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June 2007 Archives
Custom Cork Boards
Materials: Glue gun/ clear glue sticks Blank cork board (any size) Ribbon Silk flowers Picture hanger/small nail Decorations: Rhinestones, letter tiles, Lego pieces, stickers, game board pieces, you name it! 1.) Heat up glue gun and put in glue. 2.) Decide how you want your corkboard to look. Keep in mind that you'll be tacking items to it, so any decorations along the bottom and sides might get covered up! 3.) If you want have a ribbon border, start there first. Have your starting edges be on the top (if you're going to do a large central decoration- like the… Read More
Wine Bottle Butler
Eileen Bergen at the Artful Crafter has posted the cutest and easy little way to dress up a wine bottle. Instead of just handing over a boring bottle, dress it up a little with craft foam, a glue gun, brass fasteners and some ribbon. Check out the Wine Bottle Butler. Step by step instructions and pattern included! Tags: glue+gun+crafts, glue+gun+projects, crafts, wine+bottles, foam+crafts… Read More
Henry the Blue Jay
This video features a young man sporting an awesome costume of a blue jay's head, constructed from foam and a glue gun. Posted by: olyja Tags:glue+gun+crafts, glue+gun+projects, crafts, children+costumes, blue+jay+costume… Read More
Fixing Your COO's Shoe
Our office had a pinata for Cinco de Mayo and our Chief Operating Officer stepped up to take his swings. It being casual Friday, he was wearing his beloved, thong leather sandals. (Manly sandals, I assure you). Well the thong separated from the shoe mid swing! (Ladies- we all know how it feels when the heel comes off your shoe mid-day and you're forced to clomp along or horror or horrors, buy new shoes at lunch.) So to save him from having to wander about the office without shoes for the rest of the day, I took my glue gun… Read More
Photo Box Fun
Why stack up boring boxes of pictures when you can create something fun that shows off your memories too? Materials: Clear glue sticks/glue gun Cardboard photo box (blank) Cardstock 2 photos to feature Decorations: scrapbook embellishments, stickers Ruler X-acto Knife 1.) Heat up glue gun and put in clear stick of glue. 2.) Take the card stock and measure out how large you would like the photo frame to be. Some folks prefer to cover the entire lid, but for a nice double looking border, cut the cardstock to be 1/4 inch smaller than the lid all the way around.… Read More