Procraftinating

via http://dollarstorecrafts.com/

The perfect summer clothing tutorial: a puffy dandelion blowing in the wind, on your shirt!

To achieve the ethereal and well, dandelion-y, poof, one uses a bath pouf dipped in white paint! True genius use of texture.

Full tutorial and materials list at the link.

via http://www.lovefromtheoven.com/, http://www.intimateweddings.com/

A really lovely gift or party/wedding favor idea: cookies packed in paper CD sleeves!

The link has templates for cute “Thank You” type stickers to place on the plastic window area, too.

Seems the best results for keeping the packing and cookie fresh are to first wrap the (cooled, dried) cookie in plastic wrap before placing it inside a sleeve.

via http://www.agirlwhomakes.com/

Make a neat paint-dipped necklace with unfinished wooden beads!

The sort of negative space that the unpainted wood creates makes the colors really pop…

Really love the simplicity and colors. Try different color combos for all seasons?

Tutorial at the link~

truebluemeandyou:

DIY Book Pages Made into Beads. Lots of tutorials about winding paper beads and sealing them all over. I posted a really good tutorial on getting specific paper bead shapes and sealing them with varnish here. Photograph above from Helen Lonsdale here.

I’ve done this with the liner paper from security envelopes (that hash-pattern blue and white sort) but to use lines from old books is really lovely too!

szmoon:

To celebrate the beginning of summer and all the nice things that come with it, I am hosting a new giveaway! :D

I recently added a ton of items to my etsy shop, including my new lasercut jewelry, eyeball crop tops and full length t-shirts and I wanted to celebrate the occasion. c; The prize for this giveaway will go to one winner and will be:

• 1 Sin Kitten necklace (winner’s choice of color for the chain)
• 1 pair of Lighting Melt Earrings
• 1 Lightning Melt Ring

Ways To Enter:

You may do ANY or all of these to enter, each bullet point counts as one entry~

• Follow me (szmoon) on tumblr and reblog this post. Giveaway blogs will be disqualified. Max amount 3 reblogs per day. (Each reblog = 1 entry)
• Like my Facebook page and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your facebook name and email so I can contact you!)
• Follow me on Twitter and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your twitter username and email so I can contact you!)
• Follow me on Instagram (@szmoon) and leave a comment on the giveaway page saying you did so (please include your instagram username and email so I can contact you!)

Giveaway ends June 1st! Winner will be chosen with an online randomizer and will be notified within a few days. If there is no response within 3 days a new winner will be randomly chosen.

I tried to include a bunch of different ways to enter so that people won’t be discluded if they don’t have a tumblr account. :] Good luck everyone, and thanks for being such lovely readers! ♥ ♥ ♥

akimaro:

I just downloaded SketchBook Copic Edition. AND IT’S REALLY GREAT!
The interface it’s like the other SketchBook programs but I love how the colors can be blended and treated almost like real Copic markers!, I’m exited.

I’m sharing my first drawing here so it’s not so cool…but I’ll be practicing a lot with this thing.
The download it’s easy and you can find the program for free in the AppStore, here: DOWNLOAD

Hope you guys enjoy the program as much as I did!

http://copic.jp/en/sketchbook-ce.html

I know this is more artsy than craft-sy, but I figure some traditional and digital artists may enjoy this program.

I downloaded and tried it myself (safe DL, no worries!) and it’s quite nice. If you often work with a Copic palette then this may be an asset as well!

And the best part? It’s not an add-on, just free software entirely! Enjoy.

via http://youpouch.com/

A cute tutorial on making bear-shape pancakes!

Happy St. Patty’s day, too!

No major updates any time soon, but this was too cute to pass up.

Click the photo for the tutorial; it’s in Japanese but could easily be figured out from the photos.

And a second cute tut: alpaca curry! http://youpouch.com/2011/12/05/45847/

via http://blog.kanelstrand.com/

Make a neat bowl from yarn and flour paste!

Requires only:

• 1/2 cup of flour
• 4 cups of water
• 3 tablespoons of sugar
• scrap yarn in the color of your choice
• bowl to use as a mold
• saran wrap or plastic bag

Really simple, would make for a fun afternoon project for any level of crafter! Click the photo for full instructions at the link.

boxchecker:

Rinse. _____________. Recycle. 

People always forget about that second R. 

DIY caps for bagged foods!
Usually these go for a handful of dollars on Amazon, but why not make your own?

(Source: progressivefriends)

classymissmolassy:

Learn Sashiko. (Japanese needlework)

Looks lovely, I think I’ll try this sometime!

via http://www.instructables.com/member/jgodsey/

lol… I know I’m trying to cut down on the posts but, hey, I saw this and thought it was pretty smart. For those with crafty areas that often get messy, this kind of tool would be really useful!

Looks like you can fashion a magnetic mop out of a basic swiffer/swiffer-esque broom using a sticky-back magnet sheet! :)

Swifer- type ($8) mop
Sheet of rubber magnet ($6) can be reused from the backs of locker photoholders
Liquid Nail adhesive, storm window or gasket sealant
Scissors or paper cutter