Recycle This - Creative ideas for reusing and recycling random stuff Thoughts and Images Along the Way: DIY Paper Heart Garland Paper Heart Garlands are easy to prepare and a nice crafting idea for home decoration. It took me about 60 minutes to make these 9 paper heart garlands, using materials I already had at home. I adjusted the lenght of the garlands by varying the number of paper hearts from 3 to 5 hearts / garland. You will need: - a heart paper punch - some paper with print - I used an old school textbook, that is made of strong and slippery paper - one small bead for each garland - white sewing thread - a needle - scissors I proceeded as follows: I started with punching the hearts. I fastened the bead to the thread by binding a knot.Then I connected the hearts, one by one, using three double stiches on each heart. - And that's about it - pretty easy, aint it! ... with hearty greetings, Nina Sharing with
Whatimade.com DIY Valentine Luminaries (Video Edition) Hi bloggy friends! Today I’m excited to be sharing what I hope will be the first of many simple video tutorials and DIY projects here on Creature Comforts. I first have to give a shout-out to my oh-so sweet friend Erin (of Design for Mankind) who very generously gifted me my new Flip Camera! Isn’t she lovely! Second, I have to apologize for the shakiness, sound, and a few blurry patches in this video. This is my first time ever using a real video camera, so I’m still learning. For those of you who would like written instructions…here you go: Supplies needed: Glass jars and/or teacupsPlastic gems (found in the floral/candle area of my local craft store)Battery operated candles (also found at my local craft store)Paper doilies (from the baking isle of the craft store)Baker’s twine (you can find a similar giant spool at We Sell Coffee for only $8.95)Hand cut paper hearts – you can use vintage books, old maps, love letters, cardstock, or whatever else you’d like. For simple luminaries:
GIVERSLOG The home for green crafts and tutorials! Homemade bath salts may not seem like the ideal gift for a fella, but this combination of earthy scents makes a perfect Valentines Day gift for the guys in your life. Every guy has a little bit of stress in his life, and a nice soak in the tub with some soothing bath salts helps melt stress away. These homemade bath salts are epsom salt-based. You can give homemade bath salts as a solo gift or make a little stress-busting basket with other soothing goodies like his favorite herbal tea or craft beer and a buckwheat eye pillow. Materials 1 printable Southern Lights Bath Salts label (or you can make your own on reclaimed paper!) Directions 1. 2. 3. Tags: bath salts, DIY bath salts, gifts for guys, gifts for men, valentine's day, valentines day gifts About the Author Becky Striepe Hi there!
Thompson Family-Life: Eames Hang-It-All Inspired DIY Tutorial I first saw the Eames Hang-It-All on Abbey Hendrickson's (of Aesthetic Outburst) home tour on Cafe Mom a month or so ago. I think the home tour was posted a while ago, but through blog hopping, i stumbled onto it more recently. I totally fell in love with her Hang-It-All, a reproduction of the original that you can buy lots of places, and promptly looked it up to see where I could find one. (photo from Abbey's home. You must check out her very inspiring flickr stream) It came with a hefty price tag (around $179) so I was a bit bummed. (haha, i felt the same way when I saw it. :-) source (source) (source) The hardest part to figure out was the hook part, but I figured there must be some sort of premade hook-type-thing at a hardware store. I have to add that after I had the idea in my head on how I was going to make this, one of my blog readers, Cynthia (who has a very inspiring blog that you must read) tipped me off on a Curbly tutorial that shows you how to make, yes, an Eames Hang-it-all.
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