With my hectic May schedule (3 weddings and counting) I thought I better get busy on a Father’s Day Gift, before it creeps up on me. The Scor-Pal was very handy to turn a $1.50 Michaels frame into a sweet Father’s Day Photo Frame. This week May Arts Ribbon and Scor-Pal have teamed up to bring you some ah-mazing projects. I hope you’ll hop along! For this project you will need: cheap wood frame, 12 x 12 sheet of pattern… Read more »
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DIY Thread Storage Rack
I knew when creating my new craft space I was going to need to dedicate more space for thread storage. I came up with this DIY and had to show you how easy and functional it really is. The total cost to make this thread storage rack was under $5, and if you can move your arm back and forth you have all the skills required! By using quarter round moulding you already have the proper angle to achieve a slanted thread rack which is ideal… Read more »
Shoes Too Big? Quick Fix Shoe Inserts
Last month three of my gal pals and I set sail for a crafty weekend getaway. I picked up a pair of cheep shoes to wear around the hotel and hadn’t got the chance to try them out before going. Guess what? After about a half hour of wear, I realized the shoes were a touch too big and I was getting a nasty blister (my alternative foot wear- a lovely pair of clunky winter boots). I needed emergency shoe inserts! I… Read more »
Craft Room Workbench
I have a collection of crafting tools that take up a fair amount of desktop space. I don’t want them hidden away, if they aren’t out in plain sight chances are they will go unused. When building my new craft room I knew I would need a workbench for them, in my old craft space they were on a small table, but they were crammed together, it had no storage space and it was always cluttered. On one of my frequent Pinterest… Read more »
DIY Ribbon Lamp Shade for ‘Light It Up Blue’
When I was asked to create a project for the Autism Awareness campaign ‘Light It Up Blue’, my immediate thought was I need to incorporate light into my project. I went hunting in my stash and found an old lamp shade that had long lost it luster. I created this DIY ribbon lamp shade, with a few meters of May Arts Ribbon, hot glue, and May Arts silk butterflies, and took my drab shade to fab! I used 376-1-94 1″grosgrain with… Read more »
