| This is the finished baby diaper cake I made. |
| How to make a Diaper Cake |
| To see the step-by-step video I made on how to make a baby diaper cake, click the link below or copy and paste it into your brower! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bKwE9POjnE |
| Have that plaster hand print you made with your baby but don't know what to do with it? I bought a plaster handprint kit and did it with my niece. I purchased the kit at T.J. Maxx and it was very inexpensive. I didn't love the paper frame materials it came with, so I invented my own display idea. 1. Take a brush or your finger (as I did) and do a wash of pearlescent paint medium all over the front of your finished handprint. (Make sure the plaster is completely dry! I waited a week for it to dry completely.) I left the handprint part paint free to make it stand out. Let the paint fully dry. 2. Glue a satin ribbon around the edges of the finished plaster handprint. I used Sobo glue for this step. Let it completely dry. 3. Cut a piece of felt and glue to the back of the plaster handprint. I used Sobo glue for this step. Let it completely dry. |
| 4. Glue an edging around the handprint on top of the satin ribbon. (I used a frilly girly one I found at a craft supply store. It was very sheer, so that is why I glued a satin ribbon onto the handprint edges first. It just gave it a finished look). I used hot glue for this step. 5. Let everything dry completely and display on a plate stand as I did. This was a gift for my niece's bedroom. There are many alternatives (colors, shapes, paint colors display ideas) to this project. I glued the leftover felt into a beautiful soap box I received as a gift. The felt served as a lining for the box and I store some of my precious pinsand jewelry in it! See what you can come up with! |
| I purchased these Adidas Sambas. I had a pair when I was in the 8th grade and just thought they were the coolest! I decided this time around, I would make them a little unique. I purchased some leather acrylic shoe paints from www.shoehardware.com. The brand of paint is Angelus. I painted one stripe in Bahama Neon Blue, one in Rio Red Neon, and one in Tropic Sun Yellow Neon. I laced them with neon green shoe laces and had my custom shoes! I love them! Some shoes require prepping prior to painting them and some paints require finishers. Be sure to read the package directions prior to trying this project! I also painted rollerskates with Nu Life Shoe spray in Raspberry with Pink Sparkles. |
| These are the projects Carolyn was featured creating on HGTV's "Thats's Clever". Shibori dyed cloth, stitched, beaded wall hanging and beaded balls made from cork, seed beads, and straight pins. Click here to view the materials Carolyn used and how to re-create these projects! |
| YouTube links to see my segments on creating the HGTV projects: Shibori: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs2OSHxlc7s Beaded Ball: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx8s3Wczq_I |
| See my video on creating this craft: Pom-poms! They can be put in girls hair or whatever you'd like! Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/wa tch?v=FDqIJKV2d7Q |
| Here's my ribbon wreath! I have now made one every season. Here's my YouTube video link on how to create this project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18FhPHMrrvI |
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