How To: Cardboard and Toilet Paper Roll Tree

February 14, 2012 in Tutorials

Cross-posted from Crafting a Green World.

This week I wanted to create a project that brought the outside, in (because it’s too cold to go outside right now!). I looked around my house for inspiration and I found a cardboard box and toilet paper rolls. I’ve done projects with toilet paper rolls before, like the Toilet Paper Roll Christmas Lights and the Christmas “Candle” Cover, but I wanted to make something more natural-looking. Drawing inspiration from a fall project I did on my personal blog, I created a Cardboard and Toilet Paper Roll Tree!

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How To: Inspiration Board for the New Year!

January 6, 2012 in Tutorials

Cross-posted from Crafting a Green World and Revolutionaries


DIY Inspiration Board for the New Year

I found an amazing ceiling medallion for 50 cents at the thrift store at the beginning of the week and I knew I could turn it into something cool. Then, my uncle gave me some extra cork board he had from a project of his own and my grandma gave me tons of beads. I wanted to make an inspiration board of some sort for this week’s project, so I put all of the items together!

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Chelsea Darling: Fired and Inspired

October 26, 2011 in Inspiration

It’s no news that we’re going through some less-than-fantastic economic times right now, and as a result, layoffs are the new black. For some, losing a job may be cause for serious devastation. But for others – like bright-eyed Atlanta maker Chelsea Darling – unemployment is being used as an opportunity to cultivate creative passions. In this case, the passion is metalworking.

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Velvet Paintings

October 23, 2011 in Inspiration

Ahhh velvet paintings. I laughed at them as a child, and now I’m now the proud owner of a velvet lion, regally looking over my living room, reminding me daily to be awesome.

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