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Casa-giardino Fashionable Gift-card Holders Jul 19, 2011 9:58 AM Cool Shades Collection - Retro sunglasses, wicked cat's eyes or 50s, 60s, 70s Sassy Shoe Collection - A vintage style shoe design. Presentation is Everything! Wrap your greeting, cash or gift card with these adorable gift-card holders. Hand-stitched in bright colors with fabric appliques and embellished with rhinestones.
CasaSugar DIY: An Eggy Easter Wreath Apr 20, 2011 3:00 AM Many people let their doors do the talking during the holidays. While I don't mark every Hallmark moment with a wreath, I do find the Easter season to be a worthy contender. This year I thought I'd whip up my own door décor with a little help from my pals glitter, glue, and ribbon. To see how to craft your own wreath, just . Supplies you will need : Styrofoam eggs Paintbrush Glue Fine glitter Styrofoam wreath Ribbon Hot glue gun Butterflies Bamboo skewers or toothpicks Newspaper or mat for workspace Steps : First place a toothpick or skewer into the bottom of the egg so your hands won't be covered in glue and glitter. Put some glue in a small bowl and water it down so it's not so thick and easier to spread. Use a paintbrush to apply the watered-down glue to the styrofoam eggs. Shake the glitter and place them in a vase where they can dry. Cover the wreath in a Spring-themed ribbon and hot glue it along the way to keep it in place. Instead of cutting the ribbon off at the end, leave about eight to 10 inches at the end so you can loop it for hanging purposes. When the eggs are dry, hot glue them onto the wreath alternating the bottom and top. Make a large bow for the top of the wreath and hot glue it where you see fit. Pop some butterflies around the eggs for an added Spring look. Hang it and have a look! 7942596
Elka Karl Add a New Duvet and Pillows For $30 Jan 14, 2011 4:30 AM As I've noted on Facebook , I'm incredibly fickle when it comes to my bedding. I've gone from organic coverlets to Sferra duvet covers to heirloom quilts — sometimes all in the same month. This Winter, perhaps influenced from too much time spent on Skona Hem's site , I've really been feeling a cozy Swedish vibe. Of course, since I know I'll likely trade out my duvet cover for a different one in a few weeks, when I actually take the plunge and add something into my rotating bedding collection, I don't want to spend a huge amount of money. That's doubly true after the holidays — it's all about economic and pretty additions for me in the month of January. [break]See how I added a new duvet cover and matching pillows for around $30.[/break] It was Ikea to the rescue (I bet you saw that one coming, didn't you?)! Since I had to head there to buy a walker for the baby, I took an exploratory detour in the fabric department, where I found this Snoa Flinga fabric for $5 a yard. What makes Ikea's fabric doubly cheap is that it often comes in oversize widths — this fabric was almost 60 inches wide. That means you can buy less yardage for your projects. So, I purchased six yards just to be on the safe side and headed home. This is a really easy project. I used a navy blue cotton flat sheet that I already owned as the backing. I laid the flat sheet out on the living room floor, unspooled the (washed) fabric over the sheet, cut lengths, pinned, and sewed. Since you're only sewing straight lines, this is a great project for beginners. Your most difficult issue will be dealing with the excessive yardage, but that can be remedied by working on a larger table or putting a chair to the side of your sewing machine to balance the fabric upon. Just make sure to leave a three foot opening on the bottom end of the duvet cover to insert your duvet. It's too easy! For the pillows, I used down pillows I already owned and cut and sewed the covers for them. Again, it's just straight lines. All in all (excluding the two hours spent wandering in Ikea), this project took about an hour to complete. Have you sewn duvet covers before? Do you have a secret, cheap fabric source? Share your advice and ideas in the comments! 13246779
Casa Community Cool Idea: Shipping Carton Candle Holders Sep 23, 2010 5:00 AM Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member Sadie-80 from the Lovely Little Vignettes group: These wall candle displays were made from the packing materials that came in my MacBook shipping box. It seemed like a waste to just toss them in the recycling. So a little craft paint and voilà! Add some poster sticker mounts and just place them anywhere on the wall that works for you. Have you been doing any crafty projects lately? Be sure to post photos and instructions in the Art(ist)s & Craft(ster)s group!
OnSugar Blog DIY: Atomic Ball Clock Aug 25, 2010 10:00 AM Here's a post from OnSugar blog Just 5 More Minutes : I decided that our Airstream trailer needed an atomic ball clock and since I've been itching to get crafty, I thought I'd give it a try and make one myself. As soon as the trailer makes its way home (it's currently enroute from LA) I'll post pictures of this clock inside of it. All I needed was: 12 styrofoam balls 12 wooden skewers 1 styrofoam disk Hot glue gun Kitchen scissors Paint Pretty card stock paper for the face of the clock Embellishments for the edges of the clock And of course, a clock mechanism The whole project cost less than $20. [break] Continue reading to learn the steps for this fun DIY. [/break] If you want your (ahem) balls shiny, you can get the wooden ones and drill holes to fit the skewers. I was going purely for "lightness" since it was for our trailer, trying to keep it as light as possible and not load it up with too many things. Wish me luck on that one. Here are the styrofoam balls all nicely skewered, and measured and marked each stick so they would all go in the same depth. Cut out an opening for the clock. Eyeball the increments of the skewered balls. Add some orange acrylic paint (since I have an obsession with the color orange). Notice the paper in the background . . . Then, cut out the paper in a circle, punch out a hole in the center, and hot glue it to the clock mechanism. I had fun embellishing . . . now that I look at it, it would have been cool to use numbers instead of those funky shapes, but oh well! Want to see more? Start following Just 5 More MInutes or start your own OnSugar blog !

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