How to Destroy a Book

Before I begin this posting I must say this, book lovers look away, this craft is not for you! In fact you may shed some tears if you continue.

So, for all of you who are able to continue, this is how you destroy a book to make a really cool wreath.

Step 1: Grab a box or some kind of piece of cardboard.

Step 2: Grab a large bowl (I used a mixing bowl) and trace a circle on it. After that grab a smaller circular thing and trace that exactly in the middle of the original circle (I used the bottom of a vase). Cut the circles out.

Step 3: Begin cutting all the pages out of a book that you no longer have any desire to read. After I cut all the pages out of my book, I cut them in half so that they may roll easier (you'll see what I'm talking about).

Step 4: Take your first page, roll and glue it about one inch from the edge of the circle. After you fill in the out side edge go in another inch and repeat. Keep going till you reach the middle. Expect to roll and glue nearly 200 times.

Step 5: I was able to get 4 concentric rings of paper rolls glued down to the wreath. At this point you can consider yourself finished, unless you want to add something to the center of the wreath. I added a mirror to mine.

Step 6: Hang them up on your walls and enjoy. I made two. Here's Jon modeling them off.

Enjoy!!

Extreme Makeover: Jewelry Edition

While in the process of moving into my new home I came across a few pieces of jewelry that belonged in the Goodwill box. I looked at them closely to try to come up with anyway I could make them usable again.
This is what I came up with:

Step 1: Begin with your selected piece of jewelry and then cut two strips of whatever fabric or ribbon you so choose. The cutting does not have to be perfect.

Step 2: Take out your trusted hot glue gun and put a dab of glue on the backside of the earring. Stick one  end of the first strip to that spot.

Step 3: Begin wrapping the fabric tightly around the earring, moving in forward in one direction.

Step 4: Once you've reached the spot where you began put another spot of glue in the same location as the first time you glued. Cut off any remaining fabric. Repeat these steps for the second earring.

This is also a great project for all those old "live strong" type rubber bracelets.

Repeat the same steps used for the earrings on the bracelet.

I added a box-fold flower to mine to jazz it up a little. (See http://moecraftsplease.blogspot.com/2011/09/felt-flower-fridge.html for directions on how to make these flowers)

Have fun!

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Toilet Paper Roll Flowers

Do you find yourself quickly going through rolls of toilet paper? Have you found yourself thinking that there must be more you can do with these rolls than just throwing them away?

If you answered yes to these questions then this is the craft for you!!

While looking at one of my craft blogs I stumbled up this toilet roll flower wreath and my imagination took off.

http://www.sisteroo.com/2011/07/diy-toilet-paper-roll-summer-wreath.html

Being that there is only two of us in my home, my dear mother-in-law helped us collect enough rolls to do this craft. You may have to enlist the help of loved ones to gather enough rolls, depending on the multitude of flowers you want to create... that is unless you are a hyper wiper of sorts.

Step 1: Collect toilet paper and paper towel rolls.

Step 2: Cut rolls horizontally. Each of these cuts become a petal, you should get approximately 10 petals per toilet roll.

Step 3: Pinch the ends as necessary to create a petal-like formation.

Step 4: Take out your trusted hot glue gun and begin using a dab of glue toward one tip of the petal to create a flower-like look.

Step 5: Choose two colors of paint for you flower. One color for the inside of the petal and the other for the outside.
I chose Aqua and Beige to match the colors of my room.

Step 6: Pick out buttons, beads, gems, sequence, or whatever you choose to glue in at the center of the flower.

Step 7: Put them up on your wall and bask in your work!

Transforming Blah to Beautiful

Are you often running late for events in your life, but find the everyday clock dull or boring?
Well have no fear, a transformation is here! You can now take your ordinary clock and turn it into awesome!

I bought mine at Walmart for three dollars:

Take your favorite screwdriver and take apart the clock, which is surprisingly a lot easier than you may think.

Cut a piece of scrapbook paper of your choice to the size of the clock face.

Poke a hole in the middle and glue it down.

And tadah!! You have transformed your clock into something beautiful!

Felt Flower Fridge

Do you have crazy old refrigerator magnets that you are ready to throw away?
Stop!!
There is something you can do, an upscaling of sorts. I had some college dorm type magnets that were not quite fitting my new life, here's what they looked like:

The only ingredients I needed to upscale my magnets was felt, beads, and a hot glue gun.

Each magnet requires five small round pieces of felt. I added jaged edges, but it can most certainly be done both ways.

I like to call these flowers we're making box fold flowers, because of how they are folded together. They don't necessarily need to be made out of felt, but that's what I chose for this project.

Step 1: glue the first piece to the center of the magnet.

Step 2: fold the second piece and glue it to the first.

Step 3: Fold and glue down the third piece perpendicular to the second.

Step 4: Fold and glue down the fourth piece perpendicular to the third.

Step 5: Now the fifth step is probably the trickiest, but I have faith that all of you reading this can do it. Fold and glue down the fifth piece perpendicular to the fourth piece. This step is why I call this flower the box fold, because you must tuck half of the fifth piece under the second piece, just as if you are folding an old box together.

I added a white bead to the center, but you could also do buttons or whatever else you have in mind.

Repeat these steps as many times as needed to cover however many old magnets you have and have fun!