Posted by offthemeathook on 10th December 2009
Gift wrapping can get so boring, and I get super jealous of people who wrap gifts all tastefully and creatively. So here are 2 ideas from the internetz about some easy and fun ways to step it up from a gift tag perspective.
1. You can print out these free gift tags from Angry Chicken, there are a bunch of designs.

2. You can get creative with a stamp pad and your thumb for these cute owl tags I saw on Design*Sponge.

Cute, and FREE if you already own cardstock or pilfer a few sheets from the office! (I said a few sheets. I’m not advocating widespread office supply fraud. Put down that ream of paper and all of those staplers. You don’t even need that many staplers anyway.)
Tags: christmas, craft, cute, diy, gifts, hanukkah, holidays, presents, tags
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Posted by karen on 18th August 2009
It seems I’ve been serially bookmarking a whole bunch of odd and unusual DIY lighting ideas so I thought it was time to clean it out and share a few with you.
Latex Glove Lamp by Katarina Britse
STUNNING- the trick would be keeping them inflated for more than a couple hours.

Globe Lamps on Craftster
Crack open a globe and voila. I like this idea!

Milky Way Chandelier by Alexander Reh
ingredients: 14 1-gallon milk bottles, 1 hula hoop, 1 string Xmas lights.

The Slinky Light from Bouf
You can buy it for £45, but why would you when you could make one?

Chiquita Chandelier by Anneke Jakobs
Made with old banana boxes. She must have great potassium levels. Apparently there’s a how-to manual available at her website but I couldn’t find it.

Bettine Ping Pong Ball Lamp by Studio Kleefstra

Tags: art, banana, craft, diy, latex glove, light, milk, slinky
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Posted by karen on 15th June 2009
Problem: an old blender that doesn’t work!
Solution: turn it into a funky lamp!

You can learn to make this blender lamp on Instructables. The only tiny sticking point for me is that this guy works somewhere there’s a sandblaster so he was able to get the blender sandblasted for free and make it frosty-cool. But you or I would probably not be able to do that so easily or cheaply.
I’m kind of annoyed right now because I had a garage sale recently and I sold not one but TWO old blenders. Dammit. Now I’ll have to wait until my current blender craps out OR find a garage sale blender myself. Or, just not do this project. That’s a good solution too.
Tags: blender, craft, diy, lamp, margaritas
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