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How to Make Bath Bombs
You'll need: 1 cup baking soda ½ cup citric acid ½ cup Epsom salt 1 tsp water 1 tsp essential oils 3 tsp coconut oil, melted Food coloring Stand mixer Bath bomb molds Packaging used for apples Instructions In a stand mixer, combine baking soda, citric acid, and Epsom salt. Add in water, essential oils, and coconut oil. Stir in food coloring of your choice. Using bath bomb molds, scoop out the mixture and pack into the mold. Using your hands push the mixture into the cup u...
Susan
Mar 03, 2020 02:20 AM
How to Draw a Picture From Epoxide Resin
As soon as you decide with the design and colours, make the following steps. Organize your workplace in a clean, dustless, well-ventilated area. Lay a plastic film on the floor and work surface. The material you need should be within reach. Glue the tablet on the back with masking tape so that the drops on the underside can be easily removed the next day with the tape. You can also tape sidewalls with tape to reduce resin consumption. Place the tablet on supports, such as glasses. If it lies directly...
Susan
Mar 03, 2020 02:18 AM
Craft Trends 2020
Let's see what crafts will be the most popular in 2020. I think, that it'll be interesting to know new crafts and revise some old hobbies.
Susan
Mar 03, 2020 02:11 AM
Wire Tree of Life
You'll need: 6mm beads and smaller, including seed beads A 4-inch metal ring Two (2) pairs of needle nose pliers A pair of wire cutting pliers Twelve (12) 12-inch strands of 24-gauge wire The variety of beads used for this particular ornament, including the following: 4mm pearls, 4mm glass rectangle beads, 2 sizes of seed beads, 4mm crystals, 6mm & 4mm faceted glass rounds, and 6mm shaped glass beads. Instructions: Take one strand of the wire and thread it through...
Susan
Mar 02, 2020 02:10 AM
Nice Rose From Tissues
You'll need: Yellow tissues; pencil; blue tissue; ribbon. Instructions Wind a yellow tissue over a pencil. Squeeze a tissue and remove the pencil. Make 6 such semis. Make a rose with 6 petals. Decorate with blue tissue in the lower part of the flower. Bind with the ribbon.
Susan
Mar 02, 2020 02:06 AM
Bullfinch Brooch From Beads
You'll need: sheet of white felt; Swarovski crystals for sewing, black colour 12х6 mm; round black crystal for eye; black round beads № 10; pomigranate round beads № 11; cerise round beads № 11; white round beads № 10; light gray beads № 11;; needles for beads; threads; monofilament thread; plastic art (polymer clay) for beak; cardboard; brooch fastener; scissors, pen or pencil. Instructions At the very beginning, you need to create a sketch of the future bird. You can...
Susan
Mar 02, 2020 02:04 AM
Delicate Foamiran Rose
You'll need: green and pink foamiran; glue; silver paper; thick wire. Instructions From foamiran we cut out two types of petals of the future rose, identical in shape. But different in size. You should get 5 petals of each size. Apply each petal to the iron and stretch the edges with our fingers. From a piece of foil we make a small ball, we attach it to the wire. Glue a small petal around the ball. So in a circle glue the petal by petal, forming a bud. From green foamiran make le...
Susan
Mar 01, 2020 02:07 AM
Tassel Earrings
You'll need: 3 skeins of embroidery floss Jump rings Earring wires Needle nose pliers Coral Tassel Earrings Instructions Use your pliers to open up one of the jump rings. Loop it through the top loop of your embroidery skein. Then slide the hoop at the bottom of your earwire onto the jump ring. Use the needle nose pliers to close the jump ring. Twist the jump ring around so that you hide the small gap in the jump ring behind the embroidery floss. Cut a piece from one of the other skein...
Susan
Mar 01, 2020 02:04 AM
Boot From Newspaper Strings
You'll need: Cardboard; Newspapers; Sewing awl; Glue; Clothes Pins; Accessories (for decoration, up to you). Instructions Form the base of the shoe out of cardboard. Make the holes with an awl. (Before the boot - after 2 cm, heel - after 1.5 cm). Insert 30 strings into holes using glue. Braid racks in 2 tiers. Attach a clothes pin to the 2 central racks to the toe of the boot and continue weaving. Weave 2 racks together from one edge, then from the other - at level 8. Make 1...
Susan
Mar 01, 2020 01:59 AM
String Art Creative Sign
You'll need: Plywood; White acrylic paint; Brush; Hammer; Nails; Threads; Pencil; Ruler; Adhesive tape; 6 white pieces of A4 paper. Instructions Paint the plywood with white paint, then leave to dry. Print the pattern. Glue 6 sheets together, as shown in the picture below. Place the pattern on plywood and secure with adhesive tape. Drive nails at designated points at the same depth. Remove the paper pattern. Plat the letters OK, then fill the main background with threads, guided by ...
Susan
Feb 29, 2020 02:40 AM
Beaded Flower Brooch
You'll need: -Beadwork threads -Beading needle -Base for the brooch -Violet bead (8mm) -Beads №8 — 5 pcs For petals: -Yellow beads (TR 11-375 colour) -10g -Violet beads (TR 11-166C colour) -10g For leaves: -Green beads mix -10g Start with platting of 5 petals. You can plat the petals with comanche stitch (or with peyote stitch) in order to they look curly. Make 3 leaves due to the scheme below. Assembly Connect the five petals of our flower. We take two petals and s...
Susan
Feb 29, 2020 02:21 AM
Jewel-Box From Newspaper Tubes
Instructions Make 50 newspaper tubes. Take a box and glue your semis to the base. Bend the tubes up, fasten them with clothespins. Pull the tube on the right from the outside for the next tube inward. From the inside, take it by another tube out. Repeat this process until the tube runs out. Then glue the other tube to the end of the tube with a tapered edge. Stick the end of the tube inward. Repeat weaving for the box cover. Decorate to your taste.
Susan
Feb 29, 2020 02:20 AM
Huge Paper Flowers
You'll need: construction paper of different colours; cardboard; scissors; glue. Instructions Make patterns for the petals: 6 – big, 6 – middle and 6 – small. Cut the petals out. Make the cuts at the base of the petals. Fold the ends of the petals away from you. Turn the petals over and glue the ends near the cut, forming the natural shape of the petal. Glue 6 large petals in a circle. Glue the middle petals, and then the small ones. Glue a sheet of cardboard on the bottom of ...
Susan
Feb 28, 2020 12:35 AM
Leather Strings Bracelet
You'll need: thin leather string; embroidery threads; scissors; ruler; thick waxen rope. Instructions Take a waxen rope and cut 25 cm. Make a loop at the end of the rope. Make a knot in the loop. Cut a piece of rope, leaving half a centimeter under the knot. Wrap the waxen rope in a circle with leather string until a length of half a centimeter is hidden. Make another turn with a leather string, then pull the end into the loop and tighten to make a tight knot. Attach the tip o...
Susan
Feb 28, 2020 12:33 AM
Flowers in Bloom
Size: A flower made in DK weight yarn is approx. 3″ A flower made in 4 ply/fingering weight yarn is approx. 2.5″ You'll need: Scheepjes Catona 25g DK weight – 3.5mm hook (or 4 ply/fingering weight – 2.5mm or 3.00mm hook) Instructions Round 1: With first colour, ch4 (counts as centre ch and 1dc), and work 11dc into 4th ch from hook, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3. Fasten off yarn – 12dc Alternative round 1: With first colour, make a magic ring, ch3 (counts as 1dc), and work 11d...
Susan
Feb 28, 2020 12:31 AM