan, outsapop, phosphene, ps i made this, stripes and sequins, studs and pearls
Shape Book Tute « Cheeky Magpie I’ve had an overwhelming response to this project and everyone wants a tutorial, so here you go. First off, gather your supplies: - book for dismembering, paperbacks are great - template (I made half an apple out of a thick piece of chipboard) - exacto knife with a very sharp blade - clips - glue stick - snot dots - ink or paint for coloring and something to apply it with - decoration or embellishments Step 1 My paperback book was too thick so I split it in half using my blade. Step 2 Lay the template down on the book and cut the pages around the template. Step 3 Remove the cut paper leaving the template in place. Step 4 Once the book is cut, trim any rough edges you don’t want. Step 5 For color, I used ink refill and diluted it a bit because I wanted it to soak in to the paper. Step 6 Once the edges were done, I applied the ink/water mixture to the inside of the pages by using a “flip and wipe” method. Step 7 Once the book is dry you will need to stretch the spine so it opens. Step 8 Step 9 Step 10