DIY: Turn a Lens into a Bouquet Holder

 

Extra photos for bloggers: 1, 2, 3

But this is no Vegas drive-through wedding. This is a glassy classy operation.
There are lots of ways to weave your favorite things into your wedding, but this DIY lens bouquet holder our pal Amber Phillips made stood out as a super original way to include your love of photography.
She’s sharing her how-to, and you don’t even have to be getting married to get in on it! You can turn your lens into a vase, planter, or a pencil-holder.
Make a Lens Bouquet Holder
p.s. Our buddies at Nations Photo Lab have 1/2 off all prints 8×10 and smaller right now. Hurry though, it ends at midnight EST!

Why It’s Cool:

Maybe you have a broken, old lens you haven’t been able to use, or maybe your local camera shop has a bin of scratched lenses that you eye every time you visit.
Whether you’re having a wedding or not, you can repurpose that lens, and that saves one more from ending up in the dump while beautifying your home all at the same time.
This project shows you how to safely hollow out your lens, so you can fill it with flowers, pencils, plants, a pile of plastic dinosaurs, or whatever else you might have around.

Ingredients:

• A broken lens
• A hammer
• Pliers
• Any kind of knife
• Floral foam (a 4″ x 4″ chunk does fine)
• Gorilla glue or hot glue
• Safety glasses
• Work gloves

STEP 1: How a Broken Lens Got Its Groove Back

Where does one pick up a broken lens? It’s as easy as searching “broken lens” on eBay.
Your local camera shop might have unusable lenses for sale, and you might also find some at garage sales or swap meets.
There are a ton of old lenses out there that are just too scratched to be used. Once you have your lens, you’re ready to start breaking it down …

Fat Quarter Gang - Divided Organizer Bucket by The Busy Bean

Fat Quarter Gang - Divided Organizer Bucket by The Busy Bean

Link : http://artgalleryfabrics.typepad.com/weblog/2013/02/fat-quarter-gang-divided-organizer-bucket-by-the-busy-bean.html

I drive a minivan without any storage in between the seats. It drives me crazy. I've been using an old shipping box that was convenient to grab before a road trip, but I knew I had to class it up a little. Enter Jeni Baker's great new line, Color Me Retro.


Here's what you'll need:

• 6 Fat Quarters (2) outside (2) lining (1) for the divider (1) for the garbage bin
• 2.5 yards Shape Flex (SF-101) fusible interfacing
• basic sewing tools - sewing machine, thread, scissors

A few notes before we start. All seams are 1/4" unless otherwise specified. Also, in some of the pictures I have used red lines to indicate where to sew, or where your stitching lines are, so that they are clear to you.
1. Start by cutting your fabric. From outside fabric cut (2) pieces 16" x 21" From lining fabric cut (2) pieces 16" x 21.5" From divider fabric cut (2) pieces 10" x 10" From garbage bin fabric cut (4) pieces 12" x 10" Cut a coordinating piece of interfacing for each piece of fabric 

Make a snail Tilda style

Types of work:

Dolls and Toys> Dolls Tilda  Dolls and Toys> Dolls

Difficulty:

below average

Run time:

3:00 Source: http://www.livemaster.ru/topic/236243-tekstilnaya-igrushka-ulitka-v-stile-tilda?

Good afternoon.

My name is Eugene Lipatov. I am the master of textile handmade toys.  
Today I want to introduce you to a master-class with which you can make just such a lovely decorative snail

The list of materials according to the rules written in the end of the master class, but it is somehow not very convenient, because we have just started, and already need to look to the end of the "book" )) So, I will duplicate it here, backed by a photograph.

We need:

 

• Two types of tissue - for the body and for the snail shell;
• thread to match fabrics;
• needle and pins with heads;
• sewing machine;
• scissors (I have them form zag-zag, but you can use plain);
• soft pencil or a piece of soap (chalk);
• stick to sushi (it will use for turning and stuffing pieces);
• hollofayber for stuffing toys;
• Materials for decoration snails (ribbons, buttons, beads, pendants, stripes, lace, paper flowers, etc.)
• super glue (if suddenly a decor element will be impossible to kill );
• black acrylic paint (for drawing eye snail);
• author Tony Finanger pattern;
• iron;

Turtle - quilling

Turtle - quilling-MK 

Source: http://homyachok-scrap-challenge.blogspot.com/2012/06/blog-post_05.html