Ribbon Cross

Supplies:

Board 10"x18"

Dark stain

1 roll of solid ribbon

1 roll of chevron ribbon

Hot glue gun

Jewelry wire

Wall mounting bracket

Embellishments

What to do:

1) Stain your board the desired color. I really like the dark stain as I think it makes the ribbon pop.

2) Cut one - 13 inch piece of ribbon from your solid ribbon color and your patterned ribbon. Then cut one - 21 inch piece of ribbon your solid and your patterned ribbon.

3)Start by hot gluing the vertical (21") ribbon to top back of the board about 3/4" from the edge. Then loosely wrap it around the front of the board and hot glue it on the back at the bottom. Repeat this with the patterned ribbon.

4) Take a piece of jewelry wire ( you could substitute thread or fishing line, but I found the wire tends not to break when you pull it really tight) and pinch in the ribbon about 1/3 of the way down from the top. Tying the wire tight.

5) Line up the middle of your horizontal (13") solid ribbon with the wire you just used to tie the vertical ribbon. Hot glue to the back on one side 3/4" from the edge loosely wrap to the other side and hot glue to the back. Repeat this with the patterned ribbon.

6)  Again, take a piece of jewelry wire this time pinch in the horizontal ribbon where it intersects with the wire you tied off the vertical piece with. Tying the wire tight.

7)  Hot glue your embellishments to cover the wire in the center. I used a flower from the scrapbook section and a wooden cut out with the word Family that I painted to match the ribbon I used.

8)  Attach the wall mounting bracket to the back. Hang on your wall and Enjoy!


Others I made for my mom for gifts:

Spool Table

This by far has been one of my favorite projects. I love having this unique piece in my apartment and its functional as well. I use mine as a DVD rack, the best part is it rotates and the shelves are removable and adjustable to you can design it however you want.

Supplies

Industrial wire spool (diameter = 32" , height = 27")

4 half sheets of plywood 1/2" thick

3/4" corner braces
5mm x 1 3/4" straight rod long pins
1 3/4" Screws

1/8th inch 3x3 rubber floor mat

12" lazy susan bearing
String
Adhesive Spray
Sand Paper
Stain

Drill
Drill press (recommended)
Circular Saw
Table Saw
Jig Saw

What to do:

 First off I would like to say I had a lot of help pulling off this project my boyfriend and his dad played a huge part in getting this done.

- Cut four dividers 24"x10" (or what ever the dimensions of your spool are) out of the plywood  using a table saw.

- Drill 3/8" holes 1 inch apart down the length of each side of your dividers. I suggest using a drill press but even this way it is a tedious process. This is where your long rod pins will be inserted to hold the shelf .

Note: For spacing of the holes use whatever you plan to put on the shelf as spacing. We had to go back in and add new holes to make the shelves fit to hold three rows of DVDs.

- Place the four dividers even spaced around the table and screw into place through the top and the bottom of the spool.

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- Using a 1/2 sheet of plywood start by marking the center draw lines from corner to corner to find the center. Put a screw in the center of the 'X' use a piece of string tie it around the screw and a pencil on the other end at the length of the diameter of the spool (Circle 1 in figure below). Repeat this to draw circle 2 by measuring the depth into the center of the spool (arrow in picture below) (this would also be the width of your uprights you cut previously) and subtract this from the diameter twice to get the length of the string.

-  Cut out all four wedges using a jig saw to cut the curves and a circular saw to cut the straight sides.  Then use one as an outline to cut out the remaining number of shelves from the final sheet of plywood (I had a total of 9 shelves but I only use 8). Once you have the shelves, cut 1/4" from each end to take into account the size of your dividers (or 1/2" from one side).

- Cut out a square that is 2'x2' out of plywood. Mark the center similarly to the figure above. Align the spinner with the center and screw to the plywood base. Drill a hole through the spinner and plywood base that will align with the screw holes you will be using to attach to the spool. Align the spinner/base on the center of the bottom of the spool and use the hole you drilled to screw to the spool (you will have to rotate the hole as you go to get to all of the screw holes).

Video of Rotating Spool Table

- Spray the plywood base and rubber with adhesive and let it dry. Then coat them both again and place the rubber on the plywood. Allow to dry then cut rubber to match plywood with a razor blade or pair of scissors.

- Sand all rough edges and existing spool (I went sparingly on the spool as it had ink stamps that I wanted to keep.  Stain with your chosen color.

- Place the long rod pins into the drilled holes on the uprights. Place the shelf on the rods and then use a corner bracket at the back of the shelf and screw it to the bottom of the shelf and the center of the spool.  (This keeps the shelves in place and prevents them from flipping out.)

This is where I got my original idea, it was a much smaller spool and only had one shelf. The spool I got was much larger so my thinking got much larger with that.

http://pinkxstitches.blogspot.com/2012/07/spool-bookcase-tutorial.html





Sequin Accent Bowl

Sequin Accent Bowl

This bowl is super cute and was fun and pretty easy to make! I made this as a gift for my roommate she was super excited and is using it as a key holder by the door.

Supplies

One large bag of confetti (shape and color up to you, although I would suggest using a rounder

                                           confetti the points on the stars in this were hard to work with)

Mod Podge

sponge brush

balloon

What you do:

- Blow up the balloon so the largest part represents the size of the bowl you are wanting.

- Apply a layer of mod podge followed by sequins around the portion of the balloon acting as the shape for the bowl, I suggest about a third of the way up the balloon.

- Allow this layer to dry. Then repeat adding layers until the entire balloon around the area is covered and the desired thickness is reached. The more layers you add the stronger your bowl will be.

- Once your final layer has dried, prick the balloon and allow the air to run out slowly and your bowl will peel right off the deflated balloon.

- Trim the edges or leave them how they come off that is up to you.

In the original post they show a glass vase the purpose of this is to keep the balloon from rolling all over the place while you are working on it. A glass cup will also work just as well if you need to you can even tape the balloon to the cup.

(Caution: this bowl will bend and change shape so be careful with storage or you may end up with a misshapen bowl.)

The original post for this idea was in another language but it provided great pictures for what the steps were. Here is the original post I used:  http://www.muyingenioso.com/bol-de-confeti/