Washi tape jar

Make your own cute Washi tape jar.

You can use it as a candle holder, and in the day time put your cutlery in it, or even make one for each guest to serve their drink in!

What you need:

1m bakers twine

Washi tape

Old jam jar

{Tea light candle/Straws/wooden cutlery/flowers}

Transparency paper {or any paper you can stick the washi tape to that will easily peel off}

Step 1: Measure the width you would like to stick your washi tape to the jar, {you can cover the whole jar from top to bottom if you wish}.

Step 2: Stick three lengths of washi tape on the jar lengthwise {Allow to overlap about 1 mm - so that you can easily peel it off}

Step 3: Fold in half and cut out your heart shape.

Step 4: Now peel the washi tape off and carefully stick it on your jar {make sure it is straight and the pieces are aligned}

Step 5: Stick lengths of the washi tape to cover the jar

Step 6: When you get halfway around the jar, repeat Steps 1 to 4 on the opposite side of the jar, then continue with sticking lengths of the washi tape.

Step 7: Wrap the bakers twine around the top of the jar a few times and tie it up.

If you want to use it as a candle holder, it looks pretty if you cover the silver of the tea light candle with some washi tape.

Enjoy your washi tape jar!

Pin board in a frame

I needed to make something to get all my business cards and things I wanted to keep sorted in my office.  Until now they have been pilling up on my desk and it's just been a big mess.  I then took an old framed print and gave it new life and it sorted out my office problem :-)

What you need: 
Frame with hardboard inside
Material {5cm larger than your hardboard all around}
Coloured elastic {I used 10m on a 65 x 80cm board}
Buttons
Embroidery thread & Needle
Staple gun
Some push-pins
Batting {at least 135g} 2 times the size of your hardboard



Start by cutting two sheets of the batting the same size as the hardboard. {Not bigger! Cause when you fold the material over it will go over the edges and the hardboard wouldn't fit into the frame when you want to put it back}

Then cut the material so that it is about 5 cm bigger than the hardboard in circumference.

Using the staple gun, fold the material over the edge and staple it to the back of the hardboard. Remember to keep the edges neat! :-) And pull it quit tight as you fold over {not too tight}.

Now you have a beautifully covered hardboard :-)

Then comes the adding of the elastic to the board.  Most material shops have coloured elastic, you can use any colour - even make it a colourful board by adding different coloured elastics.  But I decided to keep it simple, white and grey.

 Firstly mark your lines, and pin the two elastics crossing each other from corner to corner.

Then using some push-pins mark every 10 cm from the centre of the board to the outside.  Using the line of the crossing elastic place an elastic every 10 cm. {I first use push-pins to put all the elastics down, to make sure I have all the angles correct}

Pull the elastic slightly and secure behind with the stable gun. {If the elastic is secured to loose your elastic wouldn't hold your business cards and papers they will just slide out}

Once you are done you have a beautiful pattern.

To add some colour I used buttons every now and then at the cross of two elastics.  First place your buttons on the board to see how you would like to sew them on.

Using embroidery thread in different colours sew the button to the two pieces of elastic crossing each other. You can end off by knotting the starting piece of thread and the ending piece and cutting it off short.

You then need to place the board back into the frame... and start sliding in your notes, business cards, invites and just everything lying around.  You can use push-pins and peg to hold things in place, but the  elastic should do the trick by its self.