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Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on February 26, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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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!

Crafts:

This week, Curbly shows you how to build a mirror from reclaimed barn wood.

Add eco-friendly crafts to your repertoire by exploring Seven Great Eco Craft Books from Crafting a Greener World.

Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day by creating Luck Letters using E-6000 from Someday Crafts.

An adorable Punched paper chain garland from The Crafts Dept is perfect if you’re looking for an easy springtime craft project.

DIY Projects:

Learn How to Install a Vintage Lockset from This Old House.

In need of affordable art for your home? Check out DIY Art: Framed calendar maps from The Inspired Room.

Spring is just around the corner and that means focusing on the backyard. Try these Easy DIY projects for your outdoor space from the HGTV blog

If you love the sustainable furniture projects from designer Dan Faires, don’t miss this collection of DanMade projects.

Photo credit: The Crafts Dept

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on February 19, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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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 love to sew, check out the adorable Owl Sachet template and instructions at Indie Spotting.

Make a Recycled Plastic Cup Washer necklace with instructions from Dollar Store Crafts.

Zakka Life shared a great template for Superhero Lollipops you’ve got to see. It’s perfect for a child’s birthday party!

Light up your space with Bright Spring Tin Lanterns from Craft Gossip.

DIY Projects:

Curbly shared a fantastic DIY project for creating a sliding barn door from salvaged wood in your bedroom.

If you have wall paneling in need of a quick update, check out the DIY instructions for textured paint over paneling.

Love the look of headboards? Here is a roundup of headboards you can actually make yourself.

For a fashionable DIY project, try making your own girl’s headbands using ribbons and E-6000.

Dress Up Craft Pails for Any Occasion

by eclectic on February 18, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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We love creating crafts for special occasions, but sometimes it’s nice to have a stand-by that can be used for any occasion throughout the year, whether it’s for a birthday gift, holiday, or just because! One of our favorite supplies to keep on hand is a clear craft pail. The exterior plastic surface and tinplate lid make the perfect blank slate for adding embellishments of just about any kind. And the interior securely holds a range of small supplies to fit a selected theme.

Dressing up a craft pail simply takes a few supplies and a little imagination. For a girl’s birthday party, we recently created a “Princess Pail” complete with a tiara, pink jewels and a frilly skirt and then filled it with miniature princess-themed trinkets. For crafts that require acrylic beads or rhinestones to attach firmly to plastic, a little E-6000 goes a long way!

What you’ll need:

  • Medium or large clear craft pails
  • Embellishments, such as acrylic or rhinestone beads, garland, cutout shapes, ribbon
  • Amazing GOOP Craft Adhesive
  • E-6000 Craft Adhesive
  • Items to fill your bucket, such as party favors, trinkets, candy or anything miniature

Easy instructions:

  • Using Amazing GOOP craft adhesive, glue embellishments of your choice onto the clear surface of the craft pail.
  • Tip: Start with the decoration that you’ll use as your focal point.
  • Use Amazing GOOP to adhere garland, ribbon, or paper items on the bucket.
  • Use E-6000 to adhere acrylic beads or rhinestones. This glue will form a quick bond and keep the beads securely in place.
  • Squeeze out a small amount of Amazing GOOP around the lower perimeter of the craft pail. Cover the area in ribbon, pressing the ribbon onto the glue as you wrap the container.
  • For the princess pail (shown): attach the crown by lining the inner section with E-6000 and attach to the upper perimeter of the craft pail. Place pressure on the crown until the adhesive begins to bond. Allow to dry up to 72 hours.

To dress up a craft pail for any occasion, be creative with craft supplies you have on hand and think outside the box. A pail could easily be transformed into a gift for a boy’s birthday (think sports-themes or hit movies), a St. Patrick’s Day “pot of gold” filled with chocolates, or a spring-themed floral arrangement.

For more ideas, check out these links:

Teacher Appreciation Week Craft Pail

Easter Craft Pail

Tea Light Candle Holder Craft Pail

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on February 12, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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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 and a wonderful Valentine’s Day!

Craft:

If you thought you were done making Valentines, think again. Curbly has a Massive Collection of Free Valentine’s Printables guaranteed to inspire at least a few more crafts.

Missed the chance to meet Mark Montano at CHA? Heather from Dollar Store Crafts shares an inside look at her autographed copy of The Big Ass Book of Home Decor she picked up at the Eclectic Products booth.

There’s just enough time left for some last-minute Valentine’s Day decor with ideas from Someday Crafts.

This fabric bunting tutorial from The TomKat Studio gives you the steps for creating an adorable fabric banner perfect for any holiday.

DIY Projects:

We love this project that uses E-6000 to create DIY Recycled Bottle Cap Magnets for the refrigerator.

Tidy up the bathroom by learning How to Build a Wood Hamper from This Old House. It’s stylish and functional.

Crafting a Greener World shares several DIY tutorials that are perfect for making over an old bookcase with little effort.

HGTV shares a collection of DIY designer headboards that will inspire you to add a touch of romance to your bedroom.

Photo credit: The TomKat Studio

Love is All Around: Valentine’s Day Craft Roundup

by eclectic on February 9, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and craft bloggers have outdone themselves this year with a huge variety of fun and easy projects. We’ve checked them out and picked our favorites to share with you. So, whether you’re looking for a gift to make that special someone or a project to do with your kids, we’re sure you’ll find it here. Happy Valentine’s Day! xoxo

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Want to give someone flowers that will last long after Valentine’s Day? This Tissue Paper Roseette Topiary project from The Sweet Survival offers a gorgeous solution. All you need is the topiary frame (vase, dowel and foam ball), crepe paper and ribbon, and you’re set. Your one-of-a-kind topiary is sure to be the perfect Valentine surprise!

The Crafts Dept. at Martha Stewart has done it once again: come up with a “Ginormous Valentine” that we want to make ourselves. For an over-the-top way to say I love you, this giant candy holder makes the perfect statement. Get out some basic supplies (paper, ribbon, foam board), and for the glue, Amazing EcoGlue. Follow this tutorial to get crafting.

giftboxDesign Sponge shares this DIY project for making personalized gift boxes. Using cigar boxes in different shapes and sizes, Design Sponge shows you how to dress them up decorative paper, ribbons and paint to create 3D Valentines filled with sweet treats.

If you have kids celebrating Valentine’s Day at school, this tutorial from Crafting a Greener World will show you How-To Make a Recycled Cardboard Valentine Mailbox that’s guaranteed to make them stand out from their classmates. Using old cereal boxes, pretty paper, and adhesive, you and your child mailboxcan work together on a Valentine holder that beats a plain paper bag any day.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on February 4, 2011 in Crafts, DIY with No comments
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Here are our favorite craft and DIY links this week, with a special focus on Super Bowl crafts & entertaining. Be sure to follow us @amazinggoop for daily updates on crafts, DIY projects and more! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

There’s more to Super Bowl decorating than footballs and plastic party cups. This floral football vase from Life in Wonderland adds a feminine touch to a masculine sports theme.

One of our favorite entertaining sites, Hostess with the Mostess, shares instructions for a “playing field” table top your guests will love.

Top off your Super Bowl decor with two creative projects from Dollar Store Crafts. First, create an astroturf mini football field for the buffet table. Next, if you have sewing skills, try making a football garland.

Will kids be attending your Super Bowl party? Crafts with Kendra shows you how to let them in on the fun by creating tiny finger puppets shaped like giant foam fingers found at the football stadium.

DIY Projects:

Instead of replacing a cabinet when screw holes become stripped by wear, repair them with this technique from the DIY Network. A toothpick and EcoGlue Premium Wood Glue is all you need.

Learn how to build a rugged coffee table from reclaimed wood with step-by-step directions from the HGTV blog.

Have an old side table gathering dust in storage? Give it a makeover by tiling the top with these instructions.

Don’t let bad lighting give you the winter blues. Curbly has a roundup of DIY Lighting guaranteed to brighten any space.

Photo credit: Hostess with the Mostess

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by eclectic on January 28, 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:

Make a miniature vase of roses with this cute Dollar Store Crafts tutorial.

Turn your old cans into a decorative gift holder using E-6000.

We love this creative project from Mark Montano for turning your paper color swatches into art work.

An old bowling ball, pennies & Amazing GOOP make a unique garden art project.

DIY Projects:

Curbly shows you how to make large-scale inspiration boards on the cheap.

Get your dangly cords into shape with this cool DIY cord cover project.

Wondering what to do with old jewelry? Try making Easy DIY Pins. Pin-backs and E-6000 from the craft store make this project a breeze.

For a more advanced weekend project, Maillardville Manor shares a Built-in Bookcase Tutorial perfect for woodworkers.

Photo credit: Mark Montano

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

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Photo credit: The Crafter’s File Box

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

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

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