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Share Your Tipsy Inspired Projects

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I would love to see any projects you’ve made using or inspired by A Little Tipsy tutorials and projects. Link them up by clicking the button below!

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Paper Mache Eggs

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Today, I am sharing my Paper Mache Eggs which were born from a craft cabinet full of random stuff and a quickly approaching guest post deadline. 😉 Gotta love a good de-stash project. Welcome to anyone visiting from Kiki Creates!

I wanted an Easter display minus the pastel color scheme, so I went with a dark purple, silver, and green.

Wanna know the secret ingredient? Water balloons. You heard me.

Supplies Needed:
  • Small water balloons
  • Book or music pages
  • Elmer’s glue
  • Water
  • Ribbon
  • 3 little wood candlesticks
  • E-6000
  • Silver metallic spray paint
  • Hot glue
  • Moss

1. Blow the water balloons up to the size of a large plastic egg (I had to use one of those things you use to blow up the long skinny balloons for balloon animals), tie a knot and cut off the tail.
2. Then, mix one part Elmer’s with two parts water.
3. Rip your paper into 1/2 inch by 3 inch strips. Dip your paper strips in the the glue mixture, cover your “egg”and dry overnight. (I ripped the music sheets and cut the book pages with scissors. The ripped paper adhered a lot better and was more smooth)
4. Tie some ribbon around the eggs.

5. To make the pedestals take tiny wooden candlesticks, glue the tops of two together, and let dry.
6. Spray the candlesticks silver and let dry.

7. Hot glue a bit of moss to the top of the candlesticks and hot glue the eggs to the moss.

That is all my friends!

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DIY Under $5 Features

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I am loving all the fun projects you guys are linking up!! What a treasure trove of ideas! Here are a few that I was particularly fond of this week.

Twisty tie wire bird’s nest from A Law Student’s Journey

Pin wheel banner from Organize and Decorate Everything (Love, love the wall behind it too!)

You ladies are seriously creative and talented!

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DIY Under $5: Ruching Shirt Refashion in 10 Minutes

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Do you have a shirt that is a little too big, too long, or just needs a little flavor? You are gonna love this little 10 minute shirt ruching refashion.

Did I mention that it will cost you $1.50?!

Supplies:

All you do is hand wind the elastic thread on the bobbin. Put the coordinating thread on the machine and through the needle as usual, turn your shirt inside out and sew using a large baste stitch along the existing seams. I stitched from 4 inches down from the arm pit to the bottom. Be sure to back stitch at the top and bottom to keep it more secure. It is sooo easy!

I got the elastic thread idea from my friend Amanda, who was awesome enough to let me borrow hers. She has a more detailed tutorial on how to use it to make a cute ruffly scarf.


My sweet sis Jen sewing away. 🙂

Before<————————–> After

It made it a few inches shorter and more fitted. I love that it hides the things I don’t want to display (namely post baby bulges and that odd poker from my jeans’s waistband that makes me look like I have an outie belly button.) and made my super long shirt a more flattering length (look at my elbows in both pics for a reference point on how much shorter). I’ll totally be debuting this baby at the Creative Estates conference this weekend.

I have not washed it yet, so I’m not sure how that will go, but this shirt is hand wash only so I’m sure it will be fine.

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DIY under $5

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