L'Art de Faire par Vous-Même / The Art of Making it Yourself
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Food Cans Made Pretty (DIY #1)
L'Art de Récupérer et Récycler / The Art of Reusing and Recycling
That's right! Our first DIY project will help save the environment while decorating your home or any other space that needs a special touch. This project is so easy that it doesn't require step-by-step photos. First, use a can opener to carefully remove the top part of the can if you haven't done so already. Then, give cans a good wash out to remove any food remnants. Add natural fiber ribbons or threads around the can to make a nice bow and voilà! It's done!
Simple decoration made out of food cans is a spectacular way to reuse what would otherwise go to the garbage. So remember: if you're not going to reuse it, recycle it!
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Tulips that Last All Year Long! (DIY #2)
L'Art de Faire des Tulipes en Tissu / The Art of Making Fabric Tulips
Unfortunately the tulip season doesn't last long. For that reason I have decided to share a little tutorial on how to make tulips out of fabric so that this beautiful flowers can decorate your space all year long!
Materials:
- BBQ wood sticks
- fabric (cotton)
- batting
- needle
- thread
1) Paint the BBQ wood sticks in green and wait until they're completely dry. In the meantime, you can cut all the fabric that you have chosen for the flowers in the following measurements: 5x9cm (tulip P), 7x13cm (tulip M) or 9x15cm (tulip G). The size and quantity of tulips may vary according to the size of your vase.
3) Then, make some stitches on one side to "wrinkle" it and leave a long thread to tie it up later.
4) Insert the tip of the BBQ wood stick through the seamless hand to the other side that already has some stitches. Pull the thread and tighten it up (make a knot around the stick).
5) Turn the fabric over the stick. Note that you will have the shape of a fabric glass in the tip of the stick.
6) Fill it up with cotton batting.
7) With a needle, make only two stitches in the middle of the fabric "glass" to close it in the shape of the flower petals as seen in the photo.
8) To finish it up, you can add a beads or buttons in the middle of the flower for decoration, then make as many tulips as you wish for your vase arrangement.
Credits: the original Portuguese-written version of this tutorial can be found here: http://tricoeafins.blogspot.com.br/2011/09/tulipas-de-tecido-passo-passo.html
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Sweet Graduation! (DIY #3)
L'Art de Faire / The Art of Making it Sweet!
In my opinion, graduation is an important event that calls for celebration - no matter how you decide to do it. So here I share a recipe of fondant graduation caps from Glorioustreats blog to decorate your own cupcake and sweeten up your graduation day! Congrats!
Photo and recipe from glorioustreats.blogspot.ca
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