Giveaway Announcement: Winners of The Christmas Guide to Upcycling, by Mahe Zehra Husain

If you liked our review of Crafty Cans and Perplexing Plastic, by Mahe Zehra Husain, then I hope that you entered our giveaway, in which Mahe offered a copy of her e-book, The Christmas Guide to Upcycling, to a whopping 25 winners!

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How to: Make a Mini Christmas tree

In recent weeks I have seen several really nice mini Christmas trees. Do you know, children who are just for decoration, cost an arm and a leg and far from being green? Yes, those. Type: a bottle who saved from the trash.

I knew that it would have a purpose one day! I took branches-lots and lots of branches.

And my own mini Christmas tree:

I have to warn... This project is a beast! It is necessary to have the patience to complete it.

1.1 Bottle

2 Branches

3. Hot glue gun hot glue

4. Little rocks (so explain later!)

5 Mini jingle bells.

6 Twine - chose red cords. This also could be a good opportunity to whip the baker of hemp cordage!

7. Yellow paper (I used a piece of junk that I had in my craft stuff, but you can also use spam to the star).

8 Scissors.

9 Spray paint. Remember, spray paint is not greener crafts supply, so they opt for spray low-VOC paint, if you can.

1 Give little rocks on the bottle. Due to the fact that only attach to the branches of one side of the bottle, need to have something to weigh and keep it stable.

2 Hot after the hot start glue gun hot gluing branches to its bottle. I started with the branches thicker at the bottom and use more thin branches at the top. This is how it starts:

Once you obtain your first layer made, continue to work their way up the bottle. Make sure that the hot glue has dried up completely before moving on to the next layer (this is where patience comes into play!). If I could do my Christmas tree all again, I do not like hot glue much. I put a lot of hot glue because he was impatient and wanted to move to the next layer, but if you look closely, you will see that globs of glue read it through my branches - not so pretty!

3 Put a branch of height in the bottle. You may need to push through its rocks a little. This branch will be the top of the tree (and where to put your charming star).

4. The branches bottle with spray paint. The only reason spray painted mine was due to the globs of glue. Otherwise, I would leave the branches their natural color. It's all for you!

5. When the spray paint has dried, add the cordage. You'll want to weave through the branches as if it were a real Christmas tree. Don't hit the ropes in because the mine was pretty good, but is also entirely on you.

4 Add your adorable jingle bells. These I hot had stuck as well.

5 Cut a star for his role as ex officio. Paste it to the top of the tree.

That's all! Now you have a cute mini Christmas tree! Put mines in the mantle:

If you have another bottle, could make a tree for each side of its mantle or you could put branches around the entire bottle for a beautiful table centerpiece! If you want even more ideas for their recycled bottles, be sure to remove this post. Here you can find instructions on how to make lights out of bottles and how to cut bottles to drink cups!

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How-to: Transform Classic Christmas “Candles”

Después de leer el bricolaje: puesto de falda de árbol de Navidad de reliquia de familia, estaba inspirado en el espíritu de Navidad! Quería tomar un tema clásico de Navidad y convertirlo en algo diferente y hermoso igual que Karen. ¿Tienes estos?

Siempre he pensado que estas falsas Navidad "velas" eran algo raro, especialmente aquellas con bombillas rojas. Aun así, definitivamente son un símbolo de la Navidad! Quería hacer una cobertura para las velas hacerlos bastante, pero aún mantenerlos festiva. Algo que todos debe saber acerca de mí es que soy un poco adicto al uso de rollos de papel higiénico en mis proyectos de naves. Naturalmente, había usado en este proyecto así!

1. Papel higiénico rollos (utilicé 4-5 rollos para 1 cubierta)

2. Pistola de pegamento hot

3. Pintura en aerosol: usé rojo para ir con el tema de la Navidad.

4. Tijeras

5. Papel encerado

6. Velas de Navidad

1. Cortar los rollos de papel higiénico en trozos de ½ pulgada.

2. Establecen el patrón de su elección. Esto es lo mío parecía:

3. Pegue las piezas de papel higiénico juntos usando una pistola de pegamento caliente. Inicio por les pegado en formas de flor como tal:

4. A continuación, pegue las flores para hacer a un lado todo. Hará que cuatro de estos lados. Básicamente lo que hará es cuadro en la vela.

5. Pintar los cuatro lados. Asegúrese de que obtener todas las grietas! Pintura en aerosol no es la oferta de artesanía más verde, tan optar por la pintura en aerosol bajo-VOC, si se puede.

6. Una vez que las secciones se han secado, usted será caliente pegue les juntos. Esto es algo complicado, pero ser paciente (y no quemar los dedos!). Pegados de minas en el borde para que no se superpongan demasiado.

7. A continuación, tomar su papel de cera y cortar lo suficiente para cubrir el interior de su "caja". Para hacer el papel de cera permanecer en el lugar, puse un dab de pegamento caliente en la parte superior e inferior de cada rincón de la "caja".

8. Una vez que tienes tu papel encerado en su lugar, se puede cortar alrededor de la parte superior del diseño como lo hice, o puede mantenerla cuadrados. (Sugerencia: Si decide mantener cuadrada en la parte superior, asegúrese de colocar el borde recto del papel cera en la parte superior y cortar el exceso papel desde la parte inferior.)

Este es mi producto terminado:

Me encanta cómo es todavía festivo de Navidad, pero hemos añadido un destello moderno a algo clásico.

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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

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Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas [VHS]

For those who never thought Disney would release a film in which Santa Claus is kidnapped and tortured, well, here it is! The full title is Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, which should give you an idea of the tone of this stop-action animated musical/fantasy/horror/comedy. It is based on characters created by Burton, the former Disney animator best known as the director of Pee-wee's Big Adventure, Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and the first two Batman movies. His benignly scary-funny sensibility dominates the story of Halloweentown resident Jack Skellington (voice by Danny Elfman, who also wrote the songs), who stumbles on a bizarre and fascinating alternative universe called ... Christmastown! Directed by Henry Selick (who later made the delightful James and the Giant Peach), this PG-rated picture has a reassuringly light touch. As Roger Ebert noted in his review, "some of the Halloween creatures might be a tad scary for smaller children, but this is the kind of movie older kids will eat up; it has the kind of offbeat, subversive energy that tells them wonderful things are likely to happen." --Jim Emerson

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100 LED Mini Holiday Christmas Lights Clear

Replaceable, cool to touch & break-resistant LEDs. 8 watt total set wattage. 4 inches between lights.

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