Tin Can Stove
Or, how to make a Hobo cooker.
Now this is really fun.
If you want to go camping, show a useful project at a girl guide camp, or when you are in for some serious wilderness trekking, you might like to at least know how to make and use a tin can wood stove. It’s [...]
Adirondack Chair Plans
You can find them in fun beach resorts, fisher man villages, both romantic and nautical-themed B & B’s They’re so comfy and so beautiful….:
Adirondack chairs!
Want one?
How about making them yourself for your own patio or elsewhere, outdoors ? Adirondack Chairs are durable. This is why grandma still has hers… Yes, they are a [...]
Beach Chair
To me, the beach chair we’re featuring today as a DIY project, says ‘vacation’, ‘relaxation’, ‘joy’, and ‘fresh air’ besides shouting ‘BEACHHHH!!!’
An Upcycler’s Take on Kitchen Storage
“matching redefined”
Embarking on a project to make or find some unusual upcycled kitchen storage?
Introducing Rupert Blanchard, woodworker in London. Really, he is a designer and craftsman with internationally inspiring taste,and here’s an example of (unfinished but already great) work by him: a completely recycled kitchen.
Unusual Upcycled Kitchen Storage
You can probably order a custom [...]
Best Gift for Fathers Day?
I have given you free Fathers Day Cards to download, plus some more free bookmarks to download as presents for Dad. Now I thought it’s your turn and you actually find him a real gift to match.
In my first article, I came up with 10 different type of dads and designed a card for [...]
How to Make a Lovely Garden Bench this Spring
Spring is here and it’s time to sit outside again. One of the things on our agenda this year was to create some more magical secret spaces in the garden. So, I shopped around for a somewhat regal design garden bench, that we could paint.
How to Make a Wooden Garden Bench
This is the bench I [...]
Fancifully Cascading Flower Lamps & Screens (from recycled plastic water bottles)
Want to be inspired to do some eco-design?
I just came across this British artist, Michelle Brands. She turned plastic water and soda bottles into light catching flow, akin to a fabric, say. The bottles appear as very pleasing 3D flowers. I love this look particularly for a whimsical kitchen lamp, girl bedroom or a creative [...]
Alternatives to Long Stemmed Roses for Valentines
I just wrote a little something for the folks of ezine, offering some original alternatives to classic long stemmed roses as a Valentine’s Day gift. I referred to the many paper craft ideas featured here on the blog, such as stamping and stenciling with roses & hearts. As well, I hinted to some ideas that [...]
Original Valentine Cards
Oh, the pressure of Valentine, year after year…. Most men dread the day or rather the implied obligation, I think.
Looking beyond the social obligation, however, I think all want to do something kind and ideally, we’re all looking for some real originality? Something really NON-frilly, yet romantic? This is tough to find this, [...]
How to Make Your Own Dumbbell
OK. Fitness and weight training is now high on everyone’s agenda again, as it is begin January.
As upcycling is on my agenda, I thought to bring you a craft project for guys. The idea here is to kick-start your work-out routine by adding some weights. Rather than buying some that will be to [...]
Anthropologie for Less: 5 Decorating Craft Ideas
Apartment Therapy is starting to be ‘like me’ once and a while. Today, I looked at the Anthropologie January 2010 Catalog through their eyes, and this is what I found: 5 contemporary craft projects to make your home Parisian & splendid!
For those of you who are not fortunate to live near an Anthropologie store, [...]
Free Calendar 2010
Free Funky Calendar 2010 on a zero $ budget? Yes, here are 4 fun & crafty calendars that you only have to … print! How lovely a start of the new year is that!
How to Make a Zafu Meditation Pillow
Want to meditate and do more yoga in the new year? Learn how easy (and inexpensive) it is to make your own props, and get started!!, Just follow the easy-to-follow illustrated instructions here at http://www.FineCraftGuild.com. OM!!!!
A zafu is a cushion that is specially designed for seated meditation. Most of us simply call [...]
Best Way to Spend (on) Boxing Day? Craft Support for Tsunami Survivors
Today, after our Christmas family get together, I browsed online and remembered the devastating tsunami, the world drama that occurred 5 years ago and that killed approx. 300,000 people in South East Asia. I decided to kick off my involvement with FineCraftGuild.com with a post that would benefit Tsunami survivors.
Since Boxing Day is a compulsive [...]
Men Halloween Costume Ideas
While I vote the ‘children in Halloween costumes’- pictures and visions to be by far cuter (in particular the toddlers…), I have to say that it was actually easiest to come up with a whole bunch of Halloween costume ideas for men. They were just rolling out of my mind. Then, I went through [...]
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