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Get Crafty This Weekend With These 7 DIYs

Relax this weekend by making some of these fun do it yourself projects that would look amazing in your home. Best of all several of these projects use similar materials such as oven bake clay, gold foil or inexpensive wood so you can use purchased supplies for more than one project!


1. DIY Chopstick Rest


Keep your chopsticks from sitting directly on the table by sculpting your own custom set of gorgeous chopstick rests using air dry clay and a kitchen knife to sculpt them into shape.

Read the DIY chopstick rest tutorial at The Merry Thought.More »


2. DIY Gold Foil Brushstroke Pillow


Update a flat one color pillow to be extra eye-catching by giving it a gold foil brushstroke pattern by painting silk screen adhesive on the fabric and laying gold silk screen foil directly on top.

Read the DIY gold foil brushstroke pillow tutorial at Design Love Fest.More »


3. DIY Shopping Is My Cardio Bag


Take a blank pencil case, tote, or makeup bag and decorate it with this cute iron on transfer that you can download from Minted Strawberry.

Read the DIY shopping is my cardio bag tutorial at Minted Strawberry.More »


4. DIY Gold Leaf Lamp Shade


It is hard to believe that the gorgeous black lamp shade with a metallic gold interior that beautifully reflects the light used to be a plain white shade. This weekend update a lampshade in your home, either by changing the exterior color and adding gold leaf interior, or by just adding the gold leaf inside.

Read the DIY gold leaf lamp shade tutorial at Craft Thyme.More »


5. DIY Tea Light Candle Holder


Add some romantic soft candle light to your home in these lovely gold flecked candle holders that is made by covering a glass votive with Premo Sculpey translucent clay with small pieces of gold leaf mixed into the clay.

Read the DIY tea light candle holder tutorial at Vitamini Handmade.More »


6. DIY Wood Plate Charger


Add a rustic touch to your dinner setting by making a set of wood plate chargers out of affordable sheet of plywood that would look fabulous either for a dinner party or brought outdoors on your patio table.

Read the DIY wood plate charger tutorial at Pneumatic Addict.More »


7. DIY Wood Cutting Board


Stocking your kitchen with a few beautiful wood cutting boards can be expensive, but you can make your own by cutting a piece of popular down to size, sanded down the edge and conditioning the wood with cutting board oil. 

Read the DIY wood cutting board tutorial at To Simply Inspire.More »

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