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  Living Room Shelving Ideas | DIY Your Dream Living Room   These living room shelving ideas will give you maximum storage space no matter how big or small the room. Get your dose of DIY inspiration today! Whenever our family travels, we tend to pick up little souvenirs here and there to commemorate our adventures. I like displaying these little trinkets in our living room, either on a shelf or a coffee table. Speaking of shelves, if you’re in need of some living room shelving ideas, then this list is right up your alley!  Hanging Shelves. Begin by drilling your board with 2 holes on each side. Gather your cords and loop a knot through the ring. Then, grab one strand, insert it through one of the board’s holes, and tie a knot at the end. Repeat this with remaining strands. Small Corner Shelves Don’t let small nooks go to waste by installing these small corner shelves to maximize your storage space. If you’re planning on staining your corner shelves, line the areas around it wi...

DIY PAPER LANTERNS WITH BEAUTIFUL 3D FLOWERS DESIGN MATERIALS AND TOOLS FOR THE DIY PAPER LANTERNS: glass with straight sides, such as cylinders or cubes paper : I used  this great quality index card stock . I used a Silhouette Portrait  – LOVE that little machine! – but it’s easy enough to cut with an X-acto knife double sided tape to light up our paper lantern, I recommend LED candles or micro LED Warm White String Lights  which are very bright, and are safer than real candles! STEP 1: PRINT AND CUT PAPER LANTERNS DESIGNS Print the template on paper, I used  sturdy 110lb index card stock such as these. Cut out the leaves and stems, and cut along the lines of the petals, be careful not to cut too much and cut them off.  Next, measure the size of your glass and cut the excess paper away. STEP 2: ATTACH PAPER LANTERNS TO GLASS VASE Now the fun part! Gently fold those petals up so the blossoms become three dimensional! Use double sided tape to tape the paper onto the ou...

If you loved the beautiful DIY wedding this morning and Nata’s gorgeous paper flower bouquets, you are in luck as Nata is sharing how she crafted them with us! She was inspired by a template created by Morgan Levine on Martha Stewart (as was I in the flowers I created for this styled shoot). I just love that this basic idea has inspired different brides to create their own version of giant paper flowers – you might remember these equally awesome giant paper flowers from this wedding I shared last year. :) Thanks so much Nata for sharing how you created your giant pink paper rose .   Materials (to make one giant rose) Roll of floral tape 6 18-gauge floral stem wire 4 sheets of Doublette crepe paper for petals (the doublette crepe sheets measure 10 x 49 inches) 1 sheet of Doublette crepe paper in green for leaves, calyx, stem 1 round pencil Craft Glue (we used this kind) Crepe paper templates (download from Martha Stewart) 3 copies of teardrop template 8 co...

     

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