I always like to incorporate recycled materials into the craft projects I do, and one of the most abundant materials that seem to build up around my house is newspaper. While looking online for newspaper crafts, I found a great blog post on how to make a basket. Being so close to Easter I thought the timing for this paper crafts project is perfect, so I decided to put my own
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I have a homemade lamp at home that one of my friends gave me a few years ago. I use it as a nightlight in my room and it looks great! Its made of a flower pot and has beads glued into the holes. I decided to try this project out and take some pictures along the way. So here’s my tutorial on how to make a lamp shade out
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I have this really cool piece of driftwood my friend gave to me a few years ago that looks like a knot-hole broken off some old tree. He told me I should make a dreamcatcher with it, but it looked silly because the wood is too thick to tie the web around. I thought about making a clock or a mirror but I really wanted to gift this back to
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A while back I was at an estate sale and found this beautiful chandelier made of prisms. I absolutely love prisms in my widows at home. I took this baby apart to make a crystal suncatcher. These are really easy to hang with clear fishing line and it wont cast shadows. These can be bought in sets at home depot or even Walmart. I have seen these hung from little
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I’ve searched valentine craft ideas online to find something to make for my niece and found a great picture of a wax paper sun catcher. It looked like stained glass so I decided I’d do some valentines day colors and see what I could come up with. The project can get messy so make sure to lay out some butcher paper or something to protect your ironing table. Getting Started
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