If you need to make a tree trunk to use as a prop or decoration, you can make your own at home using brown packing paper. Brown packing paper is an ideal material for constructing tree trunks for a stage design, or props for a haunted house.
Decorating your own journal cover allows you to add your personality and interests directly to the book to make the journal more personal.
Gold embossing on items, while pleasing to the eye, is not always the effect that you want to see. If you have an item that you wish to remove the golf leaf stamp from, such as a personalized wallet or book, then you can try a number of different techniques to remove it.
Toilet cakes seem odd to some, but bakers occasionally receive requests for the specially-shaped treats. The cakes are typically used for plumbers or to celebrate a child’s achievements in potty training.
Gum wrapper origami is something that most gum chewers attempt at some point. Making gum wrapper hearts is perhaps the easiest way to transform these slips of paper into tiny works of art, and it's simple enough for even kids to do.
Over time, the lens of a peephole can become scratched, dirty or cracked. Any damage to the peephole lens reduces your visibility of anyone knocking on your door. Incorrectly performing a peephole replacement could result in damage to the door.
If you have old cardboard lying around and you want a better, more eco-friendly use for it than sending it to the landfill, try making a 3D school bus. Construct the body of your three-dimensional bus using an old tissue box or shoebox. After that you can add wheels, windows and other components.
Bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae), also called crane flower, is a semi-tropical plant native to southern regions of Africa. It produces ornate, colorful flowers on top of long stems that extend several feet above the plant's broad foliage.
New knitters may be baffled by the terminology of the craft at first. Hearing old pros speak of knit, purl, garter, stockinette and rib stitches can be confusing, and you may wonder just how many stitches you have to learn before knitting makes sense to you.
Raffia is a strong yet pliable leaf material commonly used in a wide variety of craft projects, including baskets. A palm tree from the African continent, the raffia found in craft stores is the dried fibers from the palm leaves.