Wine Bottle Cork Apple Stamp

 
The link to the instructions - http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2011/09/wine-cork-stamp-rosh-hashana-cards.html

These cork stamps are simple to make and the end results look really great, I'm going to give it a 5 star rating because I'm just so impressed with how it turned out and you can use the stamps on anything, I decided to make wrapping paper as you can see below, it's such a nice and simple idea to do with your wine bottle corks, I LOVE it.

Potty Paper Pots

Instructions to Make Item - http://www.niftythriftythings.com/2011/02/its-in-news.html

I think this newspaper pot looks brilliant and its eco-friendly. I’m going to give the project a 4 star rating because I love the way it looks, it recycles old newspapers and its really fun to do on a sunny afternoon. However, I’m going to lower the overall rating to a 2 star rating because the items that I made didn’t turn out how it looks above. I found the instruction on the website a bit confusing and not very clear on what to do which is why I attempted the project twice. The first time round I still had the string attached, as it doesn’t say when to take it out. The second time round I didn’t use string and used lots of paperclips, which made the project very tricky, I also did it with extra-long bits of newspaper, attaching two bits with sticky tape and it resulted in it looking like a vase. Below are some pictures of what I made.

This isn’t a great Picture of my first attempt (top right corner) but it’s all I have at the moment.

This is my second attempt

Nail News

 

This was a quirky little project which I enjoyed. I’m going to give it a 4 star rating because the instructions were easy to follow and were aided by the step by step pictures. I didn’t have any alcohol rub but just used some whisky that we had lying around the house and that worked just as well. Rubbing and pressing the newspaper onto the nail was a little bit of trial and error as 3 seconds didn’t seem long enough and 5 seconds would start to disturb the nail varnish.  Overall, I thought this was a fun idea and felt groovy with my newspaper nails. 

Here’s the link- http://loveisthethingwithwings.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/newspaper-nails.html

This is what my nails turned out like-

Spiral Knot Bracelet

http://www.minieco.co.uk/macrame-half-knot-spiral-washer-wingnut-bracelet/#

I really enjoyed making this bracelet, it was quick and easy, which is nice for an amateur like me. I found the instructions really easy to follow and it really did only take 10 minutes to make.

I don’t have any criticisms, which is why this crafty creation is getting a massive 5 star rating. The pattern is versatile, I made a key-ring and I made the bracelet without the bolts like in the top picture. Above is the link to the website to make this brilliant bracelet. Below are pictures of the items I made.