Step one: find a box
Step Two: cut up fabric you could care less about
Step Three: roll and fit into box
Step Four: put some rings in it
Step Five: get more rings
(or get your family to mail you your ring collection back home.)YAY!
Fuck Yeah, Making Stuff!
This blog will be a collection of anything and everything that you would love to make! Whether it’s with paper, fabric, food, makeup, or bits of junk laying about your room, you’ll find what to do with it here!
I do not own the rights to any images, directions, or recipes, unless otherwise stated; the original sources are credited on each post.
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→ 25 Apr 12 at 3 pm
Awaken your senses! Give that empty perfume bottle on your dresser a second life and turn it into a reed diffuser. A perfume bottle is the perfect container for creating diffusers with its elegant shape that will add a decorative touch to any room and its small opening to slowly release the fragrance, filling your home with a long-lasting aroma. Regardless of the scent you choose, a handmade diffuser will always smell a little sweeter.
Materials: Empty Perfume Bottle — Sharp Needle Nose Pliers — Bamboo Skewers (found at supermarkets or craft stores) — Black Acrylic Paint — Decorative Paper (I repurposed mine from an old Bloomingdale’s catalog) — Foam Brush — Double-Sided Tape or Tape Runner —Diffuser Oil (check outCurbly to learn how to make your own from scratch)
Steps:
• Pull off the spray nozzle from the bottle.
• With pliers, grip the round metal piece around the neck of the bottle and pull it off.
• You should now be left with another metal piece that’s adjoined to the neck of the bottle. Insert the tip of your pliers under one section of the metal and gently begin to pry upward (tip: this step may take some more time for certain bottles. Try using an x-acto knife or scissors if your bottle is giving you trouble). Repeat this step around the entire neck of the bottle.
• Once the metal piece has loosened, use the pliers again to pull it out, removing it from the bottle.
• Paint the skewers with acrylic paint using a foam brush.
• Adhere a little bit of tape to the background paper you have chosen and attach it to the back of the bottle.
• To hide any logos on the bottle, simply add some more decorative paper to the front of the bottle.
• Add diffuser oil and arrange sticks.
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→ 25 Apr 12 at 3 pm
DIY: Oil Reed Diffuser From A Perfume Bottle
Awaken your senses! Give that empty perfume bottle on your dresser a second life and turn it into a reed diffuser. A perfume bottle is the perfect container for creating diffusers with its elegant shape that will add a decorative touch to any room and its small opening to slowly release the fragrance, filling your home with a long-lasting aroma. Regardless of the scent you choose, a handmade diffuser will always smell a little sweeter.
Materials: Empty Perfume Bottle — Sharp Needle Nose Pliers — Bamboo Skewers (found at supermarkets or craft stores) — Black Acrylic Paint — Decorative Paper (I repurposed mine from an old Bloomingdale’s catalog) — Foam Brush — Double-Sided Tape or Tape Runner —Diffuser Oil (check outCurbly to learn how to make your own from scratch)
Steps:
• Pull off the spray nozzle from the bottle.
• With pliers, grip the round metal piece around the neck of the bottle and pull it off.
• You should now be left with another metal piece that’s adjoined to the neck of the bottle. Insert the tip of your pliers under one section of the metal and gently begin to pry upward (tip: this step may take some more time for certain bottles. Try using an x-acto knife or scissors if your bottle is giving you trouble). Repeat this step around the entire neck of the bottle.
• Once the metal piece has loosened, use the pliers again to pull it out, removing it from the bottle.
• Paint the skewers with acrylic paint using a foam brush.
• Adhere a little bit of tape to the background paper you have chosen and attach it to the back of the bottle.
• To hide any logos on the bottle, simply add some more decorative paper to the front of the bottle.
• Add diffuser oil and arrange sticks.
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♥ 6
→ 25 Apr 12 at 12 pm
→ 25 Apr 12 at 12 pm
This week on MakeKind, I’m sharing a DIY pencil holder that doubles as a mini office organizer. Made from cork trivets, this project is easy to create and super functional – bonus!
MATERIALS // 6 cork trivets, power drill, 3/8″ drill bit, glue
STEPS // 01 GLUE TRIVETS Using the glue, adhere two trivets together by stacking one directly on top of the other.
02 // STACK TRIVETS Continue gluing each trivet to one another, making a complete stack when all six trivets are used. Press firmly when finished. (helpful hint: place a heavy item, like a book, on top of the stack when finished and allow to dry overnight)
03 // MEASURE FOR DRILLING Measure about 2/3 down the stack of trivets and note the measurement. (Mine was 1.5″). On your drill bit, make a mark (I wrapped tape around the drill bit) of the same measurement, so you will know how far to drill into your stack.
04 // DRILL THE HOLES Using the power drill and 3/8″ drill bit, make several holes in the cork. I put one in the middle and six surrounding the middle, for a total of seven holes. You can certainly choose to make more or less holes depending on your preferences.
Fill each hole with a writing utensil and there you have it!
The added bonus? Because the pencil holder is made from cork, it doubles as a memo board! Enjoy!
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♥ 9
→ 23 Apr 12 at 3 pm
→ 23 Apr 12 at 3 pm
Quick Photo Frames
Turn pretty place mats into supereasy photo frames. Simply glue or tape a photo to the center of each place mat, then use removable adhesive squares to hang the finished pieces. For a hip retro look, use classic vinyl records for frames.
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♥ 1331
→ 23 Apr 12 at 12 pm
→ 23 Apr 12 at 12 pm
DIY String Heart
(via greenweddingshoes)
Materials Needed:
• piece of wood – the bigger the more dramatic!
• string – we used the pink neon thin rope you can find at Home Depot, but you could use any yarn or string
• box of nails (if want a nail with a decent head so the string won’t pop off)
• spray paint to paint the wood
• white paper to draw the heart onStep 1: Spray paint the wood the background color you picked. We used dark gray, so the pink would really pop
Step 2: Once the paint is dry, tape the wood with the white paper and draw the heart shape on the paper
Step 3: Time to get the hammer out! Nail around the entire outline of the heart – we spaced our nails about an inch apart.
Step 4: Once all your nails are in. Remove the white paper and throw it away.
Step 5: Now the fun part. Get your string and tie a knot around the head of one of the nails. Keep stringing the string around nails. There isn’t a right or wrong way – just keep going until you like the pattern you created. I also then outlined the entire heart to make the outline pop a bit more also.
Total cost for this project – $35 (the most expensive part is the wood!) and it can be done in a few hours.
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♥ 18
→ 07 Apr 12 at 3 pm
→ 07 Apr 12 at 3 pm
I’ve had this hoop forever it seems like. I bought it to make a dream catcher and I’ve finally done it. I tried to make mine as simple as possible. You don’t really need much to re-create this one. Casey had all these granny squares hanging around the house so I figured I would make use of one of them. You can see directions on how to make one here. You will also need a hoop, ribbon in assorted colors, extra yarn, feathers, beads and some scissors.
As you can see, the granny square is much smaller than the hoop. You want it to be like that because we will be stretching it out.
String the yarn through each corner and tie around the edge of the hoop. This may be easier with a large needle.
Cut off the extra yarn off so it won’t be in your way.
Next you will just weave yarn in and out of sections of the granny square and around the hoop. The great thing is, this doesn’t have to be perfect.
Next you will pull the yarn as tight as it will go and it will stretch out the square. Then tie a knot with the two ends and cut the extra yarn off.
Now you can cut the original yarn pieces off that you had put through the corners.
Next tie ribbon to the end of the hoop in whatever colors you want. You can see the colors I used above.
String two beads onto a ribbon.
Tie a knot in the ribbon where you want the feather to start and slide the top of the feather through the knot before you tighten it.
Tighten the knot.
Slide the beads over the top of the feather and the knot. Repeat this on as many ribbons as you would like.
To change it up a little I did the beads a little different on one of the strands. Slide the bead on…
Then put the strand through the bead in the same direction you did before…
And then put the strand through again, in the same direction, but on the other side. I actually ended up adding another feather and bead the way I did the first feather.
You’ll need a way to hang the dream catcher so all you need to do is get a string or ribbon or whatever strand of something you like.
Tie the ends of the strand in a knot.
Put the piece under the hoop where you want the center to be.
Pull one side through the other…
And tighten.
I put a bead over the strand to cover the knot.
And this is my dream catcher all finished! It was super simple and didn’t take much time at all. If you already have a granny square lying around like I did, you can have this project done in no time!
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♥ 6
→ 06 Apr 12 at 3 pm
→ 06 Apr 12 at 3 pm
Make an Entrance
Transform a simple doorway into a pretty passage. Hang curtains in a standard doorway to add a soft, decorative touch to a room. For a sophisticated finish, top the curtains with a classic valance made from an architectural pediment. Paint the pediment and add wooden rope trim, if desired, for a traditional accent. Then screw hooks into the back of the valance to hang a tension rod for the panels, and screw the valance to the doorway molding.
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→ 05 Apr 12 at 12 pm
→ 05 Apr 12 at 12 pm
Easter Egg Garland
First, got some string, I used embroidery floss. You could also use pearl cotton thread or crochet thread.
Next make a stiffener mixture. I used 1 cup of liquid starch mixed with a half cup of flour. You could double or triple this recipe if you’d like.
Then you stick your string in a bowl of starch goo, but don’t just plop it in there. Your string will get into a knot. So don’t do it. Instead coil your string into the mixture and gently press it into the goo, I didn’t get one knot doing it this way.
For a little egg, blow up a water balloon and wrap the gooey string around the balloon. Make sure you wipe off the excess goo and let it fall back into the bowl, it doesn’t need to be drippy.
One skein of embroidery floss was just enough for one water balloon sized egg.
It’ll take several hours for it to dry. Once it dries, pop the balloon. You might have crusty stuff in-between the string, I scraped that out with a straight pin.
Then to make a garland, I decided to thread the eggs onto some more embroidery floss. You’ll need a fairly big needle to do this. I threaded it at about 1/4th of the way down from the top of the egg.
To keep them in place, I hot glued the eggs to the string.
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♥ 14
→ 29 Mar 12 at 3 pm
→ 29 Mar 12 at 3 pm
Pretty Wall Panels
Finding artwork to make an impact on a large, empty wall can cost a fortune. Instead, make your own for a custom look and fit. Choose sheer curtain panels to coordinate with your room’s decor. Paint large stripes on the wall slightly wider than the panels. Mount short curtain rods at the ceiling to hang the curtain panels in front of the stripes.
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