…compilation of tutorials
I found it via the Buy Nothing Swap thread which I found browsing the craftster Swap Galleries and where I found the gallery of the Buy Nothing Swap and the Buy Nothing Swap Round 2 ;-)
I want to see if I can’t realize the idea behind in some small ways it in the following year :)
Links:
Buy Nothing Day
I love recycling tutorials and therefore this tutorial on how to make aluminium can jewelry should hit the spot.
Additionally I really like the items, better than others.
But I haven’t bought aluminium cans for years and I don’t think that I will begin to buy them now just to make jewelry from the them ;-))
Links:
Aluminium Can Jewelry
Some time ago I presented the DIY Shrinky Dinks, now I found at craftster the Faux Fused Glass.
Sheer lunacy!
She published the actual tutorial in her blog.
She uses the ‘real’ shrinky dinks, but it should work with the self-made as well?!
Links:
At craftster: Faux Fused Glass
Tutorial on how to make faux fused glass
Here at unikatissima: DIY Shrinky Dinks
Once I browsed flickr and found the Teabag Problem Box. He called it this way because some teas are packed in such boxes.
But what I liked best is the the fact that he ‘offers’ the creasing pattern directly (see links below).
On the photo you can see my first try. I burned some CD’s and used the paper where you write what’s on the CD and that I usually throw away for this box.
I think it’s not too bad for a first try ;-)
They can easily be used for an advent calendar.
I looked further for boxes usable for advent calendars and found the following:
Links:
At flickr: Teabag Problem Box
At The Fitful Flog: PDF file with the creasing pattern (ca. 10 KB)
Check also the Model Menu
More boxes that can be used in advent calendars:
And here at unikatissima:
Furthermore there are links on how to decorate in the entry Pattern Paper.
And what can you put into the boxes?
Here at unikatissima:
This week I will present more possible fillings.
This time it’s no tutorial for the necktie flower brooches, but I really liked them and want to see if I can make one.
It cant’ be soo hard ;-)
(The brooch on the photo is a fake, I didn’t want to cut my necktie ;-))
Links:
Necktie Flower Brooches
via art for housewives
I found a very inspiring tutorial on how to make backgound stamps tutorial on how to make backgound stamps.
I say inspiring, because she shows photos of her beautiful backgrounds.
At my Artist-Book I could have done with the stamps, instead I stamped every single diamond.
But it was great, too ;-)
Links:
Handmade Background Stamps: unfortunately the link isn’t available no more.
Here at unikatissima: Artist-Book
Via browsing art for housewives I found the tutorial on how to make a t-shirt with a twist. You sew it from a plain t-shirt and it doesn’t seem to be difficult.
After I lost a little weight I will give it a try ;-)
Links:
T-Shirt With A Twist
via art for housewives
Again I found a tutorial for making paper bowls. I found the bowls nice but not the way I wanted them.
Therefore I glued three, four layers of white tissue paper on using wallpaper glue – the ‘quite normal’ paper mache technique.
I really like this bowl, although I should possibly paint it.
Links:
(another) tutorial on how to make paper bowls (magazine bowl)
Here at unikatissima:
I like to check for ways to make/purchase recycling yarns and the tutorial on how to make yarn from t-shirts fits perfectly.
At my next jumble sale visit I really have to look what they have as T-shirts.
Links:
T-Shirt Yarn
Here at unikatissima:
Handspun Newspaper Yarn
Recycled Yarns
Coloured Yarns
Plastic Bag Tote
I like to write with pens, but never had a ‘real’ quill pen. With the tutorial on how to cut quill pens I can try it – as soon as I get to know a swan or a goose personally (poor me, being a city kid! ;-))
Links:
Cutting a Quill Pen