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Old Picture Frames: What Can I Do With Them?

Katar — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:00:37 +0000

I have TONS of old picture frames – TONS. I am pretty set on making sure my frames in each of my rooms match. A lot of times I just spray paint the old frames so that they are all the same color – so that usually works out! However, I have frames with missing glass, latches, and huge chips. There’s a ton of stuff that you can do with these – which brings me to the purpose of this post!

Click on the photo to go to the tutorial.

Misc. Tutorials:

Jewelry Holder: WindHula

Jewelry Holder: Creatively Green

Craft Show Displays: Crafterella

How to Make a Serving Tray from a Picture Frame: The Artful Crafter

Bow Frame: Forrest and Abbie

Fabric Photo Mats: I Love to Create

Pretty Pinboards: Shabby Nest

Dry Erase Calendar: Thirty Handmade Days

Framed Pine Cones: Craftojholics Anonymous

Solar Herb Dryer: CraftZine

Christmas Tutorials:

Prudent Baby Easy Advent Calendar: Design Sponge

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

Leaves and Tree Branches: What Can I Do With Them?

Katar — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:00:28 +0000

I am all raked out.

I’ve recently raked leaves at a park for community service, at my parent’s cottages, at my fiance’s parent’s house, and of course, at our house (which took several hours and basically an entire weekend!)

Our house right before Halloween

Our neighbor's lawn - it's hard to tell from the photos, but those leaves were piled inches high!

This weekend, we even went back to my fiance’s parents house to finish up the raking job that we started! There are TOO MANY LEAVES! So what can we do with these leaves, you ask? Sure.. you’ll probably use yard waste recycling, but why not pick out the awesome ones to craft with!? I’m sure while you’re raking, you’ll find some tree branches mixed in along the way, so put them to good use as well! Here are some tutorials:

Leaf Tutorials:

Make a Fall Wreath: Gingerbread Snowflakes

How to Make a Leaf Wreath with Autumn Leaves: eHow

Fall Leaf Candle: Gingerbread Snowflakes

How to Make Roses from Maple Leaves: Haha.Nu

Playing with Gourds, Dried Leaves and Mod Podge: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Tree Branch Tutorials:

Tree Branch Curtain Rod: DIY Ideas

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. Thanks!

DIY Halloween Pumpkin and Gourd Decoration Tutorials

Katar — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:00:14 +0000

It’s October 22th – almost a week before Halloween, and the PERFECT time to carve your pumpkins and dry your gourds! You can do so much more than carve a simple face.

When moving into my house past this past May, I noticed that there was something odd growing. I wasn’t sure if it was a weed, so I let it keep growing. Surprisingly, it produced one mini pumpkin (gourd), and I’m attempting to dry it! I looked up ‘how to dry gourds’ on Google, and found so many different results of what to do and not to do. I’m really confused about the whole process. For now, I’m hanging it up in my garage and seeing what happens. Anyone know how to dry gourds for real? I want to keep the seeds, too! Anyways, back to the real post subject.

I’ve collected several tutorials that I thought were interesting ideas for both pumpkins and gourds.

The first section will focus on carved pumpkin and gourds, and the second section is a whole bunch of ideas for no carve solutions.

General Tutorials:

Contents for Carved Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Non-traditional Carving Tutorials

Contents for No Carve Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Ribbon Tutorials
Object Attachment Tutorials
Painted Tutorials
Picture Tutorials

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Carved Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Non-Traditional Carving Tutorials:

Good to Glow Haunted House Pumpkin: Parents

How to do a Halloween Miniature Scene: That Artist Woman

Mummy Pumpkin: Ladies Home Journal

Geometric Pattern Pumpkin: Parents

In a Twinkling Pumpkin: Parents

No Carve Pumpkin and Gourd Tutorials:

Ribbon Tutorials:

: No Carve Pumpkin Decorating: Delish

: Striped Pumpkin Tutorial: Ulixis Crafts

Object Attachment Tutorials:

Vinyl Pumpkin Decorating from OhMyCrafts on YouTube

This Aint Your Ordinary Pumpkin: Kari and Kijsa

More Pretty Little Pumpkins: The Shabby Nest

Pumpkin Costume: Dollar Store Crafts

Dried Leaves Gourd: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Stickered Mini Pumpkins: Cheeky Magpie

Painted Tutorials:

Doodle Pumpkin: The Swell Life

Setting Pretty Painted Mini Pumpkins: Parents

Spooky Spots: Parents

Let's Make a Pumpkin Penguin: WyldHare

Cuddle-able Scarecrows: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Bloody Pumpkins: The Swell Life's Blog

Creepy Spiders: Parents

Going Batty Pumpkins: Parents

: Easy Stripe and Polka Dot Pumpkins: The Swell Life’s Blog

Boo in the Face Eyes Pumpkin: Parents

Spray Painted Pumpkins: Crafty Crafty

: Painted Party Pumpkins: Sunset

: Paint Drip Pumpkin: Diary of a Crafty Chica

: Breast Cancer Awareness Pumpkins: The Swell Life’s Blog

Make Your Own Ghost Gourds: Cathie Filian

Picture Tutorials:

The Picture Perfect Pumpkin: CraftZine

: Polaroid Pumpkins: The Swell Life’s Blog

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Am I insane for spending hours to get pictures and links all set up? YES. In general. And NO – because I use my blog as a reference for myself as well. I can reference back to these tutorials and ideas for the rest of my life – without having to search ever again! YES! That’s why, if you have any awesome tutorials, ideas, or comments for pumpkins or gourds – let me know so I can keep a running list! Thanks so much!

Photo Credit: nep on flickr

DIY Halloween Party and Indoor Decoration Tutorials

Katar — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 14:00:28 +0000

I did have pictures for every single tutorial, but something weird happened and they all disappeared. After much trying to get everything back, the original post would not save properly, and always showed up blank. So, that’s kind of sad. I did have to redo all of the links. It was painful doing it the second time around, but worth it! Maybe I broke the blog by including too many pictures.. oops.. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this post and get a ton of ideas from it!

If you would like to see the pictures without having to click all of the links – leave me a comment with your email address and I can send you the undamaged Microsoft Word document. Again – sorry about the inconvenience!

Tutorials:

Having a Halloween Costume Contest? Check out my tutorial for award ribbons!
Decorating the outside of your house too? Check out my list of tutorials here

Contents:

Invitation and Card Tutorials
Favor Tutorials
Centerpiece Tutorials
Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials
Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials
Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials
Game Tutorials
Ornament Tutorials
Picture Frame and Album Tutorials
Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials
Other Decoration Tutorials
Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos

Invitation and Card Tutorials:

Simple Halloween Gift Tags: Studio Mama
Vintage Halloween Postcards: About OK – so not really an invitation, but a freaking sweet link to vintage Halloween postcards! Tell me you can’t do something creative with THOSE!
Owl Invitation: The Impatient Crafter
Halloween Party Invitation: BHG
How to Craft a Spooky Halloween Card: Craft Ideas
Lollipop Ghost Halloween Party Invitation: HGTV
Halloween Tag Doll Invitations: Erica Mulherin
Bewitching Invitation: BHG
Halloween Luminary Invitations: Martha Stewart
Handmade Halloween Mask Cards: Junie Moon
Halloween Pop-Up Card: Can’t Stop Making Things Blog
Witchy Embroidered Postcard: The Swell Life
Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations: Brooklyn Limestone
Creature Survival Kit Boxed Invitations Q and A: Brooklyn Limestone – in case you have questions about how to make the link above!

Favor Tutorials:

Centerpiece Tutorials:

Banner/Pennant/Garland Tutorials:

Dining Room Decoration, Food Favor, and Place Setting Tutorials:

Halloween Runner Video: BHG
Tabletop Stiffy Ghost: Cathie Filian
Punch Bowl Prop How-To Video: Martha Stewart
Hair-Raising Display: BHG
Halloween Tablecloth: Martha Stewart
Halloween Pedestals: Meli-Melo-Art’s Blog
Cute CD Cupcake Stand: The Swell Life’s Blog
Make a festive Halloween Cupcake Stand from Terracotta pots: The Artful Crafter
Halloween Pennant Cupcake Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
Halloween Cupcake Pics/Picks: The Swell Life’s Blog
Veggie Head: The Swell Life’s Blog
MisFortune Cookies: BHG
Creepy Candy Cover-Ups Video: BHG - a must see if you’re handing out king size candy bars!
Spooky Tree Halloween Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
Mummy and Bat Candy Bar Covers: Skip to My Lou
Embellished Glass Candy Bowls: BHG
Spooky Eyes Candy Bowl: Cathie Filian
Witch’s Cauldron Candy Holder: HGTV
Halloween Candy Bucket: Little Birdie Secrets
Long-Stem Pumpkin Labels: BHG
Ghostly Glove Placecard Holders: HGTV
Kid’s Witch Spoon Puppet: Cathie Filian
Printable Cup Sleeves: Livinglocurto
Halloween Eyeball Silverware: BHG
Creepy Coasters: BHG
Halloween Skeleton Hand Napkins: Gets Bored Easily
Black Widow Chair Covers: BHG
How to Make a Spooky Halloween Spice Rack: Crafterella
Creepy Family Chandelier: HGTV – Make sure you watch the second half of the video for the chandelier – otherwise you’ll probably think it’s crap! But it actually looks pretty neat.
Webbed Chandelier: BHG
Halloween Chandelier Shades: CottageMagpie
Making Halloween Corpse Hands: WetCanvas

Candle, Match Holder, and Lantern Tutorials:

Game Tutorials:

Ornament Tutorials:

Picture Frame and Album Tutorials:

Halloween Potion Jar Tutorials: