Posted: April 29th, 2009 | Author: raven burgos | Filed under: Brooklyn, Cool Tool, Craft, Current Affairs, DIY, How to, Inspiration, Locally Made, Make This Now, recycle, reuse | Tags: DIY Trunk Display: Turn an old trunk into a portable display case, How tomake a portable display, make your own craft show display, portable display, Portable display case, successful craft show display, vaudeville cases, Vaudeville Mannequins, vaudeville shows | 1 Comment »
I got an old trunk from my friend Emily B, the Trunk came before the craft show. I hadn't really thought of selling at a fair until then but when I got this lovely beauty of a trunk I decided to turn it into a portable display for some of my crafts.
I bought pretty wrapping paper and foam core at Blick art supply in New York. I got gold hooks at my local hardware store, and with lots of modge podge I created a pretty case. My boyfriend, Schuyler is coming over this week to add wheels!
Raven Burgos
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Recycled Teacup Soy candle, natural and eco friendly
I
recently started helping my mother plan her wedding, as luck would have
it my friend Paula at TheKnot tapped me to submit DIY tutorials for
brides who want to do it themselves.
This recycled teacup soy candle project will be used to decorate
the tables at my mothers after party, they are beautiful and may even
give you something to do with all of that old china.
Additionally, are great as gifts and fairly inexpensive, its all about how resourceful you are.
Though I used teacups you can also use travel tins like the ones they
have at the container store or Altoids tins, they are travel sized and
convenient.
Ingredients
1 pound of Soy wax in flake form ([Lone star supply)]
1 Pyrex measuring cup ( or something similar to Pyrex)1-3 Recycled Tea cups ( went to Good Will )
1 pack of Candle Wicks
Rubbing alcohol
Double sided tape if your making your own wicks
2-6 knives/pencils/chopsticks ( two per container)
Wax Dye (not food coloring, it will clog your wick)
Candy Thermometer
Essential oil or candle Fragrance
- Clean and dry all of your containers
- Wipe down with Alcohol to remove grease and fingerprints
- Using the pyrex container or a double boiler, melt the pound of soy wax, remove from heat
- Using the thermometer, wait until mixture is cooled to 170-180 degrees.
It must be at this temperature because if it is too high it will burn
off, and if its too low it wont bind to the wax
- A
after it has cooled to 170- 180 degrees add 1oz of fragrance, One 1 fl
ounce of fragrance oil scents 16 ounces of soy wax, or use 30-40 drops
of essential oil. Mix well
- Wait until wax is at 150 degrees Now stir 15-20 drops of wax coloring if desired
- Place wick t the bottom of container, use double sided tape to secure it .
- Place clean dry container on aluminum foil,
- Remove wax from pan ( if you are using a Pyrex container then pour in)
and pour in wax slowly until soy wax is about 1/2 inch from the top.
10. Place knives ( or whatever yo chose) on either side of candle to prevent it from falling at it cools.
Don't touch it! Soy wax needs to cool completely
11. Let cure for at least two days.
There are pictures for this step by step tutorial on
Instructables.com
Raven Burgos
