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Paper Flowering Spring Branches
To get ready for summer entertaining season, this month we're sharing a mini-series of pro tips and projects from our guest blogger, party planner extraordinaire and designer David Stark. This week, his instructions for a beautiful take on flowering spring branches, usable year-round.
We are delighted to make Paper Tales available for purchase at Bergdorf’s on their iconic 7th Floor. Each world under a glass dome is hand-made in our studio in Brooklyn, utilizing vintage and antique books.
As one of our go-to art ingredients, accessibility is one of the features we love in paper, but we are also are drawn to the transformative magic that is endemic to the material. We recently created “flowering spring branches” for a party with book page blooms, and it hit us that this is a wonderful décor trick for the home. Beauty is one feature, but unlike fresh cut flowering branches from a tree, these last and last . . .
Here’s What you need:
1. 3-5 branches in which the leaves and flowers have been removed.
2. A used book from the dollar bin at your local book store.
3. A scallop paper punch from your favorite craft or office supply store.
4. A hot glue gun to glue the blooms onto the branches.
And here’s how:
1. Pull out some pages from the book and punch 30 or so “flowers”. (You can punch several pages at a time!)
2. After cutting the flower shapes, fold each scallop in half. Then turn the scallop 90° and fold in half again. Flip the scallop over and repeat the above steps, and unfold after, retaining the crease marks that create the cup of the flower.
3. Give a dot of hot glue to the underside of the blossom and affix to the branch tips.
4. Arrange in a favorite vase and enjoy.
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10 Things to Do With a Plain Picture Frame
The DIY experts at HGTV Magazine show you how to make a boring white picture frame as pretty as a picture with these tricks.
1.
Start With the Frame
A few of our favorites: White Lacquer Emery 2.5" x 3.5", 4" x 6", and 5" x 7" frames, $2 to $3, worldmarket.com; Malden Wide Linear 5" x 7" frame in white, $12.50, aifriedman.com; Nyttja 5" x 7" frame, $4 for a set of 2, IKEA stores
2.
Stick On Fun Tape
Buy patterned washi tape that's about as wide as your frame. Cut four pieces to cover the frame, then press each down firmly, overlapping the corners. Tape: FunTape in argyle, $5 per roll, ginkopapers.com
3.
Options Galore
If you find a pattern you like that’s thinner, just use two strips side by side. Make a mistake? Just peel off the tape and start again!
4.
Put Down an Overlay
Paint the frame with yellow craft paint, and let dry. Cut a white foam overlay into four strips. Attach to the frame with clear-drying craft glue, like Aleene’s Quick Dry tacky glue ($3, craft stores).
5.
Add Flowers
Paint the frame green. Paint the outsides of four toilet paper rolls various bright colors using craft paint. Let dry, then lightly flatten the rolls and cut into 1/2-inch pieces to create petal shapes. Attach the petals with clear-drying craft glue.
6.
Dot It
Press pencil erasers into a multicolor ink pad. Stamp the frame, starting with a few dots at the top and adding more toward the bottom. To prevent smudges, coat with a clear acrylic sealer, like Krylon Crystal Clear ($6, craft stores).
7.
A Rainbow of Colors
Use one pencil eraser for each ink color. Be sure to use an ink pad that’s safe on wood. Ink pad:
8.
Wrap It in Yarn
Put a dot of craft glue on the back of the frame and stick the end of a ball of yarn to it. Wrap the yarn around one side of the frame. (We suggest starting on the inside-upper-left corner.) Snip and glue the end to the frame’s back. Repeat on all sides, leaving the corners bare.
9.
Gold-Leaf It
Brush adhesive, aka sizing medium, onto the frame. Following the package's directions, apply sheets of gold leaf to the wood. Brush off any excess, then coat the frame with clear acrylic sealer. Gold-leaf kit: Speedball Composition gold-leaf kit (includes adhesive, leaf and sealer), $11, dickblick.com
10.
Stripe It With Straws
Cut paper straws into equal pieces about as wide as the frame. Attach them with clear-drying craft glue.Straws: Summer Sunshine Stripey Straws, $4 for 20, shopsweetlulu.com
11.
Add Metal Detail
Paint the frame with blue craft paint, and let dry. Arrange two sizes of metal washers around the frame. Once you’re happy with the design, attach the washers with clear-drying craft glue. Paint: Martha Stewart Crafts satin acrylic craft paint in surf, $1.50 for 2 ounces, Michaels stores; Washers: Crown Bolt …
12.
Glue On Letters
Paint the frame and a mix of chipboard letters with two shades of blue craft paint. Let dry, then arrange the letters on the frame. Once you're happy with the placement, attach the letters with clear-drying craft glue.Paint: Matte acrylic paint on (frame) blue medium and (letters) blue light, $2 for 2 ounces, …
13.
Belt It
Use a utility knife to cut an old belt into four pieces to cover the frame, trimming each end at a 45-degree angle to match the frame’s mitered corners. Attach the belt with heavy-duty craft or hot glue. If your belt won’t completely cover your frame, paint the frame first with brown craft paint, and let dry.
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Egg Carton Lillies
This might be the easiest ever egg carton flower craft for kids. It includes all the fun of painting and making curly pipe cleaner parts, but is a super simple and quick eco project. It is especially good for the little ones to make for Mother’s day so we’ve included a printable leaf template with little Mother’s day messages as an option.
Follow our step-by-step tutorial below and grab your free template too!
WHAT YOU NEED:
egg cartons
scissors
paints and brush
pipe cleaners and some tape
scissors
paints and brush
pipe cleaners and some tape
HOW TO MAKE THE EGG CARTON FLOWERS (LILLIES):
1. Get some egg cartons. We have them piling up all the time!
2. You’ll need the cone-shaped middle bits. Tear them off like this.
3. Cut the corners with a scissors like this. It’s very easy but children – be careful with the scissors when you cut thick materials!
4. Paint them in your favorite colors. You can make white lilles or a big colorful bouquet.
5. Curl one end of your pipe cleaner around a pencil or brush, then pull it to stretch a bit. Make it long enough for the inside of the flower and leave enough length left straight for the stem.
We wanted to use yellow pipe cleaners (although it can be any color) but we only had old-style white cotton ones so we partly painted them yellow. You might have different looking pipe cleaners, just use whatever you have (wire, sticks…) creatively.
Make holes at the bottom of the egg carton cones with a sharp object. Don’t make the hole too big.
We wanted to use yellow pipe cleaners (although it can be any color) but we only had old-style white cotton ones so we partly painted them yellow. You might have different looking pipe cleaners, just use whatever you have (wire, sticks…) creatively.
Make holes at the bottom of the egg carton cones with a sharp object. Don’t make the hole too big.
6. Put your curled up pipe cleaner through the hole.
7. You can put some tape around the bottom of the flower if needed.
8. Now try some lovely flower arranging in a small jar!
9. Or make some leaves to go with it! You can cut any paper you have in a leaf shape or print our template with messages for this. Pinch the end of the leaf around the bottom of the flower and tape it to fix.
Our free printable files are for personal use only.
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Make a lovely present for a special mom on Mother’s day. Or use them to decorate your gifts for any occasion!
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