Papel Picado Luminarias

These started as blank glass lanterns that I bought at IKEA and had planned to paint on them. They sat in my art room for months and finally, one day, I grabbed them and decided to vamp them up, right then and there.

Next, enter the plastic papel picado images...(Mexicancut tissue paper, except these are made on plastic). I thought they would make wonderful accents to the luminarias!

All it took was a can of

 Aleene's Crystal Clear Tacky Spray!

What you do is snip off one of the panels from the banner and wrap it around the lantern. Trim as needed. Once you have the right size, go outside and set the banner face down and spray with the adhesive. Let it set for about 30-seconds and then wrap it around the lantern.

If it is crooked, no prob - just peel off and reposition it.

You can use any kind of paper/plastic designs - make your own from contact paper, use foreign newsprint, etc...

Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)

Fabric Covered Storage Cube

I'm always looking for ways to better organize our ever-shrinking house and all of its contents. My most recent mission: Project Find-a-Place-to-Stash-Baby-Toys-In-the-Living Room (admittedly, mission name needs work ;-)). Whether you're tucking away toys however, or covering-up craft supplies I've found that the dorm section of your favorite discount store will usually have a solution. The problem? That solution rarely has an in-home design aesthetic. Don't you worry my Crafties, in this case that dilemma is easily remedied with $1 worth of 2nd-hand fabric and some glue. Here's how you can transform a plain plastic cube into a deco-cubbie!

Materials

Plastic Cubbie (Mine is the Itso Storage Cube from Target)

1 yd, Thrift Store Fabric

Recycled Cardboard

Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Spray

Aleene's Fast Grab Tacky Glue

Scissors

How-to

• Measure how big to make each panel. If you're using the same cube as I did, panels will be 12 1/8".

• Cut 4 panels out of cardboard.

• Cut 4 panels out of fabric, making them at least a 1/2" larger around than cardboard pieces.

• In a well-ventilated area, cover front of cardboard piece with Tacky Spray. Center fabric on top and smooth over. Repeat for each square.

• Fold extra fabric over the backside of each cardboard panel and Tacky Glue down.

• Glue a panel to 4 sides of plastic cube. Let dry.

Craft.Rock.Love,

Vickie

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Vickie Howell is a mother, designer, author and crafty spokesperson.  Her latest book is AwareKnits: Knit & Crochet Projects for the Eco-conscious Stitcher.  Learn more about Vickie and her Projects on her website.