MAKE | Mini mint tin toolboxes
These Altoid tin toolboxes look like miniature versions o everyone’s favourite red metal tool boxes. Perfect for Father’s day or just as a gift for being awesome. Now I just need a friend who eats Altoids.
Truebluemeandyou: Love this idea and just saw it on WIRED, but of course checked to see who else posted it. I get asked about “manly gifts” all the time and this may just make the cut. I also love altering altoids tins and post a lot of tutorials doing just that from a zen garden, pool table, vampire hunting kit, survival kit etc… here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/altoids-tin
DIY Latitude and Longitude Pillow Tutorial from Crafting Rebellion here. I don’t know how I missed these when she originally posted them, but found them on Font Crafts here. Really good gift idea for someone who is going away to college or just because. Crafting Rebellion also has a site online where all you do is type in your town’s name for the latitude and longitude.
DIY “trompe l’oeil” Canvas Tote Bag Tutorial and Template from Martha Stewart. These use tee shirt iron on transfer paper that you run through your ink jet printer. I have talked about tee shirt transfer paper so much because I’ve had great luck with the transfers holding up after being abused and laundered numerous times. You can find an example of the tee shirt transfer paper here (no affiliate links). First seen at Brooklyn Limestone here. *For hundreds more bag/tote/clutch tutorials and ideas go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/bag
DIY Morse Code Bracelets Using Crimp Beads Tutorial from Teahab here. If you’ve followed my blog you will know that I gave morse code necklaces as gifts last winter based on Thanks, I Made It’s Tutorial I posted here (and included the above Morse Card Chart with each necklace). For the Morse Code Chart go here, or for one with abbreviations and punctuation marks go here. Also you can use the military phonetic alphabet here or here.
DIY Cord Charm Bracelet with Knotted Closure Tutorial from Passions for Fashion here. I see so many tutorials and this is one of the best illustrated ones for this type of bracelet. You can translate from Danish with Chrome, but the photos for this tutorial are self explanatory.
truebluemeandyou: DIY Bird Silhouette. I mentioned in this post that I love making unconventional silhouettes and had made one of my pet cockatoo. I posted this in May of 2011 and would probably change the bottom. Super easy to do in Photoshop or other free editing software programs like GIMP on the web. *This is also the cockatoo that helped me demonstrate the truth of the graphic image “Bad Decisions Make Great Stories” here.
To prove that I love making silhouettes - my Cockatoo Caesar!
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