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Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on October 15, 2010 in Just for Fun 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 all have a great weekend!

Craft:
Dollar Store Crafts shows us that there are so many different colors and ways to use wooden tray decor and how to make these adorable origami cupcake liners.

An alternative to carving a pumpkin – use chalkboard paint!  Love this idea from Zakka Life.

A new nature craft how-to from Crafting a Green World - a watercolor and tree twig pinwheel.

These upcycled skull candlesticks from Dollar Store Crafts are a perfect addition to your halloween decorations.

Style Me Pretty shares these apple roasting favors that would be perfect for a fall wedding, shower or party.

DIY:
Here’s some serious recycling featured on Curbly- boats turned into garden sheds.

Apartment Therapy shows us how to build an Ace Hotel-Inspired plumbing pipe shelf and how to turn book covers and dust jackets into art.

Design Sponge features this gorgeous chandelier made of straws!

The do’s and do not’s of porch design from Old House Web. 

Illuminate a small space with these lighting tips from Charles and Hudson.

Tips on how to properly insulate a wall from This Old House.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on October 8, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Design Sponge shares how to make your own vintage chalkboard globe.

Dollar Store Crafts shows us how to make a vintage-inspired pumpkin head box and shares some great fall decor projects.

A great halloween project from Craft, make this spider doily embroidery hoop decor.

Make and Takes roundup of halloween projects and ideas.

8 great green halloween kid crafts from Crafting a Green World.

DIY:

DIY inspired dessert bar perfect for a wedding or party from Style Me Pretty!

Curbly featured these DIY mod cinder block wall planters. Don’t they look awesome?!

16 recycled, reclaimed and repurposed products from This Old House.

Love these ideas from Apartment Therapy. How to DIY a stenciled rug and give an old bench new life.

Love this floral tray table spotted at Design Sponge.

How to do fall furnace maintenance from This Old House.

An October lawn and garden to-do list from Danny Lipford.

A great weekend project from On The Level.  Tips for saving your plants through the winter months.

Natural stone retaining walls can last hundreds of years if the wall design and construction is done properly. Great advice from Ask the Builder.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on October 1, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Make a fashion statement with a recycled ruffle headband from Crafting a Green World.

This vintage arrow decor from Craft is adorable and so easy!

Love these quick and easy halloween crafts from Dollar Store Crafts and these boutique skull decorations.

Design Sponge shares  this cozy lamp shade, perfect for fall!

5 newspaper crafts to help you reuse before you recycle from Crafting a Green World.

DIY:

Easy fall prep for a warm and cozy home from This Old House.

This DIY herringbone wall design over at Design Sponge looks amazing!

This Old House shares a vintage DIY bathroom renovation on a budget.

Have you ever seen a nickel tiled floor? Don’t miss it over at Apartment Therapy.

Fall is a great time to stain your deck says Charles and Hudson.

Charles and Hudson shares how to create DIY storage with a renovated armoire.

Reliable Remodeler helps us evaluating home improvement project costs.

Ask the Builder suggests to create solid support with a concrete foundation.

Condo owners, take note! Great renovation advice from Home Fixated.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on September 24, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

This rustic twig and wire bowl from Man Made DIY looks awesome!

Good stuff from Dollar Store Crafts this week  - this necklace was made from a recycled plastic cup and make easy wall art with fabric.

Loving these paper-inspired centerpieces from Craft.

Crafting a Green World helps us get  a head start on green halloween crafts and fall crafts using acorns.

Love this idea from Curbly - bent utensil mug holders.

Forget the flower wreaths and make this lovely book page wreath from Living with Lindsay.

DIY:

A sneak peak at a letter light diy project from Curbly’s new featured on Design Sponge.

Easy ways to save energy in your home and how to paint a room like a pro from Danny Lipford.

How to reupholster a dining chair from This Old House.

Cozy up with a portable fire pit.  Perfect for an outdoor tabletop!

Bet you never thought you’d put yoga mats on your wall did ya?  Apartment Therapy likes the way it looks and so do we!

DIY tip from Home Fixated, ‘targeted efficiency‘.

The top 5 must have tools for DIY plumbing and tips to make a stone exterior pop from Charles and Hudson.

NPR’s look at the green building industry.

The best green building practices in developing countries from Matter Network.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on September 17, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Dollar Store Crafts show us how to make a slate tic-tac-toe board.

How to layer melted crayon creations for more creativity from Crafting a Green World.

From Design Sponge this week, wooden spool photo holders and a new bbbcraft project!

Upcycled suitcases are a hot new trend. Find inspiration and make you own at Apartment Therapy.

49 creative reuse ideas from Apartment Therapy’s Re-Nest that will inspire and surprise you.

Adorable ring Fussy Monkey Business made using E6000.

DIY:

A new back to school project from Home Fixated – make a DIY wall desk.

8 ways to spiff up your home for fall from Reliable Remodeler.

Whole house water filter solutions from Charles and Hudson.

Contemporary glass countertops and bathroom fixtures for your home from Danny Lipford.

Flexibility: the key to a successful restoration?

New from Matter Network – designer roofing materials reduce heat, last long.

Give your house a checkup with this fall inspection guide from This Old House and keep big repairs at bay.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on September 10, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Dollar Store Crafts show us how to make a purse out of a leather shirt sleeve.

New from Craft how to: tin can tea light holder.

Crafty reuse: ten ways to repurpose an Altoids tin from Crafting a Green World.

DIY:

The best DIY ideas from Apartment Therapy Chicago.

Tips and tricks to enhance small living spaces from Charles and Hudson.

DIY Maven shares how to make this adorable ruffled lotus lantern and kitchen makeovers on a budget.

New from Design Sponge, save space with these secret storage books or make a framed display box.

Spotted at Apartment Therapy’s Oh Dee Doh, slatted shallow shelving from old doors.

Importance of following building codes when building a shed from Danny Lipford.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on September 3, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great holiday weekend!

Craft:

Crafting a Green World made a decoupaged cereal box, which is a perfect organizer for the office.  You can use Amazing GOOPfor this project!

Personalized decor is definitely a favorite. Try these plaster letters from Poppytalk.

Have you visited P.S. I made this? Lots of great, stylish projects!

Seven back to school crafts for kids from Crafting a Green World.

DIY:

Love the plaid fabric on this comfy and stylish ottoman from Design Sponge.

Chevron rugs are a must have, so why not make your own?! Fantastic tutorial from Leaf House Decor.

Lots of great inspiration from this amazing DIY wedding featured on Design Sponge.

This DIY rolling rack would be useful for so many things!

Update a light fixture and make this gorgeous turquoise beaded chandelier from Dollar Craft.

These vintage DIY save-the-date cards are adorable.

Creative re-use ideas for crates from Apartment Therapy.

Tips for removing paint from brick from Charles and Hudson.

How to prepare your home now for hurricanes from Danny Lipford.

Reliable Remodeler takes another look at efficiency remodeling.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on August 27, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Great tutorial on how to make fabric flowers from Simply Vintage Girl.

Dollar Store Crafts show us how to make a doily monogrammed tote bag.

DIY:

Bring the outdoors in with this gorgeous DIY 3D wall art.  Spotted at Curbly.

Also from Curbly, 2 easy DIY kitchen cabinet organizers.

Poppies at Play takes a lampshade and refashions it into industrial art using E6000!

We love this salvaged wood inspiration board featured on Design Sponge.

A couple things from Charles and Hudson this week – boost your home’s value with these DIY projects and help your low basement ceilings see the light.

DIY fence building tips from Home Fixated.

Fire safety tips for your kitchen from Danny Lipford.

Sticky Business: Posts We Liked This Week

by kendrahandke on August 20, 2010 in Just for Fun 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 all have a great weekend!

Craft:

We love this magnetic map board from Apartment Therapy.

Five crafty things to do with clothespins from Crafting a Green World.

Blue Cricket Design made this cute copper frog ball with E6000!

Paint your clothes for one of a kind outfits. Great idea from Dollar Store Crafts!

DIY:

Design Sponge shares how to make a cup holder coffee table.

Lots from Charles and Hudson this week! Update your window coverings with a DIY valance, create bathroom bliss with a converted dresser, top 3 DIY repair jobs to do before autumn and crown molding is easier than you think!

Interesting look at the start of green homes from Old House Web.

Sticky Business: Posts We Like This Week

by kendrahandke on August 13, 2010 in Just for Fun 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! Have a great weekend!

Craft:

Dollar Store Crafts shares how to make a pendant lamp out of placemats.

A new craft great for the kids  from Crafting a Green World – balancing butterfly mobile using recycled paper. Also from CAGW, don’t miss 10 crafty things to do with old sweaters.

Fun printable coloring pages perfect for a quiet afternoon from Make and Takes.

DIY:

Love these DIY rustic log shelves from Design Sponge.

Ready Made shows us how to make an upcycled chalkboard table.  Try using EcoGlue Premium Wood adhesive for this project!

How to build an adirondack chair for your yard from Danny Lipford.

Great info from Charles and Hudson on hardwood floor installation.

Home Fixated suggests dividing an open space with a pony wall.

How to fix a sticking door from This Old House.

Pounded Thumb‘s roundup of the top 100 DIY videos.

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