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Feb 2, 2013
.....Happy Birthday Jeremy!!!....
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Jan 31, 2013
Paper Heart Garland
Materials
Scrap paper. You can use book pages, junk mail, or any other scrap paper that you like!
Scissors
Stapler
Embroidery thread and a needle
Twine
Ribbon
Directions
Cut out 3 strips of paper that are 1/2" wide in varying lengths. Try 9", 10" and 11" to start.
Fold each piece in half.
Take the 9" strip, and nestle it inside of the folded 10" strip, then nestle both of those inside the 11" strip.
Hold the bottoms of the paper together in one hand, and use your other hand to gently press down on the paper where it's creased. You want to work the creases in between your fingers that are holding the bottom of the paper.
Garb your stapler, and put one staple through all of that paper to secure your heart in place.
Tie a knot in one end of a piece of embroidery thread, then use the needle to work it up through the staple, leaving you with a little tail coming out of the top of your heart.
Tie the tail to the twine, and tie a pretty bow on top where it connects, if you like.
Repeat steps 1-7 to create as many hearts as you like for your garland!
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Jan 21, 2013
Orgami Ring for Valentines Day
Start with one piece of origami
paper.
Place it color-side down.
Fold in half, then unfold.
Turn and repeat. You should now
have a "+" in your paper.
Fold each side to the center. It will
look like doors being closed.
Unfold. Your piece should look like
Take the edge and fold it to the
first fold you made before
Do the same with the opposite
edge
Fold one edge over to the second
crease from the opposite edge
Repeat with the opposite egde.
The outcome will be the paper
being divided equally.
With the colored side up, fold back
the top segment
Fold the top left point to the center
of the paper, similar to an airplane
fold
Repeat on the other side
Turn over
You are going to fold down on the
line shown
Fold down
Turn over
Fold point back
Repeat on other side
Unfold both sides
Now you are going to open and
fold. Pull open the folded piece and
push upwards
Repeat on both sides
Fold point down toward center
Repeat on both sides
Fold up bottom fold
Fold up again .
One last time .
Turn over
Now you are going to make it into
a ring. The small tab is where you
will insert the other end of paper
I find this part to be a challenge.
Just keep rolling and working the
paper until it looks like
You've done it!
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Jan 20, 2013
Valentine-Wreath Craft for 5.00
That's Right we are going to make this for 5.00 but don't tell BLOOMING HOMESTEAD! |
TOTAL COST 5.00 |
First pop the roses off the stem but be sure to keep them attached to the bottom green bud part otherwise they will fall apart.
Next, grab you hot glue gun and start gluing them into the wood wreath base.
OK so its from bloominghomestead.com
but i have seen the wreaths and roses at the Dollar Store and the hot glue gun and glue sticks
TOTAL COST $ 5.00
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Jan 19, 2013
Jan 13, 2013
Recycle Glass
1 Make sure the toaster oven is on a surface where the sides are not touching anything else.
2 Sprinkle a little bit of salt on the tray to hold the bottle in place and then place the bottle with the label up on the tray.
3 Close the toaster oven and set the temperature for 200 degrees. Wait for two hours.
4 After two hours have passed, turn the temperature up as high as it will go (but do not set to broil). Leave the bottle cooking for about 10-15 hours.
5 After 15 hours, the bottle should be completely flat
.6 Turn the temperature down to 200 degrees. Leave the bottle in the oven for 15 hours.
7 Turn the toaster off, and leave the bottle in the toaster for about 5 more hours.
8 Take out your flattened bottle,
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