These straws are clear and have colored swirly stripes. The straws are 9/32" (0.28") (7.5mm) diameter, & 9" long and have the small ring. Put the ring-end into your drink, snap on the lid and the straw won't fall out. The cleaning brush makes cleaning your reusable straws very quick and easy. This listing is for 1 set of 12 swirly reusable straws. Clear Swirly Striped Acrylic Straws - Reusable 9" BPA Free This listing is for 1 set of 12 straws - 1 of each color. Not all colors shown in picture. Colors include: Green, Blue, Teal, Black, Mint, Red, Yellow, Orange, Aqua, Purple, White & Pink. Free US Shipping
Iconic and inspiring helium-filled balloons were one of aviation's first successes. Since 1783, balloons have traveled the skies. models come complete with a rattan basket hanging from hand-knotted netting. Features Hand-cut and hand-applied paper gores cover a lightweight spherical core Rope loops in balloon top for hanging
Japanese artist Monde has created a beautiful series of woodworks complete with a light switch! The Tokyo-based artist built and designed intricate, wooden book
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The vaulted hall of a cathedral is already a great place for spiritual introspection, but when it's graced by a simple yet beautiful artwork like this one by artist Anne Patterson, the effect becomes so much more awe-inspiring and profound. In “Graced by Light,” Patterson hung 20 miles of multi-colored ribbons from the ceiling of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and illuminated them, creating what seems a ray of multi-colored light from heaven itself.
With some common tools, scrap supplies, and a little know-how, you can transform just about anything into a decorative accent for your holiday tree. Here's proof!
I was listening to the news this morning as I got my girls ready. What should I hear but that Mr. Bill Gates and some of his science pals have planned a way to control the weather during hurricane…
Using PVA is much 'cheeper' than Mod Podge! Last Friday I received an email from the rather marvellous 'Style at Home' magazine asking me about my plans for the Easter Bank Holiday. 'Blimey' I thought 'Christmas was only a fortnight ago!'. Jen and her team have to work months ahead in order to meet the tight deadlines required to get the magazine onto the shelves for all us eager readers. Still, that email gave me the little push I needed to start thinking about Spring and Easter projects. I am planning to make 30 personalised and embroidered linen egg cosies as gifts for the guests at our annual party, which we hold after Mass on Easter Sunday. I am still mulling over designs in my head (read procrastinating), so I grabbed my scissors and PVA glue and placed all thoughts of stitching aside. Instead I decided to 'age' these unattractive plastic eggs. We have bags of them left over from the egg hunts which the children used to enjoy when they were younger. Most of the children in our social group are reaching the teenage years and an egg hunt is 'too young' for them. So after lunch on Easter Sunday we either go for or a walk or have a retro sports day. They're not too old for egg and spoon, sack and three-legged races! The plastic eggs are now surplus to requirements so I got creative with an old book of quotations and some paper napkins and this is what I ended up with.... Antique Eggs! I wasn't sure how they would turn out, but I am really pleased with them. They remind me of gorgeous Victorian botanical prints and book plates. They were quite time consuming to produce, but the process was actually very easy and I am already dreaming about displaying batches of them under glass cloches and hurricane vases on the dinner table. They cost next to nothing to produce and if you are a keen crafter you will probably already have all the supplies you need. I used plastic eggs (obviously), book pages, watered down PVA glue, brown paint and some pretty paper dinner serviettes. Tutorial I didn't prepare the eggs in any way at all, I didn't even bother gluing the two halves together and they worked perfectly, so grab your bits and pieces and jump straight in. The first step was to stick on a layer of plain paper, I used some blank pages from the front of the book, onto to eggs using watered down PVA glue. You don't need to worry about the exact ratio of glue to water, just aim for the consistency of very thin single cream. I felt this first layer was necessary as the eggs were such lurid colours. I guess you could just add more than one layer of printed book pages, but I didn't want too much print showing through. Make sure you tear the paper rather than cutting it as this gives the pieces softer edges which blend into each other better when pasted down. I worked in a little production line so that whilst one layer was drying I got started on the next egg. I found that if I tried to stick too many paper strips onto an egg in one go I just ended up in a sticky mess! I used an old, yellowed book of quotations, but if you don't have a suitable book to hand just use newspaper. Once all the layers were completely dry, it was time to get creative with the paper napkins. I used botanical and butterfly themed versions. Cut out your chosen image from the napkins, being sure to trim the design as closely as possible. Then separate the layers and, using the top ply only, smooth into place on your egg using more of the watered down PVA glue. I used my finger for this part of the process as I found I had more control this way rather than using a paint brush. To complete the aging process I brushed some watered down brown poster paint over the eggs before quickly wiping off any excess. A final coat of the PVA mixture will seal your finished final design and then you can simply sit back and admire your handiwork!
After 13 years, Spreepark, an abandoned theme park in Berlin, Germany, may be getting a new lease on life.
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A few Halloweens ago I picked up a bunch of those 1/2" high LED flicking pumpkin tea lights for around .99 cents each. A hard price to pass up. I was excited to actually use them but soon disappointed to find they cast very little light and useless in pumpkins. I liked the flickering effect but little tea lights don't have much Halloween character so I just threw them in a drawer. Trying to make this a zero spending decorating year, I'm using everything in my arsenal. I realized those little lights could be made into larger, creepier, candle props with some personality for next to nothing. Click on images to enlarge. Materials are simple : hot glue gun, several glue sticks, old candle holder, toilet paper tube, scissors, paint, and wood matchsticks. Basically, I'm creating a taller candle by inserting the light into the top of the tube. The LED has an on/off switch and battery door underneath. I'll want to access these so the light should slip out the top of the tube as needed. The tube is a bit wider than the light so I split it to re wrap tighter. While the tube was open it gave me the chance to create small internal shelves to rest the light on. I marked off the depth using the LED as a template. I snipped the heads off the matchsticks and white glued them along the depth line. The matchsticks are now the shelves. You can use just about anything for this but that's what I had close by. Overlapping the edges, I glued the tube back together letting it be snug enough to create a solid piece illusion but loose enough to easily lift the light in and out. Don't worry about the seam on the side as it will disappear soon enough. Then I just painted everything. I used a ivory/antique white color. Now the fun part! Using the hot glue, I just started dripping glue along the sides. I worked carefully around the top edge trying to keep the socket clean. I started there before being attached to the base so it would be less cumbersome to work on. The glue did manage to drip inside in spots no matter how careful I was. I cleaned mistakes by melting them away with the hot tip of the gun. One long bead/drip easily covered the cardboard seam. Patience is rewarded using the hot glue here. Creating smaller drips and letting cool before the next allowed me to layer it up creating character. Too much actually re melts any drips already made. Overall, I think it's a pretty cool prop for .99 cents and a few glue sticks. I going to make various ones with taller paper towel and fatter shipping tubes. I've "punched up" other store bought larger faux candles with hot glue as well in the past.
Made this for a trade with Flair Robinson. Now that she's received the frame, I can post my pics. So glad you like it Flair! I had a blast making it for you! Here's the 'before' pic.... www.flickr.com/photos/29270270@N08/4467644205/in/set-7215... The inspiration for the fantastic border design came from SterlingArtz. If you are a colourholic like me, you will definitely drool over his work! It is unbelievable! Here's the link to his Flickr page and be sure to check his profile for his ebay store!.... Thanks for all the advice and encouragement Sterling! You're the best! www.flickr.com/photos/sterlingartz/
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