Category Archives: DIY

Juvy and Jan’s Ring and Arrhae Pillows

March 14, 2012 – 11:11 am

Our friends, Juvy and Jan are getting married this March. The colors they wanted us to work with were yellow, light blue and dark blue.

We had two chickadees nestled on moss in a bird’s nest for the ring pillow. It is accented by ribbon roses and a light blue ribbon to secure the rings in place.

The coin or arrhae holder is a yellow pouch secured in a basket. We used two blue chickadees, moss and ribbon roses to accent the basket and keep in theme.

Best wishes and congratulations to the lovely couple!

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DIY Events My Projects

Embroidery Workshop by Etincelle Creative Studio

March 12, 2012 – 12:25 am

I attended the embroidery workshop by Marie of Etincelle Creative Studio in conjunction with Ruth of The Little Happy Shop at the Buena Vista Community Centre last Saturday.

We receive a sewing small kit and got to select from two different styles of the brooch design. Marie instructed us on how to lay down beads and sequins in the two hour workshop. Each bead and sequin is laid down and sewn one by one.

I just love how therapeutic embroidery is like what Marie mentioned. I’m already planning to embroider a design on a pillow and bought all the materials for my next project. Stay tuned.

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Artists and Sellers DIY Freebies

Free Printable: Thank You Cards for Christmas

January 4, 2012 – 11:34 pm

Do you need to send thank you cards for some presents your received this Christmas? Check out these lovely free Thank You card and sticker printable from Brandi of keeping it indie. Check out her blog for more projects and recipes.

: Download at keeping it indie

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Site: http://www.keepingitindie.com/
Download Freebie: http://www.keepingitindie.com/create/printable/free-printable-snowflake-thank-you

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DIY How To Katrina Alana Products

How to Highlight Your Wax Seal Impressions

November 23, 2011 – 11:06 pm

If you’d like to highlight the design of your wax seal by using a pigment as a second color, make sure that you select a metallic pigment. If you use a regular ink pad the ink will not stick to the sealing wax leaving you with blobs of ink.

Use Metallic Pigments

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DIY My Projects

DIY Cake Stands

November 22, 2011 – 9:08 pm

We needed to create some affordable cake stands to use as display for a craft fair we were attending so we decide to make our own cake stands.

Finished Cake Stands

Materials:

Glass Saucer from Daiso $2
Glass Ice cream cup from Daiso $2
Silicone Sealant for Glass (dries clear) from the hardware $9
Q tips

Steps

Steps:

Make sure that the glass items are clean and dry.
Apply sealant
Use Q tips to remove excess sealant
Place a heavy book on top of the cake stand and let it dry for 24 hours

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DIY Weddings and Accessories

Wedding Cake Centerpiece

June 21, 2011 – 3:29 pm

I just love this DIY wooden cake stand tutorial from Once Wed. We had help getting them made from the local woodcutter. The most important thing is to make sure that the wood is dry and that you use food safe flowers.

{ Tutorial : Once Wed }

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Decor DIY

DIY Photo Frame

June 12, 2011 – 1:00 pm

I like this photo frame idea from shelterness. It would be a perfect way to display Polaroids. I’m thinking of getting one but I’m concerned about the shelf life of the prints.

{ Photos: shelterness }

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DIY Illustrations

Japanese Gift Wrapping

June 9, 2011 – 10:53 pm

Wrapping gifts in fabric is called Furoshiki. This Japanese style of gift wrapping encourages recycling and reuse. You can just use any cloth that you have to wrap a present and its looks pretty as well.

You check this tutorial from giverslog by AmberLee who is a California mom, chocolate maker, and country girl. GiversLog is her avenue to catalog all her projects and other things she adores. Visit her blog for more details on this tutorial.

{ Photo: giverslog }

The Japanese government has also published a nice guide on “How to Use Furoshiki” at Ministry of the Environment.

{ Photo: Ministry of the Environment }

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DIY

Tiny Polaroid Magnets

June 8, 2011 – 11:50 pm

I have a few favourite photos that I’d like to turn into these cute tiny Polaroid magnets. This tutorial from Jenniffer Kirk of Ambrosia Creative is just what I’ve been looking for.

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DIY

Polymer Gift Tags by Poppytalk

June 8, 2011 – 11:20 pm

This tutorial from Poppytalk is so cool. You can make your own polymer gift tags. I can just imagine making the tags for a special occasion like a wedding where you can make a small plate with the couple’s wedding details and turn it into a ring holder.