Saturday, July 12, 2008

How to Make Cold Porcelain

Hey everyone! Today I discovered this awesome tutorial on how to make cold porcelain. Cold porcelain isn't actually porcelain at all but is made with white glue, cold cream, glycerin, cornstarch, and water and can be used to make pendants, charms and all kinds of cute little crafts. Beware though, cold porcelain can be dissolved by heat and water - so I guess you won't be making any cups out of it.

The website ColdPorcelainDesigns.com has a lot of really cute stuff on it and a great FAQ for more information about working with cold porcelain. Check out this video tutorial from them on how to make tiny cold porcelain roses. I'm off to go make some of this myself!

Saturday, July 5, 2008

10 Ways to Recycle your old Books

Hey everyone! I just found this awesome post on StudentHacks.org and wanted to share it with you. At least 7 of the ten things on this list have tutorials linked to them. I have always been a fan of the book-to-book-shelf tutorial (number 3 on the list)

Check it out!

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

Softie Owl Tutorial

I love these little felt plushies. They are really easy to make and really cute.


Thanks to Floresita for this easy tutorial!

Also, FutureGirl has a great tutorial on her site about how to sew felt using both a whip stitch and a blanket stitch. And for more ideas you could always take a peek at Softies Central. Check it out!