Valentine tree

Create this awesome Valentines Tree using our NEW colors of felt!

Supplies:
Styrofoam Cone
Felt (Fuchsia)
Feathers
Crystal Door Knob
Low Temp Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Glass Candle Stick
Gold Design Master Spray Paint

Begin by cutting hearts from the felt and glue them onto the Styrofoam Cone starting at the bottom and working your way up to the top. Take your candle stick outside and spray with two coats of Design Master Gold Spray Paint. While the candle stick dries, glue some pink feathers to the top of the tree and stick the crystal door knob into the tip, securing with some glue. Now all you need to do is glue the gold candle stick to the base of the tree!

Crankin' Out Crafts -ep292 Pedestal Frame

Here's another open-backed frame idea that's great for table-top centerpieces.

Pedestal Frames in different heights

Catch our last open-backed frame project here: Crankin' Out Crafts -ep292 Pedestal Frame 

Supplies:

Frame

Wooden candlestick

Acrylic or spray paint

E6000

Wire cutters or pliers

*Optional - sandpaper for distressing

Using different sized frames and candlesticks can make a unique and classy looking table display.

Pony Up the Goods

Believe it or not, pony beads can be used for more than just bracelets or hair braids. Melt them down, and you can make some pretty cool, stained-glass-looking things. I decided to give it a try with a display stand for our store. Here's what I ended up with:

It's a lot easier to make then you think. All I did was pour about half of our one pound bag of pony beads into a 10" cake pan and melt them in the oven at 425 degrees for 30 minutes. It smelled a bit like melting plastic in the house while I was doing this experiment, but that was pretty much what I expected to happen.

When they were cool, I just popped the piece out of the pan and sanded down the edge to take off some sharper pieces. Truthfully, there was a very small line of plastic left in the pan which was easily washed away. The amazing thing to me was that the entire piece pictured below came out whole without any more encouragement than just turning the pan over.

 

To make my stand look nice and shiny, I finished it up with a coat of Design Master's Master Shine. It also filled in some of the small holes left from air bubbles. When everything was dry, I used E6000 to attach a glass candle holder to the bottom. Instant decorative stand.

Hope you liked the idea, I had so much fun that I'm trying to think of other melted pony bead projects. Let me know if you can think of any!

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

There's a post from earlier today too, it links to our first Crankin' Out Crafts episode about fans. You should check it out!

Halloween Candles with Black Sparkle Lace

Aloha Crafters ~

Today's Idea & Inspiration is inspired by our new 6 inch Sparkle Lace. Here it was used to enhance candles for a Halloween theme table setting.

Supplies:

• 6" Black Sparkle Lace (30132555)
• 3"x6" White Pillar Candle (30060780)
• 6"x6" White Pillar Candle (30060768)
• 10" White Taper Candle (30060744)
• Candlestick (30129586)
• 3/8" Halloween Ribbon (30133900)
• 7/8" Black Satin Edge Ribbon (30116795)
• 7/8" Orange Satin Edge Ribbon (30116772)
• 7/8" Orange Satin Ribbon (30116688)
• 1/8" Orange Satin Ribbon (30090693)
• Box Dish Round (30107253)
• 3/16" Dbl Stick Tape (30013283)
• Fabric Scissors of choice

Instructions for Pillar Candles: 

1. Cut Black Sparkle Lace to wrap around candles. Adhere to the candle with doublestick tape.
2. Cut 2' of Black Satin Edge Ribbon, Orange Satin Edge Ribbon, and 2 types of Halloween Ribbon
3. Adhere 1 type Halloween Ribbon to middle of each of the Black & Orange Satin Edge Ribbons.
4. Tie bow around Black Sparkle Lace on each candle.
5. Cut Black Sparkle Lace to fit around Box Dish Round, adhere using doublestick tape.
6. Cut 2 ~ 1/8" Orange Satin Ribbon to fit around Box Dish Round. Adhere to top & bottom edge of Black Sparkle Lace on Box Dish Round.

Instructions for Black Sparkle Lace Pumpkin Candle:

1. Cut 4 ~ 16" lengths of the Black Sparkle Lace. Cut each length in half = 8 ~ 3"x16" lengths.
2. Adhere doublestick tape to each end of each 3"x16" Black Sparkle Lace lengths (same side of lace).
3. Adhere 1 edge of 1st length of Black Sparkle Lace to collar of candle stick.
4. Set candle stick on middle of Black Sparkle Lace length.
5. Bring Black Sparkle Lace up to opposite edge of candlestick, adhere. 
6. Continue adhering each piece of Black Sparkle Lace to candlestick per steps 3-5, working around candlestick to form "pumpkin".
7. Freehand cut 2 leaves from Black Sparkle Lace.
8. Doublestick tape 1/8" Orange Satin Ribbon to edges of leaves.
9. Gather 7/8" Orange Satin Ribbon on to doublestick tape for the collar of the candlestick. Adhere.
10. Tie 3 ~ 1/8" Orange Satin Ribbon to taper candlle.

Happy Crafting!