FUCK YEAH CRAFT!

I HATE real flowers.  I think symbolically they’re horrible unless hand picked.  The process of mass producing flowers is horrible and results in many workers dying early of cancer.  

Also they’re the dying sexual organs of a plant.

Thats not sexy.

So I love ways to hand make flowers, it’s more creative, more thoughtful, they last longer, and no one gets health problems from then.  (Y’know, unless you’re doing them very wrong.)

So here’s a nice tutorial from Blush and Bashful.

(www.colorsareblushandbashful.blogspot.com/2010/09/diy-crepe-paper-flowers.html/)

How to make this gorgeous paint chip artwork that can match your room perfectly!  Tutorial from a Beautiful Mess.

(http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/11/modern-wall-art-with-paint-swatches.html/)

As someone who…

1. Lives in a building where everyone around us smokes either tabacco or weed. (It is horrid and all my clothes now smell of stale smoke.)

2. Has a house bunny.

3. Is an allergy suffer.

4. Is eco concious.

I constantly have the battle between hating how my flat smells and not wanting to buy commercial air fresheners because of the harmful chemicals inside them.  The folks at Curbly.com had the same problem, so here’s a fantastic tutorial for howe to make your own eco-friendly reed diffuser, huzzah!

http://www.curbly.com/users/chrisjob/posts/10018-how-to-make-an-inexpensive-diy-reed-diffuser

I’ve been seeing “-something- in a jar” home baking tutorials for a while now, and I think this one from Something Turquoise is my favourite.  This would make such a nice gift!

(http://somethingturquoise.com/2012/11/02/diy-mason-jar-cookie-mix-favor/)

This looks pretty fabulous right?  Learn how to do it here!

(http://www.yesstyle.com/blog/2012-04-19/hanging-chains-headband-diy/)

How to make these amazing woven heart cards with Minie Co.

A tutorial on how to make a cloud from The Farm Chicks.  HOW AMAZING IS THIS?

(http://thefarmchicks.typepad.com/farmchicks/2012/07/how-to-make-a-cloud.html)

I loooove Rookie.  It’s the best online magazine and I WISH it had been in my life when I was a teen!

Anyway, here’s an awesome tutorial from Rookie on how to make your own DIY saddle shoes.  While you’re checking it out have a look at the rest of the site too, good stuff.