All posts tagged Reuse
When the short one requested that the theme of her 5th birthday be “Under The Sea” I thought, this will be fun. I busted out the Cricut to make table top decorations that looked like aquariums. To do this I covered Subway Sandwich 3 foot delivery boxes with blue plastic table clothes, the boxes were left over from my friend Carrie (of Suchity Such) son’s birthday party – I thought they were a perfect re-use item. I then cut fish and octopus from the Create-a-Critter Cartridge and glued them on. I then used Wite-Out markers to make bubbles.
To save the memory of the day I made a matching photo frame by painting a ply-wood frame metallic blue, attaching aqua washi tape and then matching octopus and gluing on googly eyes, I will put a picture from the birthday party once I print them.
For snacks at the party I filled clam shell bowls with gold fish crackers and chocolate “treasure” coins.
Finally, I made cupcakes topped with plastic swords and blue frosting for the boys and plastic mermaids with purple frosting for the girls.
Happy Crafting xoxo
Logan Real is getting all the love these days from Hollywood A-listers and fahsionistas. He’s also made a splash at Art Basel Miami. What is all the raving about? He is mixing up 1980s inspired shapes and colors with leather bags, personal organizers, wallets and sneakers.
He’s on everyone’s list (meaning his goods already cost more then a couple months rent), so why not just rip his style off, err use him for inspiration and make some 80’s style painted leather goods yourself?
Learn how to make a Logan Real inspired leather case from my piece over at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Style Inspired: Painted Leather Goods à la Logan Real
Old vintage canning jars can be found at yard sales and thrift stores and they look cool but what do you do with them once you get them home? For the black thumbs who can’t keep a plant alive, a terrarium is a perfect place to let living things in.
Terrariums a virtually no maintenance and is simple to build. If you have any open or closed glass container you are ready to start building.
(You can even ask the pet supply store staff if they have any plants that are browning and may not look great in an aquarium but could be priced at half off and would work perfectly for a terrarium.)
Learn how to build a terrarium from my piece over at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog: Restyled: Vintage Canning Jar into a Terrarium
Today is Dr. Seuss’s Birthday! Here is an online site filled with Dr. Seuss activities for kids: Seussville.
I made a little group of Dr. Seuss Characters using colored card stock and toilet paper rolls. Easy as 1, 2, 3!
Piñatas often hit the recycle bin as fast as the candy’s punched out of their guts. But I grabbed this one from a family Christmas party and help on to it to re-work it for Beatrice Moore, owner of Bragg’s Pie Factory. The annual Mutant piñata show opens this Friday at Braggs.
If you want to make a piñata you have two options: Do all the work and start from scratch, or you could use an existing piñata’s structure and restyle it into a mutant.
Learn how to restyle a piñata into a mutant from my piece at the Phoenix New Times Jackalope Ranch blog post: A Piñata, Restyled (into a Mutant!)
