Spring Craft Ideas

Create place cards for your Easter guests from colored note cards and a festive stamp.

A pretty floral headwreath ~

I made vegetable sushi for the first time! It was actually somewhat easy :) Practice, practice, practice!

For the tutorial, click here.

Polka Dots Nails tutorial.

To make a watercolor egg: 

1) Lay a hard boiled egg on a napkin or in a container

2) Drizzle the egg dye over the egg with a fork or another object of some sort

3) Let dry, peel & eat!

Happy Spring!!!

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DIY Halloween Decor!!!

DIY Halloween Decor! How to make a fake poison bottle prop, a chic jack-o-lantern and a hanging bat!
Difficulty: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ 



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DIY Vintage Button Wineglass Charms

  Hey! Here's a quickie on how to make wine charms from shank buttons- my mom needed some more, so I came up with this cute idea.

Difficulty: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

Supplies: 

• 20 gauge wire (or something similar to 20 G)
• ruler
• shank buttons- (the ones with the loop on the back)
• pliers, wire cutters

Cut a piece of 20 gauge wire to 4 inches or so.

Fold it in half with pliers.

Feed it through the shank loop in the back and curve the ends up with pliers.

Wrap it around the bottom of the glass and. . . There you have it!

I love this Las Vegas charm.

And this Coco Chanel inspired one.

Don't forget a cute little heart!

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DIY St. Patty's Day Ornament!

Here is a quick tutorial on how to make a St. Patty's Day Ornament!
Level: ●○○○

Supplies:

• doily
• heart shaped punch/scissors
• glue stick  
• green paper
• green marker
• ribbon/string to hang it

Gather your supplies. I will be using a green file folder for the clovers.

Punch out 3-4 hearts and glue them to the doily.

Attach a string/ribbon and hang from a tree....

...Or hang from a curtain pull back!

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DIY Mini Top Hat

Level: ●●●○

And Threadbanger's tutorial- http://youtu.be/z3Nx0igPai4

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Paris DIY paperweight

This February, I have a few Paris- inspired projects planned enjoy!
Level: ●●○○
Supplies:

• wood circle or a rock
• pink & gray acrylic paint
• paintbrush & water
• small paintbrush or sharp colored pencil to paint details

Paint the pink onto the paperweight/coaster thingy :)

When dry, outline the Eiffel tower with a pencil.

Using a sharp colored pencil, color it in and add hearts and dots and stuff!

Cute!

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DIY Stamp Gift Tags

      Need some handmade gift tags? Perfect for Bake Sales, Holiday gift shops, presents and more....

Level: ●○○○
Supplies: 

• scrapbook paper or an index card cut in half
• paper cutter thingy :D
• stamps & ink pad
• hole punch
• twine or ribbon

1. Cut a piece of paper for the tag and cut the corners. 
2. Stamp a cute Xmas stamp in the center. 
3. Punch a hole at the top and thread some ribbon or twine through the hole. 

So many possibilities- change the stamp, the color of the paper, use ribbon instead of yarn/twine....

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Reuse Magazines: Holiday Cards

    Have some old December magazines you can cut up? In this tutorial, I will be making Christmas card using cut out from magazines. Get your scissors ready...

Level: ●●○○

Supplies: 

• old magazines
• scissors
• sharpie
• Elmer's bottle glue
• blank cards

Trace out an image on the back on the page with a sharpie and cut out. You can even cut images or words from scraps of wrapping paper.

Look at all the pics I cut out :D  Now paste the images onto the blank card.

To make the glue more even, smooth it out on the back of the image with a paintbrush before you stick it on to the card.

Here are my finished cards. Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas

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Friendship Bracelet: Gift idea

Gift giving is a major part of the holidays. Every week starting now, I will post some ideas/ tutorials for homemade gifts. Today, I will show you how to make a friendship bracelet. This is a simple, easy craft that kids can make too.

Level: ●○○○

Supplies: 

• embroidery thread/floss
• clipboard

Here are directions from www.michaels.com  

1. Select 4 colors of floss 25" long. Tie a knot around 1½" from the top and tape to table.
2. Separate floss by color and imagine the floss as A,B,C and D.
3. Hold string B straight and knot string A around it.
4. Pull string A toward the left and tighten it.
5. Repeat Steps 3 and 4 to get a double knot.
6. Make double knots with string A around each of the remaining strings (C and D).
7. Now you are in the second row, tie a double knot with string B around C, D and A individually.
8. Keep repeating this pattern until bracelet reaches desired length.
9. Tie knot to secure all strings and trim both ends to about 1¼" long.

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