DIY Pendant Lamp - Weekend Project

Dollar Store Crafts has a great weekend project posted on their site for a pendant light tutorial. I love the colors! Can you believe these are ping pong balls? [link]

Want to buy ping pong balls in bulk? How about 144 of them for less than $10 link

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Hollow Polymer Clay Bead Tutorial

Want to make a hollow polymer clay bead? Here's a link to a tutorial with step by step photographs. [link]

Need some clay to get started?
Variety of Polymer Clay

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Beaded Earrings Free Tutorial

Oh what a grand find. There's a ton more free tutorials at BeadsMagic but here is the link to the earrings pictured above. [link]

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Crochet Kitchen Sponge DIY

I found this great free tutorial on Ravelry for a crocheted kitchen sponge. I have made kitchen scrubbies, I've felted soap into fleece. This was a new idea for me, crochet a cover for a sponge to make a super kitchen sponge. I can see many of these being made in the near future! [link]

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Wire-wrap Rosette Ring Tutorial

A sweet little rosette wire ring tutorial from McFarland Designs. There are great step by step images. [link]

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Wrapped Bracelet DIY

Here is a visual tutorial for making a bracelet with flexible vinyl (PVC) tubing, thread - wool, silk etc to your taste, double sided tape (5 mm width), and a knitting needle. Here is a link to the full tutorial, it is in Russian [link]. If you would like to translate it, try using Babblefish. 

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DIY Garden Flower Pots

SaiFou shares a "visual" (no text) tutorial on how to make pots and a bird bath out of concrete. [link]

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DIY Drink Holder

Positively Splendid had a guest craft blogger, The Homes I Have Made. She shared a step by step tutorial with descriptive photos on making an outdoor drink holder. What a great idea, and easy enough for kiddos to help make them. I imagine any Dad would love these! Use them in your backyard, take them to a tailgate party, use them around the camp fire... [link]

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Gel Air Freshener DIY

Foodie With Family offers a recipe/tutorial for making your own gel air freshener at home. I can see some homemade gifts being made in the near future! [link]

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Summer Nightgown Project

I can't wait to try out this idea. A summer nightgown, and I need two, one for each daughter. These are like pillowcase pajamas but a take off from that idea. The tutorial is shared by Everyday Chaos. [link]

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Fabric Covered Boxes

Mallory Paige shares with us how to cover boxes with fabric in a step by step instruction. What a great decor and storage solution. [link]

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Ear Vines - Free Pattern

Craftsy is an online community with online classes. Most of them are provided for a fee. However, you can find some free tutorials as well as patterns, projects and workshops. The Ear Vines is one of those freebies you can find. [link]

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DIY Envelopes

Sometimes you see a project that just stops you in your tracks. This recycled dryer sheet project is one of them. Just an amazing idea! Thanks to Fine Craft Guild for posting the tutorial. [link]

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Sew a Patterned Pillowcase

Notes from the Patch offers up a Tuesday Tutorial for a pillowcase pattern. The step by step photos are easy to follow and there is a download of the tutorial as well. [link]

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Sewn Owl Tutorial

These three little owl friends are so wise in their muted purple and green color. The pattern tutorial for them comes from EfemeraInk. You can make your own in whatever colors you consider to be wise. [link]

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Free Beading Projects + Book

*Diane Fitzgerald offers a free project from Diane Fitzgerald's Favorite Beading Projects, her new book now available! Get a PDF of her Fortune Teller Beads necklace at http://bit.ly/yDh1Cc

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Four Fold Envelope

These origami envelopes are made from four different papers with one fold each. You can make them in a variety of sizes. The tutorial was posted on Cut Out + Keep by Copernicus. [link] Upon seeing these, I thought it would be a great teacher gift with a little Post It Note pad inside. Or even a cute folio for a CD or DVD.

Looking for paper to get started with?
Coordinated Paper Sets

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Melted Jewelry

Cut Out + Keep has a really cool tutorial (no pictures unfortunately) on how to make melted jewelry out of pony beads. The post was created by JK<3 [link]

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Tea Wreath

Kojodesigns shares a tutorial for this tea wreath. What a fantastic idea. I can envision making these for teacher gifts, house warming gifts, women's ministry or bible study, and possibly as part of a raffle item based on tea - I have so many ideas swirling around in my head. Oh, and then it doesn't just have to be for tea - what about Christmas cards or photographs or recipes .... [link]

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Make a Map Ring

Thanks to Instructables for a great tutorial on how to make a ring from a map. Seems quick, easy and smart. Doable with kids. Applicable to other materials like wrapping paper, fabric, kids artwork... [link]

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