Saturday 15 December 2012

Rags to Ridiculous!

I got the idea for the flowers from craftsnob.com and I just hot glue gunned them on to everything!!
All you do is: Cut out a circle out of some scrap material then cut out a slightly smaller circle out of some coordinated material sew on a button or a bead and glue it on somethin'! And BAM! There you go a beautiful accessory for you in 5 minutes!

'Tis The Season Pt.2

I remember when I was a kid weaving vines to make crowns. Well now I have a grown up reason to! Add some ribbon, bells, fake berries or branches, some pine cones... Whatever and hang it on the wall I gave this one to a really good friend and he put it in the lobby of the apartment building he manages.

'Tis The Season Pt.1

This is a great hostess gift or even a christmas party favor and best of all it only takes seconds to make!!
You can buy the clear bulbs pretty much anywhere. Take the tops off and add whatever you want to them! I added little pieces of fake branches and flowers, beads, sequins, and itty bitty jingle bells. But you can add whatever you want. Snap the top back on and tie a ribbon on to hang it and voila!

Spruce Up a Picture

Got a picture frame that's too big for your picture? Try putting some scrapbook paper behind it!

A Few of My Favorite Things

This sweet necklace I originally got at ardenes in the ever famous(and useful) surprise bags. This whole thing started when one side of the butterfly came off its chain. This was around the time I was making the  semi-precious pendants. And I started to add things I thought were pretty. They don't match but I like it! And in the end I saved my pretty necklace!

Another Cinderella Project

Now I did this a couple years ago but we love it so much I figured I'd throw it on the new blog! What the heck! right? This started off as a picture frame that was too small for any of the pictures I had. And rather than spend money getting a smaller picture I got creative instead. I know, oh god no!! Quick Bob get the kids in the minivan!!
Now the key to this project is layers. On one side of the glass paint the stuff in the foreground (you have to work backwards), then paint what's behind that, and so on. Now if you are doing flowers like I did remember, blossoms first then stems.

Itty Bitty Corkboard

This little tin box was just not getting out enough! And it is so pretty! Its just a shame... So I played fairy godmother and got some cork board and cut it to fit in the bottom of the tin and glue gunned it to stick and stuck some memos and business cards in it. It now sits on my craft table in all its glory! If you keep the lid it holds the thumb tacks and memos too. And it can be easily moved to the office. Mine can only fit about 3 business cards so the bigger the better!

I Love Button Magnets!!

These little magnets are a great way to funkify your kitchen. They also make great house warming gifts and they are so easy to make!!
All you need is some large magnets (not too heavy though), some magnet strip, and a glue gun.
Cut some of the magnet strip so it will be just big enough to be hidden by the button.
Then glue gun the piece of magnet to the back of the button, or the side you don't want to show. And there you go!! Button magnets for all!! I know ridiculously easy! Why did I even need to have a tutorial? Because its fun!

Semi-precious Pendants

I've been seeing these everywhere. Cool little rock pendants that go with everything! So I took out my rock collection from when I was younger and got some awesome rocks that Marilyn Monroe would be jealous of, got some craft wire and some pliers and voila!! a couple of pretty swanky pendants!

Beading the Winter Blues

A little funk goes a long way! A simple embellishment can funk up a blazer and even pull double duty and tone down one too.
That's what I did. This is my "brighter-than-everything-else-in-my-closet" blazer. And just a bit of beads and I can suddenly wear it in public without blinding people!! Hooray!

kurfuffle!

I apologize to my regular readers for changing the site yet again but apparently wordpress does not like my computer and Blogger doesnt hound me to upgrade (read: im cheap and indecisive). So here I am! so my last post on stephcraft.wordpress.com will point you here. I am going to re-post everything onto here. Again, I am sorry for the kerfuffle!