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Sunday, November 17, 2013

DIY Leather Clutch by A Pair & A Spare

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Indoor/Outdoor Christmas Decor DIY - How to make lighted Christmas presents.

I made these Christmas present outdoor, weather-proof, decorations with materials you can find year-round at your local home improvement store...

For More DIY Holiday Decor, check out my articles:
Christmas Deco Easy DIY Ideas
and
Christmas Boxes Instead of Stockings

Christmas Deco EASY DIY Ideas

Click to check out these crafty Christmas deco ideas.

Christmas Boxes - Instead of Stockings

I decided on this fun alternative to Christmas stockings for my staff. I wrapped boxes and decorated them with trim, random accessories and my employees names.

Ladder Art - Old Attic Ladder Makes For Vintage Display Shelf

The idea came first, but after finding an attic ladder at an antique "mall" in East Texas, I was able to dismantle the sections of the ladder by drilling through the hardware at the hinges (where the ladder folded).

diy tutorial embellished sequined tights inspiration

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What Not to Wear to a Job Interview

(For my thoughts on appropriate interview attire, check out my article "CLOTHES THE DEAL...Job Interview Attire Ideas".)

No matter how developed your skills applicable to the job, or how much you rehearsed your spiel about how you can help advance the company you're interviewing with, your attire will be speaking and possibly interrupting, before you've even opened your mouth. This list, and my article: "CLOTHES THE DEAL...Job Interview Attire Ideas", will help you dress for success and ace that important job interview.

NEVER WEAR TO A JOB INTERVIEW:

Jeans - Even if you think you're compensating with business wear on top, you're not. Just don't do it.

Get Megan Fox or Any Celebrity Eyebrows By Making Your Own Makeup Stencil

Bed Curtains DIY - Turn Your Bed Into A Victorian Style Scarlett O'Hara Canopy Bed

Things You Can Make With A Glue Gun (Unique mirror frames, lampshades, swimwear, shoes, and even hair extensions!)

Oh the things you can do and make with a hot glue gun...

And I've tried them all. These projects not only produce professional results from hot glue adherence, but hold up over time...Yes even the swimwear (Hot glue can get wet and cold water washed, just DO NOT put in the dryer.)

UNIQUE PICTURE FRAMES

Do-It-Yourself Home Staging Tips for Selling a Fixer-Upper or a Problem Home

Problem: No Large/Master Closet

Solution: Make One

Solution Execution: No or a small master closet is a deal breaker for many home buyers. If you find yourself losing prospects because of the lack of master closet space in the home you’re selling, consider creating a “nook” of space that would make sense as a master closet. Remember: It doesn’t have to be a full-fledged, functional master closet, it just has to help prospective buyers look beyond the problem of not having a master closet and envision what they could do to solve the problem.

1. Decide which room can best be converted into a closet or which area can be best separated from the master bedroom with a divider. Does the house have an extra room, study or loft near the master bedroom, or is the master bedroom large enough where some of its space could be used as a closet?

If the house does have a room near the master bedroom that can be converted into a master closet without devaluing the home, you are in the best situation for solving this problem. If not, then you’ll have to get a little creative with where you can take space away without throwing off the entire aesthetics and flow of the room. If going with the option of creating a room within a room, you want to be able to separate and enclose the closet space with curtains or a room divider so assess the foundation of the room. Is there a section of the bedroom beyond what looks like a wide doorway where you can install curtain rods? Or do you have to look into a room divider? What is going to be best for the room’s layout and design style?

2. Invest in one or two rolling, clothes racks from The Container Store or Home Depot along with some shelving that is easy to assemble and does not have to be installed or cause damage to any walls.

3. Rest a large full length mirror against a wall and use a dresser or small end table to offer more storage.

4. Place a rug down in the middle of the space or where you may designate the “changing area” like in front of the mirror. Rugs placed strategically will break-up a space nicely.

http://followpics.co/diy-room-closet/

Minute Staging - Must Do Home Staging Tactics That Cost Nothing and Only Take a Minute

MINUTE STAGING

1. Store most of your stuff
- Consider it a head-start on packing. Chances are, every room is currently over-accessorized and over-cluttered, as far as staging goes. For a rule of thumb, keep all surfaces adorned with only 3 items/decorations. Don’t assume bed-side tables, closet drawers or any place is off-limits to prospective buyers. Pack it up and get it out.

2. If you cannot hide electrical cords, store the electronics

How to Tie Scarves - 15 New Unique Ways to Wrap and Wear a Scarf (With Image Instructions)

15 NEW WAYS TO WEAR A SCARF

Learn how to tie a scarf into different knots and wear them in unique ways.

Turn a Room into a Closet

Finger Food Recipe for Unique Pizza Slice Finger Sandwiches

The Time-Saving Tutorial: How to Make Perfect Cake Balls (No Mess, No Lopsided Shapes, No Bubbles in Your Coating, No Dripping or Melting)

how to make cake balls, cake ball recipe

INGREDIENTS

Cake Mix - and ingredients to bake the cake.
Candy Melts or Almond Bark - for cake ball coating
Sprinkles or Decorations
Shortening
Cupcake Cups

How To Make Your Own Clothes Without Sewing

(Watch my video to learn how an old, ill-fitting cotton blouse, a t-shirt and a broken necklace, can be recycled and made into a uniquely embellished vest.)

How To Make Ice Cream Cake Pops with Waffle Cone Cake Pop Wraps

Lemon and Orange Orchard Cake Pops - Easy to Make Cake Pop Design

Easy, DIY Patio Deco Ideas - Outdoor and Garden Design and Crafts

DIY Outdoor Furniture Ideas - ANTIQUE FURNITURE OR APPLIANCES

A baker's rack, stove, china cabinet, etc. can be turned into a unique piece of patio art with a coat of paint and items that create or compliment the theme of patio, garden.

http://www.thecreativityexchange.com/2012/08/outdoor-side-table-turned-buffet.html

Simple Do-It-Yourself Renovations That Will Dramatically Update Your Home

Paint the Banister/Railing of Stairs

Taking an unattractive banister from lacking to luxurious with a coat of black paint is one of the most transforming do-it-yourself projects for your home. Like great plastic surgery, it's one of those renovations that will make all the difference in the world but admirers won't be able to quite guess what you had done. "Yooooou...painted the ceiling!"

"Nope"

"...Oh! Replaced the carpet!"

"Uh Uh"

"Is the crown molding different???"

And just like that, you've performed thousands of dollars in home improvements with one quart of paint and more than a half day to spare.

Decorating with Vases DIY Home Decor - 28 Things to Put in Vases Besides Flowers

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Decorating with Accent Colors - Accent Color and DecoratingIdeas for Painted Rooms

Perhaps you got yourself into a home with intentions of making it your own right away, but you've hit a speed bump with unforeseen repairs, extra costs or other projects that take precedent over painting. Maybe you knew you would have to make it work all along for a period of time or maybe you really liked the previous decorator's wall color choices from the get but now find it difficult to makes any kind of sense from Weetie Yellow or Tijuana Teal. Possibly your own decisions in lacquer are driving you up the "wall". I've been in all of these places and the trick to living with and being proud of what you have IS to make it your own...and luckily I've found it isn't as tricky as you may think with a little direction, inspiration, and a break down of the color wheel so your color combos are eye-catching yet eye-pleasing.

General and Universal Tips for Accessorizing with Accent Colors:

Incorporate a lot of WHITE. No explanation. Just do it.
Don't go crazy with accents. A couch is not an accent and fourteen lime green candles don't compliment anything.
Pillows and vases are EVERYTHING.

Accentuate Gray Paint with Yellow Accessories

http://www.cindyaplanalp.com/style-trend-gray-is-the-new-beige

CLOTHES THE DEAL...Job Interview Attire Ideas - What to Wear to a Job Interview

(For my thoughts on what NOT to wear to an interview, check out my article: "What to NOT Wear to a Job interview".)

A great concept to remember when dressing on for a job interview is to consider what you might wear if you were meeting your fiance's conservative parents...for the first time...in church! Nothing too short, too tight, too colorful, too revealing, too white, too black, etc. This criteria for dressing to impress a prospective boss probably seems impossible to meet so I've put together some great out fit suggestions with pictures to make it easy to ace 50% of that interview before you even leave your house.

How to Accessorize The Little Black Dress

You have one...maybe two or three. Your little black dress isn't exactly the go to choice when you're feeling fashionable frisky or adventurous, but it can be. Try these accessory tips with your LBD. You won't be able to pull off the "this ole thing" line even if it's true.

(Watch little black dress styling tips in video)

10 Things Men Love Women to Wear

The formula is: Hint of Costume Cliche (Waitress, School Girl, Lolita, Dominatrix, Secretary) + Hint of Easy Access (Plunge, Zipper, Ties, Short, Tight, Button Down, Transparent, Slits) with a "Halo" of Innocence = What Men Love Women to Wear.

The most important element in this formula is the "hint" which will attain the overall innocence of the look. It's a tricky equation to complete without error but who said men are anything but tricky.

The tip is not to go overboard in any direction. HE should not be able to put his finger on your inspiration. You DON'T want to hear, "You look like a waitress, or construction worker or middle-schooler".

Enjoy the examples below and please leave your feedback.

10 - PinStripes/Red, White and Blue

Unique Wall Decor Ideas

Fabric Covered Cardboard

Material can be easily and permanently attached to the back of cardboard with hot glue.

Embellish Your Bikini - How to make last season's swimwear this season's trend.

Because of my constant, craft obsessive ticks, I haven't personally found myself in the hell-on-earth predicament (at least not since I was like 13) of being caught in the same swim suit as another girl. I do know, however, that the risk of realizing you are standing in the fruity drink line on your Carribean Cruise boat next to a girl who is dawning the same bikini that you blew last months bonus on because it looked "totally unique" is nightmare enough for you to want to throw your fruity drink on...YOURSELF, in attempt to achieve your one-of-a-kind look...at last! In truth, the only way to really achieve that elusive one-of-a-kind summer guise, is to take what you have to Gem Class. I've got all kinds of options for turning last season's, worn-out duds into this year's must-have, flair.

LET IT RIP

Cutting slits into a lycra swimsuit can really edge it up. Just make sure the suit you want to destroy has lining or be EXTRA strategic when making those cuts! Nothing's worse than getting scissors deep into a project and realizing you've made some brain-lapsing mistake and there's no recovery button.
Lay your swimsuit flat on the ground or surface. I choose the ironing board b/c its height is perfect for this project and it reminds me to cut CAREFULLY as to not disrupt the swimsuit's lining OR the ironing board's padding. Use scissors, but only use one of the blades, to GENTLY and LIGHTLY make slits in the lycra part of your swimwear by pushing the end of the scissor blade into the fabric and SLOWLY dragging it accross. You will probably have to use a LIGHT "sawing" motion to get the blade to slice through the fabric without pulling or snagging it. I also find you can use the end of the scissor blade to start the slit and then cut through it using scissors normally. Horizontal slits only. (It is impossible to make them slanted or any other way as the cut won't be straight and you will probably just end up with a hole.) Refer to the photos in this post to know how far apart or close together you can make the cuts.

Unique Outfit and Accessory Ideas - that you may have never thought of.

For lack of a fun message or savvy how-to instructions, I thought I would post a few pics of my recent ensemble choices. Let me know if I turned some of your wheels or inspired your own wardrobe.