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The Craft Fail That I Literally Set on Fire

by Lindsay Ballard on May 6, 2014 1,641 Comments

When I started DIYing, I quickly learned that not everything goes according to plan.  Like the paint saturated roller cover that fell off my roller cage this weekend.  Or the umpteen million cuts I’ve made too short.  I generally don’t share those things, because they are just stupid things I didn’t think through.  But recently, I had a craft fail so bad that I just had to tell someone.

You may remember when Kelly sent me the box of goodies for our thrift store swap.  I made a pendant light out of the ice bucket that was in the box.  I also had a covered wooden cheese plate and an Elvis silhouette.

After I finished the ice bucket light, I set my sights on the cheese plate.  I thought it would make a really cool candle plate to house a group of mismatched candles.

I went though my candle stash (which is pretty large for someone who doesn’t have many candles in the house) and picked a few different sizes and colors.  I cut down some taper candles so that they would fit under the glass dome, and I hot glued everything into place on the plate.

Candle craft fail

Now at this point, I should have been able to tell that things were going badly.  There was hot glue all over the place for crying out loud!  But, I thought I could fix it.  With fire….

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DIY Glittered Vintage Travel Posters – with Hundreds of Free Printables

by Lindsay Ballard on May 2, 2014 2,043 Comments

Glittered vintage posters - Tons of free printables - just add glitter! via MakelyHome.com
I really dig the old travel posters from the 1950s and 1960s.  They take me back to an era that I have only seen in the movies – a time when women got dressed up to fly and the men always looked as dapper as Don Drapper.  The colors and the types of drawings in these posters are right up my alley. They are, in a word, happy.

The original versions of these vintage travel posters fetch a pretty penny, so I’ll likely never own one. But, I did come across a site that has hundreds of these posters available for free download.  They have more than just travel posters, but those are the ones I love the most.  I mean, just look at these….

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About Makely

Lindsay Ballard is a former college mascot turned political geek turned roller derby playing, DIY fanatic.

Lindsay chronicles her projects, design ideas, and lifestyle tips here at Makely, where she shares tutorials and inspiration. Her DIY designs are bold and graphic, while her spirit is fun and full of color.


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