Make a cool piece of jewelry out of magnets with help from this video! Learn how to make this adjustable bracelet, that doubles as a fun toy, for under five dollars! Get dressed in unique homemade creations and begin your journey into DIY fashion here.
This tutorial is helpful for those who enjoy the old fashioned way of sending mail. The video focuses on making your own envelopes using a variety of different papers including wallpaper, regular paper, and even designer paper. You'll also find out how to make pre-made envelopes to fit card. Enjoy!
As lovely as vintage jewelry may be, there's only so much of it out there in the world to be had. As a result, nice vintage accessories tend to be prohibitively expensive for most. One obvious solution to this dilemma is to make your own faux antique jewelry. And this free video tutorial will teach you how to do just that, using polymer clay to fashion a vintage-inspired pendant for a necklace.
In this tutorial, Kameron Kay, expert jewelry designer, demonstrates how to make a stretch bracelet using extra beads. This is a quick and easy piece of jewelery that anyone can make. Watch this video for tips on how to turn those extra beads into something unique. This bracelet makes both a great gift and a wonderful fashion accessory.
Have more paracord than you know what to do with? If so, and if you're interested in storing it in a creative, esthetically-pleasing fashion (that is completely without any sort of material utility) then the paracord knot balls outlined in this video are for you! Tie some with this free video lesson.
Are you an aspiring fashion designer? Or how about just someone who loves to sew and make clothes? If you're in the market to make male dress suits, it is a must that one learns how to properly measure a man's chest girth for the proper suit jacket fit. Learn how to take this imperative measurement in this video.
This is an imitation headband that Siobhan Magnus has worn on American Idol. Her new style of bringing back crochet to fashion is brilliant. This is a step by step tutorial on following through this entire project. The advanced student will have your very own Siobhan headband in no time.
Multiplying decimals is made easy in this math tutorial. The narrator illustrates the process for multiplying decimal numbers in a very simple to understand fashion. You start by simply ignoring the decimals and multiplying the numbers as you normally would. The video shows you the rest of the steps to arrive at a number with the decimal in the right place.
In this Threadbanger tutorial, designer Desira Pesta shows you the steps to make a collage necklace. Made of scraps of fabric, a collage necklace is a colorful accessory for fashion-conscious folks. It's also cheap and pretty easy to make, ideal for crafters who are still learning.
What makes a milkshake Jamaican? Why don't "ja-make" one and find out? You will need:
Compact fluorescent light bulbs, or CFLs, use about 75% less energy, give off 90% less heat, and last up to ten times longer than old-fashioned incandescents. Changing over is as easy as… well, screwing in a light bulb. This eco-friendly tip will save you some money & save electricity.
Stripes are always in fashion, even as a nail decoration. You will need black and white nail polish. Watch this video nail art tutorial and learn how to create a black and white striped manicure.
This video sewing tutorial shows a clear and complete demonstration of how to correctly sew a railroad zipper. Included are tips and materials needed. Watch and learn with the help of the Fashion Design department at OTIS College of Art and Design.
Watch this step by step costume making guide on how to make a Suzumiya Haruhi skirt for cosplaying. This tutorial is great for anime enthusiasts, designers, and do it yourself fashion aficionados. Learn the necessary steps of designing a Suzimiya Haruhi skirt for cosplaying.
This is a rum version of an old-fashioned cocktail. The treacle is mostly a drink for drink-makers (bartenders). You will neeed a sugar cube, Angostura bitters, orange bitters, dark rum, a single ice cube, apple juice, cinnamon, lemon, and then ice to serve. Watch this video mixology tutorial and learn how to make a treacle cocktail.
Forget the same old method of making a Thanksgiving turkey. Watch this how to video and learn how to deep fry a your bird. Don't roast your turkeys the same old fashion way. Deep frying a turkey actually leaves it much more moist than other conventional cooking methods.
It seems no woodworker ever has enough clamps. Master craftsman George Berry, "The Woodguy" shows how to clamp up a picture frame with clamps that you make yourself.
Side swept bangs are totally in fashion, and who would want to be without them? This hairstyling tutorial video will give you tips and tricks on how to style your sideswept bangs.
This video is a how-to demonstration of Eastern European Knitting, the knit stitch. Please note, this is not continental knitting, as here we knit through the back of the loop in both the knit and purl stitch. The resulting fabric appears exactly the same as both English and Continental knitting styles.
Is Audrey Hepburn your favorite style icon? Try out these classic fashion tips, and you'll be crossing every river in style.
The old-fashioned way of just throwing water balloons yields unsatisfactory results. We need something bigger and better. Use this video to construct a launcher for your water balloons.
Keep your pooch safe and stylin’, with a little LED. Fiber Optics. They’re not just for humans anymore. When GeekBrief.tv star Cali Lewis, visited the Lair, Techno-Guru Alison made electronic fashion for a podcaster’s best friend.
Get a head start on one of Fall's hottest looks for eyes. It's all about really tight liner, lush lashes and a deep lip. Here, Smashbox artist, Hank Hoffman, demonstrates how to turn this high fashion inspiration into an everyday reality.
Learn from fashion designer Natalie how to pin your patterns together for sewing.
Find out from fashion designer Natalie how to cut out your pattern pieces and use your fabric cutting scissors.
Get tips from fashion designer Natalie on how to mend a ripped seam.
Solve your persistent thread breaking problems by watching this video and getting advice from fashion designer Natalie.
Transform any fabric in minutes by using paint sticks to transfer a surface texture to the cloth. Watch as Laura Murray shows you how to use surface rubbings over a textured surface to create original and creative fashions.
It’s called a "muslin" because a muslin material is commonly used to create this first sample of your pattern for tailoring. In this video, Sarah, a Maryland sewing instructor, fashion designer and author, demonstrates marking techniques and explains how to use a muslin to get an exact fit from any pattern. Make sure to click the RealPlayer or Quicktime link to start the video.
Got an old record you don't need? this is how to fashion it into a bowl, very cool.
This week, inside sources divulged details of how Apple nearly acquired Leap Motion, twice. Otherwise, companies offering or working on augmented reality technology had more successes than failures to talk about.
Cuffs can make or break a fashion design, and illustrating cuffs well helps a designer sell a collection. Learn how to draw cuffs for fashion design from a pro designer in this free fashion illustration video series.
Creating a dress, or any other clothes for that matter, takes quite a bit of design, planning, and manufacturing to get it just right. Fashion designer Jim Reichert put on a HoloLens and saved himself a bunch of time designing a dress through the use of a life-sized holographic woman.
So i'm a 14 year old photography and art student and one of our topics was to create a final piece that reflected the covers of popular magazines. We had to link our magazine cover with our chosen topic and mine was fashion and the environment.
In this tutorial, we learn how to complement your skinny jeans outfit. The skinny jeans are a hot look right now in fashion and in the stores. With the skinny jeans, you can wear a top that is bigger or loose on you. Since the jeans are so tight, this will transition nicely with the different looks. Get a longer top as well, that at least hits your hips. A loose fit will work with this, especially if you have a larger body type. For the shoes, you can wear a slouch boot, because this will com...
This ain't your mother's long hippie skirt from the '70s. While a few months ago we would have never thought we'd wear a dress longer than our knees, fall fashion is dictating that the long skirt - and by long we mean down to the ankles - is back in style.
One size does not fit all, at least when it comes to selecting what clothes flatter your figure. Despite what Hollywood actors and actresses try to make us believe - ie. that we're all size zeros with cheese grater abs, big boobs, and heavenly faces - each of us is created a little different.
For some, Forever 21 is exactly that. It's a place to shop for hip new clothes that will keep you in your twenty-somethings, and the creator of this video found a really great miniskirt there for less than 7 bucks! She loved it so much, she created this fashion video to show you three different outfits for which you could wear this dark gray, charcoal-colored miniskirt. Try them out, and mix and match your own versions!
Sadly we are not all size 00 runway models who fit into sample sizes made by designers for the catwalk and for their ateliers. But then again, who wants to be a dull, faceless clothing hanger?
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to wear a Sari. Users will first need to wear the blouse, petticoat and heels. Begin by tucking the plain in the petticoat and wrap it around once. Then tuck it in. Now wrap the Sari around your body once and make 5-7 pleats with the Sari. Place it on your left shoulder and wrap it once around your body. Then tuck it into your blouse. Make sure the the Sari is all the same length. This video will benefit those viewers who are interested in Indian fash...
