Monday, March 28, 2016

35 Completely Awesome DIY Projects





There’s no way you won’t want to make at least five of these.

       

1. Make a pennant to show that you’re pizza’s biggest fan.

Let’s get pizza, let’s go! Let’s get pizza, let’s go!
Full tutorial at Fairgoods.

2. Turn your pet’s face into a clock.

“It’s time to eat. Meow.” “It’s time to go for a walk. Bark.” How could you refuse either of them? Impossible.
Full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

3. Cover a door in giant polka dots.

Polka dots make *everything* better. Start with a door, then move on to your walls, your furniture, your car…
Full tutorial at Sarah Hearts.

4. Make some “gemstone” soap to use in the shower.

Or just display them in a bowl beside your sink—they’re so pretty!
Full tutorial at Fall For DIY.

5. Add some sparkle to a pair of plain shoes.

Use red glitter to make a more casual version of Dorothy Gale’s famous ruby slippers.
Full tutorial at The Crafted Life.

6. Assemble a personalized version of Guess Who using photos of people you know.

You could also use celebrities or characters from your favorite TV shows.
Full tutorial at Almost Makes Perfect.

7. Construct a light-up marquee sign in the shape of whatever word you choose.

“DRINK” would be a great option to put above your bar.
Full tutorial at Homey Oh My!

8. Stitch up a giant pretzel pillow for your couch.

This project is perfect for beginning sewers: you only need to stitch in a straight line.
Full tutorial at Studio DIY.

9. Whip up a candle that will keep your home smelling like your favorite cake—Funfetti!

Just beware: you may end up disappointing visitors who’ll think that you’re *actually* baking a cake.
Full tutorial at bethcakes.

10. Make a gemstone garland to add interest to a boring white wall.

Wall bling.
Full tutorial at Tell Love And Chocolate.

11. Give a vintage suitcase a make-over with paint.

Check out your local thrift store to find an old suitcase for a couple of bucks—it doesn’t matter if it’s a hideous color (you’ll just be painting it anyway!)
Full tutorial at Delineate Your Dwelling.

12. Assemble a stylish pendant light using copper pipe.

This project is inspired by a lamp that costs over $2000, but this will only run you around $50.
Full tutorial at The Gathered Home.

13. Use your crochet skills to make an utterly adorable apple.

If you don’t know how to crochet…LEARN! He’s that cute.
Full tutorial (and pattern) at Down Grapevine Lane.

14. Make some teeny tiny macaron charms to turn into jewelry.

Turn two into earrings or go crazy and string a whole bunch of them onto a necklace.
Full tutorial at Fall For DIY.

15. Build a serving dish to use at a Jurassic Park viewing party.

A new use for an old toy.
Full tutorial at Three Little Monkeys Studio.

16. Make a clutch that showcases your emoji obsession.

The perfect way to carry your phone.
Full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

17. Transform a pile of confetti into a fun bowl.

This project is so easy you could even have your kids join in and make one with you. Confetti bowls for everyone!
Full tutorial at VJuliet.

18. Make a gorgeous necklace display using crystals.

The prettiest way to keep your jewelry organized.
Full tutorial at Julep.

19. Use paper to make some succulent plants that will never die.

You could make a whole bunch of these and turn them into a wreath.
Download the template and get the full tutorial at Lia Griffith.

20. Use felt to create a fruit mobile.

A fruit-themed nursery? Sounds good.
Full tutorial at Make and Tell.

21. Keep the fruity theme going with a hand-stamped citrus wall.

You’d have a hard time finding wallpaper this cool.
Full tutorial at The Paper Mama.

22. Display your favorite photos with inventive neon triangle frames.

You could use triangles in a variety of different sizes and set them up like a mountain range.
Full tutorial at Rachel Mary.

23. Make a lil’ wool cactus to store your pins in.

As useful as it is cute.
Full tutorial at Delia Creates.

24. Add some nature to your walls with DIY leaf art.

Palm leaves have never looked so cool.
Full tutorial at Monsterscircus.

25. Turn some lanterns into octopi for your next party.

Your party isn’t under-the-sea themed? That doesn’t matter! Everyone loves an octopus.
Full tutorial at Bondville.

26. Make a pom-pom for every letter of the alphabet.

Young children could play with these instead of alphabet blocks (they’re so much softer and more cuddly).
Full tutorial at Mr. Printables.

27. Construct a headboard you can display art on.

When you get sick of one print, just swap it out for another one.
Full tutorial at The Merry Thought.

28. Make an herb planter that looks like a strawberry.

You could also make one that looks like a pineapple.
Full tutorial at A Charming Project.

29. Make a headband to wear when you’re feeling groovy.

Claire Cassidy for asubtlerevelry.com
*Searches for disco playlists on Spotify*
Full tutorial at A Subtle Revelry.

30. Turn a broken necklace into bobby pins.

A smart way to keep a damaged piece of jewelry from going to waste.
Full tutorial at Tell Love and Chocolate.

31. Make a watermelon serving tray that’ll be perfect for any summer BBQ.

Mandy Pellegrin for ohsobeautifulpaper.com
Ideal for carrying lemonade and fruit salad.
Full tutorial at Oh So Beautiful Paper.

32. Add some color to your fridge with paint-dipped magnets.

Alphabet magnets are fun whether you’re a kid or an adult.
Full tutorial at Sarah Hearts.

33. Turn a plain rug into one that everyone will go nuts over.

DOUGH-nuts over, that is.
Full tutorial at The House That Lars Built.

34. And while you’re in a doughnut frame of mind, whip up an apron.

To protect your clothes from stray sprinkles and falling frosting.
Full tutorial at A Beautiful Mess.

35. Construct a pallet swing bed to spend every nice afternoon on.

And every nice morning. And evening. And night.
Full tutorial at The Merry Thought.

Source : http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/yeah-these-are-just-the-best#.rs8ARGr1NK

The World’s 6 Scariest Restaurants





Scared of the dark? Heights? Do not dine here.

The cult of extreme eating — be it a dinner date with KFC’s Double Down or following the path of Andrew Zimmern — has become surprisingly mainstream. While most Americans are not drowning live birds, François Mitterrand–style, or snacking on fried Cambodian tarantulas, they are increasingly aware of such daredevil dining habits.
Yet some of the world’s most frightening culinary experiences have entirely quotidian menus. Instead, the restaurants themselves provide the fear factor.
Consider Dans Le Noir. Already an institution of terror in Paris, Barcelona and St. Petersburg, the dining-in-total-darkness restaurant recently debuted a branch in Manhattan’s Times Square, giving New Yorkers the chance to stumble through three mystery courses alongside 70 unseen strangers in a pitch-black space.
Our guide takes you into the Midtown madness and beyond. Those with a strong constitution and solid game face might consider booking a table at a haunted Southern mansion, in an Italian prison or 150 feet above city traffic. With Halloween coming up next week, what better time to take a look at the world’s scariest restaurants.

6. Voltera, Italy: Fortezza Medicea

Located within a 500-year-old fortress near Pisa, this 120-seat restaurant also happens to be a maximum-security prison. The menu of Southern Italian favorites like fennel frittatas and nonna Catozza is prepared and served by convicted murderers and armed robbers, many of whom originally hail from Puglia, Naples and Sicily. Meals are accompanied by classical piano, courtesy of one musically inclined convict, and patrolled by 20 wardens. via del Castello; +39 058-886-099

5. New York City: Dans Le Noir

In August 2012, this Parisian restaurant chain introduced America to its unique brand of blind fright. In a pitch-black New York City dining room, light-emitting cell phones are verboten and menus are a mystery. The kitchen cuts all elements of the unknown meal into small, bite-sized portions. Most unsettling of all, guests sit elbow-to-elbow at 72-person communal tables, to encourage socializing with total strangers in a cavernous, unlit space. Chilling. 246 West 38th Street, New York, NY; 212-575-1671

4. Worldwide: Dinner in the Sky

The vertigo-inspiring Dinner in the Sky serves five courses at a free-floating table suspended some 160 feet in the air. After signing a $10 million insurance waiver, 22 diners are strapped into their chairs and elevated above local landmarks or cityscapes by a 200-ton crane. Created in Belgium, the global menace has appeared alongside the Eiffel Tower, throughout central London and above Niagara Falls.
info@dinnerinthesky.com; +32 23-333-810

3. Bangkok, Thailand: Ka-tron Flying Chicken

Fairly macabre, and redolent with self-conscious whimsy, Ka-tron’s signature menu item is something of a Sweeney Todd/New Girl mash-up. Waiters catapult whole fried chickens across the dining room and onto a unicycle-riding colleague’s helmet, which has been fitted with a tall spike for this very purpose. The fowl is then cycled over to guests’ tables, where it is adorned with catsup-heavy dipping sauce and a small bouquet of flowers in the neck cavity. 99/1 m. 12, Bang Na Trat Road, Bang Na, Bangkok; 023-995-202

2. Charleston, South Carolina: Poogan’s Porch

Poogan’s Porch serves elegant Lowcountry fare like crab soup and roasted grouper over pulled pork ravioli. Meals are closely monitored by the ghost of one-time homeowner Zoe St. Armand, who killed herself on the central staircase 100 years ago. Her black-clad figure has been seen roaming the dining room so often that local police have stopped filing reports. A ghost dog, the namesake Poogan, who died in 1979, has also been felt sniffing underneath tables. 72 Queen St., Charleston, SC; 843-577-2337

1. Lloret de Mar, Spain: Disaster Café

Not enough turbulence in your daily meal? Head to Disaster Café on Spain’s scenic Costa Brava, where the underground dining room simulates 7.8 earthquakes nightly. Wait staff don protective headgear and reflective vests, and patrons are advised to wear machine washable clothing, as the fake ‘n’ quake will send wineglasses and dinnerware flying. Carrer de Francesc Layret, 9; +972 36 02 50

Source : http://www.foodrepublic.com/2012/10/22/the-worlds-6-scariest-restaurants/

The strangest laws from around the world





Why it's illegal not to smile in Milan... and donkeys can't sleep in the bath in Oklahoma: The strangest laws from around the world 

  • No sleeping donkeys in the bath after 7pm in Oklahoma
  • Illegal to be overweight in Japan, the country who brought us sumo
  • Turn that frown upside down if you're in Milan, Italy


You better not change a lightbulb in Victoria, Australia, unless you are a qualified electrician
You better not change a lightbulb in Victoria, Australia, unless you are a qualified electrician
When travelling around the world, it's not always a bad idea to do your research on local laws and traditions.
Not only could this keep you out of trouble, but it can also help you get the most out of your holiday.
However, there are some weird and wonderful rules that surely nobody is expected to follow.
But whether you are akin to having a sleeping donkey in your bathtub to enjoying eating somewhere that's on fire, it pays to be clued up. 
Erica Chang, regional director of HomeAway UK who conducted the research, said: 'Travel really does open the mind so it's curious to see what odd rules and regulations can be found on the law books around the world. 
'Some might be seen as health and safety gone mad, but others are just funny – I'm sure most Brits abroad would never think they could be breaking the law if they changed a light bulb in Victoria or flushed the toilet at night while in Geneva so it's always best to know before you go!'

1. Only a qualified electrician is allowed to change a light bulb in Victoria, Australia

How many mechanics does it take to change a light bulb? None, in Victoria. 
Australia's second most populated state says it's illegal to change a light bulb unless you're a licensed electrician. Apparently, rebels who defy this law could receive a fine of up to AU$10 (£5.50).
This man could help you not break the law in Milan, Italy, as you are required to smile
This man could help you not break the law in Milan, Italy, as you are required to smile

2. Milan requires that citizens must smile at all times, or face a fine

Milan in Italy states that it is a legal requirement to smile at all times, except during funerals or hospital visits. Frowners could face a hefty fine.

3. In Florida, it is illegal to pass wind in a public place after 6pm on Thursdays

5.59pm is fine.

You would be deemed to have been causing a public nuisance, so you best run home first to do it in a little bit of privacy.

4. In England, it is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament

This was voted the most ludicrous law in the UK in 2007. A spokesman for the House of Commons said: 'The people who know about these things here say there is no basis for such a law, not to say it does not exist somewhere in writing.'
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament in the UK
It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament in the UK

5. In Oklahoma, it is against the law to have a sleeping donkey in your bathtub after 7pm 

Great if your donkey is awake and just enjoying a bit of relaxation time. Not so good if it has snoozed off in a lava of bubbles.

6. In Canada, by law, one out of every five songs on the radio must be sung by a Canadian

Great for Justin Bieber fans, not so great for the sane.  Part of the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Television Commission) that for both types of programming there has to be at least a fifth by Caadian performers.

7. It is forbidden to be fat in Japan In the country that brought us sumo wrestling 

It is illegal to be fat. In 2009, lawmakers set a maximum waistline, meaning every man aged over 40 must not have a waistline measuring over 31ins, and every woman cannot measure over 35ins.
From the country who brought us sumo wrestling, it is illegal to be 'overweight' in Japan
From the country who brought us sumo wrestling, it is illegal to be 'overweight' in Japan

8. Flushing the toilet after 10pm is illegal in Switzerland

Flushing the loo after 10pm in an apartment building is illegal in the country of Switzerland. The Government consider it noise pollution.

9. In Chicago, it is against the law to eat in a place that's on fire

No matter how good the pizza tastes, if the restaurant sets on fire – you can't stick around!

10. Running out of petrol is illegal on Germany's autobahn, and so is walking along it

So those who do break down must pull over and use their horn to attraction attention. The penalty is €80 (£65) for endangering other drivers.
Strange laws from around the world.