I'm making a lot of different little gifts this year for Christmas and thought that the best way to wrap them was to put them into a pillow box! And I searched on Amazon and all over the internet for cute christmas themed pillow boxes and didn't find any so I hit myself on the forehead and thought why don't I just make my own?? I googled a DIY pillow box project and found it on ItryDIY.com here. This was time consuming but I feel great about how each of the little boxes turned out! I definitely recommend this if you need a small box to wrap up your gifts.
What you'll need:
1 pad of scrapbook paper of your choosing (Heavier cardstock works better)
I never paid attention to the inside of the junk mail envelope until I started working with EcoMonster. She showed me the beauty of the inside of the junk mail letters and how to use them for scrapbooking paper or designs for cork coaster. Today I'm posting some quick photos on how to convert your own junk mail into fun and beautiful envelopes. I recently used this envelope to send to my pen pal. :) Yup, you heard me right, my pen pal. I joined the Post Mark Society via www.postable.com earlier this summer and have been exchanging letters with my pen pal. It basically a pen pal group for bloggers created by bloggers. :)
One thing I love about pen pal letters is that you don't see too much of it anymore since we have the internet, emails, Facetime, etc. Another thing is that you can let your personality shine through your letters and envelopes! So after so many camping trips this summer I have a nice pile of park brochure maps stacking in my room. The quality of the maps is pretty durable so I decided it would make the perfect envelope!
What you'll need:
Junk mail envelope
Park Maps (or any other sturdy scrap paper you have laying around)
Hi Everyone! How has your new year been so far? Here's my first post for 2013! I can feel that it's going to be quite the exciting year. Especially since I just made another Etsy sale!! *happy dance* Okay, enough diddle daddling and to the point now. Time for the infinity gauntlet prototype post.
Left Yellow glove (since the template is for the left or flip template for right hand)
So my boyfriend loves comic books and has always told me about the Infinity Gauntlet and how he wants one. Every time we walk around a craft store or random shop and he sees gems he would pick them up and wonder if they can be incorporated into a gauntlet some how. So one day after Halloween I was Googleing and You Tubing other random projects such as resin masks and props and one video caught my eye.
"How to Make a Gauntlet Armor Tutorial" by David J. Guyton
The gold gauntlet caught my eye and not to mention it's a tutorial! I clicked on the video and watched it and was throughly impressed. What made this video more amazing was that he was selling the template for $5. I was a little worried at first since the video was posted in 2010 and didn't know if I would get the template or even a response if I paid for the template, but I noticed that David is really quick in providing youtube responses so I gave it a go. After I paid for the template he responded with the gauntlet template within in 24 hours! Also, he just posted a new video today for gauntlet version 2 so you'll have some options for your design! The video above suggest that you make a paper prototype first so that's exactly what I did.
