How to Make Solar Panels
Share heating solar panels made with 180 soda cans. How to Make Your Own Solar Panels You can see I am on a greenhouse / gardening – kick. And so I followed Daniel Strohl from Hemmings.com, who made this solar panel out of need for heating. He wanted to tinker in his garage but [...]
DIY Bedroom Bench
Share A winning tutorial: easy, fast and gorgeous. Pin It Some bloggers are amazing, and this is one of them: Carry from ‘Two Friends, Two Cities’. She created this lovely bench from start –to – finish in just 2 hours for the tiny budget of $65. I actually just bought this exact same bold marine [...]
Cool Recycled Metal Fence
Share A fence like you’ve never seen before, have you?! You gotta go to Carrboro in NC to see this beauty. Artistic and practical. This particular fence does not come with a manual, however, there are however plenty of YouTube tutorials on fence making from which to borrow the design ideas needed to pull [...]
Pallets Around the House
Share You might have recently seen this article with furniture made with pallets whereby we showcase a few indoor ideas on how to use pallets for furniture. And you might have seen Tiffany’s pallet chair \ bench? As the weather is improving, we all want to play outside. What better way than to [...]
Repair Your iPhone Screen with Replacement: Easy Howto (Videos)
Share Fixing a broken iPhone glass screen is as easy as 1,2,3. Never thought of fixing my own iPhone screen until I saw this how-to article at ‘Creating Really Awesome Free Things’. It’s a 3-part iPhone screen replacement video tutorial that takes you through all the steps of repairing and replacing the glass for much [...]
Decorate with Recycled Ladders
Share Ladders add a rustic country atmosphere to a home, and can be used indoor or outdoor for decoration. This project goes into my ‘one day’ pile of things to do, but my step one was to collect ‘best of’ recycled ladder decoration ideas. Ladders offer great interim storage solutions: quick and easy places to [...]
Invisible Bookshelves DIY
Share Eco green, super cool, back-to-school, and simple-to-do, inexpensive kid room decoration. These invisible bookshelves meets all criteria. Materials Needed A book (that you don’t mind never reading again) A good-sized L-bracket Couple of flat-head screws Ruler & pen Glue Stack of Books (high enough to cover your bracket) How to [...]
Recycled Tire Swing
Share This blog article brought cherished back childhood memories when Stephanie featured her DIY Recycled Tire Swing! Oh, how I adore this! Yes, I’m under the table and dreaming….. Ahhhh! I grew up in the big city, so every summer, my parents dropped us kids off at a local farm for a few weeks [...]
Tin Can Stove
Share 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 [...]
Adirondack Chair Plans
Share 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… [...]
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
Share “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 [...]
Best Gift for Fathers Day
Share I have given you free Fathers Day Cards plus free bookmarks to download as my presents for your Dad. Now it’s your turn. Here are ideas for you to find him a ‘real’ gift. For the free ‘Fathers Day Cards’- series I identified 10 different type of dads, and designed a card for each [...]
How to Make a Lovely Garden Bench this Spring
Share 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 [...]
Fancifully Cascading Flower Lamps & Screens (from recycled plastic water bottles)
Share 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 [...]
9 Alternatives to Long Stemmed Roses for Valentines
Share 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 [...]
Original Valentine Cards
Share 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 [...]
How to Make Your Own Dumbbell
Share 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
Share 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 [...]
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
Share Pin It 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!!!! What’s a Zafu? A zafu is a cushion that is specially designed for seated meditation. Most [...]
Best Way to Spend (on) Boxing Day? Craft Support for Tsunami Survivors
Share 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 [...]
Men Halloween Costume Ideas
Share 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 [...]
Couples Halloween Costume Ideas
Share Many of the women and men Halloween costume ideas can be extended into Halloween costume ideas for couples. Here are some special ideas to create outfit sets: The Pirate Couple: his costume + her costume + her sexy hat Frankenstein + his bride Costume * Couple of ghosts costumes (Size:Large 44-46)* Adam & Eve [...]
Fathers Day Certificates to Celebrate Dad
Share This super easy craft project allows you to complement the hand-made Fathers Day card or gift that you might have made in school or from a free craft template/project here at FineCraftGuild.com, with a Fathers’ Day Certificate that celebrates your dad’s special talents, hobbies and lovely things he does for you, year-round. Actually, you [...]
Zippy Father’s Day Card
Share Have a Cool, City Slicker Father? You might like to wish him Happy Father’s Day with this unique card of zippers, leaves and a butterfly. Click here for your free fathers day card Card reads “Dad, I love you.” If you wish, you can add ‘Happy Fathers Day’ on [...]
Father’s Day Card for Natural Dads
Share For Nature-loving Outdoors Dads & kids, I’ve made an easy solution: click this greeting card thumbnail to download, print and sign your card, and go play back outside. Your Father’s Day Card reads: ‘When it comes to being a Dad, you’re a Natural!’. Possible Card Embellishments: Glue some twigs and leaves onto a [...]
Golf Dad Greeting Card for Father’s Day – Puzzle Template
Share Wish Happy Fathers Day to your ‘Golf Pro’ dad with this personalized golf puzzle template / Fathers’ Day greeting card, which reads: “You swing being my Dad really well.” Simply click on the thumbnail to download your free template. Print the page and sign it with your name and a personal message for your [...]
Father’s Day Card for a New Dad
Share This Father’s Day card for new fathers features a lovely baby coming fresh out of the cabbage. It is an absolutely adorable image, and yes, mom, you get to give it to the new dad. Click on the thumbnail to download your free greeting. Suggested Embellishment Give this greeting in a nice-looking frame. [...]
Sunny Fathers Day Card
Share If your dad loves the sun and Mexican vacations, send him some sunny rays with this sunny Father’s Day card. Click on this thumbnail for your free downloadable card. Complementary Fathers Day Activities : Make a Mexican Lunch Make lunch for your dad today, featuring tacos filled with healthy Mexican goodies. If [...]
