Modern Home Decor | The Modern Home I’m a total commitment phobe when it comes to pillows. (Rugs too, but that’s another post.) Am I alone in this or do other people suffer the same affliction? My first problem is that I don’t like the color of the sectional. This is our couch: But not our house. The sofa is a huge 10′ long so plenty of room for pillows. (Image via) Where do you sit? Anyway, I think I could fit easily fit 5-6 on our couch without it looking crazy. Last year I discovered this pillow from Ikea and became obsessed. Apparently everyone else was too, because it was sold out for months at almost every Ikea location I checked with. I loved it, but it looked terrible sitting there with my gray standard pillows. One pillow that would look great with my couch and the LAPPLJUNG pillow is this one from CB2. You get it, right? Never mind the crappy picture. 1. and 2. I was in Target the other day on a mommy/son date with Ezra and after perusing the toy section for an hour, I told him it was time to look at my toys.
Como hacer lámparas de aceite con bombillas. ATENCIÓN: Este experimento puede ser peligroso. Hazlo siempre acompañado de un adulto. He encontrado este artículo en instructables. Explican como hacer una lámpara de aceite con una bombilla. La idea me ha parecido muy elegante. Aquí el concepto es el mismo pero con una bombilla y como combustible parafina. Otra excelente imagen de lo que podemos conseguir la tenemos aquí. Para realizar el agujero necesitaremos un taladro o una dremel, aunque yo he llegado a vaciar las bombillas con una sierra de metal y unas tenazas, eso sí es un poco más costoso. Como véis imaginación al poder.
DIY Yarn-Wrapped Love Wreath This year I decided we needed a new wreath. I wanted to make one myself but I needed a project that was quick, simple and inexpensive. I also wanted to make something colourful and cute, rather than traditional. I like glittery things as much as the next girl, but I’m slowly trying to get away from red, green and gold and make our decorations more bright and colourful. This simple little wreath was inspired by this wreath made by Pip and this wreath made by James (with these yarn wrapped letters). What does your wreath look like? About Katie Katie is a coffee-drinking, granny square-making, op-shopping daydreamer.
Grandma's Garden- Crayon Art It's hard to find a good present for our grandma (actually, she's my mom, but Anya's grandma). "I have everything," she says always. Ok, we will not buy a present, we will make it! My mom has a beautiful garden in Russia. My mom's birthday is in February. To make a piece of art, we used canvas (12"x12"), crayons (we used 3 boxes to pick only greens), artificial flowers, glue gun and hair drier. Turn canvas upside down so crayons are pointing down. Today I made a little different picture- Fire of Love.
Kitchen Tips 1. Stuff a miniature marshmallow in the bottom of a sugar cone to prevent ice cream drips. 2. Use a meat baster to "squeeze" your pancake batter onto the hot griddle - perfect shaped pancakes every time. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. Clean a toilet-drop in two Alka-Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush, and flush. My Sister's Suitcase: Love {Yarn} Letters Thanks for all your sweet comments on my Valentine's Day Mantel! I'm back today to share my tutorial for the LOVE yarn letters I created. I had never tried wrapping anything in yarn {other than a wreath}, so I had a few trial and errors along the way :) I'm going to share the technique that ended up working the best and fastest for me. Start with your letters... mine are 8" hollow cardboard letters. The trick to wrapping these letters is the number of surfaces that have to be covered. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Now you are going to start wrapping! 7. 8. 9. Here is how I made the transition between colors to create the "ombre" effect: As I was reaching the point where I would be switching colors, a started leaving a few little gaps in between my wrapped rows {to leave space for the next color}. I wanted to show you a picture of the top view of the letter so you can see how nice it looks to have your edges wrapped nicely :) Let me know if you guys try this!
How To Tuesday: My Sweet Josephine. 28Jun/11 After seeing Kristin's friendship bracelet giveaway on Idle Wife, I've hauled out my old bracelet books and thread from when I was a kid. Naturally I've been furiously making all sorts of bracelets. After making six friendship bracelets in two days I decided I needed a new pattern. Following an extensive google session I found these beautiful recycled t-shirt bracelets and vowed to make them my own. And now you can too! All you need is... 2 pieces of fabric about 18 x 6 inches Scissors Pliers 2 ribbon clamps (found at Michaels) 2 jump rings 1 clasp Cut 2 pieces of fabric from your t-shirt about 18 x 6 inches. Make a loop with the first scrap and lay it over top of the second. Take that end and alternate weaving it under and over the remaining fabric lengths. Pair up the ends of fabric and wrap it snugly around your wrist. And there you have it!
How to make a natural air freshener, and assemble your own laboratory for concocting teas, salves, and syrups As a little girl I mixed up shampoos and lotions in my laboratory, trying to improve on the toiletries we had. I never came up with anything worth mentioning, but I did once get scolded for spilling my mom's shampoo all over the bathroom rug. A friend of mine told me about the "laboratory" she'd had at age 12, in which she created, among other things, the cure for AIDs. You probably won't cure any diseases with your apothecary, but you will scratch that youthful itch to create something useful out of ordinary ingredients. narfmore I'll get your mad scientist career started with a list of ingredients to start a home apothecary, with which you'll be able to make herbal teas, salves, syrups, tinctures, eye pillows, and infused oils. I've also included a recipe for an air freshening spray you can make. Starter herbs and their properties You can find these herbs online or in stores with large bulk herb selections. So, oils. Starter oils AND! Storage Lavender Mint Room Spray & Linen Mist Ingredients
DIY fabric rug tutorial After walking away empty handed from a recent rug shopping trip, I was beginning to wonder if I would ever find the perfect rug for my entryway. With a nearly endless supply of patterns and colors to choose from at the fabric store, I knew that making my own rug out of ordinary fabric would be the perfect solution! What you'll need Decorator weight fabricRubber door matScissorsSpray adhesivePaint brushWater based polyurethane Iron and ironing board What you'll do Start by cutting the rubber mat down to the size you would like your rug to be. Cut the fabric so that it is 2-inches larger than the rubber mat on all sides. Heat up your iron and iron out any wrinkles in the fabric. If your rubber mat is like mine, there will be a textured side and a smooth side. Lay the rubber mat down so that the sticky side of the mat is facing the back side of the fabric. Use the spray adhesive to spray along the edges of the fabric and on the back of the mat. In the mood for more DIY?
Sweet DIY Votives | fellowfellow Here’s what you’ll need: 1. Measure the height and circumference of your jar, and cut strips of fabric to roughly fit (approx. 1cm wide – doesn’t have to be perfect). 2. In your small cup, pour in some glue and dilute it with a bit of water (about 1:2), mix well. It should be the consistency of slightly thicker water.. yes, I know I’m being vague but it shouldn’t make much difference to the end result. 3. Note: – I find that it’s ok to have fabric going above the top of your jar because it can be easily cut off after it’s dried. – I don’t mind the look of the overlapping lines of fabric once the candle is lit, but if you do try not to overlap the strips in the gluing process. ** Please only use only battery operated tea-lights (not real candles). Thank you, your sign-up request was successful! Given email address is already subscribed, thank you! Please provide a valid email address. Oops. Other posts you may like:
Sew Many Ways... The Golden Snitch! Ornament Tutorial Yup, I wore a hastily made clip-on felt Gryffindor tie to the premier of Harry Potter this year. This officially makes me a crafty dork, but it also means I had an uncontrollable urge to try making a Golden Snitch ornament for my tree. They turned out really nicely and I thought there might be one or two other crafty Potter fans out there who would like to know how to make one too. First, draw an actual size sketch of how you want your snitch wings to look on a scrap piece of paper. Use this as a guide to shape thin craft wire into your wing shape. Coat wires with glue and lay a sheet of tissue paper over top of wires. I used a mixture of brown and gold acrylic paint to paint the swirly 'snitchy' markings on the golden ornaments. Use a small dab of hot glue on the wire coils to make a surface for attaching to the ball. I tried a bunch of glues to get the wings to stick to the glass balls.
wine cork stamps « home sweet homemade The other night I was sifting through the greeting cards I’ve received through the year to use the pretty fronts for making Christmas tree ornaments. Soon I had a pile of discarded plain backs. Whatever could I do with these to avoid the dreaded recycling bin? Hmm. How about applying some pretty stamped designs? And use them for more Christmas tree ornaments! I’ve been trying to save wine corks for making custom stamp designs, but so far have only accumulated 3. I was going for math symbols ( < * = ) but my negative space concept on the = didn’t quite work. I used nail polish for the color application. The uneven surface of the cork makes each transfer slightly unpredictable. While I had my supplies handy, I used my previously tested household-item stamping tools too. and a button. I particularly like mixing these geometric patterns with other more traditional paper styles for my craft projects. What fun! Thank you for dropping in, I appreciate your company so very much! sharing with Like this:
Michella Marie: White Paper Peonies Tutorial First of all, I want to thank Kathleen for featuring my blog!!!You must visit her and check out all of the white loveliness!!!Where there's always a party going on :)) White Wednesday at Faded Charm!!&Just a girl forShow and Share Day ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was so excited when I received her email asking my permission!! I received it while as we were bouncing through the very deep sand(in the Land Rover of course!) But again, THANK YOU KATHLEEN :))You've made my day (and my year)I am totally honored!!! I do love ruffles that is FOR SURE!! Ok... ~ White Paper Peonies ~ Several ladies have requested a tutorial on how to make them.So here ya go :))You don't quite get the contrast with the white ones as you do the colored ones.But for pennies to make..... Here's what you do...Fold the 3" coffee filters 4 times(you can do these individually or 2 or 3 at a time)(1 fold) (2 fold) I do have nails by the way!! (3 fold) (4 fold) Cut a notch on the inside fold. There ya go!! Almost there :)) xox