Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DIY. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Sugar High




I've been looking all over for sugar cubes and much to my dismay not having any success.  When I saw the wonderful tutorial at Nifty Thrifty Things for making these dainty little sugar cubes I was ecstatic. I just thought they were the sweetest little things. I wanted to gather my friends and have a real lady's tea. Instead I came up with this easy cinnamon and brown sugar variation.







Ingredients
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon or nutmeg
water

Directions
Stir sugar, brown sugar, and cinnamon mixing thoroughly. Add a few drops of water while mixing till mixture starts to stick together when pressed. Fill chosen *molds and let air dry overnight.

* You can use ice cube trays or candy molds. I used Wilton Candy Mold - Stars . I have also seen cute silicon ice cube trays at the Dollar Tree that would be perfect for this project.







Thursday, June 20, 2013

Pinterest 10 in 10 Week One Success


  While looking through my pins this week I came across these adorable little rolls of fabric tape. I've seen them popping up at all the craft stores and wanted to take some home with me. I just could not justify the expense no matter how hard I tried.
  As soon as I read this  how-to and learned how easy and inexpensive it was to make the tape, I raided my fabric stash and went to work making yards upon yards of the stuff.
  The timing was perfect to use this project as my first in my Pinterest 10 in 10. If your interested you can read about my self imposed challenge here.

To get started, you will need a variety of fabric,double sided tape, and scissors.


Attach one side of the tape to the back side of a piece of fabric.


Cut the fabric a half an inch or so around the tape. This makes it a little more manageable when trimming up.



Now, cut a straight edge along the tapes edge. Use crinkle cut craft scissors for a nice crinkle edge.


That's it.
 
 Wrap those lovely bits of tape around wooden spools for an amazing vintage look and enjoy!




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