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2010 Girls of DIYscene Calendar is available for purchase!

Katar — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:34:15 +0000

Spend the next year with DIYscene!

The 2010 calendar that many people have slaved over for the past year is now ready for purchase. You can click on this photo link to buy it directly from artsnow.com for $13.99 plus shipping. Order yours now for the New Year and order extra copies for friends and customers!

The calendar features 12 months of DIYscene girls modeling wares by DIYscene artists.

I bought mine and can’t wait to get it! To support the forum and the artists featured, make sure you pick one up!

DIY Soap Making Tutorials and Techniques from The Soap Queen

Katar — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:00:28 +0000

I’ve always been interested in making soap – but had no idea how to go about it.

Soap Queen is an AMAZING blogger that I’ve discovered recently, and wanted to share some of the tutorials that she had on her blog on mine! She has so much talent and has an excellent product offering. Her soaps would make EXCELLENT and UNIQUE Christmas gifts!

Simply click on the photo to go to her tutorial. Enjoy – and be sure to subscribe to her feed if you’re interested in making soap!

General Soap Tutorials:

Lucky Star Soaps: Soap Queen

Soapylove Technique Post: Embed Problems: Soap Queen

Fiery Energy Bar: Soap Queen

Recipe for Oatmeal Melt and Pour Soap: Soap Queen

Food Soap Tutorials:

Fluffy Frosted Soapy Cupcakes: Soap Queen

Fall Soap Tutorials:

Stenciled Glitter Soap: Soap Queen

Glitter Cut Out Soaps: Soap Queen

Flexy Fast Fall Pumpkin Soap: Soap Queen

Pumpkin Puree Cold Process Soap: Soap Queen

Fall Soap Favors: Soap Queen

Halloween Soap Tutorials:

Tattooed Soap: Soap Queen

Thanksgiving Soap Tutorials:

Gobble Gobble Soapy Family Project: Soap Queen

Christmas Soap Tutorials:

Christmas Tag Soap: Soap Queen

Glittered Sparkle Soap Kit: Soap Queen

I need to gather materials, and soon! What great ideas!!!

DIY Christmas Recipe Tutorials

Katar — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:00:22 +0000

I absolutely hate making ‘boring’ food, as I enjoy calling it. If I’m gonna bake, the end result has to look like something! This post includes a ton of recipes that serves as an edible display that is interesting to look at. I think I may need to borrow my fiance’s nieces to make some of these some weekend!

I just love these recipes – they all look yummy and really fun to make! Click on the photo to get the how to.

For a huge list of Christmas desserts from Family Fun, check out their Delicious Christmas Desserts Recipes

Appetizer Tutorials:

Christmas Package Cheese Snack: FamilyFun

Cheese Ball Santa: FamilyFun

Frosty the Cheese Ball: FamilyFun

Mini Bagel Wreaths: FamilyFun

Chocolate Church Mice: FamilyFun

Chocolate Cherry Mice: FamilyFun

Jolly Snowman Bread: FamilyFun

Crunchy the Snowman: FamilyFun

Wrap 'n' Stack Sandwich Tree: FamilyFun

Pizza Pocket Wreath: FamilyFun

Pine Tree Fruit Kabobs: FamilyFun

Candy Tutorials:

Jelly Bean Christmas Trees: FamilyFun

Red-Nosed Reindeer Lollipops: FamilyFun

Cookie Tutorials:

Nutter Butter Rudolph: NapTimeCrafting

Holiday Hello Cookies: FamilyFun

A Light Dessert: FamilyFun

Sweet Tortilla Snowflakes: FamilyFun

The Elves' Snickerdoodles: FamilyFun

Sweet Macaroon Angels: FamilyFun

Sugar Cookie Windows and Doors: FamilyFun

Santa Hats: FamilyFun

Santa Hat Sugar Cookies: FamilyFun

Santas and Heavenly Angels: FamilyFun

Mint Cookie Pops: FamilyFun

Meringue Snowflakes: FamilyFun

Kris Kringle Cookies: FamilyFun

Holiday Wreaths: FamilyFun

Candy Cane Cookies: FamilyFun

Frosty Graham Crackers: FamilyFun

Gingerbread Family Kit: FamilyFun

Cupcake Tutorials:

Snowman Cupcakes: Martha Stewart

Donut Tutorials:

Doughnut Snowmen: FamilyFun

Drink Tutorials:

Hot Chocolate Cones: FamilyFun

Marshmallow Tutorials:

Candy Cane Marshmallows: Martha Stewart

Homemade Chocolate Chip Marshmallows: CraftZine

Popcorn Tutorials:

Peppermint Popcorn: Make it Do

Popcorn Ball Ornaments: FamilyFun

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

DIY Gift Packaging Tutorials

Katar — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:00:33 +0000

Holy Packaging Batman! There are so many tutorials for this subject – it’s crazy! I tried to sort all of my findings the best I could, so please refer to the contents section below if you’re looking for something in particular. I can’t believe I found so many – I’ve been wrapping my gifts horribly for my entire life, I had no CLUE how to tie a bow, and there are a ton of things that you can reuse for packaging! I hope this really helps – here we go!

Oh! But first – here are 101 links from TipNut for Gift Tags, Toppers, and Wraps. Check it out!

For gift tags, check out my previous post: DIY Gift Tag Tutorials

Bow Tutorials:

Paper Bow From Recycled Gift Wrap: Momfetti

Hair Bow Tutorial: Snsribbon - although it's a hair bow, it can totally be used for packaging as well!

How to Tie a Wreath Bow: eHow

Basic Bow Making Instructions: EleganceinBloom

How to Make a Perfect Floral Bow: Save-On-Crafts

The Useful Circle Bow

Pom Pom Bow Tutorials: The Container Store

Make a Gift Bow from a Magazine Page: How About Orange

Embellish Your Holiday Gift Wrap With Econoflex: SoftFlexGirl

Perfect Little Bows: Scrappin Out Loud

Brooches and Badges: Bugs and Fishes

How to Create a Wired Bow: Living With Lindsay

Present Decor: The DIY Show Off

Lolita Bow: Cut Out and Keep

Ribbon Bow Tutorial: Smashed Peas and Carrots

Box Tutorials:

Making an Origami Gift Box: InsidiousNeth on YouTube

Printable Pillow Box: Up Up

Giant Nugget Boxes: Inking Idaho

Greeting Card Box: KinderArt

CD Holder: Creative Itch

Circular Tutorials:

Christmas Pop Top Cans: Blue Cricket Design

Teacher Gift: Poppies at Play

Cash and Gift Card Holder Tutorials:

Crafty Cash Holder: Martha Stewart

Wrapping Gift Cards: Martha Stewart

Gift Card Holders: Martha Stewart

Gift Bag Tutorials:

Cereal Box Totes: Somewhat Simple

Gift Bag Tutorial: Treasures For Tots

Paper Bag Purse: Inking Idaho

Getting Purseonal: Small Fry and Co.

Bear Bag Tutorial: WeWilsons

Printable Holiday Quotes:

Printable Holiday Quotes: Scrappin’ Out Loud

Wrapping Paper Tutorials:

Make Your Own Stripe-y Wrapping Paper: CrafterHours

Eco-Friendly Holiday Wrapping: SewingDork

Eco Christmas Gift Wrap: Zakka Life

Halloween Packaging Tutorials:

Paper Witch Shoes: Skip to My Lou

Christmas Packaging Tutorials:

Easy Christmas Baskets: Small Fry and Co.

Lump of Coal Gift Box with a Secret: Martha Stewart

Make a Mini Holiday Gift Box: Cathie Filian

Snowman Gift Boxes: Blue Cricket Design

Using Ornaments for Packaging: Zakka Life

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Gift Wrapping Ideas

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

DIY Gift Tag Tutorials

Katar — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:00:34 +0000

Yay for gift tags! If only I had the time to make all of these wonderful things. Maybe I should start crafting in July!

These tutorials will help you make your Christmas gifts even more special. These crafters are so talented! Click on the photo to get the how to.

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Gift Tag Tutorials:

Punched Snowflake Gift Tags: Martha Stewart

Making Christmas Tags Out of Old Greeting Cards: Altered Stuff

Christmas Gift Tags for Bridge Lovers: A Spoonful of Sugar

Quick Christmas Gift Tags: A Spoonful of Sugar

Soap Christmas Tags: The Soap Queen

How to Make Vintage Photo Gift Tags: Nice Package

Personalized Gift Tags: Can't Stop Making Things

Last Minute Christmas Tags: inchmark

Recycled Christmas Cards to Gift Tags: Fat Bottom Bags

Music Note Gift Tags: Blue Cricket Design

Fabric Gift Tags: Brown Paper Packages

Button Gift Tags: Bugs and Fishes

Recycled Gift Tags: Craft

Yuletide gift tags: a blender pen tutorial: poppytalk

Easy Christmas Gift Tags: kelly jo's stamp pad

How To - Mini LP Record Gift Tags: Dude Craft

Funky Gift Tags: Blue Cricket Design

Printable Gift Tags:

Free Lace-Patterned Labels and Gift Tags: Creature Comforts

Make Mini Gift Tags Using Free Clip Art From Soft Flex Company: SoftFlexGirl

Clip Art Gift Tags: Blue Cricket Design

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Glittered Gift Tags: Susie Harris

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

DIY Advent Calendar Tutorials

Katar — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:00:18 +0000

Now is the perfect time to construct an advent calendar to start off December right!

I love all of these great ideas for advent calendars – I always walk by the ones at Target and think they are amazing, but they are way overpriced. Here are some advent calendar tutorials that you can make at home that look just as awesome!

Click on the photo to grab the tutorial.

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Advent Calendar Tutorials:

Advent Boxes: AliEdwards

Advent Calendar Tutorial: Blue Cricket Design

Advent Calendar Tutorial: Sumo's Sweet Stuff

Christmas Advent Mini Muffin Tin: Nap Time Crafting

Advent Calendar Mitten Pattern: Oliverands

Easy Advent Calendar: Design Sponge

How To Anticipation Calendar: CraftZine

Cookie Sheet Advent Tutorial: Tatertots and Jello

Christmas in July Advent Calendar: SewMamaSew - I HAVE to make this! How awesome is getting full-sized candy bars!?

Countdown to Christmas Tutorial: Shanty2Chic

Affirmation Advent Calendar: The Crafty Chica

Advent Calendar Tutorial: Shanty2Chic

Snowing Presents Advent Calendar: Pickles

DIY Advent Calendar by Cici Art Factory: ModEco Kids

Baby Sock Advent Calendar: Martha Stewart

Mini Stockings: Martha Stewart

25 Days of Christmas Countdown: Blue Cricket Design

Mini Pinata Advent Calendar: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Paper Christmas Tree Advent Calendar: Ikat Bag

Simple Spool Advent Calendars: Just Something I Made

Christmas Countdown and Activity List: A Wednesday Afternoon

Lo-Fi Advent Calendar: Meet Me At Mike's

Advent Calendar Pockets: All Sorts

DIY Holiday Calendars: Alpha Mom

Advent Candy Tree: FamilyCrafts.About

Greeting Card Advent Calendar: Martha Stewart

Greeting Card Advent Calendar: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Printable Advent Calendars:

Several Different Advent Calendars to Print: del4yo

Activity Advent Calendar You Can Print: CrafterHours

Tear-Off Advent Calendar: Can't Stop Making Things

Advent Calendar Wreath Tutorials:

Advent Calendar Wreath: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Advent Calendar Clothespin Wreath: The Crafty Chica

Christmas Countdown Wreath: Scrappin' Out Loud

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

DIY Christmas Card Tutorials

Katar — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Don’t buy Christmas cards! Make these instead. They are so much more personal. Click on the photo to go to the tutorial.

Have old greeting cards that you want to do something with? Check out my previous post: Old Greeting Cards: What Can I Do With Them?

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Christmas Card Tutorials:

Painting Cards: Painting.About

The Easy Technique for Painting Handmade Christmas Cards: Painting.About

Santa's Sleigh Christmas Card Tutorial: Cheeky Magpie

Starbucks Coffee Sleeve Christmas Card: Aileen's Musings

Make a Greeting Card with Scrap Fabric Applique and Buttons: Crafting a Green World

Make a Collage Window Card from Recycled Papers: Crafting a Green World

A Simple Recycled Paper Greeting Card: Crafting a Green World

Ribbon Tree Holiday Cards: CraftZine

Goofy Holiday Cards: Cheeky Magpie

Glittered Holiday Cards with Fold-In Shapes: Martha Stewart

Gift-Wrapped Cards: Martha Stewart

Holiday Digital Photo Cards: Martha Stewart

Stand-Up Figure Cards: Martha Stewart

Button Snowman Cards: Martha Stewart

Embossed Holiday Cards: Martha Stewart

Ribbon Trees Card: Martha Stewart

Rickrack Cards: Martha Stewart

Snowflake Cards: Martha Stewart

White Christmas: Sweet Greetings: Martha Stewart

Glittered Cards with Melissa: Martha Stewart

Ornament Cards: Martha Stewart

Hankerchief Cards: Martha Stewart

Punched Snowflake Photo Card: Martha Stewart

Monogrammed Cards: Martha Stewart

Puzzle-Cut Pine Tree Cards: Martha Stewart

Doily Stencil Cards: Martha Stewart

Mirror Image Silhouette Cards: Martha Stewart

Christmas Tree Photo Cards: Martha Stewart

Button Cards: Martha Stewart

Candy Cane Rickrack Cards: Martha Stewart

Reindeer Pop-Up Card: Martha Stewart

Punched Holiday Cards: Martha Stewart

Sparkling Holiday Cards: Martha Stewart

Cookie Cutter Cards: Martha Stewart

Magnet Cards: Martha Stewart

Photo Holiday Cards: Martha Stewart

Stamped Holiday Cards: Martha Stewart

Seasons Greetings Simple Stanzas: Martha Stewart

Christmas Cards You Can Print for Free:

Christmas Card Patterns: Scrappin’ Out Loud

Mini Greeting Card and Letter Writing Set: Eat Drink Chic

Free Christmas Clip Art:

Vintage Family Number Christmas Cards: Just Something I Made

Glittered Clip Art Deer Cards: Martha Stewart

Glittered Clip-Art Bird Cards: Martha Stewart

Clip Art Holiday Gift Cards: Martha Stewart

Clip-Art Craft: Snowman Card: Martha Stewart

Glittered Clip Art Bird and Berry Cards: Martha Stewart

Holiday Newsletter Tutorials:

Envelope-Fold Holiday Letter: Martha Stewart

Holiday Newsletters: Martha Stewart

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Cherry’s Jubilee has some AMAZING Christmas cards – they are truly a work of art!

Christmas Wishes Card: Scrappin Out Loud

Season's Greetings Card: Scrappin Out Loud

White Cards: Ruffles and Stuff

Merry Little Christmas Ornament Card: Stampin Up

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

Old Greeting Cards: What Can I Do With Them?

Katar — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:00:55 +0000

Don’t throw your old greeting cards away! There is plenty that you can do with them. Click on the photo to grab the tutorial.

Looking for more Christmas tutorials? Simply check out my blog archive for Christmas!

Misc. Tutorials:

Recycled Greeting Card Ideas: SCJohnson

How to Make Tie-On Charms from Recycled Christmas Cards: Happy Birds Crafting Haven

Scented Sachet with Recycled Greeting Cards: Cathie Filian

Greeting Card Box: KinderArt

Crochet Card Bowl: Family Crafts.About

How to Make a Christmas Card Basket: All Free Crafts

Advent Calendar Tutorials:

Greeting Card Advent Calendar: Martha Stewart

Greeting Card Advent Calendar: Gingerbread Snowflakes

Card Tutorials:

Holiday Cards from Recycled Paper and Greeting Cards: twistedlimb1 on YouTube

Gift Tag Tutorials:

Making Christmas Tags: Altered Stuff

Ornament Tutorials:

Looking for more ornament tutorials? Check out my previous blog post: DIY Ornament Tutorials

Make a Christmas Card Star: WikiHow

Recycled Card Ornaments: Vickie Howell

Cardstock Globe Ornament: RubberStamping.About

Recycle a Card into a Crochet Ornament: Roots and Wings Co.

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

The 2009 Gift Making Guide from Cathe Holden

Katar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:56 +0000

Wow – I am in AWE! Cathe Holden just posted her 2009 Gift Making Guide on her Just Something I Made blog.

She has listed over 40 of her very own tutorials in the guide, and I want to make everything!

My all-time favorite is the vintage globe bowl.

Be sure to click on the photo to check out the guide for all of her gift making tutorials!

The 2009 Gift Making Guide: Cathe Holden - Click the photo to see over 40 of Cathe Holden's amazing tutorials!

DIY Paper and Fabric Flower Centerpieces, Decorations, and Tutorials

Katar — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:00:49 +0000

I’ve been looking around at various flower shops to attempt to pick out flowers for the wedding. I found that flowers were way overpriced, and 1 simple bouquet alone costs around $70. There is no way that I can afford bouquets for the centerpieces, bridesmaids, me, decorations, etc. All of that would easily cost over $2,000! I looked into other options, and found that there are actually a lot of paper and fabric flowers that you can make, that look really modern and classy!

And hey – fabric flowers and bouquets will last forever, so you don’t have to pay a bunch to get them preserved! They also won’t die in 2 days! So, in reality, I think fabric and paper flowers are a lot more awesome anyways!

Did I mention I’m allergic to flowers anyways? This is a bonus!

Oh hey! Costco has 400 sheets of tissue paper right now for around $5!!! Check out the Christmas aisle. You CAN’T beat that! I have only seen packs of white though – if you are looking for that color.

I hope the links below help you out as much as they helped me. Click on the photos or links to go to the tutorial. Enjoy!

Misc. Tutorials:

Paper and Fabric Flowers: Martha Stewart – There are 32 ideas in just this link alone!
I haven’t seen the book yet, but I’m so excited to know that a paper flower book exists! Check out CraftZine‘s review of Make Your Own Paper Flowers by Klutz

Fabric Flower Tutorials:

Rose Petal Tee: The Storque - scroll down to get the 'how to' for the flowers only!

Flower Collar Tutorial: KatieDid

How to Make a Stiffened Fabric Flower Brooch: CraftyPod

Super Cool Fabric Flower Hair Clip Tutorial: LuBirdBaby

Fabric Flowers: Make it Do

Necktie Daisies: Craftster

Fabric Rose and Peony: Martha Stewart Weddings

Ribbon and Fabric Flowers: Martha Stewart Weddings - I made a bunch of the fabric flowers - they are easy to do and make cute embellishments on several different things!

DIY Fabric Rosettes: Susie Harris Blog

Large Layered Flower Pin How To: My Mama Made It

Paper Flower Tutorials:

How to Make Crumpled Flowers for Scrapbooking: Scrappin' Out Loud

Mexican Paper Flowers: Mad in Crafts

DIY Paper Flowers: Creature Comforts

Calla Lilly and Chrysanthemum Swizzle Sticks: Martha Stewart - I LOVE the Calla Lilly. It is extremely simple, and I made some with satin fabric. They look REALLY elegant!

Paper Flower Bouquet Tutorials:

Crafted Bouquet: Martha Stewart Weddings

Paper Flower Pom Pom Decoration Tutorials:

Paper Flower Pom Poms: Martha Stewart

Paper Flower Centerpiece Tutorials:

How to Make a Paper Flower Centerpiece: CraftStylish

DIY Tissue Paper Garden Centerpieces: Once Wed

Paper Flower Centerpiece: CraftZine

Flower Arrangement Centerpieces: Rachael Ray Mag - although this isn't a tutorial for paper flowers, isn't this a great idea for a centerpiece WITH paper flowers?

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Wedding Crafts - Brides and Bridesmaids Bouquets: Mad in Crafts

Wedding Table Centerpieces Using Paper Flowers: Stjudescreations

Spyrograph Wedding: Design Sponge - haha! They are using the same vases that we are for our centerpieces! I really like this setup, I think I'll try to implement this!

If you know of ANY other examples or tutorials, please comment below so I can add them to this list. I would be so happy to find more tutorials to test out for my wedding. Thanks!

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2010 Girls of DIYscene Calendar is available for purchase!

DIY Soap Making Tutorials and Techniques from The Soap Queen

Contents:

General Soap Tutorials:

Food Soap Tutorials:

Fall Soap Tutorials:

Halloween Soap Tutorials:

Thanksgiving Soap Tutorials:

Christmas Soap Tutorials:

DIY Christmas Recipe Tutorials

Contents:

Appetizer Tutorials:

Candy Tutorials:

Cookie Tutorials:

Cupcake Tutorials:

Donut Tutorials:

Drink Tutorials:

Marshmallow Tutorials:

Popcorn Tutorials:

DIY Gift Packaging Tutorials

Contents:

Bow Tutorials:

Box Tutorials:

Circular Tutorials:

Cash and Gift Card Holder Tutorials:

Gift Bag Tutorials:

Printable Holiday Quotes:

Wrapping Paper Tutorials:

Halloween Packaging Tutorials:

Christmas Packaging Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

DIY Gift Tag Tutorials

Contents:

Gift Tag Tutorials:

Printable Gift Tags:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

DIY Advent Calendar Tutorials

Contents:

Advent Calendar Tutorials:

Printable Advent Calendars:

Advent Calendar Wreath Tutorials:

DIY Christmas Card Tutorials

Contents:

Christmas Card Tutorials:

Christmas Cards You Can Print for Free:

Free Christmas Clip Art:

Holiday Newsletter Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Old Greeting Cards: What Can I Do With Them?

Contents:

Misc. Tutorials:

Advent Calendar Tutorials:

Card Tutorials:

Gift Tag Tutorials:

Ornament Tutorials:

The 2009 Gift Making Guide from Cathe Holden

DIY Paper and Fabric Flower Centerpieces, Decorations, and Tutorials

Misc. Tutorials:

Fabric Flower Tutorials:

Paper Flower Tutorials:

Paper Flower Bouquet Tutorials:

Paper Flower Pom Pom Decoration Tutorials:

Paper Flower Centerpiece Tutorials:

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos: