Posts tagged: howto
Steampunk Pocket Knife
By Runeshai
This is basically a DIY swiss army knife tutorial I found the other day, perusing Instructables. It's pretty cool, uses pretty standard tools, but I iimagine once you've got one of them down, you'd be able to pull off some more decently, and get creative with the tools you included. That could be a cool part - see what crazy tools you could add tp each one you made.
http://www.instructables.com/id/make-a-Steampunk-pen-knife/
What differen » READ MORE
Contemporary Luminarias
By The Paper Studio
Watch our great online video below to make your own contemporary Luminarias
For more information and all your book art needs visit us at www.paperstudio.com
Todd Oldham on YouTube
By sublinxHey Crafty People. I don't know about you but I adore Todd Oldham and his fantastic love for design and creativity. Right now he has a video on YouTube's homepage asking for HowTo and DIY videos from the community. He’ wants people to show him their DIY projects that can be given as gifts or make great decorations. The most exciting videos will be featured on YouTube’s home page when he’s the guest editor. Check it out and definitely put a v » READ MORE
How To Turn Old Clothes into a Reversible Purse
By threadbangerLearn how to turn a couple of old dresses into a brand new reversible purse. We picked up some inexpensive old clothes at our local thrift store.
Thread Heads: How to Turn a T-shirt into a Tank Top
By threadbangerLearn how to turn a plain boy's T-shirt into a girl's camisole using just scissors. No sewing necessary.
Thread Heads: How To Stencil a T-Shirt
By threadbangerLearn how to spray paint your own shirts. Save money and design your own, unique t-shirt. The infamous "Spray Can" Michelangelo gives you an intense lesson with stencils and old T-shirts. Do try this at home!
How garlic can neutralize odour
By infektia
Garlic wasn't only used to be 'placed by the ancient Greeks on piles of stones at cross-roads, as a supper for Hecate' (Wiki) and isn't only used in tasty dinners (we all know how the garlic breath smells, don't we?) or for medical purposes... I just found out that garlic can be the perfect odour neutralizer. Instead of using those air-fresheners that you have in the bathroom, that nearly kills you if you spray too much, garlic does the trick wit » READ MORE
How to do a nice bow
By balubaluI was pointed to an Asian website today that has a small video tutorial on how to create this:
How to Antique Paper
By DIY Maven
I saw Martha "antique" paper a few years ago, and although I don’t remember her technique, I do remember that it was complicated. I played around with the general idea, though, and came up with an easy way to get the same aged look.
What You Need
A piece of paper you want to age. (I used regular 24lb laser paper. Of course, print your poem, passage of writing, and etc. to the page before you attempt to antique it.)
1/4 cup of hot, black coffee. (A » READ MORE
Build my bed?
By jasimar 
So I'm digging this bed but I so want to DI-myself. How would you go about making just the base for a king sized bed? Just curious.
Is it possible?
By megrockstarI am new to this site. New to owning a home. I actually don't yet but I will be in the end of jan and hopefully in the beginning of Feb Ill be moving in. I have already gotten so many ideas and now I havea few questions( I will space them out so I dont take over here).
I really really want to put in a mini fan in my livingroom ceiling to help push the heat down. Is it possible for me, a woman that has pretty much zero electrical experience to do t » READ MORE
The Fix Its: Shrink Wrap Your Windows For Winter
By bruno
Don't let the unseasonably warm weather fool you; it will get cold this year. And when it does, our 94-year-old house will get cold too. So I spent a few hours this weekend putting up insulating plastic film over our living room windows.
Is this the most exciting two minutes and thirty-six seconds of video you'll ever watch? No.
But it's better than a sharp stick in the eye. And it'll keep your house warmer, too.
More Easy Wall Art (in CD frames!)
By brunoAlttext's post on creating easy wall art out of simple, cheap materials generated a lot of interest. Here's another method that produces some pretty spectacular results:
DIY Jewel Case Frames: Wonderful Wall Art Faster than you can say Polar Bears!
"We found a clever project that uses CD jewel cases to make rearrangeable, refillable, photo frames for those empty walls of yours. Watch our first ever Photojojo video tutorial and see how you can get » READ MORE
Paint Swatch Card Holders
By brunoIf you, like me, have changed the color of the paint on your living room walls more than three times in the last two years, then this how-to from the MAKE blog is for you: it's a nice little walk through of how to turn those leftover paint swatches into useful card holders (business, credit, playing, etc.).
Drawers to Walls: Earring Frame!
By beccajoAs a jewelry designer, I end up with a LOT of earrings that don't sell. That's fine with me, they end up becoming part of my own accessories wardrobe! But I need a good way to store them that keeps them from getting tangled or lost.
I used to have a chest of drawers with a top pullout section for jewerly, but I really prefer being able to see all my choices at once.
What to do, what to do?!?!?!
Behold-the Earring Frame!
I built t » READ MORE
My Other House is a Bike
By brunoIf you're a bike-commuter, you spend a lot of time in the saddle. So why not give your home-away-from-home a bit of your own personal style? Well, creating a pimped-out ride like the own below isn't as hard as you'd think, especially with these detailed instructions from Instructables.com.
But then, not everybody has such a nice sense of style:
Related: Taliah Lempert's paintings of bicycles should more than compensate for some of the ugly bik » READ MORE
