Can you believe that National Craft Month is almost over?! Time sure flies when you’re having fun crafting, huh? We’ve been having a blast sharing a ton of craft tutorials with you all March long, and we’re not done yet! In continuation of “home decor” week, today our Project of the Day is a beautiful etched vase from our friends at Spellbinders. Keep reading to find the step-by-step instructions to make this lovely floral-inspired decoration.
As a bonus to the fabulous craft tutorials we’ve been featuring, we’ve also been offering prizes each and every day of National Craft Month. All you have to do to enter the giveaway is answer the question at the bottom of this blog post. Leave a comment with your answer and we will randomly select one lucky winner. It could easily be you! Stay tuned to the blog since we’ll be offering four more prizes for the remaining days of March.
Lovely Leaves Etched Glass Vase
Don’t just stick your spring flowers in any old vase! Design your own beautiful container to show off your bouquets with this craft tutorial from the friendly folks at Spellbinders. Using their dies, you can create unique patterns to then etch onto a plain glass vase. This simple home decor project is just what you need to liven up your dining room table or kitchen counter!
Materials:
Spellbinders Paper Arts Supplies:
- S4-328 Foliage
- Spellbinders Grand Calibur
Other Supplies:
- Armour Etch Cream
- Glass Vase
- Adhesive backed vinyl
- paint brush
Vase Craft Instructions:
1. Wash and dry glass vase.
2. Position die templates on vinyl sheets and cut shapes using the Grand Calibur Machine.
3. Neatly trim around each negative shape.
4. Adhere cut vinyl shapes to the glass vase. Smooth out the edges to ensure no bubbles are left.
5. Apply Armour Etch Cream with a paint brush to the vinyl shapes. Follow manufactures directions for application and drying time.
6. Rinse etching cream off with water to reveal a beautiful Spellbinders Foliage etched design.Adhere cut vinyl shapes to the glass vase. Smooth out the edges to ensure no bubbles are left.
Like I mentioned earlier, we’re giving away a prize every single day of March, right here on the blog for National Craft Month. It’s so easy to enter; just be sure to check back each day for our Project of the Day post like this one to comment to enter!
Today’s prize is: Spellbinders “Foliage” and “Layered Flowers” die templates!
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What’s your best tip for organizing your craft supplies? We need help with our spring cleaning!
My best tip is that in order for any strategy to work, you actually have to put stuff away. Something I’m not always good at…
I label EVERYTHING & recycle…… Jamjars are see through &. great for all kinds of stuff, shoe boxes are wonderful for photos etc &. Egg boxes are great for beading AND THEY ARE STACKABLE!
I’ve bought on of those organizers that are for kids toys, the kind that have lift out bins to put my different yarns for projects…..It works GREAT!!
My tip is to stay on top of whatever organization method you choose. If you let it slide, you’re doomed!
Clear containers labeled when you don’t have special cabinet
Surprisingly even though I use large bags and boxes for large things, like felt, material, yarn, saved ribbon, Christmas craft materials, etc I know where everything is because I know where I keep my materials – where I store the bags of material, where I keep my bags of felt and yarn and I put things back there when I’m finished. I also keep my beading material in a little corner on a shelf, my mosaic tile materials are in a specific place on another shelf, my scrapbooking material and embroidery floss on top of dressers and so is my coloured sand, spray paints etc. I keep my bottles of acrylic paints in a couple of shoe boxes in my closet and my general crafting supplies (misc material) are in a couple boxes on another shelf. So even though I appear disorganized with my boxes and bags etc, the trick to finding stuff is knowing what you have and where it is stored. Keep like stuff with like stuff and put it all back there after you’re finished with it. My little things, like popsicle sticks, toothpicks, netting, glitter bottles etc, are all in a cabinet made specifically to keep little items in with pull out drawers.
I have a couple of 5 shelf-bookcases in my craft room, and i have transparent plastic containers and each one is labeled with the contents. I also have some “tub” containers for other things that are too large to fit in the plastic containers. I have a long rectangle desk that i use for my crafting. It has enough room to spread out on.
I use pegboard and hooks to organize my crafting supplies as well as plastic shoe boxes.
I purchased a metal 3 shelve stand from loews, assembled it and put it in my craft closet with sliding mirrored doors. Each shelf holds 3 to 4 plastic bins that I stack 3 high. All bins are labeled. When I need something I just reach in and pull. Nice thing about this is that I can slide the doors shut and bingo the craft room is neat and tidy if guest should walk by.
I keep my patterns in 3 ring binders in a rubbermaid closet with shelves. I keep my yarn in clear totes seperated by fiber. I keep my books, needle rolls, and other knitting supplies in a 3 tiered rolling cart beside the clear totes with the yarn. Everything is in an extra bedroom that I turned into my craft room with my ironing board staying up all the time.
I bought 2 of those metal shelving units from Sams Club then bought enough plastic tubs with lids to fill the shelves. Labeled the tubs for what I wanted to put in each tub. Since I have a room dedicated to my crafting, I placed the shelves along one wall and lookie, lookie, tons of storage space all nice and handy!!
See-thru bins! Large & small. To keep thread & bobbins together, empty prescription bottles are fabulous!
I store most of the patterns I find online digitally and only print something out when I am ready to work on it. I also have a closet with shelves installed that holds all my yarn. (but I need serious help with my paper crafting organization!!)
organized? I finally got it all together and now I can’t remember where I put it!!
For my paper instructions, templates and such I put them in a file box. My bigger craft things I put them in containers and label it so that I know what is in the box at a glance. I try to keep an area for each craft that I do. This way I know where to look for a certain tool or product that I may need.
I organize many of my supplies by color.
First I bought a tall shelving unit, than I put crafting items in clean shoe box size containers, labeled and shacked them in Alphabet order. For Beads and buttons and other small items I put in Mason jars placed them on one shelf at eye level. For yarn and fabric I placed each in large container and stacked them beside the shelving unit.
I am terribly unorganized so, I’ll just read everyone’s tips. Maybe it’s going to help me.
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I store most craft supplies in clear totes (with labels)stored on shelves in the basement or guest closet. I also have small stuff stored by category in a 6 drawer dresser in a guest room. Patterns are either still on my hardrive & flash drive or, once used, in 3 ring binders by craft.
Clear plastic boxes with lids are great for holding craft supplies as they are stackable. Within the box, use clear glass Mason jars and ziploc bags to further separate items. Label everything on top, side and bottom. I use pieces of paper that stuff inside the container so can see, which also means that I can reuse the containers. The vase is indeed lovely!
I bought some inexpensive rolling carts to keep everything I need neat and in order and if I need to go to another room I simply roll the cart where I need it.
I try to separate by colour my fabrics and above all I try to keep my stuff always in the same place
lots of great ideas posted here! i use the clear plastic boxes and drawer sets along with two 5 shelve book cases. I can see everything and it fits in a corner of my homeschool room.
Get organized from the beginning! And then stay organized! When you are done with certain items, return them to their proper place–do not let them accumulate in your production/work area.
it is all about the labels. i have labels on everything and on all sides of them, depending on how they are arranged on the shelf.
Organize?? I’m the wrong person to ask. I kinda know what I have. Now, where did I put it?
My best suggestion is to get my husband to build shelves in a closet which enabled me to sort different crafts on shelves. I put all my books on one shelf and separated them according to what craft it is. This has helped a lot just getting all my patterns separated.
I use plain large size zip locked baggies…they are cheap…I also buy the bags that you can put a lot of things in and then compress them down…not all the way down as to mess things up like my yarn, but enough to organize with color and it all fits nice.. I do not have a large place and have no room for cabinets…ty:)
Mbest tip in scrapbooking is if you dont see it you wont use it. Pull the papers in your stash that you know you wont use and donate them to a school day care or elder care, they will definately be appriciated there.
CVS is having a clearance on a stackable clear plastic organizer for nuts and screws–it was only 2.49 and is perfect for organizing my beads for crochet. Don’t overlook hardware/tool organization tubs.
Bead organizers for beads, charms etc. Large stackable plastic drawers on wheels for the yarn. Tubs for fabric. All stored in the basement.
I wash tin cans out and use them for pens, scissors, etc. I use cardboard to wrap my material on and stack it sideways so I can see it easier. And I hung my ribbon on an old wire hanger bent out straight and hung on the bottom of a paper towel holder. The towel holder also holds ribbon.
I have built-in bookcases in my family room. I keep my yarn in clear containers with lids, sorted by type, and put the bins on the shelves.
I group things by the type of craft. Clear containers and labels are a must. Always put things back after using them, so you can find them again quickly.
The design is really nice-you could do a set of vase’s in various sizes. Always in need of a cute vase during spring and summer.
After opening craft paint I dab a bit of color on top. I can see the color from the top and know it’s been opened. I store my paint in a bin and it’s easy to see the tops. I use a bit of scrap cardboard or card-stock to separate out the closed paints. (depending on how many I have in there at the time) The bin stores on a shelf or in the closet and is easy to move around to where I’m painting.
Still working on organizing… so no tips yet.. but the ones above are helpful
My Patterns and How to Guides are stored on my PC in my crafts etc… Albums. My Yarns and Crochet Threads are in a lg cardboard box and lid that i cut to size to fit under my Queen-size bed lengthwise and to keep out dust i save the clear plastic zippered bags that your Bed in a Bag comes in. Smaller items like beads and pearls and glitter are saved in clear jam/ mustard/ baby food jars with lids, that I keep on the shelves of an old office desk (with 6 shelves on top) the desktop is the work area and the 6 drawers (3 on ea. side) are for needles, glue, scrap fabrics, zippers, felt, foam sheets, and all other notions that i might need for crafting.
I bought a box like my hubby uses for his nails and screws. It has 24 clear drawers and my beads are completely visible to me.
I organize my stash according to the type of project. For instance paper, scissors, stickers and glue are one stash. Same type yarns are another. Fabrics are according to color. Rotary cutters and templates are another stash. I store my stashes in clear plastic containers, label them and stack them up on shelves. Everything is right at my fingertips, I just look up or to my sides.
I have had to downsize due to a move and loosing a craft room and only gaining a large laundry room. It is sort of a galley style room (long and skinny) but we have 10 foot ceilings. So I have scanned and stored many patterns, removed my rubber stamps from all the wood backings and made them all like my clear block stamps (great space saver), sorted out all of those items that I just am not using anymore and donated the craft supplies to schools, and I have especially vowed to complete my UFO’s (unfinished objects) before I purchase anything new in my quilting stashes! Along one wall I have a counter top running along the entire wall with lower cabinets with roll out drawers and a section without a lower cabinet to sew at and I have also utilized wall space with shelves and labeled all the way to the ceiling.
What a beautiful vase.
The trick is to put away your supplies when finished with them as you go. It helps you remember what you have on hand and also makes it easier to finish your craft.