Quote of the day: “After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.” -Michael Bloomberg Are you ready to make Washi Tape Candles? I know I am so let’s get started!
I really love making crafts that are easy, affordable and easy. Yeah, I know I said easy TWICE because that is my favorite part about it!
Since your candles are made of wax when you are ready to take off your washi tape it will come right off. You won’t have to worry about damaging your candle. I used long thin candles because I wanted to dress up my centerpiece on our table. I keep this baby up year round. So, when Christmas comes around guess what I will do…prolly grab some white pillar candles and put Christmas washi tape on them. Wanna see how easy it is to do this? If you want to see how I made HOMEMADE WASHI tape click HERE.
I am using Halloween washi tape by Martha Stewart. You can buy directly from the link under my ingredients (above).
The first thing you will do is stick the end of the washi tape on the candle.
Wrap it till it meets the other end of washi tape, then SNIP it!
Tadah!
This is the end result! The fun thing about this craft is you can use whatever washi tape you want and this is practically good for ANY occasion. A simple candle can turn into a work of art with this tutorial.
I hope you enjoyed it… See you in the NEXT post.
*Have you seen my vintage CHRISTMAS lights printable. Click HERE to download it!
Quote of the day: Time you enjoy wasting isn’t wasted time”
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Here is my video inspiration for this post. Make sure you press play while you enjoy the post.
I had so much fun creating this project in my head. See I had these mini blue jeans from my son when he was LIL. I didn’t want to throw them away or stuff them into a box so I decided to let my creative brain decide for me. I thought they best way to incorporate them into my daily life was to make them into a fashionable blue jean purse.
Let’s get started. I’m just warning you, this craft is super easy so put your crafty seat belt on.
I know, I know. You are prolly thinking “Hey Jaderbomb, where is your “ingredient” list”. If you don’t know what that means it’s the picture of things you will need to make this project. I will tell you why I don’t have one. Well, because I didn’t plan on posting this. I think I THOUGHT it wasn’t going to come out like it did in my head. I guess I fooled myself.
You will need: *blue jeans
(whatever size you want)
Obviously the bigger the jeans, the bigger the purse *an old purse strap *snaps *gold chain *needles *thread **sewing machine works the best**
The first thing you will do is cut the pants where you want the bottom of the purse to end. When you are done cutting pin them like I did below. This will secure the material for you.
Remember, the longer you cut the deeper the inside of the purse. I am loving this project so much I think I will make a few HOBO bags (with new jeans of course cause we don’t want any honey boo boo smells) and sell them on my ETSY and STORE ENVY shop. What cha think! I think it will save you the time and it’s great Christmas gifts!
Just a little closer look at how I put the pin through the blue jeans.
Five years ago I would of totally hand sewed this, or found someone to do it for me…
Can you believe Ashy just taught me to sew last year! I mean let’s just say this. I always knew how to do basic things but now I can sew by myself like a big girl! haha
You want to sew the bottom of the blue jeans slowly. I made two passes just to make sure it was secure. Make sure if you are using a sewing machine for the first time that you take the pins out before you sew in that spot. If you look at the picture below I wait until I am ABOUT to sew the pin until I take it out of my material.
When you are done with sewing you might need to take a lil break. You just did some major sewing. I am gonna take a break right now.
OK! I’m back!
Now is the time to embellish your new purse. I started by passing a piece of gold chain through the belt loops.
If you don’t like chains, you can actually put a real belt (sheesh that would of been cute, why didn’t I think of that), some fabric or nothing at all.
I have a ton of purses that have removable straps so I just stole one off of a purse and clipped it onto the belt loops. I am really loving the way the leather and blue jean look together.
In the picture below you will see those two gold snaps that I added. I found when I put things in the purse it kinda opened more and I didn’t like that. I don’t want my goodies falling out now!
I used some SNAP FASTENERS for this. You can buy these at any craft store. I bought mine from Michaels Art’s and Crafts.
Another close up. This is what the snap looks like from the back. If you are not a fan of GOLD you can get SILVER snap fasteners also.
I hope you enjoyed this craft! It was so much fun. You could tie dye your purse, put tons of beads on it, make a strap with fabric, stencil it and so much more! I wanted a clean one, this time.
Stay tuned because I will be putting some in my Etsy shop for you to purchase! Can’t wait to see you in the next post!
Have you seen my BOOK PAGE CURTAINS? If not you have to check them out. So cuh-yute.
Find me here!
Quote of the day:
“Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.”
How much fun are these spooky book page curtains! I have to say I never every thought I would make curtains for my kitchen using pages from a book. But, why not?If it’s temporary until Halloween is over then we need to bring the spirit indoors!Let’s get going so I can show you how I made them!
The first thing you need to do is tear pages out of a book. I am using the FIRST twilight book because it will NEVER get old reading those pages. (I know I know I’m a sap)
Spray the edge of your book pages with adhesive spray.
Then stick another book page on top. Just like this! (below, haha)
This is what it will start to look like once you get rolling! Hint: Once my sheet got large enough I would bring it in the house and place it on top of the window to see how much bigger it needed to be. I could of measured it and done it the “correct” way but that’s no fun! Notice the edges are punched with my Martha Stewart HALLOWEEN puncher!
Once you have the correct size and you are done sticking pages together it’s time to break out the MOD PODGE! This is where you insert a BIG wahoooo.
When your Mod Podge is completely dry lightly add strips of masking tape on top of your book pages. (see below)
You don’t want to press too hard because it will tear the pages when you peel if off. Spray your pages with black spray paint. I didn’t spray a super thick coat because I wanted a washed, vintage look. You could spray it till it’s completely black if you want that look.
Keep in mind you can spray with whatever color you like.
When the spray paint is dry peel off the tape~ Be careful. I ripped a couple of my pages because my tape was pressed really good to them. (craft fail)
Thank goodness this was a scary Halloween look otherwise I would have “tossed” this project into the trash.
When I was completely done with all of the steps I put it up in my kitchen like the picture below. I drew where I needed to cut with a piece of chalk.
I then took it down and VOILA! A spooky HALLOWEEN curtain! What I love the MOST about these curtains is how they look with light coming through them. It really makes our kitchen feel spooky.
The great thing about this project is it’s practically FREE. It’s easy for anyone do to AND when the spooky holiday is over you can toss it without feeling bad. Although I might just keep mine up and stencil letters on it for THANKSGIVING. Yes, I love them that much.
See ya in the next post Jaderbugs!
I am truly in love with this CHEAP stick painting craft. My crafty buddy Stephen Brown has a lot of “black and white” stripes in his new book Glitterville’s Handmade Halloween: A glittered guide for whimsical crafting!
So, I figured I would do the same thing using sticks or branches. It really is so much cheaper than buying things in the store and it adds that whimsical touch to your home! Stick Painting can be very addictive so be careful, haha! I love to decorate my home or any space I visit with painted sticks. You can spray paint a ton of them one specific color and stick them in a gorgeous vase. That would fix any home decor problem and it is practically free. Unless you go steal the sticks from your neighbors yard because you can’t even keep your own trees alive.
Quote of the day:
“I am BOLD enough to say, though not in a literal sense, that I almost prefer striving without success to success without striving.” -Georges Vanier
Let’s get started…
INGREDIENTS:
*PAINT
*BRANCHES or STICKS
*PAINT BRUSH
The first thing you need to do is squirt some paint on a saucer.
Next you will paint black stripes around your branches. I like to hold my brush on the branch and just slowly spin the branch.
After you add your black add your white! It’s that simple.
Huge Glittery Hugs, Jade
Quote of the day: “Do a common thing in an uncommon way.” -Booker T. Washington
Today we will be making paper bag flags out of….. paper bags! I love finding things that can be re-purposed into something completely opposite of what it really is! The good thing about this tutorial is it’s easy and you can get as creative as you want by decorating them.
The first thing you will need to do is cut triangles out of the brown paper bag. (woop woop, this bag was fuh-ree)
Tadahh! This is what mini triangles look like next to each other. I always get brown paper bags instead of plastic so you can imagine how many brown paper bags I own…
I like to use a paint brush on my rubber stamp because it has a different texture to it. Plus, it’s a little darker. Make sure you ONLY paint on the letter. You could also Mod Podge a smaller triangle in the middle using scrapbook paper. I buy my scrapbook paper here.
I think I am the only person that get’s {super duper} excited when I see bakers twine. Do you? What is your favorite color?
You can stamp whatever you want on your mini triangles. You can also cut them small or LARGE. It just depends on the space you are putting them in. When you are done with everything I like to lay everything out like this.
Last thing is to grab your mini clothespins {that you bought from my shop} and pin the twine to the mini triangle.
There you have it, Paper Bag Flags!
See how cute they look once you put them up. You can be completely creative with this and cut out fabric or scrapbook paper to do the same thing. This is a a great “COUNTDOWN” for kids. You could do this for the whole month of December and they could take down each number a day! How cute!
Huge Glittery Hugs, Jade
Quote of the day: "Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it" -Bill Cosby
Heller and HAPPY “hump” day
YEP! It’s that time. Time to start showing you the tutorials of some things in my FALL kitchen decor. If you didn’t see my FALL decor I did in my kitchen click HEREto check it out!
I always have fun making displays in our house, it’s like making a p-nut butter n nutella sandwich. It just mandatory. Let’s get it popping Jaderbugs
You can use whatever stencils you prefer for this project. I wanted to use some sorta blossom to represent fall. These stencils are the best because they have an adhesive back to them which makes it so much easier to apply to different surfaces.
First thing you will do is tape off the spots where you do NOT want paint. I am doing horizontal stripes on my candle holder.
After you tape it off paint the sections that are showing. I’m using “BROWN CHICKEN BROWN COWWWW” red. That’s not really the color but it should be! (say that saying about 4 times in a row)
This is what it will look like when you are done painting. Let it dry. When it is completely dry gently peel off the masking tape.
Grab the stencil you like, spray the back with adhesive spray and STICK it down! Even thought the back has a little adhesive to it already I like to add more so it “really“ stays!
Get a brush and lightly pounce the stencil with paint. You could use a foam pouncer for this but I like the texture from a brush.
When you are done filling in your stencil BOOM BAM WOW! Your done! Of course “LET IT DRY” before you start decorating with it.
I hope you had a B to the LAST with this project. I can’t wait to see you in the next post!
What colors would you use for this project?
IN OTHER NEWS:
This Friday I will be Co-Hosting a twitter chat with MOEN. If you are not following them on Twitter hurry and follow them HERE. Follow me on twitter HERE.
So don’t forget to put it in your calendar!
This coming Saturday is going to be a fun one! It’s Saturday Social! It’s a linky party that I will be Co-Hosting and you will be able to link up your social media outlets. I will be hosting a Twitter party so see ya there! (more info on this later this week)
