…compilation of tutorials
I found this tutorial on how to make a mini greenhouse from lightbulbs via art for housewives.
Somehow I don’t know how to cram the big plant into the small light.
;-))
Perhaps I better stick to the lightbulb window vase ;-)
Links:
At instructables: Lightbulb Green House
via art for housewives
via Tutorial: come costruire una minuscola serra in una lampadina (italian)
Here at unikatissima: Light Bulb Window Vase
I found a tutorial on how to print with a rolling pin.
The idea is really great.
I couldn’t try it yet, but when I will, I want to try it with those ready-bought fun foam shapes.
Links:
The original site doesn’t exist any more and is now available through webarchive:
Rolling Pin Prints
Rolling Pin Prints
I always like to browse art-e-zine. There I found the tutorial for the wire frame bracelet.
I find it beautiful!
On the same site further down is a tutorial for very expressive pendants – I really must try them one day!
Links:
At art-e-zine: Wire Frame Bracelet
Once more a tutorial from craftster: how to make a beautiful necklace from laminated stamps.
I find it looks great and you can making matching necklaces for all purposes.
I’m amazed (as I am so often when browsing craftster :))
Links:
At craftster: Laminated Stamps Necklace (Interchangable Stamp/Trinket Necklace)
I found a tutorial from the end-50s that I find funny: Bottle Cap Crochet.
Personally I find the shapes of the hot plates a little too vintage, but one can always create another shape.
The only problem I see is that in our supermarket all bottle caps are made from plastic ;-) Perhaps then better a bottlecap pincushion? ;-)
Links:
Bottle Cap Crochet
Here at unikatissima:
Bottlecap Pincushion
On a brasilian recycling website I found a good tutorial on how to make a box from PET bottles (click there on ‘Tutorial – How to make a square box’).
I won’t do this because we don’t buy so many PET bottles and if we do we can give them back.
But I think that the tutorial can be used with other materials, too, I will once take a look.
Links:
Utsumi – Crafts with PET plastic, click there on ‘Tutorial – How to make a square box’
That’s a stunning idea: to make a sling for a water bottle from two ties!
She filled her ‘purse’ already with other stuff.
Great!
I like my ties too much for this, I will have to take a good look at the next jumble sale :)
Links:
Two-Tie Sling
I found a blog entry with a very cute idea: a really nice paper decoration for pens.
She offers an image that you can download and print, then you cut the decorations out and glue them onto your pens.
The blog is in French and these are the relevant points:
Click onto the image to download the PDF file with the right mouse button.
Print the pictures onto fine paper.
Cut out the images and glue onto ypur pens.
Hint: Cut the white picture with the cherry blossoms inside of the green frame.
When sharpening the pen cut first a piece of the paper away with a sharp knife and then sharpen the pen carefully.
Links:
Paper pen decoration (French)
I found a tutorial on how to make box dolls – stunning!
Something for my to-do-list! :)
Links:
Box Dolls by Catherine Moore
Once I found a tutorial on how to make fried/baked marbles: don’t they look great?
I couldn’t make them yet, but I have put them on my to-do-list.
For the wire work she did in the tutorial you can find inspiration and tutorials at WigJig University Jewelry Making Designs as I did for the Tealight Wire Spiral some days ago.
Links:
At craftster.org: Best way to make fried marbles+a suncatcher… kind of.
WigJig University Jewelry Making Designs
Here at unikatissima: Tealight Wire Spiral