Manualidades y Bricolaje: COMO HACER BROCHETAS DE MALVAVISCO PARA BABY SHOWE...

Yumiiiiiiiiii con este tipo de "manualidad" a cualquiera se le hace agua la boca, es mas, a la hora de visitar recien nacidos espero mi brocheta o mi galleta!  Me encanta que los tiempos hayan cambiado y que hoy en día se brinden regalos comestibles.


Manualidades y Bricolaje: COMO HACER BROCHETAS DE MALVAVISCO PARA BABY SHOWE...: ...

Todo Para Eventos: TRABAJANDO CON PAPEL CREPE.

Todo Para Eventos: TRABAJANDO CON PAPEL CREPE.: El papel crepe es un material muy utilizado en la elaboración de gran variedad de manualidades,se encuentra en gran gama de colores y es m...

Todo Para Eventos: POSTRES EN TOALLA.

Me encantan este tipo de recordatorios, ya que cuando llegas a casa quieres usar la toalla, pero NO quieres ya que está envuelta tan linda!!! ironico no?

Todo Para Eventos: POSTRES EN TOALLA.: El arte en toallas se emplea desde hace tiempo en hoteles y cruceros donde los camareros elaboran diversidad de figuras.

The Gathering Foot and Elastic Shirring

  Y yo que no sabía como usar el hilo elástico, ahora sí aprendí

Using A Vintage Sewing Machine: The Gathering Foot and Elastic Shirring

 http://susanscloches.blogspot.com/2010/05/using-vintage-sewing-machine-gathering_19.html

The Gathering Foot can be used with elastic thread to make stretchable shirring.

The elastic thread must be used on the bobbin. To wind the elastic thread onto the bobbin you must do it by hand; you can't run elastic thread through the bobbin winder. Don't stretch the elastic while winding it on the bobbin but also don't have it so loose it's floppy. You can hold the bobbin in your hand and loosely wind the thread around it. I find it easiest to stick the bobbin onto a pencil, put the elastic thread on the spool holder for bobbin winding, and twist the pencil to wind the thread as it comes between my fingers loosely. I pull the elastic thread off the spool when I feel it stretch as I'm winding so it's slack and not pulling. You can see this in the next (over bright) photo where the thread I'm winding is coming off the spool and lying on my sewing table as I'm twisting the pencil.

Favorite Craftcontainers

Y seguimos ordenando la casa!   Como dije en la entrada anterior, para mi es difícil inspirarme rodeada de desorden, pero cuando estás trabajando manualidades, esas "cositas" que sobran de trabajos anteriores se acumulan.
Pues si, me confieso fan de crafttainers, tienen mil ideas, y un millón de productos para "unclutter your craft space", o sea volver el orden a mi vida.
Para aquellos fans de comprar por internet, les cito la pagina para comprar


a.  Porta rollos de cintas, yo usaría porta tazas así evito la demora de 2 meses del arribo del pqte, pero al tener los garfios mas cortos, no puedes embonar tantos rollos de cinta como este rack.

Wow... look what's new! Spinning Ribbon Rack. Pre-order now....stock arriving in a week!
http://www.craftainers.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=905






b.  Mini estante.  Simplemente me enamore.  Asumo que mis pupilas se dilataron un montón, hermoso verdad? Yo compraría los cajoncitos para guardar tornillos o guardar anzuelos que venden en las ferreterías, y los guardaría igualito que en la foto.   Así me ahorro algo de efectivo (del que ya tengo gastado por tener tantos materiales), lo malo es que no los encuentro con cajones así de pequeños, por lo tanto, no podrían estar mis cositas tan organizadas... vuelve la balanza a moverse de un lado a otro.

Are you trying to think of a great Mother's Day gift for Sunday 13th May? How about the Store-In-Drawer Cabinet. Great for helping mum to store all her small craft supplies. You can view and order them through the following link, in time for Mothers Day! (they also come in a larger size drawer)
http://www.craftainers.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=6&products_id=804
http://www.craftainers.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=803

My favorites crafts rooms solutions!

Como diria Peter Walsh en Menos es Mas: Los artesanos son las personas que más acumulan (o sea contribuyen al desorden);  se imaginarán que el desorden en mis suministros para manualidades es una de mis pesadillas todos los dias, asi que les comparto mis sugerencias favoritas de BHG, ya que en medio del desorden , no se puede ser creativo.

If you want to read complete article, just click this:

http://www.bhg.com/decorating/storage/craft-room/crafts-rooms-a-place-to-create

A Stationery and Quilt Designer's Crafts Room

Barbara Rucci runs B. Rucci Studio, which designs artful invitations and logos for small businesses, and Tender Threads, a new line of unique quilts made from old clothing.

Barbara's simple but large skirted table is the perfect space to spread out and create. A bulletin board on the wall is perfect for hanging photos, kids' drawings, and other pieces of inspiration. Make sure your crafts room has a comfortable chair for long hours. Add a cushion to a chair on wheels for comfort ease in moving around your space.

Editor's Tip: Repurpose shoeboxes and other sturdy boxes by covering them in paper orfabric for pretty storage.

Me hubiese encantado que la mesa para cortar telas de mi Abuelita luciese asi de fashion!  ASi da gusto cortar patrones.

   Your Very Own Creation Station

·        A simple solid-core door provides plenty of work surface for this studio bench, designed for hobbies and crafts. 
Shapely mail-order legs -- counter height is a good choice -- support the door. 
A vintage hutch, found at an antiques store, sits on the surface.

·        Customized storage makes the bench even more hardworking. 
Pegboard and a sheet of galvanized (magnetic) metal are mounted inside the hutch doors to hold small tools and swatches; 
a metal shelf bracket screwed to the bench on one side of the hutch keeps reference books from toppling. 
A painted wooden box attached to the underside makes a handy stashing space and is accessible through a lift door cut
 from the work surface.

·        Under the bench, a caster-fitted piece of medium-density fiberboard (MDF) becomes a dolly, making it easy to roll out 
heavy equipment, such as a sewing machine.
 Finishing touches give the unit charm -- from the wood appliques glued to the hutch crown to the wallpaper-backed shelves
 within the hutch and colorful bin pulls on the hutch drawers and dolly.

·        Editor's Tip: Inexpensive cabinets, chairs, and tables can be found at used furniture stores. 
Brush on a coat of paint, add new hardware and cushions, and these items will be nearly new.

.

·        

Pretty Perfect Crafts Desk

·        Making a crafts room you will love to create in takes time and planning. 
This crafting space is color coordinated in pretty pastels.
 The light palette makes it a welcoming place to be.
 Multiple drawers allow hide-away storage, and holes cut into the desk slab hold cups for storing scissors, color pencils, markers,
 and paintbrushes. 
A letter-sorter desk topper allows paper to be sorted by type. 
A magnetic sheet attached to the inside wall of the desk topper gives even more vertical storage.

·        Editor's Tip: Remember to use spaces like the back of a door or the side of the desk. 
A paper-towel holder can be mounted to the end to hold ribbon.
 A pocket shoe holder that hangs on the back of a door can hold dozens of crafts supplies.

·         

·        
  Portable Crafts Room Cutting Station
·        Adapt a rolling metal shelf unit with locking casters into a movable cutting table.
 Add a flat surface to the top for cutting.
·        Editor's Tip: Designate a basket or two for unfinished projects and keep supplies to finish that project in the same basket.
 When you have time to finish the project, you won't need to gather your supplies again.
 It also makes it handy to take projects on trips or places you have to sit and wait for a long time.

        

        Sewing Central
 If all you can spare is one small piece of space, set up a pretty vignette so you don't mind having it on display at all times.
 Create a vertical storage solution by installing curtain rods across a window or empty stretch of wall space. 
Then organize color-coordinated ribbons and fabrics for your current project so you can easily find what you need. 
Use a small table underneath to keep your sewing machine andscissors within reach.

·        Editor's Tip: Dedicate a basket by your sewingtable just for scraps.
 When the pile gets high, sort by color and use storage cubbies or see-through drawer towers to keep them neat.

·         

·        
Family Crafts Room
·        Mesh drawer units keep flat supplies visible.
 Lower shelves store bolts of fabric, and deepdrawers at the bottom are sized to hold balls of yarn, larger tools, stencils, stamps, and tubs of clay.
·        Editor's Tip: Adjustable shelving is ideal because it can evolve with your crafting needs.

·   

   

Twisted bow technique

Stars and Stripes Bow

By The Ribbon Retreat | Published: June 18, 201

I almost wonder if the Red Stripes Ribbon was made just for the 4th of July.
It goes perfectly with the Royal with White Stars Ribbon.
I am still working on perfecting my Twisted Boutique Technique.
This is a technique that definitely takes practice, but I think I am getting closer.
At the end, I will share some tips that helped me with this bow.
I now do this technique by hand, instead of the bow maker.
I never thought I would say this, but it is easier now that I know the shape I am going for.






F


Make your knot. Apply hot glue to the bottom of the knot and place it in the center of the bow.



Do the same thing to the other ribbon.
And you’re finished!

The first tip I learned is to watch how the bow is shaped when you add your knot and clip. When I made them before, I didn’t keep the ribbon loop bent forward. It would get pushed toward the back when I added my center knot and lose a lot of it’s shape. This tip isn’t just for Twisted Boutique technique bows, but all of them. It’s just a little thing, but can make all the difference.
The second tip is to glue the loops in the shape you want them. My bottom layer kept falling back so I just hot glued it so it stayed up better. I am not saying this is the way to go, but I’ll be doing it until I’ve perfected this cute technique.
Now if you don’t know how to do the Twisted Boutique technique,
you can use these two ribbons in any technique and they will be festive!