Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 03, 2013
When the home that my husband's great grandmother raised her family in
was about to be torn down, a few of us were able to
snag up a few items for our personal sentiment.
I happened to end up with one of these amazing wooden boxes
found in the back of the property. It has turned into one of my favorite things in my home
and I find myself using it all of the time to display holiday items and everyday treasures.
Christmastime warranted some new decor for my beloved box
and after some serious Pinterest browsing, I had a plan.
Supplies:
Scrapbook Paper (your choice)
Scrapbook Embellishments
(your choice - be creative, check your local dollar store for different items)
Hot Glue Gun
Wooden Skewers
Floral Foam Blocks
Moss ( or another covering - your choice)
If you're like me, you probably had most of this stuff at home!
And the items I didn't have, I was able to snatch up for super cheap.
There is no rhyme or reason to my exact display,
but I will give you instructions on how to make the paper
accordion flowers and the paper trees - the rest is up to you!
Paper Trees
I thought about attempting a step-by-step tutorial of these,
but why reinvent the wheel? Krokotak has a flawlessly executed tutorial
on their blog - and posting a link is way easier
than doing the work, right?
{click on blog name above for direct link to the tutorial}
Paper Accordion Flowers
These, on the other hand, I want to give specific
instruction - only because I have tried other tutorials and kind of
pieced together the best way I know of how to make them.
1) Cut 3-5 strips of paper (the toppers for my trees are made
from 1 inch strips, the larger at the bottom are from 2.5 inch strips).
Depending on the length of your paper, you may only
need 2-3 - the more paper, the tighter the folds will
end up on your finished product.
2) Fold each piece into accordion strips (this can take some time)
and hot glue the end of one strip the the beginning of the next.
3) After you have glued all of your accordion pieces into one large strip,
hot glue the two loose ends together to make a circle.
Please note, as you are gluing pieces together, make sure that your paper
maintains it's accordion pattern - you may have to
overlap pieces at the end to keep the folding continuous.
4) Once you have a full circle complete, you are going to gently push
one end of the circle inward to make the flower shape.
5) Using scrap pieces of paper punch {or cut} out a small circle to use as reinforcement.
6) Add a liberal amount of hot glue to the small circle cut out
and place it on the back side of the completed accordion flower to keep it's shape.
7) Once the glue is dry, you can start with the fun stuff - embellishing!
Once you have the trees and accordion flowers complete,
glue a wooden skewer onto each one,
place your foam blocks in your container and go crazy arranging it all.
As you can see, I used the accordion idea throughout - even as tree toppers!
The cute little presents wrapped are everyday small box items found in my home
{package of pudding mix, leftover Halloween candy, etc.}.
There really are no limits here - make it your own!
Merry Christmas!
Monday, November 26, 2012
The response to the original post
of this craft has been overwhelming!
I'm so happy that so many of you have
enjoyed making this as much as I did.
So welcome,
to my regular readers,
Pinterest pinners,
and those of you
visiting from other websites and blogs
that have so kindly featured this project.
Please stay and check out my other projects
{and watch for more to come in the following weeks}.
I hope you enjoy this re-post and share links to your projects.
I'd love to see how yours turned out, too!
Cheap and Easy!
{the snowflake, people}
All you need is:
package of jumbo craft sticks (found mine at Robert's)
small wooden discs (also found at Robert's)
white craft paint (you could spray, too)
a hot glue gun (have you gotten one yet?)
glitter (any color you choose)
Using hot glue put arrange craft sticks
following my pattern (or make your own!).
Tip: The angles @ the center
(underneath the big disc)
should all be 60 degrees.
Once dry, paint with white glue.
While that's drying, paint your discs and immediately add glitter
(they'll stick to the wet paint).
Adhere painted and glittered discs with hot glue.
That's it.
You're done.
Really.
Inspiration found here.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Thanks Studio 5 for the inspiration!
These scrap owls are cut free hand {you can make a million different sizes!}
and cost me NOTHING. Just pulled out my scrap fabric pile and started cutting.
I still want to find some kind of pedestal to mount these on, but basically done.
Now that I have some in Halloween colors,
I might need to bust some out for November, too!
Sorry for the horrible picture, but this is straight off of my phone.
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Most of our craft day projects go like this:
Someone sees a craft they like
{usually on pinterest}
We all 'ohhh!' and 'ahhh!'
and the wheels start turning.
How can we make this?
{if there aren't already instructions}
and almost always:
How can we modify this to be even cuter?
So a pool play date for the kids
and a crafting in the backyard for the moms it is.
And I know I ALWAYS say this,
but this is one of my faves.
Most of us had old card tables
{a lot as old as our marriages},
others shopped on ksl.
And one might have even purchased
a new table just to do this craft.
A little trip to the store for our choice
of duct tape, and a project was born.
For this project you will need:
Folding Card Table
Screwdriver
Scissors
Spray Paint {if desired}
Duct Tape {about 2 1/2 rolls per table}
I started with my old table.
Still in pretty good shape, but with some dents and scratches
that would do well with some cover up.
I turned the table upside down
and unscrewed the table top portion from it's base.
I spray painted the metal base of my table, but that's up to you.
{make sure the legs are fully extended when spraying}
While the paint dried on the base,
I got to work on my chevron pattern.
I found that it was easiest to choose a length for each strip
{I went with 8 inches}
and to start in the middle of the table.
{be sure to have over hang on the sides to go under the table top
so that your tape looks clean and is totally secure}
It will take some time to cut individual strips
to create the zig zag pattern,
but the end result is totally worth it!
Once you have the middle complete,
build off of that with your other colors, one row at a time.
And there you have it!
Totally cute 'new' card table.
You can use different patterns,
solid colors, etc. when covering these!
Today we had chevron, stripes, solid tables of one pattern tape, etc.
Whatever your little heart desires.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
After a way-too-long craft drought
with my fave crafty ladies,
we decided to make an awesome alternative
to the front door wreath.
Simple enough!
Metal letters {two top pics} are from Hobby Lobby
{$24.99 - but way cheaper with a 40% off coupon}
Paper Mache letters {bottom three pics} are from Joann
{$9.99 - but, again, way cheaper with a 40% off coupon}.
Metal letters do not need to be painted, paper mache will.
After painting {if you go that route},
make flowers using any fabric/tutorial you choose.
I used this tutorial and this tutorial to make mine {the letter B above},
but there are a million other options out there, too.
Attached a cute piece of fabric {chevron, of course for mine}
to the back of the letter {by pinning or tying on - doesn't matter}
and voila! I have gotten SO many compliments on this one.
I think it's a keeper.
Monday, June 11, 2012
I am in LOVE with what we made today!
Karen had old windows.
So we bought some fabric, cut some vinyl and...
Voila!
My most favorite project to date {really}
All we had to do was have Shanna wash the windows,
Karen apply the vinyl,
and I cut some circles out of fabric and hot glued them to rope.
{We all know our specific roles when crafting}
And we did all of this in the backyard while the kids were swimming.
{I've got the sunburn to prove it}
Pretty perfect crafting day if you ask me!
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
It's that time of year again...
...school is coming to a close.
{anyone else excited and not?}
We've been blessed with
amazing teachers this year
and I wanted to do a little something
to say thank you
for all they've done for my girls.
So, after some searching on Pinterest,
I was inspired {by these} to make these.
SO easy.
All you need is:
an empty, clean can
hot glue
pencils {I used about 35}
flower arrangement foam
skewer sticks
Double Stuff Oreos
melting chocolate
sprinkles {if desired}
cellophane bags
ribbon
craft paper
To make the pencil 'vase', simply glue pencils to the can
and fill with a piece of flower foam.
To make the candy covered Oreos,
melt the candy as per package directions,
carefully dip cookies {on the stick} into the candy to fully coat
{you may want to practice once or twice to get the hang of it}.
Lay the dipped cookie pops onto parchment paper and allow to set.
Place each in a cellophane bag {after setting completely}
and tie with ribbon.
And then you arrange how ever you want.
Seriously, one of the easiest projects I've ever done.
And I'm all about easy, peeps.
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