Laura over at Fleeting Thing created these ruffle-y baby shoes that are insanely adorable! Go check out her site…it’s super easy to navigate!
4.29.2011
4.28.2011
Amazing Acid Mirrors!
Did you happen to see my friend Mandi’s mirrors on The Nate Show?!
She did such a fabulous job!
They’re incredible and she shows you how to create your own giving you two fabulous versions…
4.27.2011
DIY Baker’s Twine
Colorful baker’s twine is EVERYWHERE!
You can find it used on cards, scrapbook pages, home décor projects, and of course packaging those darling treats!!
Well…I was over at The Frugal Crafter and saw this post…
…definitely a “why didn’t I think of that” idea!
4.26.2011
Baby Girl Onesies {gorgeous!}
Embellish some onesies with iCandy Handmade! I’ve seen many of these techniques on shirts for women and I love how Jen transferred this look to a baby…
…put these in a little bag with a feminine bow to make a perfect gift!!
4.25.2011
No Sew Table Runner!
You “no-sew” crafters will LOVE this table runner by Madigan Made…
…yes! She uses kitchen towels and ribbon!
Simple and so creative for spring!
4.22.2011
DIY Menu Planning Organizer
I stumbled upon this fabulous idea by Vanessa over at LBG Studio! LOVE how there’s a place to keep recipes on one side and a grocery list on the other. She shows you how to make your own, too…
I need this…and I would seriously use this!!
While you’re over there check out her latest easy wrist strap tutorial! Vanessa is full of many wonderful ideas!
4.20.2011
Braided Headbands…
Alisa Burke created these super cool headbands for those “bad hair days” we all get every now and then!!
You can use all different kinds of fabric and I love her “twist” on the regular headband!
4.19.2011
DIY Cardigan
Leanne at Elle Apparel is constantly sharing amazing wardrobe tutorials! Lovin’ one of her latest…
Comfortable and stylish!!
4.16.2011
Vintage Bobby Pins
Ashley at Little Miss Momma puts a vintage twist on the everyday bobby pin!
She’s sharing this anthro-inspired idea over at Kojo Designs…
So. Lovely.
4.15.2011
Shag Pillow
Have I mentioned that Vanessa is the reason why my “to-do” list is so long? I actually have my houndstooth quilt in the shop to be machine quilted and can’t wait to show you! I also must make this fun pillow…
The texture is fabulous and I can see a gray one in my near future!!
4.14.2011
Picnic Caddy Tutorial
I absolutely love Anj’s blog called Snowy Bliss! She had me when she threw this super cute owl party!
How cool that she’s giving her kids picnic Easter baskets this year?!
So much fun!! She shares how to make these picnic caddies that are perfect for the picnic fan…
…also makes an AMAZING gift!!
How to Create ePatterns…
Carla Crim from The Scientific Seamstress shows us how to make e-patterns at Sew Mama Sew! She’s a creative genius…especially when it comes to patterns!
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Make sure to check out Carla’s blog…patterns galore!!
4.12.2011
Blessing Dress Tutorial
Ashley from Make It and Love It had a beautiful baby girl and I’m lovin’ all of the many darling, girly DIY patterns lately!
You have to see this blessing dress she created…
Blessing/Confirmation Dress Tutorial
While you’re there check out her fabulous crushed fabric flower tutorial to accessorize a headband or baby shoes!
Kitchen Cabinet Makeover!
I’ve had kitchen transformations on my mind lately!
My cabinets need a makeover and I’m putting this project by The Creative Crate in my inspiration file!
Kitchen Cabinet Transformation
I love how she brightens up the whole kitchen…and the bead board looks amazing!!
Fabulous job, Stacie!
4.11.2011
Felt Flowers {Perfect for Mother’s Day!}
I’m LOVIN’ these big, beautiful felt flowers over at The Fickle Pickle!
Perfect accessory for any gal {or mom…think Mother’s Day}!
4.08.2011
Creative Guest: Calli from Make It Do
I’m so excited to have Calli back on Ucreate!!
I’m sure you remember when she stopped by last year to share her amazing zig zag pillow…it was a huge hit!! I love the motto on Calli’s blog “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” by Theodore Roosevelt.
You’ll find delicious recipes, gorgeous quilts & patterns, crafts, and so much more on Make it Do! She also shares some favorite books once in awhile and Calli doesn’t know this, but she’s the reason I’m reading The Book Thief right now {which I am loving by the way and can’t put down!}…she has great taste! Just wait until you see how she made this fabulous basket!
Here’s Calli…
Hi, I'm Calli from Make it Do and I am so thrilled to be back here creating at Ucreate. I was walking down the aisle of my local hardware store the other day and spotted a roll of chicken wire. Somehow it made it into my cart despite not having any idea of what I could do with it. Maybe it was because chicken wire fits into the category of mason jars and clothespins for me. Practical and homey... with a timeless charm that I love. Just so my purchase wasn't made in vain, I set to looking for the perfect project. My first thought was to make a bird's nest lined with moss. But then I spotted a chicken wire basket in a decorating magazine and thought I could make a something like that .
First, I needed something to serve as a mold for my basket. After a scavenger hunt through my basement, I spotted an old lampshade. Taking a closer look, I realized it had a heavy wire frame under the fabric cover. Sorry for the pun, but Lightbulb! With its great flared shape, it would make a lovely basket. I just love giving old things new life.
After a little deconstruction with scissors pulling off the fabric, my frame was ready for chicken wire. I left the top fitter wire in place on the frame, since it would have needed a small saw or some other nonsense to remove it. Plus I could always use it as a lampshade someday. Right? A word to the wise: you will want to wear leather gloves and eye protection for this project. Chicken wire can be very sharp!
I laid the frame on it's side, on top of the chicken wire, to use as a guide and clipped around it using wire cutters. Using needle nose pliers (my husband will say they are actually duckbill pliers) I twisted the wire ends around the frame on the first side.
I repeated the process on the opposite side. Yes, I was reckless. I didn't wear my gloves... and have a few scrapes to show for it.
As I wrapped the wire, I made sure to pull the wires tautly.
For the final two sides (which were opposite each other on the frame) I used one long piece so that the chicken wire covered the bottom and both sides. Again I laid the frame right on top of the wire to use as the guide to cut my wire. Remember when cutting your wire, you can always take some off, but you can't put it back on. When in doubt, cut a little bigger. I ended up trimming off some of the wire as I wrapped the final side.
After I was done, I went around the entire basket with my pliers, carefully squeezing any loose or sharp ends. And the results... I just love projects that work like a charm. But it wasn't quite done yet.
So I picked out a can of spray paint. I almost went with a cornflower blue... but the versatility of antique white won out. Rusty brown or black would have been nice too.
I was right, antique white is perfect for spring.
The competition of how and where to use my new basket with will be likewise fierce. I love it filled with eggs for Easter.
It also looks fabulous with the topiary. It is even cute as a small waste basket in my guest bathroom. All in all this was a fun and inexpensive project that only took me a few hours to complete. So next time you run across an old lampshade, don't throw it away! Introduce it to some chicken wire and make it into something really lovely.
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Thank you Kari for inviting me to join you and your readers today. It's such an honor to be on Ucreate! Happy creating! Love, Calli
4.07.2011
Ruffle Easter Basket!
I’m having so much fun showing you these fabulous Easter baskets today!!
Next up, this gorgeous basket from Alison over at Oopsey Daisy!
Love how the ruffle trend keeps going and going!!
Vinyl Easter Pails
Gotta love Kierste over at Brown Paper Packages…and gotta love her Easter baskets this year…
…and just think of all the ways you can use these pails when Easter is over, too!
Easter Bunny Basket
ADORABLE!!
Kiki Creates shows us how she made this darling basket as part of her “All About Easter” series…
4.05.2011
DIY Scalloped Skirt
I’m in a little girl’s clothing mood today!!
Check out this adorable skirt by Amy at Ameroonie Designs…
…perfect for Easter and Spring!
4.04.2011
Plushie Chicks & Bunnies!
Many of you loved Dandelions & Lace’s Marshmallow Bunny tutorial…and you’re sure to love her newest chicks!
Thanks for another adorable Easter tutorial Amanda!!
April “Create With Me” Announced…
April’s craft project is…
Paint a Rug!!
I’m drooling over all of the fabulous painted rugs out there and thought this would be a blast to create together!
This month we are doing things a little different…since our styles vary and there are many ways to paint a rug…you get to use whatever tutorial and design you’d like!
Let me show you a few of my favorites…
A Little Bite of Everything made this rug using a fabulous tutorial over at Ikea Hackers.
Bright, fun rug by La Factoria Plastica
Zig Zag Rug by Adventures in Dress-Making
They’re GORGEOUS right?! I’m sure there are many more fabulous tutorials you can use {or you can make your own up, of course}!
You can use any design, paint colors, and it can be any size you’d like!! I can’t wait to see yours!!
I’m headed to Ikea ASAP!!
Wanna play this month?!
Here are the simple rules:
1..Take a photo of your painted rug.
3. Email photo to ucreatecrafts@gmail.com and title it “Create With Me”. Make sure to include your name and/or link you want displayed! You do not need a blog to play along…just include your name.
5. Due date for photos…April 29th
Have fun creating!!
Bowties in time for Easter!
I stumbled upon two gorgeous blogs today.
Jessica at Living the Swell Life and Brittni over at papernstitch…and they’ve come together to bring us this fabulous bowtie pattern!
LOVE how Jessica’s tutorial is so versatile! You can adjust the pattern to fit any size or even use it as a hair bow for the girls!
4.02.2011
Creative Guest: Young and Crafty
Welcome Hannah to Ucreate today!!
This Louisiana gal is full of creativity and endless ideas and shares them with us at Young and Crafty!
She says: “…my life is insanely busy right now! I am currently working full time for a bank while attending school full time (12 hours) to get my Specialist in School Psychology degree. This blog and craft projects are my therapy to stay sane!!”
I think most of us can agree that crafting can give us moments of sanity in our crazy lifes!
Here’s Hannah…
Hello Ucreate readers! I am thrilled beyond belief that Kari let me guest post here today! I have a blog called Young and Crafty where I share my craft adventures and misadventures!
Today I would like to share a tutorial on how to make your very own wooden tray!
A few months back I decided I was over our current coffee table situation.
It looked a little something like this:
Remotes scattered everywhere and those decorative balls were in pretty bad shape. A certain little weenie dog had gotten a hold of one, oh, about 3 years ago.
So a month or so ago I was shopping around TJMaxx and found a blue crate looking tray that I absolutely loved. I picked it up, put it down, picked it up again, walked around with it for awhile and then put it down again. It was only $15 but I just KNEW I could make my own!
Supplies Needed:
2- 1x2 boards
Stain
Paint
Jute/Twine
(I used our miter saw and nail gun for this but you could easily use a miter box and hammer)
I cut the boards for the frame first. The outside is 24 in and the inside is 14 in. No I didn't angle the corners, just butted them up against each other!
I then cut the 2 inside, outside pieces. They were right at 22 in. I nailed them in first.
Then I took the inside, inside pieces and placed them where there was about the same space between them all. No measuring here, all eyeballing. My forte'!
Here you can see all the nails. I didn't worry about filling them in because I knew I would be painting. I also have to pencil marks to drill holes for the handles. Do this on both ends.
I then took my favorite color stain, Red Mahogany, and gave the whole tray one coat.
You'll see the reason for doing this a little later!
It was looking a little too perfect. I wanted this tray to look old and weathered, not like I made it that day!
Take both sides of your hammer and start banging it up.
At this point, start questioning if you are doing this right and just hope you are.
I then painted the tray with Behr Winter Lake (the same color as this chair). I did NOT wait for the stain to dry. I wanted some of it to come through to make it look even more worn.
As bad as I wanted to start sanding right away, I did let the paint dry over night. I then started sanding the edges and just "roughing" it up some more. You can see here why I stained first. The dark stain will show through and if I hadn't stained it would show through the light color of the wood.
Here it is after quite a bit of sanding.
Now it's time to attach the handle. I took one strand of jute and made sure I cut it plenty long so that I would have plenty of room to make a knot.
Then use that strand to cut 2 more strands the same length. Pull all 3 strands through one hole.
Tie your knot in that end.
Take your 3 strands and braid them. Make sure you keep it tight so that the handle can stand up on it's own.
Braid until you get the length you want. Bring the 3 strands through the other hole along with a little bit of the braid. Tie a knot and cut close to the edge of it.
Make the handle for the other side. You can see here that they will stand up on their own and not flop over.
I put these little furniture pads on the bottom. I sort of missed the wood on a few of the boards (As seen in the picture above) and they went though the bottom. My coffee table would have scratched like crazy!
Bring it in, style it and take tons of pictures of your handiwork! Fresh azalea's make it look even prettier!
All of the remotes have a home now.
I love the braided rope detail.
Nothing like an organized coffee table!
Thanks so much for checking out my tutorial!
I would absolutely love for you to come visit my blog Young and Crafty!
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