The one with a candleholder DIY

There's no denying, summer is over. Time to whip out the hot cocoa, blankets, lots of books, and candles. During a recent trip to the craft-supply-shop, I got a pack of clay (without knowing what to make of it). I'm like a loose canon in a craft store. I go in there, get all excited, and return home with a big bag full of new supplies (but without a plan). When trying to organise my new supplies and the ones I already had, I came across a bunch of studs and for some reason 'candleholders' popped into my mind. Maybe because the colder months are here, and I always want to cozy things up inside the house when those months are here. So I made a candleholder. Here's how:

What you'll need:

• Clay (I used a quarter of a kilo package)
• Studs, different colours, shapes and sizes
• (A thrifted) glass candleholder
• A sheet of baking paper, to keep your workspace from getting all sorts of messy

 

 What you'll need to do:

 Form a ball out of the clay

Place the candle holder in the middle of the ball and push it in the clay

 

My ball had gotten quite wonkey, so it needed some re-shaping

Push in the studs, while the clay is still soft

Let it dry, and ready is your candleholder

Are you getting more crafty in autumn and winter? Changing up things inside your home? Any decorating projects in the works? I'd love to here all about your projects!


Een Nederlandstalige variant van deze DIY vind je op DaWanda. 

The one with the mini vases DIY

A while ago Eva from DaWanda asked me if I would like to make tutorials for the Dutch DaWanda blog. No need to think about it, ofcourse! My first tutorial is up since last week. It's in Dutch and you can find it here. Don't speak Dutch? No prob! Here you'll have the translated version.

What you'll need:

• small flowers
• tubes (mine used to hold tiny beads)
• copper wire (you'll need 60 centimeters for each tube)
• transparant, quick drying glue

What you'll need to to: remove the tops from the tubes, you will not need to use these.

Decide where the middle of the wire is and hold it with your thumb against the tube, about two third up from the bottom.

Wrap the left half of the wire around the tube five times, and do the same for the right half. 

Gather the halves at the back 

Wrap the halves around eachother, until there's about 6 centimeters left. 

Use another tube to form a hook

Secure the wire with a drop of glue

Fill the tubes with water and the flowers, and you're done!

Have you been getting crafty lately? Please feel free to share your link in the comments below.

The one with the dino and polkadot jewelry dish

Some time ago (actually months ago.....) I started this DIY. Somewhere in winter, I found a photo of an Anthropologie trinket dish. Silly me forgot to pin it, but in my mind it was white, had polkadots, and involved an animal figurine. I DO remember a very scary price tag. I don't like scary price tags, but I do like recreating things I like, low budget style! I got a dinosaur figurine at the toy store back in january, started painting away and for some reason the pink dino ended up in a closet and stayed there. I guess the dinosaur wasn't a big fan of winter (just like me) and decided to go into hibernation mode..... It resurfaced again a week ago.

What you'll need:

• an animal figurine
• paint (or spray paint)
• glue
• a plate
• a paint brush
• a nail

Cover your workspace with an old newspaper and start painting away. This dino apparantly wasn't a big fan of the colour pink, and needed multiple layers to go from green to pink. Maybe spray painting would have been the better option, but I got this paint a long time ago and it needed to be used! 

After the painting, and when the dino is all nice and dried up, glue it's feet to your plate. Give it some time to dry.

Try out some different sized nails on a scrap piece of paper, to see which size of polka dots you like most. And surround the little dude (or dudette) with dots.

Let it dry, et voila!

 

Have you been doing DIY's lately? I'd love to see your tutorial or result in the comments below! If you're in need of more DIY ideas, you can find some projects over here.