January 2011
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Valentines for Citymeals-on-Wheels
If you have time for Valentines, make some extras for senior citizens receiving meals from Citymeals-on-Wheels. Send cards to Etsy’s Share Your Love 2011 campaign by 2/9.
Here’s some I threw together (with colorful tape, origami paper, scraps, and upcycled scrap envelopes):
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Rehabilitating tattered Chinese wall hangings...
Chinese New Year is just around the corner (2/3) and I’m celebrating by rehabbing the Chinese wall hanging I purchased more than a decade ago in Beijing - it’s been battered in many apartment moves and stained during some (wild) dinners. Maybe yours just needs a spicy makeover? Regardless, perfect opportunity to use washi tapes.
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Chinese wall hanging in need of TLC
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WatchI am by no means a fashionista, but this exhibit, Drawing Fashion, at London’s Design Museum was a visual feast. The sketches, watercolors, prints, monotypes, etc., really blew me away.
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Modified Ikea lamps...$19
The GRÖNÖ Ikea lamps are just begging to be modified! I chose a super simple way: wrapping a pair in black tape. Easiest. Project. Ever.
Due to circumstances beyond my control, I’m out of town this week and (once again) posting an old project of mine (late, btw). So there’s no handy actions photos. But this one’s so easy and simple, action photos may be an insult to your...
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polka-dots on found ceramic objects (for...
As you can see in one of my prior posts, I like to add polka dots to things. I like to seek out free or nearly free all-ceramic items and add polka dots made of ceramic paint. A little time in the oven, and those dots are definitely impervious to hand washing.
Extra tiles of any ilk make awesome coasters and trivets. Thrift store vases with interesting shapes add so much to home decor. ...
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fool's gold...smashed and glittered concrete block...
Books can sprout up quickly, and bookshelves rarely keep up. I needed a quick, cheap fix, so I used concrete blocks and wood boards to stack two low shelves. I’ve got all this glitter lying around and I once saw an exhibit at SF MOMA in which an artist glittered the edges of broken concrete blocks (cannot remember artist’s name). I also found these smoky quartz bookends pretty...