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DIY Pumpkin Planter

Fall decor without a pumpkin doesn’t look like fall; Halloween without a pumpkin doesn’t felt like Halloween either, especially a carved pumpkin! No matter how small your home is, you still can squish in a pumpkin. It doesn’t have to be a huge pumpkin, but it can be a small pumpkin decoration that stands out. Like my DIY pumpkin planter I’ve made from an old mug. It’s a cute happy pumpkin for Halloween and fall decor in a form of a succulent planter.

My pumpkin is not spooky but enough to bring in the Halloween vibes. So, if you can bring some joy to your home through that cute smiling pumpkin, why not? Anyway, it’s a frugal upcycling project that is super easy to make. If you have lot of mugs with that shape, then you can do more of my pumpkin planter with different pumpkin expression, that would be super cute! But, before going further, you may want to peek at my steps on making my cute pumpkin planter for succulent.

Things To Prepare

It is quick and easy to make and of course takes only a few simple materials to make this pumpkin planter for the Halloween. I use a vibrant cadmium red to get a very stand out pumpkin So, even though it’s just a small succulent planter, but the pumpkin looks bold and eye catching. Anyway, let’s find out my short list of supplies to make this DIY Pumpkin Planter :

An old mug with a pumpkin looking shape.
Dark orange acrylic paint or spray paint ( I use cadmium red acrylic paint)
White paint
Black Marker

How To Make

I love to make a functional decoration, so this cute pumpkin mug, would not just serve as a Halloween decoration, but a planter for my succulent as well. Super easy and quick to make, so you can make many of it. Just make sure your old mugs have a round shape that would look a bit like a pumpkin. I happened to have only one old mug that looks like a pumpkin, so I can only make one. Well, let’s just find out my steps on how to make DIY Pumpkin Planter:

1 . Drill a hole or two on the bottom part of the mug.

2 .Make sure your mug is clean, because the paint would not cover the surface properly on a dirty or grease mug. I painted my mug with white paint first for base and to cover some dark colors on my mug. Let it dry.

3. Paint the mug with dark orange color and wait until it’s dry to proceed with next step.

4. Draw eyes, nose and mouth of a smiling pumpkin on the painted mug planter. You can have any other expression you like for your pumpkin planter, but I like the happy pumpkin.

5. Get a stick shape succulent that would look like a stem and plant it on your pumpkin planter. Don’t forget to add some white little pebbles on top for a better clean look. And your pumpkin planter is done!

Isn’t it cute? Isn’t it frugal? You get a cute pumpkin for Halloween decor, you get a new home for your succulent to grow and you get to upcycling your old mug into something new, pretty and useful. So, what are you waiting for? Try look for your old mugs and find those that you can turn into a pumpkin planter for Halloween. Anyway, check also my Halloween project this year, start with my gothic but sweet DIY Halloween Lacey Pumpkin, edgy but fancy DIY Witch Lacey Hat to an intense but stylish DIY Halloween Mummy With Lace.

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DIY Halloween Mummy With Lace

I made another Lacey Gothic Halloween decoration in black and white. A DIY Halloween Mummy with Lace! Still with the adult Halloween theme, this mummy is surely fancy with lace. Well, a mummy wants to look nice too. So, instead of using plain white fabric, I use white lace to wrap this mummy. A mature Halloween decoration would add more sophistication to your home decor for the season. A feminine white lace with black gothic color gives an edgy look but sweet at the same time. It is surely elevate your Halloween decor from regular spooky or childish decor to cool gothic and mature vibes. Let’s see how easy the process of doing this DIY Halloween Mummy with lace.

Things To Prepare

It is easy to make and of course takes only a few simple materials to make this lacey mummy for the Halloween. Any lace with different pattern will do, each pattern has its own beauty. Anyway, let’s find out my short list of supplies to make my DIY Halloween Mummy With Lace :

A white plank ( wooden or other material would fine as long as it is white or light wooden color will also do). The size is up to you, just stick to the 1:3 proportion, and you’ll do great.
White lace
Black Marker
UHU clear glue

How To Make

Super easy and quick to make, so you can make more of it. A big one, a small one, even medium; it won’t take long to make it. Without any further, let’s just find out my steps on how to make DIY Halloween Mummy With Lace:

1 .Have a white plank cut into a rectangle shape, 1:3 proportion.

2. Draw an eye and painted the rest area with black. I use black marker, fast and simple.

3. Cut the white lace into length that you need to cover the mummy with many different angle.

4. Glue the white lace one by one with clear glue. Let it dry for a while. And you are done!

I put together my line of gothic lacey Halloween decorations and it looks fantastic. From the gothic but sweet DIY Halloween Lacey Pumpkin, edgy but fancy DIY Witch Lacey Hat to an intense but stylish DIY Halloween Mummy With lace. So, do you dare to try this edgy lacey gothic look for your Halloween theme this year?

DIY Witch Lacey Hat

I tried a Gothic Halloween Pumpkin last time, a Halloween pumpkin decoration with mature look. This time I still go with adult Halloween theme. I made a DIY Witch Black Lacey Hat. The hat is more like an abstract of a Witch Hat that I present in black lace.

A mature Halloween decoration would add more sophistication to your home decor for the season. A feminine lace with black gothic color gives an edgy look but sweet in the same time. It is surely elevate your Halloween decor from regular spooky and childish decor to dark and mature vibes. Scroll more to see how simple I did this Halloween Witch Hat with black lace.

Things To Prepare

Super short list of material I can promise you for making this witch lacey hat project for upcoming Halloween. And like I have told you on my Halloween Black and White Sign; in case you don’t have a black lace and you have a white lace instead; then you can color it black with black marker, before you spend more money and time to buy some black lace. Anyway, let’s find out my short list of supplies to make my DIY Witch Lacey Hat :

A white plank ( wooden or other material would fine as long as it is white)
Black lace
Black Marker
UHU clear glue

How To Make

I promise you, that the process of making this gothic lacey pumpkin is easy and quick. You can make it big, regular or in small size. Put them together in different sizes and have them as a focal point to your Halloween decor. Without any further, let’s just find out my steps on how to make DIY Pumpkin Gothic Halloween:

1 .Have a white plank cut into a rectangle shape, 3:1 proportion.

2. Draw a witch pointy hat 3/4 of part on the white plank.

3. Cut a black lace and paste it on the hat. Let it dry.

4. Glue the black lace and in the same time, form a flower by doing a circular shape from inner to outer. Let it dry for a while.

5. Write “hocus pocus” on top and you are done!

My Witch Lacey Hat would look fantastic if it’s put together with the Gothic pumpkin for this Halloween. Edgy gothic look would be great for a new style that you might try in this year Halloween.

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Creatively Spook!

Mel

DIY Pumpkin Gothic Halloween

Bored with cute pumpkins, sweet looking pumpkins or scary pumpkin for this year Halloween? You may want to try this pretty yet gothic style pumpkin. It’s not made from a regular pumpkin, but made from a plank. It’s a square black lacey pumpkin with orange ribbon. Black lace together with orange ribbon are really stressed out the gothic look for a Halloween pumpkin. My gothic lacey pumpkin is perfect for an adult Halloween decoration; moreover, it is easy to make and quick too.

A mature pumpkin decoration would add more sophistication to your Halloween decor. And a gothic style is a perfect way to celebrate Halloween without looking over spooky or childish. Take a look at on how I made this DIY Pumpkin Gothic Halloween and you will know how simple it is to have a gothic Halloween decor by using only black lace and orange ribbon to decorate a white plank pumpkin.

Things To Prepare

Different lace pattern would give a different look to the gothic pumpkin. So, don’t be afraid of using other pattern than my lace pattern. And like I have told you on my Halloween Black and White Sign, that if you don’t have a black lace and you have a white lace instead; then you can color it black with black marker before you spend more money to buy some black lace. Anyway, let’s find out my short list of supplies to make my DIY Pumpkin Gothic Halloween:

A white plank ( wooden or other material would fine as long as it is white)
Black lace
Orange ribbon
UHU clear glue

How To Make

1 .Have a white plank cut into a square pumpkin.

2. Cut a black lace into 3 parts with the same length.

3. Glue the black laces one by one and wait until it’s dry before you proceed to the next step.

4. Take the orange ribbon and tie a bow and then secure it to the lacey pumpkin by applying glue to it. Let it dry. And you are done! As simple as that!

My DIY Gothic Pumpkin is not just great for Halloween, but you can also have it as your fall decoration. It’s just great to have a decoration that will match more than one occasion, just like this lacey black and white pumpkin. It would look fantastic both for Gothic Halloween or for black and white fall decor!

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Fall Gold Seashell Holder

I still stick to my gold theme for fall decorations. This time the gold fall is presented for coastal decor. Some of you may have coastal living which is bounded very close to summer beachy style. However, you may put a little twist that can change the strong coastal feeling on summer to fall ambience; and without eliminating the seaside style of your coastal home. I made a fall decoration of a gold seashell bowl. It’s a multipurpose seashell bowl you can use for holding anything you want; maybe some keys, jewelry, a planter or just simply as it is, an element of fall decor.

It is a simple diy project but the gold seashell bowl does look fantastic to match your coastal fall decor. Since the fall seashell bowl has a simple look, it does apply to the making too, very easy and quick to make. Follow my tutorial and I’m sure you can make one for yourself.

Things To Prepare

You can buy seashells on any craft shop or you may have some stash of seashells like I do. I always collect any seashells whenever I have shellfish menu at home. Just wash it and dry it; and you can keep the seashells for a long time. Anyway, let’s go straight to my list of supplies. Here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Fall Gold Seashells Holder :

Seashells
Gold spray paint
Plastic bowl (you can use any bowl or pot that you like)
Hot glue

How To Make

I’ve been wanted to make a seashells holder since forever. I like the pattern from the overlapping seashells. I actually love both natural and painted look of the seashells. But for the sake of my fall theme, I chose gold painted seashells. Anyway, it’s super easy to make, just follow my steps and you’ll make it. To be clearer, let’s just go to the tutorial on how to make my DIY Fall Gold Seashell Holder :

1 .Clean the seashells and try to separate small to bigger seashells in group. You will need this grouping to get a better proportion look.

2 Glue the seashells one by one from the top of the bowl. Use the smallest group of seashells first, then you can continue it to the bigger and bigger seashells. Glue them by using hot glue gun and arrange them in bond pattern. That way, all the bowl surface will be covered by seashells and the look will be fabulous; like a blooming flower.

3 .Spray gold paint to the seashell bowl evenly. leave it to dry. And you’re done!

This gold seashell holder is added to my fall decoration. Use it for any purpose, from multi-purpose holder, planter to a plain decoration bowl. It would also look great if you put it together with other fall decorations to style your mantel, dining table or even your kitchen table. I’ve made my gold seashell holder, so maybe now it’s your turn to try making your own seashell bowl for fall decor!

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Mel

DIY Candle Holder For Fall Decor

Gold color for fall is the best color to me; it looks sophisticated and classy. And this project is to upcycling my old mug into something classy gold. Yes, it’s a gold candle holder for fall decor! It’s super easy and quick to make. the key to get the nicest look for this mug – candle holder is to use an unique shape mug. My mug is unique to me because it has contoured shape, it has texture. And it looks great with painted in gold because the contour reflects the gold color more than a plain shape. That is why I save this old mug which I don’t use it anymore as it has some hairline cracks on the inner surface. Since, fall is coming, this gold candle holder would be a great addition to fall decoration collection. Scroll down to see how I made it!

Things To Prepare

You can always be creative with things that you have at home. You can replace things I use with things that you have at home. Find similar things that look like things that I use is the key. LIke for example, you can use a can mug instead of ceramic mug like mine. Anyway, let’s go straight to my list of supplies. Here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Candle Holder For Fall Decor :

Old mug
Gold spray paint
Old bronze mini candle holder
Silicone glue

How To Make

It is super easy to make, it’s only took some painting and gluing works. And the more unique your old mug is, the more beautiful your candle holder will be. To be clearer, let’s just go to the tutorial on how to make my DIY Candle Holder For Fall Decor :

1 .Clean the old mug and the old bronze mini candle holder; make sure it’s really clean for good painting result.

2 .Spray gold paint to the old mug evenly. Let it dry.

3 Glue the gold painted mug into the bronze mini candle holder by using silicone glue. Let it dry and firm. Done! as simple as that!

Now, the gold candle holder will be ready as my fall decoration. Put it together with other fall decorations to style your mantel, or dining table or even your kitchen table. I put together the gold fall candle holder together with my fall gold acorn and my white popsicle sticks pumpkin. It looks nice altogether. Well then, find your most unique mug and turn it into a nice fall candle holder like mine for your coming fall decor!

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Mel

Upcycled Tiered Plastic Rack Planters

I just got some new succulents and they’re all look super cute. At first, I lined them up along my balcony, but it took a lot of space and I was worried it would get kicked accidentally. So, when I saw my mom’s old two tiered plastic rack, I just grab it as it is already a junk for my mom. I painted it with white, yup, my favorite solution is to paint everything in white. And of course, I turned the plastic rack into a succulent tiered planters, which helps me organize my succulent pots and save more space.

I add a little modern farmhouse sign with the words; “My Garden” which I made about a month ago. It’s super easy and quick to make over the plastic rack into a great looking tiered planters. Just a little washing work and a painting job. Interested? Let’s find out more on how I made a tiered planters for my succulent from an old plastic rack.

Things To Prepare

Short list of materials is the best upcycled project for me. Tools and material that easy to be found is very helpful to make easier and fast to be done. Let’s go straight to the list of supplies. Here is the list of supplies to make my Upcycled Tiered Plastic Rack Planters :

Old Tiered Plastic Rack
White spray paint
A Farmhouse Sign
Hot glue

How To Make

This upcycled plastic rack project that I’ve turned into two tiers planters is mostly a painting job. What I did was basically just change the plastic rack’s color and add a simple farmhouse sign. To be clearer, let’s just go to the tutorial on how to make my Upcycled :

1 .Clean the old plastic rack and make sure it’s really clean for good painting result.

2 .Spray white paint to the rack evenly. Let it dry.

3 I took my My Garden sign that I’ve made and glue it by using hot glue to the front plastic tiered planters. And done!

I love how it turned out, an old unattractive plastic rack has become a fancy tiered planters for my succulents. I hope you would do the same thing to your plastic racks that’s ages; because usually old plastic racks tend to loose its color and that would look bad to the appearance. Therefor, most people would just throw it away. But, you could make use of it and turn the plastic rack into something useful and beautiful, like my tiered plastic planters.

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Mel

DIY Among Us Craft

Summer holiday needs a lot of activity ideas for kids to have fun and learn something. Last time I have shared with you a Free Printable Unicorn Coloring Page, and today I have an exciting upcycling project for you and your kids to make; A DIY Among Us Craft – pencil holders. Among us game characters are a hit among kids nowadays. The bright colors and the cute looking figure are keeping kids interested. That’s why it’s a great choice to make use of some used soda cans and make it into something useful like a pencil holder. So, it’s not just teaching the kids about upcycling trash, but also have fun with their favorites and get something useful to teach them more about organizing their art supplies. Sounds fun? Of course, let me guide you through some simple tutorials and I’m sure you can make my Among Us pencil holders even better.

Things To Prepare

It looks like a long list of materials, but actually those are just simple craft supplies and the main material is a used soda can. Don’t use a slim soda can, use the full size soda or beer cans to get a good proportion of the among us. Anyway, here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Among Us Craft Pencil Holder :

Soda cans
White spray paint
Blue spray paint
Red spray paint
Yellow spray paint
Yellow craft foam
Blue craft foam
Red craft foam
Black marker
Hot glue

How To Make

This Among Us Pencil Holder is actually not too difficult to make, it’s a simple craft even to do with kids. You can split the task with your kids, easy works like cutting the craft foams or spray painting, can be done by them and you can do tricky steps. Anyway, let’s just go to the tutorial on how to make my DIY Among Us Craft of a pencil holder :

1 .Cut the top side of three soda cans with can opener. Wash all of them and let it dry.

2 .Now, spray paint each can with red, blue and yellow paint. Let them all dry.

3 .Continued with spraying or painting the among us helmet glass area with white paint. I sprayed it with a little help of papercut in the middle with the shape of a helmet glass area, which is an oval almost rectangle shape. Wait until it’s dry.

4 .Draw an outline along the glass area with black marker.

5 . Then you can continue with cutting some accessories from craft foam for each of the among us. I made a king crown for the red among us, a red hat for blue among us and some leaves for yellow among us.

6 . Glue each of the accessories to each among us soda can with hot glue. And your Among Us Pencil Holders are done!

Simple upcycling project to do with your kids on summer holiday; This Among Us craft is not just cute but it’s useful for kids to help them organize their drawing tools, like pencils, markers or color pencils into their favorite pencil holders. So, don’t throw your soda cans and then ask your kids to join your for this fun upcycling craft of making Among Us pencil holders. Make more with your kid’s favorite colors and have fun together!

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

How To Make A Modern Farmhouse Sign

You smitten with modern farmhouse style, but it’s difficult for you to make a decoration that reflects a farmhouse style because you’re not really clear of what it means by Modern Farmhouse Style. Here I have a modern farmhouse sign decoration that would explain it. A modern farmhouse it’s actually a mix of a modern style meets farmhouse style. A modern style is clean and sleek. And the easiest base color to show modern is white. In the other hand, farmhouse is more country or traditional, and often looking rustic. How can the two of them meets together? Of course through the simplicity of both style and practicality that modern and farmhouse is looking for.

Modern and farmhouse are both simple and practical, you can mix the farmhouse’s traditional and a little rustic look into a clean and sleek of modern. Like for example my simple clean white and sleek cut of garden sign meets the rustic hand painted framed lines. Humble words of “my garden” is also a mix of a laid-back farmhouse wording of “my” and a clean wording of “GARDEN”. So, basically I use modern canvas and painted it with farmhouse. Although this project is more to work on the styles, I will still share with you the simple technical tutorial on how to make a modern farmhouse sign.

Things To Prepare

Try to use anything you can find at home or things you can upcycle. A similar material will do to make this modern farmhouse “my garden” sign :

A white plank
Dark blue acrylic paint
Black marker

How To Make

By understanding the modern elements that you can mix together with farmhouse :

1 .Have a white plank to work as the Farmhouse sign. It can be any material. wooden, pvc, steel plate, anything. Cut the plank into your desired size, with rectangle shape.

2 .Next is to paint a very dark blue on the white plank by hand. Let it looked a bit rough on finishing, to get the rusty farmhouse charm. Let it dry.

3 .Write the words “My Garden” by using black marker. And you’re done!

Basically, once you understand what is farmhouse and what is modern style and how you combine the two styles to create modern farmhouse look, the rest is easy. Any modern farmhouse would be easy for you to make. If you like some farmhouse look, check out my DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder.

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder

Old cooking pots are always there in storage room, I don’t throw it, I always upcycling it into something I like. Like couple of days ago, I made a flower pot holder from my old enamel cooking pot. I upcycled the cooking pot into a farmhouse pot. You may need to spend some dollars to buy this similar looking farmhouse pot holder. But here, I’m sharing with you how to make a farmhouse pot from upcycling cooking pot with the look that you can find at stores.

It’s a simple looking farmhouse upcycled pot holder, but a simple look can show a modern style even better. I choose a white look and a touch of farmhouse from the jute rope. All the simple elements I put are coming together with a modern farmhouse style. Sounds nice? Of course, because it’s not just it looks beautiful with your farmhouse home decor but the upcycled farmhouse pot is also easy to make. scroll down and see for yourself all my steps to make and all the materials I use to make this lovely farmhouse pot holder.

Things To Prepare

One or two simple supplies are needed for this quick and easy DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder. Pretty easy things to find, I’m sure you can have it easily and cheap. Anyway, here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder :

A used or an old cooking pot (mine was an enamel cooking pot)
White acrylic paint
Dark blue acrylic paint
White spray paint
Jute rope
Black marker

How To Make

It’s simple to make, upcycling an old cooking pot into a farmhouse pot holder will be your fun afternoon. It’s easy to make and the result is gorgeous, so of course it’s fun! So, let’s just go to the step by step part on how to make my DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder :

1 .My cooking was a single handle cooking pot. I got help from my husband to take the handle off. After that, clean and dry the cooking pot. My pot has some apple paintings on it that I was dying to get rid off. So, I painted the apple paintings with white acrylic paint. Also the defected area of the pot handle. Leave it to dry.

2 .Now, spray paint the enamel pot, concentrated on the painted area, so it will look smoother and even. Let it dry.

3 .The pot holder is almost finished, with a smooth white look, the pot is ready for some more make over. Take your small brush and paint the pot’s mouth with dark blue paint. Leave it until dry.

4 .Grab a jute rope and tie the enamel pot and end it with a bow.

5 . Last thing to do is to put more character to the -almost finish- farmhouse pot holder, a word of “garden”. Write it with the black marker. And you’re done!

Simple upcycling project to do on your summer. My DIY Farmhouse Upcycled Pot Holder can be a great new addition to your home decor or your garden. Easy and quick to make, and a new pretty farmhouse pot holder is yours!

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Patriotic Flower Vase

Today I share with you a very easy DIY Patriotic Flower Vase. It’s super simple and quick to make that it will be a great 4th of July decoration you can make in a short preparation. How convenience! Yes, and it’s also super low budget. It would be a wise choice to upcycling and use low budget supplies to make annual decorations in this hard situation. So, let’s find out more about my DIY red white blue Patriotic Flower vase.

Things To Prepare

The materials are only things around your home, and if you’re a crafter, then I’m sure you will have all the supplies I use. This Patriotic Day project is flexible in supplies, because you can use anything you can find at home that resembles things that I use to make my DIY glasses holder for Father’s Day gift. Anyway, here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Patriotic Flower Vase :

A used glass jar (mine is missing its lid, so I can no longer use it as a jar)
Red acrylic paint
Blue polka-dot ribbon

( If you don’t have the ribbon like mine, you can be creative with what you have. Like maybe you can paint your plain blue ribbon with white dots or put stickers. Or you can paint a white ribbon into blue polka ribbon. And another way is to use a plain blue ribbon and put some star embellish on it. Up to you! )

paper pom pom

You can make this pom pom from crepe paper or you can simply use white flowers, either fresh white flowers from your garden or faux white flowers. Just make use of anything you have. I use white paper pom pom because I don’t have white fresh flowers for this moment.

How To Make

My red white blue vase is easy to make, just a little paint job which doesn’t need an extra skill to do it. I’m sure your kids can tag along the making process. Anyway, this is the step by step tutorial on how to make my DIY Patriotic Flower Vase :

1 .Clean and dry the glass jar you want to use for this upcycling patriotic day project. Then paint the glass jar with red acrylic paint. Paint it roughly or smoothly will be your choice. The result will have their own character, weather is rustic rough by using paint brush to paint; or a smooth clean modern look if you use spray paint; all up to your style. I myself, use paint brush to get the farmhouse rustic look. Leave it to dry.

2 .Cut a blue polka ribbon and tie a bow on the neck of the jar.

3 .Put the white paper pom pom on top of the red blue vase and you’re done!.

Super quick and easy to make, my DIY Patriotic Flower Vase may take a longer time to wait for the paint to dry then other steps of making it. That’s why you can bring along your kids or your old folks to join along this patriotic day project. You can make more than one of this red white blue flower vase and use it as centerpieces on your 4th of July dinner table. How lovely it would look on your dining table. Well, have a great time making it!

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Cool Father’s Day Gift – Leather Bracelet

Like I have said before on my post DIY Father’s Day Gift Glasses Holder; finding a Father’s Day gift maybe is a bit tricky, especially a DIY Father’s Day gift. Same common gift all over on internet won’t be an awesome inspiration. But maybe if you get the gift idea by matching it to your father’s or your husband’s personality, then you will have an awesome and personal gift for your dad or husband on Father’s Day. What if your dad or husband loves to throw his pennies on desk, you may want to give him a Dad’s Coin Jar for Father’s Day gift. And what if your dad or husband is a cool looking guy? Well, this DIY Cool Father’s Day Gift of mine may be a great idea to give your cool dad or husband. Yes, a diy leather bracelet.

This DIY Father’s Day gift is actually a repurposing leather belt. But of course, you can a new leather belt to make this cool leather bracelet for men. I made a simple minimalist leather bracelet, so simple until I think a tutorial won’t be needed to guide you on how to make this cool DIY Father’s Day Gift Leather Bracelet. Nevertheless, I still going to share with you a short tutorial of this leather bracelet for Father’s Day. If your dad or husband is the type who loves more accents to the bracelet, you can more metal decorations, like pins or small chain, whatever you prefer, but my recommendation is metal ornaments, that will perfectly suits the leather bracelet.

Things To Prepare

So, is your dad or husband is cool enough to handle this leather bracelet for Father’s Day? If yes, let’s continue with the things you need to prepare to make this diy leather bracelet for Father’s Day gift :

A leather belt

I used a brown 1 inch leather belt. An old belt which is still in a good shape. This short piece of belt is a left over belt from my previous project, an Upcycled Rattan Basket Tray. You can buy a new fancier belt for this Father’s Day gift project with his favorite color, of course. Well, actually you would only need a pair of scissors besides a leather belt and you are good to go.

How To Make

I can probably say that this is more like an idea than a tutorial to make my Cool Father’s Day Gift, a Leather Bracelet. Anyway, this are the steps tutorial on how to make A cool Leather Bracelet for Father’s Day Gift :

1 .Cut the belt into a desired length which can fit your dad’s or your husband’s wrist.

2 .Bevel the end of the leather belt to have a better look.

3 .Punch a hole one or two for adjustment to wear the bracelet. And you’re done with the diy leather bracelet!

Super easy Father’s Day DIY gift to make isn’t it? But, yes it is for cool dads only. A cool dad who would be thrill to add up his cool accessories with the one you make. This Leather Bracelet is a cool gift for a unique Father’s Day Gift, and again, for cool dads

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Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Father’s Day Gift Glasses Holder

Finding a Father’s Day gift maybe is a bit tricky, especially a DIY Father’s Day gift. All you can see are just the same gift over and over on internet. But maybe if you get the gift idea by carefully watch your father’s or your husband’s habits, then you will have an useful and personal gift for your dad or husband on Father’s Day. Like I did last year with Dad’s Coin Jar for Father’s Day gift. I have another idea for this year Father’s Day gift that you can do it yourself and very useful. Yes, a DIY glasses holder for Father’s Day gift.

This DIY Father’s Day gift is actually a glasses holder plus a handphone holder too. Which is great for Daddies. They usually put they glasses or handphone anywhere and forget where to look afterwards. So, if you gift them with a glasses and handphone holder on Father’s Day, they can be more organized with their glasses and phone. How to make? It’s easy, just scroll down to see things that I use and complete tutorial on how I made the glasses holder for Father’s Day gift.

Things To Prepare

Basically, this project is flexible in supplies. You can use anything you can find at home that resembles things that I use to make my DIY glasses holder for Father’s Day gift. Anyway, here is the list of supplies to make my DIY Father’s Day Gift, a glasses holder :

PVC panel – white color. (you can use white painted wooden panel or any other panel that you have and you can work with)
Mustache made from paper card
Cabinet holder
hot glue

How To Make

My glasses holder plus handphone holder is super easy to make and very useful for daddy whose always put his glasses anywhere. Great for DIY Father’s Day gift. By the way, this is the step by step tutorial on how to make Glasses Holder for Father’s Day Gift :

1 .Cut the PVC panel in 5 pieces, with 3 different shapes and dimensions. 1 rectangle and four squares. Mine are two of 4 inches x 4 inches squares, two of 2 inches x 2 inches squares and a 2 inches x (4 inches minus 2 times of the thickness of the panel).

2 .I don’t need to paint it as I like it in white just the way the panel is. But if you have a wooden panel, then paint it in white to get a contrast look with the mustache.

3 .Glue with hot glue gun all the cut panels into a holder. Let it dry.

4 .Continue with adding a nose as the glasses holder by using cabinet door knob. Glue it with hot glue. Let it dry.

5 .lastly is to add a little cuteness and of course some masculine look to Daddy’s glasses holder; yes, a mustache! Glue it right under the door knob nose. And done!

Not just this glasses holder looks fantastic for a DIY Father’s Day gift, but it is also help daddy to be more organized. Have it wrapped in a nice gift box and hand it to him on Father’s Day; I’m sure he will be thrill with the this practical yet personal DIY Father’s Day gift. Get inspired? I hope you do!

See you!

Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

Upcycled Rattan Basket Tray

An upcycling project to me is a great way to get rid of things from your storage and get a new functional decorative things in return. And this upcycled rattan basket tray is one of it. I upcycled a rattan basket I get from a hamper. I’ve done some make over to the basket into a leather handle rattan tray. It’s simple but it looks sophisticated. I can assure you that it’s super easy to make too. It also goes well with any seasons, winter, spring, summer or even fall.

Pairing the white rattan basket with a brown leather handle brings a great contrast on the color and the texture. White against dark brown and smooth leather against rough rattan. That’s what makes the rattan tray with leather handle looks amazing. Even it’s just a simple matching between the leather and the rattan. Next, I’m going to share with you all the material I used to make the rattan tray and easy steps on how to make my upcycled rattan basket tray.

Things To Prepare

Not many supplies you need for this upcycled tray project. Just a short list of supplies with two important element for you to have which are a basket (rattan or not, will do) and a leather strap/belt. To be more clear, here is the list of supplies to make my upcycled rattan basket tray :

A used rattan basket
White spray paint
Leather handle (I got it from an old leather belt in brown color)
metal pins (You can use locking pin backs for a durable use)
hot glue

How To Make

This rattan basket tray with leather handle is super easy and quick to make. But as you can see it does really elevate the old rattan basket into a sophisticated tray that you can proudly use to decorate your living room coffee table. Or other table in your home. Anyway, this is the step by step tutorial on how to make upcycled rattan basket tray with leather handle :

1 .I removed the basket handle and keep it for other project, don’t waste it. And clean the rattan basket.

2 .Paint the rattan basket with white spray paint and let it sit for a while until it’s dry.

3 .Cut the old belt to get one pair of leather handle. I glue it to the rattan basket with hot glue and once it is dry, I secured it with metal pins on each sides of the leather handle. You can also use locking pin backs for a better durable result. Since I don’t have locking pin backs, I use the hot glue and metal pin like I have explain above. And if you use locking pin backs, you must have a longer leather handle so you can insert in the leather handle into the basket then pin the leather handle together.in each both end.

4 .Your upcycled rattan basket tray is ready. Now you can use it to organize your things on table or and decorate it with pretty things ytou have. I decorate rattan tray with my nautical canister (for a summer coastal touch), my bud vase and some of my books.

I love making trays, it’s a great tool to organize things that usually scatter on table. And you can make it as a decorative element on your table, from dinning table, working desk to coffee tables. I made some trays like rustic tray from ice sticks, upcycled pedestal tray to upcycled gold tray. And those, mostly are upcycled project from things that we usually throw to garbage bin. So, do you have any basket sitting in your storage room? Make use of it and please, upcycle it into this amazing rattan basket tray with leather handle! And don’t forget, an old leather belt or leather bag’s handle is the significant accent to this tray project.

See you!

Creative Summer Greetings!

Mel

DIY Faux Cactus

Summer is coming, sunny days and fun activities await you. However, decorating home with seasonal theme is even more fun to me. Summer decor has many elements to play with, from summer colors; nautical theme of beach; refreshing fruits like lemons, watermelons, and more; summer flowers like sunflowers and many others; all the way to cute mini cactus or succulents. This time I made DIY Faux Cactus from styrofoam ball. It is super easy and quick to make, but it looks super cute for summer decoration.

Things To Prepare

This is a very easy and quick Summer DIY to make. And cacti are super cute, plus you don’t have to take care of this one. Anyway, here is the short list of items that I used to make my DIY Faux Cactus from styrofoam ball:

A styrofoam ball
Dark green spray paint
Light green acrylic paint
Yellow acrylic paint
Pink flannel
Red ribbon flower ornament
UHU glue

How To Make

My DIY Faux Cactus will only spent less than half an hour to make. In that case, you can duplicate them in many and different shapes. It would be cute to have them in a row of potted cacti too. Okay, here is the simple steps on how to make faux cactus with a cute little pink flower on top :

1 .Paint the styrofoam ball with dark green spray paint. Leave it dry.

2 .Paint some dots in a regular line from top to bottom ball. Do the same by making more lines evenly. For this, you use light green acrylic paint and use a thin brush to add the dots. Let it dry.

3 .Now, add yellow dots of acrylic paint on top of each light green dots. Let it dry before continue.

4 .Take some pink flannel and cut a mini flower shape out of it and glue it on top of the cactus ball.

5 .Get a red flower ribbon and stick it on top of the pink flannel flower. And your DIY Faux Cactus is done! Use a cute mini mug as a pot to hold the the faux cactus.

Anyone can do this DIY faux cactus, as it is super easy and quick to make. Some greens in your home would look great for summer theme decor. So, now you know how to make a mini cactus in a very simple way. Happy trying!