Bow Belt
We're always looking for fun ways to add embellishments and touches of color to our outfits especially in the winter when we tend to get bored with everything and anything. With bows being fiercely back in style, what better way than with a bright bow belt! You can pick any color for this but we'd recommend something solid and cotton. You'll need a simple snap as well to hand stitch on. The measurements for the three pieces you'll need to make are in the directions below. Measure your waist (over a thin shirt) and add 2 inches to that length. Making the belt: Fold in half the long way and sew along the long side. Fold over one open end and hand stitch one side of the snap into the inside. Flip right side out now. Once it's right side out, measure it around your waist. Now sew the second snap on through both pieces. Making the bow: For the bow cut a piece of fabric 6'' x 10''. Turn it inside out and move the seam to the middle. Sew the ends together as shown. Straighten and fluff your bow!
Workspace Upgrades
Kenroy Home provided me with a free light fixture. We've now lived in our Nashville home for nearly 11 months. I got everything in order at lightening pace. For the most part, I've been pretty happy with all of my quick decisions, but not so much my office/workspace. What you'll find conspicuously missing from old photos of the room is an overhead light. As for the curtains, I had gone with white back in November, because I'd thought that a bold pattern would compete and ultimately clash with the wallpaper. And now, my pegboard. Disclosure: Kenroy Home provided me with a free light fixture.
Lace lamp/Doiliy Lamp – DIY | DosFamily
We are at our little cottage in Dalarna and we are fixing it up. So we are able to use it even in the winter. (Dalarna is in th middle/north of Sweden. First we used a huge baloon that I bought at a party store. Then you collect all the old Dollys (?) Paint them with lots of wallpaper glue so they are soaked. Hang the ballon on a string and put the soaked lace on the baloon. Then wait for a while. Pop the baloon when the glue is dry. Update 1:Some of you asked how to get the bulb into the shade. You mos def want to use a LED lamp or a energy saving bulb because it’s cold and it will not affect the glue either. I bought a nice looking iron wire in pink but when I opened the box it was red. Update 2: Problems making the lamp?! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.Good luck! xxx Isabelle If You want to link to this post please share with love.
Fabric Paper Glue
See this girl? I want to be this girl so bad. She wears bright lipstick, colored tights, and fun pumps. She dons baubles. Kate Spade Anyway, this project is an homage to this girl, because I feel like she might actually give this project a chance (putting aside the fact that this girl could afford a head-to-toe Kate Spade ensemble so is probably too busy making money in an industry that would embrace this outfit (PR maybe?) Faceted Bauble Shoe Clips Materials: 2 fun, contrasting colors of Oven-Bake Clay, Wire, 2 Shoe Clips This clay is available at the craft store in tons of colors for about $3 a block. Directions: Take a bit of the clay, roll it into a ball. I made 5 baubles for each shoe. Once you've baked them in your oven according to the directions on the packaging, let them cool, and cut a length of wire about 10" long for each clip. String the baubles onto the wire. Now bend the wire back around on itself to gather the baubles up into one super bauble (yes, that's a thing).
Oh the lovely things
Try This: Wooden Gems Today's tutorial will set you back a couple of bucks and ten minutes, and in the end, you'll have a handful of little gemstones ready for whatever projects your imagination can scheme up. Read on for the easy step-by-step and few ideas for how to put these little beauties to use. MATERIALS: wooden rectangles, pencil, fine tip paint brush, craft paints in colors of your choosing, black, and white ONE: Begin by sketching the facet lines as shown. They don't have to be perfect. TWO: Mix up six shades of the color of your choosing using black and white paint. THREE: Use the fine tip brush to carefully paint inside your sketched facet lines. Try out some other colors and use them in all sorts of ways...jewelry, keychains, napkin rings.
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DIY Make Your Own Picture Frame
Sep 6 This is a series of posts I’m doing on affordable art. Find my other posts in this series here: Potato Print Art Work, Modern Art DIY, Painted Words as Art. I was at a friend’s home a few months ago and I asked her where she got her pretty thin wood frames. Materials Needed: Glass or plexiglass, mat board cut to the size of the plexiglass (from an art store), mat board cutter, a piece of cardboard cut to the size of the plexiglass, ruler, paper tape (from an art store), exacto knife, hardware to hang your artwork, superglue First, I started with some leftover plexiglass we had from this project. Next, cut your own matboard. Now you are ready to put it all together. Once it is done let it dry for at least an hour before handling and wait several hours before hanging. Here are some general costs of everything in this project: Glass or plexiglass $20, mat board $7, mat board cutter $15, paper tape $4, hardware to hang your artwork $5. Sorry, the comment form is closed at this time.
Pinwheel Party Favor DIY + Free Printable
by Amanda Jane Jones I’ve always had a soft spot for pinwheels. No matter how old I get, I have a feeling I’ll always enjoy them. Click the link below to download the template…follow the simple step by step instructions and you’ve got a colorful party favor, decoration or even activity for your next party! Tip: If these colors don’t match your next party, just print off the template and use paper of your own! Step 1: Gather supplies (cutting board, ruler, scissors or exacto knife, pins, and pencils or straws). Step 2: Place your template on paper and cut around edges. Step 4: Fold your flaps parallel with the cut. Step 5: Take a pin and poke a hole through the end of each flap. Step 6: Push pin through the eraser of a pencil. These pinwheels take very little time to make.
DIY Floral Party Hats
Nov 16 Here are the instructions to make the floral party hats from the party last weekend. When I set out to make them I was envisioning a very tall pile of flowers on someone’s head, I wanted something festive and sort of over the top. There are a million ways to make paper flowers but here are two basic styles that I used. You can change the look completely of either style just by switching color, changing the shape of the petals, or adjusting the fullness. Materials Needed: Crepe Paper in Folds (I like to get the plain colors from here and the metallic stuff from here.), Scissors, Thin Gauge Wire, Wire Cutters, Glue (I don’t use the glue in these two examples but I found it helpful depending on the style of flower), Plastic Headbands (We got cheap ones from H&M.) Basic Rose Instructions Step 1: For the petals, take the fold of crepe paper and cut off a 4 inch section. Basic Chrysanthemum Instruction Step 10: Take a fold of crepe paper and cut off a 4″ section.
