DIY: Fake Adler Vases

From re-nest.

Supplies:

old vases, cans, etc.

puffy paint

spray paint

DIY:

Looking for some V-Day DIY? The Martha Stewart website has a TON of ideas. I don't know if I'd do any of these exactly the way they're designed, but the techniques are useful. Change up the colors, the motifs, and away you go.

Victorian Paper-Cut Card, from Martha Stewart

You could go straight-up geometric with this one.

DIY:

Lace-Print Stationery, from Martha Stewart

I'd like these in a different color palette, maybe grey and gold, or taupe and silver. And with a more geometric, less froufrou pattern.

DIY:

Felt Fortune Cookies, from Martha Stewart

These fortune cookies are great as is.

DIY:

Knot Bracelets, from Martha Stewart

Soft "chains" have been a trend lately - there are some nylon ones available at jewelry supply stores that look a bit like this, but some of them are held together with some pretty unsightly glue. This could be a good alternative.

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Lacy votive holders, from Martha Stewart

Cool technique -- lace and fabric stiffener, molded on a balloon. Play around with the colors, the materials, and the shape, and you could have something interesting.