Scrappy Lady, DIY Magazine

Amidst the holiday hustle and bustle I haven't had the chance to share with you my crafty talents have been published in the current issue of Do It Yourself magazine.  Here are are the pages from the story bellow.

 

{here are the directions on how to make your own}

Afternoon DIY

Searching for a place to hang my necklaces, hats and scarfs I decided to pull out the creative genius in me and go to town.  I came up with an accessory clothes line made out of materials I have around my apartment,  2 eyes screws, wire and clothes pins.  Voila!

Now I need to figure out how to fix the leak in our bathroom ceiling but I think that is going to take a professional.

Warm heart and hands on Valentines day!

You might not need hand warmers on a day like yesterday... 60 degrees. But just wait because I hear we are going to get snow tomorrow.

A small group of us got sewing to make some very cute little hand warmers last night at DIY/craft night at Mars Cafe. Erin of SoZealous brought some fabric samples from her work to re-use as her hand warmers. (How environmental conscious!) I did some screen and block printing on my fabric to personalize it to coordinate with my Valentine cards that have special sayings such as "Wood you be mine?" and "You take the cake!"
Some of the gentle men at Mars even tested them out on their faces for some heat therapy. So as you see there are many other ways these handy little rice packs can be used.


We also had a large group of people who joined us for great conversation. Alyssa from Vitea Design Collective and her Husband Josh joined us in conversation and we discusses all things DIY.


Please come join us for our next DIY night Tuesday February 24th, same time same place! For more pictures go here.

Create and have your Coffee too!

Last night we had another great night hanging out at Mars Cafe sipping on great drinks and getting our fingers all sticky with glue.

Our project for the evening, creating boxes out of magazine pages.

We not only made boxes/containers but also came up with many great other items that we could make too. Some absolutely ridiculous, you would have to spend hours and hours creating them. But just as well, we had fun thinking about it.

Here are a few pics of our evening and our projects.

Please feel free to come and join us for another evening of creating at Mars cafe! Our next DIY night is scheduled for Tuesday, February 10^th, 7-9pm.

You are welcome to bring your own project that you are working on and enjoy the creative atmosphere, or come with supplies in hand and work on the project we are all doing. Check back for project details and supplies. Or follow me on Twitter for updates.

More pictures from our evening here.

Urbanestics D.I.Y. /craft Night

This week for DIY/Craft night we will be making boxes or bowls out of recycled magazines or newspapers.

Supplies that you will need for our project:

Old magazines or Newspapers, whatever you prefer. It makes the final product different looking depending on what you use.

Scissors and or if you have a roller cutter and cutting mat bring that.

Tacky Glue, paint brush to spread glue, container for mixing glue with a little bit of water.

Clips or clamps to hold you box together while the glue dries. (clothes pins, chip bag clips and so on)

Bone, paper folder if you have one. This item is optional, it will help folding your paper if you have one. I have also used a spoon from my kitchen in placement of a bone folder.

Here is a link for "how to" pictures on Flickr.