DIY Sea Glass Picture Frame

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Are you looking for an easy and budget-friendly piece of coastal decor? This DIY sea glass picture frame is a gorgeous craft that comes together quickly and easily. Give it as a gift or use it to display (and protect) precious photos on your fridge!

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I love the calmness and tranquility of coastal decor even though I tend to gravitate towards bright and colorful style. Luckily, I still get to enjoy the style because my mom loves it. (Also I still hold out hope that one day I’ll have a vacation home on the beach I can go nuts with.)

 

Picture in Sea Glass Magnetic Frame

Whether you love the coastal style for your own home or simply want a pretty way to display the photos on your fridge, this DIY sea glass picture frame is the perfect easy craft for you. As I said above, it also makes a fantastic gift for parents and grandparents. Mother’s Day is coming up soon (hint hint). Head to your local Dollar Tree and you’re all set to get crafting.

 

 

Magnetic Sea Glass Frame Materials

DIY Sea Glass Picture Frame Materials

 

Magnetic Picture Frame Removed from Packaging

Step 1

First, remove your magnetic picture frame from the packaging.

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Close Up of Sea Glass Glued to Frame

Step 2

Start attaching your sea glass by adding larger pieces of sea glass to the corners of your frame and gluing them into place.

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Step 3

Next, start to fill in the area between the corners with smaller pieces of sea glass. Use various sizes to create as even an edge around the frame as possible.

 

Sea Glass Glued to Frame

Step 4

Continue gluing small pieces of sea glass onto the frame. Mix and match the colors as you want.

Step 5

After you have the main frame outlined, fill in any desired areas with additional small pieces of sea glass.

Step 6

Then check all of the edges to ensure that no glue has seeped down them.

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Step 7

Lastly, set aside your frame to dry for at least 24 hours before using.

 

Angled Close Up of Sea Glass Picture Frame

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Once your DIY sea glass picture frame has dried simply add your photo and hang it on your refrigerator. This is so easy to make and totally budget-friendly. It also makes a wonderful gift for friends and family. Add it to your own coastal decor or surprise someone with it for a beautiful beachy display.

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Pressed Flower DIY Bookmark Craft

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Getting lost in a book is one of the greatest joys of all time. That’s why there are so many bibliophiles out there. If you’re looking for an easy gift for a book loving mom or simply want a pretty way to keep your place, this pressed flower DIY bookmark is perfect!

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Even though I love books, I’ve never made acquiring bookmarks a priority. Like any busy mom reader, I simply stuck whatever was handy and close by in the pages to save my spot. I think the most recent was a Wonder Woman trading card one of the kids gave me.

This month’s Bring on the Crafts Blog Hop is the perfect opportunity to finally change that up. This month the challenge is flowers and this beautiful bookmark definitely fits the bill. The bright and pretty flowers are so cheerful to look at. It is also a lot less likely to fall out of the book (which the card totally did more than once).

 

Close up of Pressed Flower Bookmark with Tassels on Lined Journal

You can totally press your own flowers for this craft. I chose to buy mine because I was having trouble getting the vibrant colors to stay. That will be next month’s test project, figuring out how to do that. Speaking of, if you have any tips, I’d love to hear them!

 

Materials for Pressed Flower Bookmarks

Pressed Flower DIY Bookmark Materials

Step 1

First, put on your protective gloves. Handling epoxy resin without having them on is dangerous.

 

Mixed Resin next to Pressed Flowers

Step 2

Add 2 tbsp of each element of your epoxy resin to your small plastic cup.

Step 3

Use your popsicle stick to stir the mixture together.

Step 4

Next, pour a small amount of the resin into your mold and spread it around to cover the bottom of the mold.

 

Pressed Flowers in Resin in Bookmark Mold

Step 5

Once there is a small layer of resin in the bottom of your mold, arrange your flowers in it as you want them designed.

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Clear Resin over Pressed Flowers in Bookmark Mold

Step 6

After all of your flowers are arranged, cover them with the remaining epoxy resin. Do this slowly so that you don’t overfill your mold. Also take care to make sure every crevice is filled. You can carefully use your popsicle stick to spread it if necessary, especially around the hole at the top of the mold.

 

Cured Resin Pressed Flower Bookmark in Mold

Step 7

Allow your bookmark to cure for at least 24 hours before moving on. Try not to move it if at all possible because this can shift your flowers and ruin your arrangement.

Step 8

After the resin is cured, remove your bookmark from the mold.

Step 9

Next sand any rough edges on your bookmark.

Step 10

Then sand the hole in the top of the bookmark so that it doesn’t cut your ribbon with use.

Step 11

Wipe down any areas you sanded with a damp cloth.

 

Pressed Flower Bookmark with Tassels Attached

Step 12

Now, cut a piece of ribbon and attach it to your bookmark with a slipknot.

 

Close up of Pressed Flower Bookmark

Close up of Bottom of Pressed Flower Bookmark

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This pressed flower DIY bookmark is seriously beautiful and easy to make. The set of flowers that I bought is enough to make multiple bookmarks so you can make one for all of the book loving moms in your life (and one for you too). If you really want to take your gift to the next level, add one of your favorite books along with the bookmark. That’s the ultimate awesome Mother’s Day gift!

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Bring on the Crafts — A Craft & DIY Blog Hop

On the first Friday of each month, a group of DIY and crafty bloggers join forces. Together with hosts Marie from The Inspiration Vault and Habiba from Craftify My Love, they bring you the #BringontheCrafts blog hop. Each blogger creates a fun craft or DIY project to share that follows a monthly materials theme. April’s theme is Flowers! Each blogger chooses their own craft to make as long as they love it and it uses Flowers in the project.

Our April Co-hosts

Jenny at Cookies, Coffee and Crafts • Heather at Glitter on a Dime • Marie at DIY Adulation

Michele at Coastal BohemianCoastal Bohemian • Terri at Our Good LifeOur Good Life • Gail at Purple Hues & Me

Join in on the fun! If you’d like to participate next month, you can request to join our Bring on the Crafts Facebook Group. Next month’s theme is Stamps!

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Easy Kid-Friendly Pipe Cleaner Flowers

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There are so many fun crafts kids can make with pipe cleaners. They can easily create masterpieces, jewelry, and more with less mess than paint or clay. Pipe cleaner flowers are one super simple craft you can make with kids this spring. It only requires a couple of supplies and cleanup is easy.

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I always love crafting with the kiddos. It’s amazing to see their creativity and imagination at work. Sometimes we get so involved that I’m playing right along with them. Each of us working on our own separate creations then showing them off to each other when finished. These flowers are the result of one of those times.

If you’re looking for a quick and easy craft on the fly for the kiddos, then you’ll love these easy kid-friendly pipe cleaner flowers! They’re great for unexpected days off of school. Bring some pipe cleaners with you on vacation for kiddos to enjoy in the hotel room. Quick, easy, and travels well… does it get any better than that?

 

Bright Pipe Cleaner Flowers

 

Pipe Cleaner Flowers Materials

 

2 Orange Pipe Cleaners

Step 1

First, pull out 2 pipe cleaners of the same color.

 

Ends of 2 Orange Pipe Cleaners Twisted Together

Step 2

Then twist the ends on the pipe cleaners together.

 

Close Up of Secured Pipe Cleaner Ends

Step 3

Next, straighten the 2 pipe cleaners into one line and flatten the twisted joint so that it is flush with the pipe cleaner line.

 

Close Up of Loop in Pipe Cleaner

Step 4

After your pipe cleaners are secured together, form a loop at one end of the joined pipe cleaners and twist once to secure.

 

Orange Pipe Cleaner Flower

Step 5

Continue adding loops next to each other, again, twisting to secure until you reach the end of your pipe cleaner.

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Step 6

Wrap any of the remaining pipe cleaner end around the center of your flower to secure.

 

End of Yellow Pipe Cleaner Wrapped Around Center of Orange Pipe Cleaner Flower

Step 7

Now grab a pipe cleaner in a different color and begin wrapping it around the center of your flower.

 

Close Up of End of Yellow Pipe Cleaner Wrapped Around Center of Orange Pipe Cleaner Flower

Step 8

Continue wrapping it around the center of your flower and be sure to thread it throughout the center of the flower petals as well as in between them.

 

Orange Pipe Cleaner Flower with Yellow Center

Step 9

Once you reach the end of the pipe cleaner, twist it around the wrapped part to secure it.

 

Close up of Yellow Pipe Cleaner Flower

Close up of Teal Pipe Cleaner Flower

Close up of Pink Pipe Cleaner Flower

Pipe Cleaner Flowers in Multiple Colors

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We’ve made so many of these pipe cleaner flowers that we have our own colorful garden going on right now. Of course, I love the bright, almost fluorescent colors but 2 of the kiddos prefer the more muted (or “real” according to them) colors. Change it up completely and attach 2 different color pipe cleaners together in Step 2 for an even more colorful and fun flower. You can also stack 2 different colorful flowers together before wrapping the center for an even fuller flower. That’s how fun and versatile this craft can be!

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