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DIY studded & jewelled denim short (image: passionsforfashion)

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Check out my store for things to buy, so I have something productive to do over spring break! Pretty please! Items range from $4.75 to $35, and I do custom orders!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/alekspeterson?ref=si_shop

I love you all :)

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DIY Coasters! These are super easy to make and are great gifts. If you don’t have old tiles laying around, never fear; I got each of these for twelve cents.

Add some felt padding to the bottom (I recommend a hot-glue gun, but I used super-glue because I don’t have one. It tends to bleed through the felt, but once it dries it’s fine) and do two layers of Mod-Podge to the top when adding your top graphic. I repurposed an outdated encyclopedia.

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DIY for this beaded necklace, from a really lovely blog:

http://rebekahgough.blogspot.com/2012/02/beaded-heart-necklace.html

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DIY Chain Rings. So big right now. Excellent tutorial by Wobi Sobi here (also on my favorite blog list). *For another take on chain rings, I posted another tutorial on them by A Pair & a Spare here. 

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DIY Head Wreath!  

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Must start DIY-ing when I get back home at Easter…

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Illuminated LOVE Canvas Tutorial

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Sweet Candy Bottles Tutorial

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Rahel Zoller ‘The Book encounters the E-Book // An aesthetic form with reflected content.’     “Mirroring each other in the same size and color, two books lay next to each other, an analogue book and an e-book. Both objects create, in the hands of the user, two completely different sensations. Plastic, E ink and control buttons faces canvas, ink and paper.    Both objects contain an inner monologue of their external form. In one, an English translation of Umberto Eco’s short story ”The Inner Monologue of an E-Book” and in the other, an homage to it, “The Inner Monologue of a Book” by Rahel Zoller.   These short stories are the reflections of two self-understanding books, both looking back at the great triumphs of bound paper and text over the centuries and questioning the survival of the book in contemporary society.”

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Decline of Discipline - Troels Carlsen

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An altered book I made for Cadence a long time ago.  Click it to see it bigger/clearer. 

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(Golden Geometric Necklace)

The jeweler in me insists that you do not make this necklace out of paint chips. Use leather or reinforced fabric or metal or SOMETHING that will not get ruined the second you get your necklace caught on something.

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DIY Ocean Waves. Not just for kids because I love this too - very calming like the meditation jars here. This is the closest “recipe” I’ve seen to mimicking the expensive wave machines and the simplest. Tutorial from Lilla a Design. *First seen at Craft Gossip here. *Similar idea - a lava lamp for kids of all ages here.

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DIY No Slip Gripper Superhero Socks for Kids or Adults. Two Tutorials: First from I Am Momma Hear Me Roar here (TOP PHOTO. This one is more complete with instructions and a video), second one from Twin Dragonfly Designs here (BOTTOM PHOTO).