Knit a can­dy corn crea­ture! Pat­tern on Craft. (If you’d rather cro­chet one I have a pat­tern right here :D)

 

Dress and small per­son in can­dy corn :D can­dy corn one­sie how-to on The Swell Life.

 

Make ros­es with autumn leaves. How-to on Design Sponge.

 

Very cool if one knows of a glass shop that is able cut wine bot­tles in half. A set of these would make a great gift! I’m not a fan of wine, but I used to have a col­lec­tion of emp­ty bot­tles because I love the colours of them, espe­cial­ly when the sun­light is stream­ing through. Spot­ted on Fam­i­ly Chic.

 

I love the del­i­cate, woven tex­ture of this. Tuto­r­i­al (includ­ing instruc­tion for the card­board weav­ing device that cre­at­ed this) on Greeneyed Mon­ster.

 

A wash­er, some pret­ty paper, some dia­mond glaze (I saw that Mod Podge makes a “dimen­sion­al glaze” that works the same way, have to get myself a bot­tle!) and we have a pret­ty neck­lace! How-to on Lit­tle Birdie Secrets.

 

Pret­ti­est pleat­ed skirt I’ve seen. Might work with the fab­ric from my dis­card­ed duvet cov­er… hmm. Tuto­r­i­al on Grand Revival Designs.

 

And a sweet end­ing with a tuto­r­i­al for home­made rock can­dy from Glue­sticks!

 

Have a sweet week­end, every­one! :D

 

 

Awe­somest idea of the week — break a glow stick in half + pour glow goo into a jar + swirl = instant lantern! :D Spot­ted on Pin­ter­est.

 

Anoth­er light fix­ture idea involv­ing bot­tles. Fes­tive! From Taste of Home.

 

More cool-look­ing lights! Tuto­r­i­al for adding a bead­ed wire tree to a night light from …Squir­rel! 

 

Awe­some way to repur­pose old leather purs­es and oth­er leather scrap. How-to on Design by Night.

 

This is so cute! Anoth­er way to recy­cle leather things. Tuto­r­i­al on Cation Designs.

 

For when you need a friend… Mon­ster pet rocks from The Cocoa Bean Blog.

 

Love the sim­plic­i­ty of this. Hexnut and macrame bracelet — tuto­r­i­al on Minieco.

 

This is appar­ent­ly an Anthro­polo­gie knock-off. Anthro­polo­gie appears to be all the rage in the States but I don’t think I’ve seen one in Toron­to yet… could be because I avoid malls. Knock-off or not, I just think this is real­ly pret­ty! How-to on Kojode­signs.

 

Isn’t this bril­liant? Both a can­dle hold­er and a planter — the plant is real­ly plant­ed and grow­ing in the pot! How-to on Fam­i­ly Chic.

 

Cof­fee cake in a mug in under five min­utes! Must try! Recipe on Pru­dent Baby.

 

Have a won­der­ful evening, everyone!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The awe­somest of the the awe­some things this week has got to be the jel­ly fish in a bot­tle! Made with those clear plas­tic bags from the pro­duce isle (like plarny the bet­ta fish! :D), and the jel­ly fish actu­al­ly flows around in water! SO. VERY. COOL. There’s a video of the jel­ly fish in action, plus a detailed tuto­r­i­al from Bhoom­play’s Blog.

 

For my fel­low Nyan Cat fans! Spot­ted on Craft, which points to the orig­i­nal post about how it was made :D

 

More cat good­ness — kit­tens in a box! Per­fect for cat-lovers who are sad­ly aller­gic to cats… I know how that feels :’( How-to on Obses­sive­ly Stitch­ing.

 

I have a cou­ple of long scarfs but I nev­er real­ly know how to make it look nice but effort­less. Stum­bled upon this use­ful scarf-tying guide through Pin­ter­est — vis­it 9gag to see the big picture! 

 

I have a feel­ing I’ve post­ed this before… but it’s def­i­nite­ly worth men­tion­ing again since the weath­er is start­ing to get a bit chilly — Nutel­la hot choco­late! I imag­ine it’s much like hazel­nut hot choco­late, and easy to make! From The Hun­gry House­wife.

 

I more want­ed to share this because it’s pun­ny — it’s ins­ta-gra­ham! :D From Bak­erel­la.

 

Inter­est­ing (and def­i­nite­ly mem­o­rable!) busi­ness card idea from Colour Me Katie. 

 

Bril­liant idea to make owl cook­ies with tulip and heart cut­ters! From The Sweet Adven­tures of Sug­ar­belle. I don’t bake cook­ies very often but I imag­ine this would also be a great idea for ornaments!

 

Have a sweet week everyone!