DIY: Cute homemade bird feeders

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Feeding garden birds can be a very enjoyable and rewarding activity. After all, what better reward is there than knowing that you helped these adorable little creatures to survive the winter. Your children or grandchildren can be entertained for free for hours, and in these gloomy times knowing you are helping out some of the most beautiful creatures Nature has given us can be uplifting.
Birds will discover your house quickly and consider it as a feeding place. Their frequency of visits will also increase helping you to stay close to nature.
And don't worry - birds aren't picky, they don't require something fancy to attract them to your yard or window. Homemade bird feeders are quite easy to make.You can build your bird feeder out of materials you have at home. These projects are easy to make and fun to do with kids. And will help you to get enjoyment from watching the wildlife spectacular in your own garden or backyard.

Transforming a small decorative pumpkin into a bird-feeder. 

via Sakurako Kitsa on flickr

vintage teacup bird feeder

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Pinecone bird feeder 

via asmothersinzion

Show them all your love - heart-shaped bird feeder by alphamon

milk carton becomes a bird house, lovely. 

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glass bottle bird feeder

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soda bottle and two wooden spoons. Can it be any easier?

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acorn bird feeder 

via design sponge

straw star with nuts 

via sweet paul

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The fragrance of love

Romance is in the air again with Valentine's day approaching. Are you ready? This simple project is for those who want to give a special gift to a special person. Valentine's day soaps are fun and easy to make.

                                                           
  Materials and supplies:
 

* Melt & Pour Soap Base (clear and white)
* Red soap colorant
* Scented oil
* Heart shaped cookie cutter
* Flat plastic dish
* Round plastic dish
* Glass containers for cooking or microwave

Melt the soap base in microwave or in the steam bath (making sure the soap does not come in contact with water). Add a few drops of red color and fragrance you want (I have chosen raspberry fruity smell), to get a pink hue. Pour some into a plastic container with a flat bottom. The layer should be approximately 5 mm thick. Let it cool. Add more red color in the rest of the soap base and pour over the first pink layer.


After about 15 minutes, while the soap is not completely hardened, remove it from the flat tray. Cut small heart using your cookie cutter, put them on the bottom of the small plastic containers and pour melted white soap. Let it cool well. Soap is ready for use after 24 hours of drying.


Wrap it in cellophane, add bows and sweet message for Valentine's Day.

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Beautiful lamp shade

You can make this beautiful lamp shade with almost no effort at all, in variety of sizes and colors. Yo can decorate it with pearls, sea shells ... it's up to your imagination!

Materials and accessories:



• rope
• balloon
• wood glue
• scissors
• felt pen, needle

Procedure:

Inflate the balloon and tie the it. On its size depends how big the shade will be.
Mark a circle with felt pen. You'll avoid that circle when wrapping the rope, because this is where you'll put the electrical wiring and a bulb.




Apply the glue all over balloon. It's a bit messy, but use your fingers for best results. Wrap the rope in all directions around the balloon, and put on more glue with every new layer.




When you are satisfied with the density, leave it to dry overnight. In the end that all should look something like this ...



Use a needle to prick the balloon and pull it out. Now is only left to pull through the installation of your new blinds and enjoy the light which will reward you for your efforts.



Tips & Tricks

• If you decide to use thinner rope, you can use a needle to apply glass pearls or shells
• Dry rope can be acrylic paint and spray paint in any color

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Old makeup cabinet becoming a beautiful desk

Before - destroyed makeup cabinet
After - desk


Present Situation:

Mirror was destroyed, but I did not want to replace it with new one. Instead, I decided to put a memo board there. I also decided to completely throw out two large drawers.

Details:

• Ordinary wooden handles were replaced with glass ones.
• I placed a magnetic white board where the mirror was before.
• Tip: instead of magnetic plates, you can have a piece of plywood and cork for your memory panel. If you prefer, you can always set up and a new mirror, as in the original version.
• This table is painted in ice-gray color.
• With the darker shades of the same color I painted carved details on the drawers and crown frame of the memory board.

New state:

From the damaged table for makeup I made functional and beautiful small desk. The elegant upper drawers were ok, and removal of the lower drawer provided space for the legs of the chair.

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