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Posts Tagged "DIY"
Valentine’s day is coming! Some of the best presents are the ones that are handmade…or handmade by someone else! Feel inspired to craft! Enjoy!
 Made by PaperPolaroid Etsy Shop  heart garland made by yours truly!
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Last week I posted about my love for mid century modern lattice patterns…Well, when I first moved to Seattle, this is one of the very very first things I decided to do, to turn my place into a home. A wee bit tedious but SO VERY WORTH IT! First, I painted the door white. I measured out where the lines would need to be and taped the whole entire door with strips of tape. Then, I took an exacto knife and cut out the pieces of tape that weren’t necessary. A couple coats of yellow paint on top. Wait for the paint to dry…Take off the tape & PRESTO! Enjoy!
 My front door! (My closet door also got the same treatment)
One thing I strongly believe in is to ALWAYS find a way to reuse things! Last week I was sitting in my nice little “living room” corner (at the office) thinking about the hundreds and hundreds of near expired votive candles we have out in the hall. I had some jute twine sitting next to me and decided to wrap a votive with it. I am so excited with my final product because I have found a way we can reuse these votives AND they look cool!!! You can stick a little tea light candle in there since you can’t see in. No one will ever know!  Jute Wrapped Votive By Misha When illuminated, there are just enough small gaps between each row of jute that the glow of the candle shines through. It’s beautiful! Enjoy!
Hello Adventure Fans, Thanks for having me back on this delightfully hot DIY day here in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. In honor of the recent passing of the most Patriotic of all holidays, I thought I might dedicate this post to all things FLAG. Indubitably becoming a regular on the DIY wedding scene, flags are one of the easiest, least expensive and most varied ways to deck out any number of soirees. Check out these examples on one of my regular stops for wedding inspiration, the lovely Once Wed . And here are a few I’ve created for parties in the past.
This is a strand of simple felt triangles, all cut the same size, sewn together (either by machine or hand) until the desired length is reached. I love how simple, geometric and modern these are. Felt is a wonder fabric- so easy to work with and looks surprisingly great in any season.
Here is another very simple strand I made for my parents 40th anniversary party last summer. I know there a bit hard to see here, but I used a variety of scrap fabric in blues, greens and yellows. They are cut in various shapes and sizes- rectangles, triangles, squares and flowers- and then sewn with invisible thread in a random order. The only trick with using most patterned cotton fabric is that you will need to cut two sides for each piece and lay them back-to-back so that the flags look colorful from every angle.
These mini flags are so simple to create and can be used in adorning nearly everything! I mean just look at how they make this simple jar look fabulous! I made these with thick gross grain ribbon (so they would not fray when cut), a glue stick and small dowels I stumbled across in the baking aisle at my local grocery store. I am envisioning these in cupcakes or sticking a few in a pot of blooming succulents. They would also make great drink stirrers (perhaps with a longer, thinner dowel) or even stuck in the lawn as aisle runners (again, a longer dowel and perhaps wider ribbon might work best). So, what do you think? Are you a Flag Fan? While I haven’t yet figured out how to incorporate them into our wedding, there is no doubt that some sort of flag fantastic-ness (Yes, I know it’s not a word. But it should be!) will make an apperance. Happy Flag Making!
I love 100 Layer Cake. I religiously visit this blog daily! There’s everything from real wedding photography to DIY projects to color schemes….It’s amazing! My fellow Adventurers- Even if you aren’t getting married any time soon, check out this site for some daily inspiration!  From 100 Layer Cake
Well Hello Adventure Lovers, What a lovely day for crafting, no? My name is Joana and I am thrilled to be joining the clever and talented roster of bloggers here at the Adventure School! I am a bride to be on a quest to create a homemade wedding. Every Friday I will be here sharing my triumphs and defeats (yep, all you fellow crafters out there know about those) to inspire and delight you. So, without further ado… Save the Dates 101. Yay! My partner in all things non-criminal (aka the husband to be) and I wanted to use our Save the Dates to give our guests a little sneak peak into our wedding. Most notably, the unique location- a real live working Alpaca Ranch! But how and with what would we craft these silly little cards left me a bit stumped at first. So what did I do? I turned to the world wide web for some instant inspiration. Once I stumbled upon beauties like these , these and these, and took a visit to a local fabric store, we were set to begin. I won’t bore you with all the little steps (please comment if you’d like me to write up a “how to” and send it to you), but here are the results:
Stamping & Drinking- a VERY important component to DIY is to always include a favorite bevy.
We designed a stamp with all of our info & had it made by these guys. Then we carefully hand stamped mail tags and added a gold string (pictured below) for some added glitz.
The fiancé drew an alpaca, scanned the image and used our home printer to print onto transfer paper. Next I ironed the image onto canvas (aka the Mr. T of fabrics) and sewed each one to its own little burlap pocket.
The back of each pocket had a different vintage floral fabric. Fun!
And that’s it. What do you think? We like them and we didn’t receive any hate mail after sending them out, so I guess they were a hit (or at least okay). See you all next week! And Happy Crafting!
fiancé
Lately we have been getting a bit production happy here in The Adventure Studio. And why not? Art making kicks. And there have been a lot of inspirational creative boot strappy art things in Seattle lately made of paper and trash and simple things. From your average couture cake ladies at the Fremont Summer Solstice to optical illusion blue tape art at Georgetown Artopia to the scrappy yet corporate 2009 Pride Parade complete with floats like the innovative 8 bikes attached to the frame of a Jeep powering the Madison Market float (made by our own favorite Adventure Bike maker, Colin Stevens).
All photos by our Adventure-iPhones. With all of these in mind I was tooling about in the blogosphere this morning and saw this radness on design*sponge. A product launch by arjowiggins, li edelkoort and french photographer gregoire alexandre. Glossy, expensive, not DIY cloud suits made out of pillow-batting-y at all . . . STILL TOTALLY RAD! Curious Story – Making of the Water Curious Story – Making of the Wind Paper company meets fashion photog meets skinny yet tough model. I just like it. Magic happens. Behind the scenes. This week we make some magic. What can we make this week? What can we build for our wedding couples? What can we create for the Cal Anderson Park 4th of July? Stay tuned.
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