DIY Pink Dahlia Flower Pot Holder From Ice Cream Sticks

DIY Pink Dahlia Flower Pot Holder From Ice Cream Sticks

As I have promised on my previous post (DIY Painted Coaster From Ice Cream Sticks), I will show more how to make use of ice cream sticks with unusual way. I made those ice cream sticks into wooden plates. you don’t need to use heavy tool to cut wooden plank and make wooden decoration. It is convenient, practical, super easy and cheap. It only takes two delicate hands and glue to do it.

So, this time, another functional decorations to make, a flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks. to give more personal and summer touch, I will paint the flower-pot holder with a pink dahlia plus the wording “la fleur” (It’s a French, which in English means the flower).

What do you need to DIY pink dahlia flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks?

• Ice cream sticks
• Glue (for wood)
• Spray paint – white color
• Acrylic paint – red, white, green, black color
• Paint brush
• Scissors

How to make a pink dahlia flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks?

1. Apply glue (for wood) evenly along the ice cream stick surface. Glue the ice cream sticks to each other one by one. Watch for the same length and width.
2. Line them all up and make set of it. One is around 25 cm (or twice more the length of the ice cream stick), the second one is  square in dimension, and the third one is around a dozen of sticks.
3. Let it sit for a while until the glue dry and become a firm wooden panel.
4. Spray or apply paint to all the surfaces of the ice cream sticks panel with white color paint. Let it dry.
5. Paint the longest panel on the top area with white acrylic paint. Paint the pink dahlia on the white-painted area and the word “la fleur”. Let it dry.
6. Glue the three panels in a way like on the picture.
7. Your diy pink dahlia wall flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks is ready.

You can be creative with the painting for the ice cream sticks flower-pot holder, the object, the colors or the wording. You can choose any theme according to your home color theme or simply your favorite color or favorite summer flower. I chose the soft pink dahlia which I love most for vintage shabby look, besides blue. And I painted the french word “la fleur” to add more vintage feeling. You can also mount it on the wall and become a wall holder, for that you might need an L shape steel on the bottom for strength .

I hope you can try my idea of making flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks with your own personal touch and find it easy, cheap, no heavy tools involved and fun. Well, have a good fun trying!

I entered my DIY pink dahlia flower-pot holder from ice cream sticks to following challenges:

• Allsorts Challenge Blog – In my garden
• That’s Crafty – Close to nature
• Craft Rocket Challenge – Summer
• Dream Valley Challenges – All things bright and beautiful
• Inkspirational – 
• International Art & Soul – Summer fun
• The Sisterhood Of Crafters – What’s YOUR Favorite Color???
• Love To Craft – July anything goes
• Altered Eclectics – Anything goes
• Sparkles Monthly Challenges – Let’s be pretty
• We Love To Create – Anything creative mixed media goes

Please follow me to find more future posts about using ice cream sticks for functional home decorations and more other creative DIYs.

Still, Ice Stick to creativity!

See you again, soon!

Mel

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DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (Final) – Seating Tag and Napkin Ring

DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (Final) – Seating Tag and Napkin Ring

This is the final post of DIY re-purposing tissue cores into another 6 matches stylish party decorations. After 2 earlier posts, first was the Souvenir Box and Flower Vase, the second one was Paper Tissue and Straw Holder; now the final two matches stylish party decorations are:

1. Seating Tag

For the seating tag, I used paper doily for the name writings media and I cut the tissue core about 45 degree in half. For these two decorations, you need some cutting, so prepare yourself with cutter.

     2. Napkin Ring

Average toilet tissue core can be divided into 3 napkin rings, so cut the cores into 3 even sections. Then decor it wisely, since it is such a small item but you still need it to accentuate your napkin, especially on a white plain napkin.

Again, all I need for this project are only:

1. tissue cores (any sizes will do)

I used 2 types of tissue cores, the one from toilet roll tissue and kitchen towel.

2. paper wrapped (choose the one that will be your color theme and or pattern theme)

I used greenish-yellow and green stripe which I think it’s very simple but speaks a lot.

3. ribbons (choose color that matches the paper wrap but not exactly the same color)

I used light yellow to matched.

4. ribbon flower ornaments ( you can get more color on this but still have to compliment your theme color.

I used pink rose (as an accent) with green leaves (to match the color theme) ribbon ornament.

5. laces

I used small white laces to have it looked more chic.

6. paper doily

Great media for writings and decoration.

For this project you need cutter besides scissors, glue and drawing pen to execute it.

The green and yellow with pink accent is definitely spread the spring colors into the whole party. If you don’t use too many different ornament and decorations, maybe only 5 or 6 items you will stick to the matching theme for the whole party decorations you’ve made.

So all the 6 matches stylish party decorations from tissue cores are

1. Souvenir Box
2. Flower Vase
3. Napkin Tissue Holder
4. Straw Holder
5. Seating Tag
6. Napkin Ring

Well, don’t you find it easy and cheap to accomplish the 6 matches stylish party decorations from tissue cores? Indeed! And green too! So, instead of throwing your tissue cores to the trash bin, let’s try my project with your own personal style. I’m sure your guests will be pleased to be welcome with all handmade personal party decorations, they would think that you put lots of efforts to it, even though it doesn’t cost you that much money and trouble, just creativity!

Note: I just found out about this amazing site, Country View Challenge, where the April’s challenge happens to be “Pimp it up! (reuse or alter something)”. So I hope my post here still eligible for the challenge.

I also entered another challenge : Love To Craft Challenge – May Anything Goes & Allsorts Challenge Blog.

Well, creativity achieved…!

See you again!

Mel

DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (2) – Paper Napkin And Straw Holder

DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (2) – Paper Napkin And Straw Holder

As I have promised on my earlier post, I will show more DIY re-purposing tissue cores into another 2 matches stylish party decorations. So, I have prepared 2 useful yet easy decorations, which are:

1. Paper Napkin Holder

Before you start with the real meal, you may want to entertain your guest with snacks, for that you will need paper napkin for convenience. Then you need paper napkin holder. Well, why don’t you make the matching paper napkin holder too! This one is so easy, you just press one side of the tissue core,  cut both edges in bevel and decorate it.

     2. Straw Holder

Snack time will surely need some refreshing drinks, but to be stylish, you need stylish straw too. And… you gonna need straw holder. Let’s just go match it all with the theme and make use of the tissue core as the straw holder. This one is the easy one, after I’ve decorated it, I covered the bottom with doily paper so the straws will secured even though it’s being moved.

Like I have mentioned on my earlier post on DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (1) – Souvenir Box and Flower Vase; all I need for this project are only:

1. tissue cores (any sizes will do)

I used 2 types of tissue cores, the one from toilet roll tissue and kitchen towel.

2. paper wrapped (choose the one that will be your color theme and or pattern theme)

I used greenish-yellow and green stripe which I think it’s very simple but speaks a lot.

3. ribbons (choose color that matches the paper wrap but not exactly the same color)

I used light yellow to matched.

4. ribbon flower ornaments ( you can get more color on this but still have to compliment your theme color.

I used pink rose (as an accent) with green leaves (to match the color theme) ribbon ornament.

5. laces

I used small white laces to have it looked more chic.

6. paper doily

Great media for writings and decoration.

And of course you need scissors, glue and drawing pen to execute it.

I used green and yellow with pink accent for spring colours. Do not use too many different ornament and decorations, keep only 5 or 6 items to make sure all the party decorations matched to each other.

Okay, I better go and complete my 2 more matches party decorations from tissue cores and show it to you on my next post.

See you very soon!

Creativity still to be continued…!

Mel

 

DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (1) – Souvenir Box and Flower Vase

DIY Re-Purposing Tissue Cores Into 6 Matches Stylish Party Decorations (1) – Souvenir Box and Flower Vase

Do you have to throw a sudden small party? Or a last-minute girls gathering? Don’t worry, I have some fast and easy ideas that won’t cost you much money but still stylish. How do you make it stylish? Choose a color theme for your party (matches decorations) then let your creativity do the rest. How isn’t costing you much money? By re-purposing tissue cores into 6 matches stylish party decorations.

For today’s post, I prepared 2 matches stylish party decorations, which are:

1. Flower Vase

Do not go too far trying to decorate the flower vase, because you want the flowers to pop. So, go simple and minimalist.

2. Souvenir Box

You can go more on decorating souvenir box, but as my style is always simple but still look stylish.

All I need for this project are only:

1. tissue cores (any sizes will do)

I used 2 types of tissue cores, the one from toilet roll tissue and kitchen towel.

2. paper wrapped (choose the one that will be your color theme and or pattern theme)

I used greenish yellow and green stripe which I think it’s very simple but speaks a lot.

3. ribbons (choose color that matches the paper wrap but not exactly the same color)

I used light yellow to matched.

4. ribbon flower ornaments ( you can get more color on this but still have to compliment your theme color.

I used pink rose (as an accent) with green leaves (to match the color theme) ribbon ornament.

5. Laces

I used small white laces to have it looked more chic.

6. paper doily

Great media for writings and decoration.

And of course you need scissors, glue and drawing pen to execute it.

The green and yellow with pink accent I chose for the theme is of course to give more spring touch to it. It is a spring time now, right? And I kept only 5 things to decorate the tissue cores, so that you will definitely come out with matches party decorations.

Well, that’s it for today, I will continue to make more matches party decorations from tissue cores and show it to you on my next post.

See you in couple of days!

Creativity to be continued…!

Mel