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Make a lace frame jewelry holder
By Bromeliad
Make a lace frame jewelry holder inspired by this one at Urban Outfitters.

The retail version was $48 marked down to $19.99. The DIY version should cost anywhere from $5 to zero cents.
Full tutorial here.
Make suzani-themed pillows from napkins
By Bromeliad
The home design blog The Estate of Things has a terrific easy do-it-yourself project for making suzani-inspired pillows for less than $5 a piece. And they could be done without a sewing machine.
Betsy started with a set of suzani-print napkins from The World Market and two pillow forms. See the full post at The Estate of Things.

A DIY birdcage chandelier from an IKEA light
By Bromeliad
This DIY tranforms a $10 IKEA light to an antique-inspired birdcage chandelier. This is the work of green living expert Danny Seo, which he describes at his blog dailydanny.com.
Get a summary here.
Get the full post here.
Make easy tree branch silhouette art
By Bromeliad
Make this easy silhouette art using posterboard, a marker and a flashlight.
Details at examiner.com.

Make butterflies from travel maps
By Bromeliad
Nearly 40 million Americans go somewhere over holidays like July 4, Memorial Day and Labor Day, and all that summer travel means picking up maps along the way. What to do with them when you get home?
You could turn them into simple butterfly art.
This easy project was inspired by Image Surgery, which creates laser-cut butterflies from vintage maps.
For a do-it-yourself version, check out details at examiner.com.

