Archive Category: 'Crafty Ideas'

• How To Make A Sun Jar: DIY: Today’s feature is from Lifehacker with Create Your Own Sun Jar: Lifehacker Edition: Here’s a step-by-step guide to building sun-capturing jars that create outdoor lighting at a fraction of the retail cost. Our searches for retail sun jars turned up prices ranging from $30-60 per unit. We were able to create all four sun jars for $44. If [...]
• How To Make Oilcloth: Crafty Idea: Today’s feature is from ModHomeEcTeacher at Curbly with Real Oilcloth and How to Make It: blockquote>Why do they call it “oil”cloth? Probably because the recently advertised “real oilcloth” that is all the rage is made from cotton fabric covered with a petroleum based coating. However, genuine oilcloth, the real thing grandma had on her kitchen table [...]
• Charming Outdoor Chandelier: How-To: Today’s feature is from Sunset with Make an outdoor chandelier: blockquote>Create an enchanting retreat in a corner of your yard with a chandelier you can make in an hour. All you need is a wire basket, a few jam jars, and some pretty crystals. If you think this project sounds a little intimidating and maybe a bit complicated, [...]
• 4th Of July Centerpiece: How-To: Here’s a quick & easy project from Woman’s Day with this Fourth of July Centerpiece (which is easy enough to customize for your country if you’re not from the U.S.): blockquote>Create this easy 3-step craft for a festive finish to your table. Dying to decorate for the Fourth of July holiday, but low on party supply cash? [...]
• Punched Tin Garden Lanterns: How To: Today’s feature is from Fine Gardening with How to Make Garden Lanterns: blockquote>I’ve made candle holders from antique tea cups found at thrift shops and from inverted garden cloches hung with twine from tree branches. My favorites, however, are my punched-tin lanterns. They add a folk-art touch to the garden and are fun and easy to [...]
• Design Your Own Lampshades: How To: Today’s feature is from Notebook Magazine with Lampshade Makeovers: blockquote> We bought two lamp bases from second-hand stores and transformed them with a little paint and shades sourced from Freedom and Target. We then embellished the shades with simple and achievable methods. Lamps are OFTEN an overlooked part of home decorating. However, the right piece can enhance your [...]
• Crafters Medley: 23 Neat-O Projects To Make (June): li>Fun Ways To Welcome House Guests – DIY Chalkboard Tray: (As seen in picture) Have family and friends coming to visit this summer? For just a few dollars, you can make a sweet chalkboard tray to welcome them with a personalized message. Crochet Hook Roll Tutorial: This project is perfect for any fat quarters you have, [...]
• How To Make A Flower Pot Bird Bath: Here’s a project that will get your creative juices flowing, today’s feature is from Patricia’s Pots with How To Make A Terra Cotta Flower Pot Bird Bath: blockquote>You’ve seen them in magazines, on television and in books. Many of you have written to me for instructions. Well, hunt no further, here are complete instructions for you [...]
• Paper Mache Party Lights: Crafty Project: Today’s feature is from Reese Dixon with this fun tutorial for Paper Mache Party Lights: blockquote>I came up with a technique for the big decor balls that worked really great – Mixing the paint right into the glue. It gives a super saturated color and saves another messy step and more drying time. So I had [...]
• No-Sew Garden Bench Cushions: How-To: Today’s feature is from ModHomeEcTeacher at Curbly with How To: Make a No-Sew Fold and Glue Garden Bench Cushion: blockquote>If you’re planning to entertain this hot summer weekend and the thought of guests sitting on your bare garden bench makes you feel very un-Martha-like, don’t panic. Honestly, you can whip up this NO SEW fold and glue [...]
• Crockpot Crayons: Crafty How-To: Here’s a clever idea to turn those broken bits of crayons into fun shapes (like hearts) for coloring, today’s feature is from Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County with Crockpot Crayons – Crayon Recycling Activity (pdf): blockquote>If you have more than one crock pot, you can form an “assembly line” of different colors and make [...]
• 5 Homemade Fingerpaint Recipes: Homemade Fingerpaint Recipe 1 cup Flour 1 cup Water 1 cup Sunlight dish soap 2 TBS Food Coloring Directions: Mix all items until there are no lumps and paint is smooth. Keep sealed in an airtight container and refrigerate. You can divide the batch up into smaller amounts and use a different color of food coloring for each batch. Cornflour Finger Paint 2 cups [...]
• Nifty Idea: Fabric Remnant Notebooks: Today’s feature is from {scissor variations} with this tutorial for Fabric Remnant Notebooks: blockquote> Perfect for the obvious: to do lists grocery lists notes on favorite cities (restaurants, theatres, museums + shops) tuck it into your travel bag birthday booklets (format calendar pages to add to the interior + add gift giving information, such as sizes + favorite colors) add fabric swatches [...]
• Crafters Medley: 32 Neat-O Projects To Make (May): li>Postcard Train Case: Print off some sheets of your favorite graphics, get out the Modge Podge and turn a plain old case into something gorgeous! Reversible Flowerpot Wrap Tutorial: Quite a cute little wrap/cozy for 4″ terracotta pots. There’s a pdf download available for the template. DIY: Chic Fabric Covered Magnetic Board: Here’s how to cover a [...]
• Weekend Quickies: 20 Summer Garden Crafts: Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with Summer Garden Crafts: blockquote>Twenty surprising ways to show off the season’s prettiest plants and blooms. Some really lovely projects, most are very simple to make and can easily be done on a weekend afternoon. Here are a few of my favorite ideas: Chalkboard Pots: Organize plants and seedlings, and identify homegrown [...]
• Cardboard Box Play Oven: Crafty Genius: Here’s a little play oven that is just genius! Today’s feature is from Martha Stewart with this amazing Cardboard-Box Oven Craft: blockquote>Make this lovely cardboard oven with materials from around your home. Take a cardboard file box with attached lid, some scrap pieces of cardboard, spray paint, old CDs, bottle caps and other various items from around [...]
• Decoupage Key Holder: Crafty How To: Today’s feature is from How About Orange with this creative project for a DIY Key Holder: blockquote>Here’s what I did with that folksy flower design I made: a key rack. And hey, if you’re going to drag out all the stuff to make one, why not make a few, I thought to myself. Take a piece of [...]
• Mother’s Day Gift Roundup: 55 Homemade Projects & Ideas: Pretty Things ul> How To Make A Rose Jar Pretty Paper Sachets: Tutorial Tips For Making Lavender Sachet Gifts Paper Flower CD Case: How To Floral Infused Olive Oil: Rich Beauty Aid Rosemary Herbal Hand Scrub: Recipe 30 Pampering Beauty & Spa Gifts To Make Gifts For The Gardener Cake-Frosting Garden Stepping Stone: Tutorial Bubbling Urn Water Feature: Backyard Project Tutorial 15 Potting Bench Plans – Free [...]
• Cake-Frosting Garden Stepping Stone: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Backyard Living Magazine with this nifty project for Cake-Frosting Stepping Stones: blockquote>Make just one of these “cake-frosting” stepping-stones and you’ll be hooked. Success is guaranteed when you follow these simple (pardon the pun) step-by-step instructions. Best of all, you’ll recapture the mud-pie-making joy of childhood. The items you can use to make these [...]
• Cupcake Planter Tutorial: Today’s feature is from WhiMSy Love with this charming Cupcake Planter Tutorial: blockquote>My pots will sit outside. They’ll eventually show the effects of the weather & daily watering. Definitely paint the inside of the pot as well as the outside. This will help keep the moisture from damaging your artwork. If you keep your pot out of [...]
• Crafters Medley: 26 Neat-O Projects To Make (April): li>Colored Glass Garden Votives: Pint-sized canning jars, glazed with paint to match a garden’s decorating scheme, provide pretty, low-cost candle lanterns. A Purse Thingy: A little keychain / cell phone / id / coin / whatever-else-you-want-to-throw-in-there purses. Cute! Pintuck Pillows: Made with washed silk, how elegant looking! Lavender Drawer Liner: Throw out the scented paper and make your [...]
• Cedar Sneaker Stuffers: How To: Shoes a bit smelly? Today’s feature is an easy project from Junie Moon that will fix that right up for you, Cedar Sneaker Stuffers Tutorial: blockquote> Whether you’re a runner, walker, or just like wearing athletic shoes, as the weather warms up our shoes are getting their own sweaty workout. … Inspiration hit me yesterday while looking at a [...]
• Pretty Canisters: Wallpaper Makeover Project: Today’s feature is from Canadian Home & Country with Give Old Canisters A Wallpaper Makeover: blockquote>Turn tired tins into attractive kitchen accessories with this easy craft Every year as the holidays approach, our relatives start sending us all sorts of edible delights in big metal tins. We gobble up the treats, but the tacky tins are a [...]
• How To Make A Mosaic Flower Pot: It may be too early in the year for many of us to dig in and start puttering around in the garden (I still have snowbanks!), but it’s not too early to get creative with our garden accessories. Today’s feature is from Curbly with How to Make Maven’s Mosaic Flower Pot: blockquote>Several years ago I made [...]
• Tipnut’s Picks: Easter Extravaganza (2009): Here are 20 Easter goodies for last-minute gifts & decorating ideas, plenty of time yet to whip these up! *Click on pictures to get your copy of the free patterns and tutorials Easter Toys & Basket Stuffers More freebies can be found at Tipnut’s Free Bunny Pattern Roundup and 20 Sweet Softies: Free Patterns & Tutorials. Easter Eggs & [...]