Posts Tagged ‘diy’

I’m actually out of town right now, celebrating my birthday with a long birthday weekend out of town. I’ll be back on Monday for posting as usual, but before you head out to enjoy the sun this weekend, I wanted to leave you with a handful of DIYs to try.

1. leather key fob project by For the Makers

2. mini to maxi skirt DIY by Sincerely Kinsey

3. giant crepe paper roses how-to by Studio DIY

4. beaded summer skewers DIY by Camille Styles

5. geometric cake toppers by Jenny for Minted’s blog, Julep

6. DIY shoe clips by Honestly WTF

I also write for other sites around the web. Here’s where you can find me elsewhere this week…

• 10 Outdoor Furniture Makeovers to get you Ready for Summer
• Before and After: A Master Bedroom gets a Punch of Personality
• How to Design and Build a Headboard for less than $50
• DIY Gumball Garland (new tutorial for One Charming Party)
• Cool DIY cake toppers using Wallpaper Samples (new tutorial for One Charming Party) 

And if you’re looking for even more DIYs to try, you can check out the DIY page here or my DIY board on Pinterest. Hope you have a great weekend.

-Brittni

Today is my birthday (I’m officially 29) and it didn’t seem right to let a b-day go by without some yummy sweets to share. That’s the best part of birthdays anyway, right? So I’m branching out, just a little today, with a sweet food related DIY that I hope you’ll enjoy. Learn how to make edible confetti with store-bought chocolate in two easy steps. You can use it for parties, cake & cupcake decorating, and whatever else you can dream up.

Supplies: chocolate bars – I used milk chocolate and cookies and cream // tiny cookie cutters (like these or these)

How-To: Unwrap chocolate bars and let them lay out at room temperature for a few minutes to soften them up a little bit. Push cookie cutter through the chocolate, all the way, and punch the cut chocolate out of the cutter with your finger or a toothpick. Sprinkle or cakes, plates, etc. That’s it. Couldn’t be any easier.

These would be so fun at a kid’s birthday party. You could sprinkle some edible confetti on the cake and cake table, on top of kid’s plates, etc. Note: If you’re looking for a healthier option, you can use fruit leather instead of chocolate. Works great.

Concept, styling, and photography by Brittni Mehlhoff for Paper & Stitch

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Every time I turn around, it feels like another holiday is right around the corner (or a birthday, housewarming, baby shower, random party, etc). I love celebrating all of these things, but sometimes it’s hard to come up with a thoughtful gift that any recipient will be happy about. So what’s a girl to do? Make a bouquet of fresh flowers, of course. And I have a simple recipe for making your own to celebrate any occasion.

Here are the flowers you’ll need: 2 bells of Ireland // 2 purple parrot tulips // 2 stems of white stock// 2 green bouvardia (or 2 small hydrangea clusters) // 3 stems of dusty miller

Other supplies you’ll need: scissors // brown kraft paper // raffia or twine

How-To: I made this bouquet the same way I made this easy spring bouquet. So you can check out the directions and step by step photos here if you need ‘em. *If that method isn’t working for you, follow this method instead – the process is a little different, but the results are the same in the end. Next, add kraft paper and tie it off with raffia. Cut the stems so they are all the same length and store in a vase with 2-3 inches of water until you are headed out the door to deliver these beauties.

Concept, styling, and photography by Brittni Mehlhoff for Paper & Stitch

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You know the phrase ‘another day, another dollar‘? I keep saying that in my head, only it’s ‘another Friday, another DIY’ (roundup that is). I never get tired of these, and I’m crossing my fingers that you don’t either because I have another for you today.

Prepare to fill your weekend with craft projects, and not the Mother’s Day kind – sorry Mom. I have you covered for DIY gifts for mom right here if that’s what you’re looking for though. Okay, back to the DIYs at hand…

1. nebula paperweight by For the Makers

2. wire wrapped ring DIY by B Johnson Jewelry

3. cross body tote from a placemat by Henry Happened

4. accordion paper wreath DIY by Victoria for Minted

5. geometric party inspiration Oh Happy Day

6. painted plaster candle votives from scratch by yours truly

I also write for other sites around the web. Here’s where you’ll find me elsewhere this week…

• Before and After: Black and White Kitchen Makeover on Curbly
• Weekend Project: Installing a Planter Box on Curbly
• Before and After: Mid-Century Bookcase Makeover on Curbly
• And I interviewed my friend Kelly of Studio DIY for Kollabora this week too for the DIY BFFs series

Hope you have a great weekend!

-Brittni

The other day, I accidentally made today’s DIY project. I was planning to make something else entirely and then a little lightbulb went off in my head and I switched gears. Don’t you love it when that happens?

So, today’s edition of Make This will take you through making these modern, painted candle votives for just about any occasion: Mother’s Day, a housewarming party, a wedding. You name it – these DIY votives can adapt to pretty much anything, which is great. But the best part about this DIY is actually the price. About $5 worth of plaster and $5 worth of tealights will make roughly 50 completed votives. That makes each votive $0.20 to make from start to finish. Does it get any better than that?

Supplies:

1. Scoop powdered plaster into a small container and mix with water according to directions.

2. Stir water and plaster mixture until you achieve desired consistency, which should be similar to pancake batter. Plaster sets very quickly, so you will want to work fast.

3. Pour mixture into square mold or gently scoop the mixture in with a spoon.

4. Wait 2-3 minutes for it to start to set up. While it’s setting up, remove the candles from the metal shell they sit in. And place one in the top of each square. Then add coins or other small heavy objects to weigh it down, so it say in place.

5. Set aside and allow the plaster to harden for at least one hour (dry time may vary).

6. Carefully remove the plaster numbers from the mold one at a time and let them finish air drying for a full 24 hours.

7. Now that your numbers are completely dry, you can seal them with matte medium (optional) and then begin painting them.

8. Wait for the votives to dry completely, add the candles back into the tealight shells and you are done.

There are so many uses for these little guys. You could give a set of votives to your mom for Mother’s Day, use them as a housewarming gift for a friend, or turn them into cool wedding favors.

Or keep them all for yourself.

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Concept, photography and styling by Brittni Mehlhoff for Paper & Stitch

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