For this project you will need a Chinese takeout container, a hole punch, paint brush, paint, a container for the paint and newspaper. Flatten the Chinese takeout container. Use your hole punch to make holes in it, choosing any pattern you would like. Place the container on the newspaper and paint the outer surface, using any color you prefer. Once you have allowed the pain to dry you can reassemble the Chinese takeout container, back to it's original look. Then you simply place a tea light i...
Pergolas make a lovely addition to any home. They offer shade and interesting shape to where you live. In this two part tutorial, learn how to build your own pergola for your home. Follow this step by step video and soon you'll be on your way to relaxing in one of your very own!
Refresh and relax with a soothing lavender-scented spa pillow! In this DIY sewing project, Melissa shows you how to make this super easy gift (or make it for yourself, you deserve it). Watch this how to video and you will be taking it easy with these lovely scented pillows in no time.
With a few variations, you can turn this rabbit into a fox or a cat as well. This tutorial shows you how to take a dollar bill and use a few simple origami techniques to turn the bill into a rabbit. This is a simple technique you can use to make a gift for a small child, or include as part of a gift. You can add eyes as well if you want, though traditional origami does not use eyes.
Friendship can't be bought with money or gifts, but an existing friendship can certainly be bolstered by some handmade wrist wear. While you can totally hit up Claire's and purchase their twosome friendship bracelets, the special letter-embellished bracelet in this video is so much more personalized.
We know how hard it is to buy a present for a woman during the holidays. 99% of the time she's not going to wear what you buy her, and giving her a practical gift like a blender or a new microwave - despite your best intentions - is just cause for a good talkin' to. So how do you indulge that special woman in your life this Christmas without getting slapped?
This video tutorial is in the Arts & Crafts category where you will learn how to make a multi-layered embossed floral gift card. Take a piece of 11 x 8 1/2 inch Stampin' Up card stock and fold it in half. Next you punch out layers of colored paper of rose red, very vanilla, regal rose and blush blossom colors of different sizes as stated in the video using the Boho Blossom Paper Punch. Now you take a Sizzix Big Shot Die and cut out a craft paper and set the cut outs aside. Now you got to stam...
You never know when one of your friends is going to get knocked up and need a baby shower to celebrate the impending arrival of her little one! Baby showers, unfortunately, generally get too common and predictable, with most of the soon to be mom's friends hitting up the same party supply stores for the same plates, baby bootie gift bags, and gift baskets.
Not sure what to get your sweetie on Valentine's Day? Everybody loves food! Although they may wait to eat their present AFTER the date in order to stay fitted into their dress or pant, an edible gift might be the way to go this year! In this video presented by the "Original Naked Chef", learn how to make a decorative edible rose for Valentine's Day. Give a gift your loved one's taste buds will enjoy!
Reuse an expired credit or empty gift card to make a guitar pick instead of buying a brand new pick. You will need a pick, nail file (or sandpaper), card, and sharp scissors. Each card will probably yield about four or five picks. With a pen or Sharpie, outline your pick onto the card, centering it around whatever design or logo you want on the pick. Then, cut out this shape with your scissors. With the file, go back and file down the edges so that they are smooth, making sure that all sides ...
This video walks you through the process of making a paper box that would be suitable for a gift or any other purpose for which a paper box could be used. This is a very simple paper folding exercise for anyone to approach. The video's presenter is silent and starts with one piece of white paper to demonstrate all of the folding techniques, using pointing and other hand gestures to do so. Follow along yourself, step by step. By the end of the fifth step, the open-faced box is complete and rea...
First, apply base coat to your nails. Then apply 2 coats of pink bubble gum acrylic paint to the nails. Then use a thin brush to draw an off centered cross on the nail with caramel candy acrylic paint. Using a dotting tool, apply hot pink and metallic antique copper acrylic paint in alternating dots along the cross. Then use the caramel candy color again and make a bow in the center of the cross and outline it with brown oxide paint. Let the paint dry and then apply a coat of base coat to sea...
Bows are so beautiful. They make a great accessory and an awesome accent to any gift. The bigger the bow, however, the more likely it is to flop and not look as beautiful as it should. This tutorial will show you how to make a beautifully large holiday bow using wired ribbon so that it doesn't wilt. Soon, your gift will be the talk of the party and no one will ever want to open it - it will be too perfect!
The video is very informative about the using of a Stampin' Up. The blogger explains the different parts of the system and how to use them. She first shows the finished product, in this case a label or gift tag. She then explains the process of how to die cut the various parts and how to use the dies and machine to cut out the shapes. She then explains how to put the Tags together. She then shows how to finish the product. All through the process the video also has pop ups with a brief write ...
Do you like paper crafts? Like making things with your hands? Then you will love this excellent video of now to make a Origami bag. In this video you are taken through the process in a slow and clear manner so that you can easily follow along. By following the video in just about a minute you will go from a plain, flat sheet of paper to having a intricately folded bag perfect for holding a small gift. What a clever way present your gift!
Have you ever wanted to make your own personal coloring book? With the Epson Artisan all-in-one printer, a project like this is a snap. Make some coloring books based on your digital pictures. Have your kids color in their memories of the last trip to Disneyland, or the silly photo of themselves goofing off in the bathtub. These personalized coloring books make great gifts for everyone!
Raid the thrift stores and the hardware stores and turn something that's old and useless into invaluable works of art. Armed with markers and your own artistic skills you can change fussy old dinner plates into something worth eating on. Watch this video to learn more about how to make painted plates and tiles with ceramic paint pens. Give the gift of your genius, and spread the smiles around.
How to hack Yoville! Yoville cheats, tricks, hacks. Watch this video tutorial to learn how to gift trick with WPE on Yoville (08/27/09).
This video origami tutorial shows how to make a triangular box from one piece of paper. It can hold small gifts and goodies, and can easily be decorated and embellished to suit the purpose. Follow along with the step-by-step instructions in these video origami lessons, and fold an easy gift or storage box. All you'll need is paper, ribbon, a piercing tool, scissors, a brad, a paper clip, and a scoring tool.
The iTunes App Store makes it easy to buy an app or game on someone else's behalf, and it's a great way to send an iPhone user a thoughtful gift. The Google Play Store doesn't have such functionality, but there are still a few workarounds to accomplish the same goal: gifting an app to an Android user.
There's nothing better than gulping down an ice cold beer to calm the senses and ease the mind. The holiday season can be very stressful as people scramble around trying to find the best gifts for friends and family. And we all know that gifts can be very hit or miss, but it's pretty hard to go wrong giving someone a nice bottle of whiskey or a nice selection of beers.
Psy's K-Pop hit, Gangnam Style has taken YouTube, and now the world by storm. Love or hate the song, there is just no way you'll watch the music video only once.
When "Hannah Montana: The Movie" came out, Miley Cyrus' song "The Climb" exploded and even made it to the top of the Billboard 100, obscuring several equally good though not as highly publicized singles. One of these excellent tunes is "Butterfly Fly Away," sung by the chanteuse and her father, Billy Ray Cyrus.
The "Ronda Alla Turca" is more commonly known as the "Turkish March" and is the third movement to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's most famous pieces, "Piano Sonata No. 11". If you'd like to start learning this lovely piece of classic music, this video series gives you a step-by-step piano lesson.
To be honest, these Christmas ornaments look more like sea urchins than stars to us. Either way, these festive ornaments are beautiful and cheap alternatives to purchasing standard ornaments at the store. Give each ornament character by using a different color or pattern paper.
Make yourself princess for a day by creating the lovely Rapunzel-like curls presented in this video. Don't get us wrong - straight hair is sleek and modern - but when we're in the mood for romance we make a beeline for the curling iron.
Poached eggs look a wee bit fancier than your typical scrambled or over easy eggs, but they're just as easy to do, especially once you get the technique down. To learn how to poach a perfect couple of eggs to serve at breakfast alongside your bacon and toast, check out this food tutorial.
We love Moroccan restaurants. The communal handwashing, the savory salads, the soups, the braised lamb appetizer, the pigeon pie, the baklova - oh, and there go our diets. Moroccan food is known for having a very rich and spice-ridden flavor that many foodies enjoy, but the more we let our appetites go at the restaurant, the more our waistlines go with them. But there is a way to make Middle Eastern food without turning into a piggy.
You haven't tasted the full potential of turkey until you've cooked it tandoori style. Just a bit of background: Tandoori means baked or cooked in a tandoor, or a cylindrical clay oven fired to a high heat by wood chips or charcoal. The clay oven, combined by the method of firing, imparts a very harmonious and satisfying mixture that sinks in to everything it touches.
The alluring and stylish GiannyL is the DIY fashion design guru of the web. Do-it-yourself has never been so sexy before. Her fashion design video tutorials make new outfits not only hot, but cheap and easy. And recycling and reusing old clothing is not only practical, but eco-friendly.
Instead of throwing away the streamers from your latest party, why not be eco-friendly and recycle it as a lovely folded flower? In this tutorial, learn how to make cute homemade roses from left over streamers.
Did you ever want to make the perfect cake to go along with a party by the beach? a friend's birthday party? Are you not very savvy with decorating cakes? Well here's your chance to impress everyone, Wilton Cake Decorating is here to help. See these two lovely ladies show you step by step how to make a simple, yet amazing beach themed cake. Learn how to make flowers out of tubed icing, magnificent umbrellas out of Kraft candy melts, an ocean out of butter cream icing, the shore out of granula...
Don't trash your unfashionable old skirt, but turn it into something new, something unique, something fashionable. See how to create a designer tote from a skirt in this video from GiannyL.
Corynne from The Crafts Channel teaches how to make a stylish bird motif in minutes. You'll need: Colored/printed papers, scissors and glue. Get a colored paper. Draw a whatever bird image You like at the back. Cut with scissors. Get another colored paper of different color and draw a wing. Put a glue on the wing and glue it onto another colored paper. Cut it leaving 1/2 an inch over the first wing to have layers. Decorate bird as what You want Your bird motif to look like. Follow these steps...
Oftentimes female style and tradition in the Middle East leaves little room for self-expression. This is where makeup comes in. Women covering their heads and bodies can personalize their look by applying dramatic makeup to their faces. Check out this tutorial and learn how to create a beautiful, exotic makeup look. This look is dramatic and inspired by the beauty of the Middle East. It is not difficult to accomplish if you follow along with the step by step. Start enhancing that lovely face ...
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Need help learning how to do a French twist or pleat? Learn from a makeup artist who will get you "twisting" in no time! To start you are going to make sure you have a few things: a smoothing/bristle brush, a comb/backcombing brush, and plenty of hair pins. Step by step, you will learn the tricks to a lovely French twist. Remember, that practice is the key to perfecting this style. Follow the tips in this video and you will be showing off a sexy up-do with a salon look!
Attention extreme cake decorators! In this two-part video tutorial, learn how to make intricate cake decorating flower fairies... perfect to decorate a lovely little girl's birthday cake! This video uses Pathwork Cutter products to design and shape. Learn how to take your cake from dull to magnificent with help from this two-part cake decorating series.
The Great Zenovka and her lovely assistant show us how-to make a cowl neck halter top. Just get an old t-shirt, follow along with this how-to video, and you're ready to go in style.
The loud pop and a flying cork are not the goals. This video from CHOW.com shows you how to open a bottle of bubbly without showering your guests or wasting the lovely contents of the bottle. You need to have a knife to cut off the foil. Cover with a towel to keep it safe. You don't want to pull the cork. You want to twist it for the faint hissing sound. No pops here!
