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09

Dec

DIY Soap Making Tutorials and Techniques from The Soap Queen

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!!!

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04

Dec

Toilet Paper Rolls: What Can I Do With Them?

Honestly, I’m amazed. I didn’t think you could do anything with toilet paper rolls! I am obviously proven wrong. I might have to try the toilet paper roll ornament, seriously! It doesn’t look anything like a TP roll when it’s finished! Oh – and I HAVE to do the pixelated boy. HAVE TO!

Man… this has got to be the weirdest post yet. I mean.. just thinking about using toilet paper rolls kind of freaks me out – but they have been crafted with! What a unique way to recycle!

ArtistsHelpingChildren always have an AMAZING tutorial list for just about everything! Check out their links for what you can do with toilet paper rolls!

Click on the photo to get the tutorial.

Home Decor Tutorials:

Monogrammed Napkin Rings: Maya Made

Handmade Napkin Rings: Handcrafted Hitching Post

Toilet Paper Roll Wall Art: Design Sponge

Recycled Sofa for Barbie: Cathie Filian

Paper Roll Squirrel: That Artist Woman

DIY Toilet Roll Pixel Boy: BeruBetto

Toilet Paper Mini Album Tutorial: CreativePaperPrincess

Recycled Wreath Tutorial: AlisaBurke

Misc. Tutorials:

How to Transform a Toilet Paper Roll Into a Sling Gun: WonderHowTo

How to Wind Center Pull Balls of Yarn: CraftStylish

Making Toilet Paper Roll Seed Starters: SimplyForties

Packaging Tutorials:

Yule Love This: Pretty Little Things

Halloween Tutorials:

Halloween Favor Boxes: Crafting a Green World

DIY Childrens Costume Rococo Toilet Paper Roll Wig: OutsaPop

Thanksgiving Tutorials:

How to Make a Decorative Table Centerpiece Out Of Paper: eHow

Christmas Tutorials:

Making a Toilet Paper Roll Ornament: MikeContent on YouTube

Handmade Christmas Crackers: OurBigEarth

Inspiration, Ideas, and Photos:

Toilet Paper Roll Sculptures: LoudDreams

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

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02

Dec

Old Skool and Burnt Out Light Bulbs: What Can I Do With Them?

When I moved into the new house, my fiance and I made a pact: to never ever use incandescent light bulbs, and to only use CFL bulbs. Let’s face it – you save so much more money with them! Since we consistently are forgetting to turn off the lights, doing this was truly worth it. My fiance even wrote a post about how green we plan to be!

Our new house was covered in ‘old skool light bulbs’ as I like to call them. They are now sitting in a box in the garage – waiting to be crafted with. Honestly, before I found some of these tutorials, I was just going to throw them out on the curb in a box that said “FREE.” Never mind to that! Click on the photo to grab the tutorial, and have fun recycling!