HOW TO – Make Newspaper Pots
Here’s a great tutorial from Wizer that helps you recycle your old newspapers — fold them into newspaper pots! Perfect for small plants or seeds. Read the comments for more planting tips! Link.
Home Decor
HOW TO – Draw an Octopus Mural on Your Wall
Badbadivy on Curbly has a great tutorial on how to draw an octopus mural on your wall. Link.
DIY Lampshade
Follow this Instructable tutorial by Dan to make this very hip lampshade. One simple cut out shape can be traced and cut out into multiple pieces which can connected together to make up various lampshade designs. Link.
Paper Plants
I found this site via How About Orange where you can download and print out paper plants from ivy to cactus to this beautiful paper bamboo plant. The Hong Kong based site is in Chinese but the PDF files have full picture tutorials which are easily followed. Perfect for those who always forget to water […]
Solder Your Own Wine Glass Charms
Windell of Evil Mad Scientist Labs has his own take on making wine charms by soldering them with electronic components. Link. Related: Crochet Wine Glass Charms – Link.
Fabric Covered Thumb Tacks
I am loving the blog How About Orange by Jessica Jones. Here’s her tutorial on making your own fabric covered thumb tacks. But make sure to check out the rest of the blog for great DIY craft and decorating tips. Link.
HOW TO – Make a Wreath from Old Records
Lish of Handmade Detroit has a tutorial on how to make a decorative wreath out of old records! Link.
