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Turn a Lazy Susan into a Craft Organizer

by eclectic on January 26, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with 2 Comments

If you’ve made a resolution to get organized this year, one of the best places to start is by organizing your craft supplies. We love this project featured on Dollar Store Crafts for turning a lazy susan into a craft organizer. Brightly colored metal pails and a spinning lazy susan turn ordinary household objects into a designer display of craft supplies within arm’s reach.

What you’ll need:

  • Lazy susan
  • Small metal pails
  • Spray paint (optional)
  • E-6000

Easy steps:

  1. Start with a lazy susan. Spray paint desired color or leave wooden for a natural look.
  2. Arrange small metal buckets on top of lazy susan. Place roughly one inch apart.
  3. Using a pencil, lightly trace the circumference of the bottom of the bucket.
  4. Apply E-6000 along the edge of the bottom of the bucket and place it on the circular outline.
  5. Repeat step 4 until all the buckets are glued down. Allow glue to dry for 24 to 72 hours.
  6. Fill buckets with craft supplies and give it a spin!

For a complete picture tutorial, visit The Crafter’s File Box.

You might also like these versions:

Cute & Cheap Art Supply Organizer

Make that Lazy Susan Work for You

Lazy Susan

Photo credit: The Crafter’s File Box

Can’t Attend? Enter to Win a “Big Ass” Book Giveaway

by eclectic on January 23, 2011 in Contest, mark montano with 1 Comment

We’re excited about the opportunity to meet fellow crafters and customers at the Craft & Hobby Association Winter Conference January 29 and 30 in Los Angeles. As you may have heard, designer extraordinaire Mark Montano will be stopping by the Eclectic Booth to giveaway autographed copies of the “Big Ass Book of Home Decor.” But if you can’t attend CHA this year, we don’t want you to be left out of the fun.

One of our favorite things about being an exhibitor is talking to attendees — swapping crafting tips, hearing your feedback about Eclectic products, and listening to your ideas for upcoming projects. If you can’t make it to CHA, we’d still love to hear from you! And we want to give you the chance to get your hands on Montano’s latest book. We’ll even throw in a pack of E-6000, Amazing GOOP, QuickHOLD and EcoGlue to get you started on your new projects.

Enter to Win

We’ve got 3 autographed copies of Montano’s book, “The Big Ass Book of Home Decor” to giveaway. You can enter to win up to three times.

Here’s how that works:

  • You get one entry if you tweet a link to this post (and mention @amazinggoop)
  • “Like” us on Facebook for a second entry
  • Finally, leave a comment here on the blog for a third entry, simply by answering the following questions:
  1. What new product would you most like to see from E-6000?
  2. What would be the most important features of this new product?

That’s it! Simple, right? We’ll take entries through midnight on the 30th of January (pacific time), drop all your names in a spreadsheet, and use a random number generator to select our winners.

Good luck!

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on January 22, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
jewelry frame

Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week.  Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend!

Craft:

Dollar Store Crafts shares an impressive project for making Faux Stained Glass Windows using E-6000.

We love these tips from Apartment Therapy for organizing your craft space before tackling your next project.

Take an old picture frame and turn it into a modern jewelry hanger with this step-by-step guide from Curbly.

Working with felt? Check out these felting tips & techniques on the Martha Stewart Crafts Dept. blog.

DIY Projects:

The Rambling Renovators show you how to make a panelled wall in your master bedroom.

Need a box that won’t take up too much space? Try this “Man Craft” for making a collapsible box from bamboo placemats.

Find out How to Stencil a Border with step-by-step instructions from This Old House.

Add an earthy touch to your home by making Brick Succulent Planters with a tutorial from ReadyMade.

Create a DIY Valentine Banner

by eclectic on January 20, 2011 in Crafts, DIY, Just for Fun with No comments

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and it’s a great time to start easy projects for decorating the home in shades of pink and red. We love this “Sugared” Heart Banner idea from HGTV. Simple yet adorable, this is a low time commitment project with big results. Create just one strand of hearts, or make several heart banners for a beaded curtain effect to hang in a doorway.

What you’ll need:

Easy steps:

  1. Print and cut out these hearts from HGTV or create your own. Make sure to use cardstock paper for best results.
  2. Lay the hearts on a flat work surface, such as on newspaper or a plastic drop cloth.
  3. Coat the patterned side with spray adhesive.
  4. While the glue is still wet, dust each side with crystal glitter and allow to dry.
  5. Remove any excess glitter from hearts by gently tapping them.
  6. Apply Amazing EcoGlue to hearts and affix to grosgrain ribbon.
  7. Make the banner as long as you like by adding more hearts to the ribbon.

For more Valentine’s crafts you can make with Amazing EcoGlue and other Eclectic adhesives, try these projects:

A Sweet Frame

Sweetheart Topiary

Easy Valentine’s Day Projects

Photo credit: HGTV Design Happens Blog

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on January 15, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with 1 Comment

Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week.  Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend!

Craft:

If you’ve got a dollhouse in need of furnishing, this Dollar Store Crafts project is just what you need to create miniature dollhouse books.

In time for the upcoming Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday, I Love to Create shows you how to make a pillow with the words “I have a dream.”

Love mercury glass but hate the price? Remodel This shares a glazing technique for creating affordable mercury glass.

Get organized by making a Memo Holder from old cereal boxes. We recommend EcoGlue for this project.

DIY Projects:

Learn how to repair a stone patio fireplace from Do It Yourself.

Don’t throw out an old TV cabinet until you’ve seen this project for turning it into a child’s play kitchen.

Need a small, custom desk space? Curbly shares the perfect DIY Desk project .

A new columnist for Decor8 shares this fantastic DIY Branch Pendant project created by a few simple but unexpected household items.

Photo credit: I Love to Create

Create a Unique Laminated Lampshade

by eclectic on January 14, 2011 in Crafts, DIY, mark montano with No comments

When you come out with as many amazing craft projects as Mark Montano does, sometimes there isn’t room to contain them all. We love this Laminated Lampshade project that didn’t make the cut for Mark’s book “The Big Ass Book of Crafts,” and we’re so happy that he saved it for his blog.

What you’ll need:

  • Drum Lampshade
  • An image to copy and laminate
  • E-6000 Adhesive
  • Clear or Masking Tape

For complete directions, visit Mark’s blog, where you’ll find more of his amazing craft projects and information about his upcoming book.

Making Our Mark on the Craft & Hobby Association Trade Show

by eclectic on January 11, 2011 in Crafts, General Information with 1 Comment

We’re gearing up for our booth at the 2011 Craft & Hobby Association Winter Conference, held in Los Angeles, California on January 29 and 30. What could possibly be more exciting than CHA? A visit from designer extraordinaire, author, and TV host Mark Montano! We’re so excited to have our friend, Mark, stop by the Eclectic Products booth at CHA to meet fellow crafters and friends.

At the conference, Mark will discuss his upcoming book, “Pulp Fiction: Paper-Paper-Paper.” Mark will give away signed copies of his latest book “Big Ass Book of Home Decor” to the first 75 attendees. He’ll also be available for autographs at the Eclectic booth (#1029) from 10:30 – 11:30 a.m both days.

A long-time supporter of Eclectic Products, Mark is a fan of E-6000 and GOOP in all forms. And we’re big fans of Mark, too! We’ve featured several of his projects on the Eclectic blog over the years and we’re looking forward to sharing projects from his new book. Can’t wait that long to try out a Mark Montano project? You can get started on one of these fun projects from our archives today!

If you’re planning to attend CHA, let us know, and don’t forget to stop by Eclectic booth #1029.

Mark Montano Projects:

Eco-Chic Urban Corsage

Domino Lidded Box

Lace Applique Pillow

Mosaic Mirror Table

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on January 9, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments

Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week.  Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Hope you have a great weekend!

Craft:

Celebrating important birthdays in the year ahead? Make them extra-special with handmade birthday candles from The Crafts Department.

Winter vacation is over but this Shape Up Your Sticky Notes craft from Zakka Life will brighten the office.

Check out this Before and After post from Design Sponge and put your crafty side to work making-over old furniture finds.

For a fun project with the kids, try Making a Salt Dough Snowman Family as shown by Dollar Store Crafts.

DIY Projects:

Now that cooler weather is here, keep your home warm by learning How to Check a Broken Furnace brought to you by the Home Renovation Guide.

Don’t damage your walls. Find out How to Hang Large Picture Frames Without Using a Stud from DoItYourself

Make a small space work for you by installing a Wall Mounted Computer Station as shown on Curbly.

For a fun weekend project, find out How to Turn a Curtain Rod into a Lamp from This Old House.

Photo credit: The Martha Stewart Crafts Department

How to Make Steampunk Jewelry

by eclectic on January 5, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments

If you’re a follower of fashion and jewelry trends, you may have noticed that Steampunk jewelry is growing in popularity. Crafted from brass findings, hardware, and a variety of vintage parts, Steampunk necklace and bracelet projects are even cropping up at craft stores. Although there are fantastic collections of Steampunk jewelry you can buy on Etsy, it’s also the perfect item to make yourself. In fact, hand-picking elements and crafting jewelry to reflect your individual style is really what Steampunk is all about.

At first glance, handmade Steampunk jewelry with its Victorian-era intracacies may seem intimidating, but it’s quite easy to do. All you need are a variety of metal objects, E-6000 and a few jewelry-making tools. To get you started, we’ve included a tutorial for making a Victorian charm bracelet that we’ve adapted from a project at Michael’s, which could also be used to make a necklace or earrings. Since there’s no one way to make Steampunk jewelry, you can experiment to find out what works best for you, depending on the items you choose to put together.

What you’ll need:

  • E-6000
  • Black wire (22 gauge)
  • Wire cutters
  • Jewelry parts including jump rings and cuff links
  • Needle nose pliers
  • A ruler
  • A small paintbrush
  • Steampunk items, including: watch parts or dials, vintage keys, Victorian charms or objects, vintage metal hardware, and metal filagrees.

Steps:

  1. Start with a chain link bracelet or make your own.
  2. To create metal charms, adhere small metal objects on top of larger metal objects by applying a small bead of E-6000 to bond the two together. E-6000 forms a strong bond and will dry clear. Press together firmly until bonded.
  3. For best results, allow metal charms to dry for 24-72 hours before moving on to next step.
  4. Insert approximately 3 inches of wire at the top of a charm and twist in the middle. Wind ends of wire around a small paintbrush, pressing ends tightly with pliers. Pull off of paintbrush.
  5. Attach charm to chain link bracelet with a jump ring.
  6. Repeat step five to attach charms to chain links, spacing evenly apart (use ruler).

Whether you decide to attach five charms or thirty, your jewelry will still be a one-of-a-kind creation. For more ideas to make Steampunk necklaces, earrings, and more, check out the following sources of inspiration:

How to Make a Steampunk Ring

How to Make Steampunk Earrings

Jean Campbell’s Steampunk Style Jewelry (book)

Photo credit: bdollproject on Flickr

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on January 1, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments

Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week, with a special focus on making your home a brighter, more organized space in the new year. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Happy New Year!

Craft:

Do you stay up each year to watch the New Year’s eve ball drop in Time Square? Don’t miss this Inspiration Board from the Martha Stewart Crafts Dept. with a photo slideshow of the ball’s unique design.

If you have old maps around the house, don’t throw them out. Curbly shows you how to turn them into Map Coasters, perfect for entertaining.

Cut down on dishes by creating Monogram Mugs for every family member, brought to you by Dollar Store Crafts.

Organize your pins and sewing accessories with this adorable Granny Square Pincushion project from Indie Spotting.

DIY Projects:

If you’re getting ready to makeover the bathroom, take a look at these Before & After: Bathroom Renovation Projects from Apartment Therapy.

This Old House shows us How to Reface a Fireplace in just four steps.

Have an old, funky chandelier at home? Craft has steps for How to Transform a Chandelier using spray paint and strands of crystals.

Renovating on a budget? Try these 100 DIY Upgrades for Under $100.

Photo credit: Martha Stewart Crafts Dept.

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