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Hey DIY lovers,

HowTo had moved to some other place on the web. But don't worry, we're not far! Just click there: howto-craft.com.

Continue to share creative ideas with us and find inspiration on our bilingual blog (French-English). We love to hear from you!

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DIYly yours,

Marine &Anne-Laure

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Vous faites quoi, vous, pendant vos longues journées d'hiver?

Chez HowTo, on les passe à Do-it-yourselfer (on peut en faire un verbe, non?) mais pas que...

On vous propose de vous joindre à nous pour un dimanche au chaud lors notre deuxième Creative Sunday! (Pour plus d'info sur le premier, allez voir par là.)

Cette fois-ci, on s'associe à deux autres blogs: Love&Tralala et Fouettmagic. Du coup, il y aura un atelier DIY mais pas que...

Meggan, cuisinière en chef qui se cache derrière Fouettmagic, vous propose un atelier gourmand. Apprenez à réaliser des recettes surprenantes et délicieuses à déguster directement.

Elodie, amoureuse qui se cache derrière Love&Tralala, vous propose un atelier beauté.

Bonus: le goodies bag à emporter chez soi! Plus d'info sur son contenu sur notre page Facebook dans les jours à venir...

Premier arrivé, premier servi! Alors n'hésitez plus...

Infos pratiques:

Le Creative Sunday se déroulera à St-Gilles le 8 décembre prochain de 15h à 18h.

Les places étant malheureusement limitées, seules les 15 premières inscrites pourront participer à cette édition!

Pour s'inscrire, c'est simple il vous suffit de faire un versement de 20€ sur le compte 630-0248003-33, en spécifiant "votre nom+creative sunday 8/12" en communication et de nous envoyer un e-mail de confirmation à Elodie : [email protected]

Alors, vous venez?

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Original Pop-up Card

1. Draw a pattern (on a computer or by hand). Add 5 mm. at the top parts of the drawing. 2. Print it.

3. Cut the right and left sides of the pattern plus anything in the pattern (don't cut the top and bottom!).

4. Fold the sheet at the level of the top and the bottom edges. 5. Fold the sheet in the middle. Yay, you've just created your first pop-up card!

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Winter Table Decoration 1. Gather a jar, small tree branches, white sand and various threads (golden, white, wool, etc.) or rope. 2. Wrap parts of the branch with a thread. You can choose to use one thread per branch or mix colors. 3. Fill 1/5 of the jar with sand (salt, sugar or whatever white powder) and put the wrapped branches in it. Install it on your table and wait for the snow!

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Alphabetize your Home! 01. You need: several cardboard tubes, a tube of glue, a cutter, a ruler and several paper bags. 02. Cut the cardboard tubes into smaller tubes. Make sure they are all the same height because their height will be the letter's width. 03. Draw a letter on a paper bag and cut it out. 04. Glue the smaller tubes side by side on the letter made of paper bags. Then add the same letter on the top and glue. 05. Cover the sides of the letter with the paper bags. You can paint the letter or cover it with a newspaper, a colored sheet, etc.

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The Dickey Necklace 01. Gather a lot of pearls, flat pliers, a wire, a dozen of squeeze beads and  a clasp. 02. Cut a long wire, pass it in the clasp and get two lines of wire. Thread 2 pearls onto the top wire and one onto the bottom wire. 03. Take the bottom wire and thread it onto the second pearl of the top against the tide. Then thread two pearls onto what's now the top wire and one onto the bottom wire, etc. 04. For a second range, choose a pearl from the first range to start with. Thread three pearls onto a new wire and pass the bottom wire through the next pearl from the first range. The top wire goes against the tide onto the third pearl of the new range. 05. Add one or several ranges. Tip: add a squeeze bead between two pearls at the end of every line; and tighten up the wires as often as you can.

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Transform your T-Shirt into a Necklace 01. Choose an old t-shirt, take your scissors and a ball of rope. 02. Cut your t-shirt in two and keep the lower part. 03. Roll it up. 04. Tighten up two sides with a few circles of rope. 05. Forget about your t-shirt, say hello to your necklace!

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Simple Earings 01. You need a wire, some pearls and a pair of pliers. 02. Thread the pearls onto the wire. 03. Give a shape to the wire and close. Keep a longer end for the loop. 04. Enjoy your own earrings! You can wear them with a necklace.

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Amper-Stamp 01. Gather a notebook, a pencil, a cutter, an eraser and some black ink. 02. Look for a nice letter to print (or a nice ampersand like this one). 03. Cut the letter. 04. Copy it on the eraser in reverse (so when you print, the letter appears in the right direction). Then cut the eraser around the letter and keep a frame. 05. Ink your eraser/stamp and print the notebook.

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Pimp your Tote Bag! 01. Take a basic tote bag, fabric paints, adhesive tape, a sponge and any accessory that you can think of (like our leaves here). 02. Place the leaves on the tote bag and fix them with some tape. 03. Pat the leaves and the bottom of the tote bag with a sponge full of paint. 04. OR delimit geometrical shapes on the tote bag with some tape. Tap with the sponge within the shapes. 05. Let it dry for a few minutes then remove the tape and enjoy your brand new tote bag!

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Flag your Parties! 01. Gather little wood sticks (like toothpicks), funny adhesive tape rolls and a cutter. 02. Cut a strip of adhesive tape and put a stick in the middle. 03. Fold one side of the adhesive tape over the other. 04. Cut the edge. 05. Put your flags on cakes, bread, etc.

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The Flower Tiara 01. Take some flowers, a wire, some green scotch tape, pliers and a nicer wire (a thick sewing thread with a thin wire inside). 02. Cut the wire and make a circle the size of your head, more or less. 03. Fix the first flower along the wire with the nicest wire then fix the second flower, the leaves, etc. 04. You don't need to cover the whole circle, only what will be visible. Then add some scotch tape where there is no flowers to hide both wires.

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Spread the Word on your Jars! 01. Take an empty glas jar, a nicely designed quotation and a matt paint marker (make sure it's waterproof if you want to keep it a long time). 02. Insert the quotation inside the jar. 03. Duplicate the quotation on the glas. The glas thickness might be tricky. You may need to close an eye while you copy the template in order to follow the pattern...

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The Animal Pot 01. You need an empty pot with its lid, some glue, a gold spray paint and a plastic animal. 02. Spray the animal (like our nice cow) and the lid then let them dry. 03. Glue the animal on the lid. Your brand new pot is ready to stuck on up anything!

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Prettify (really easily) any Party 01. You need only 2 things: a crepe-paper roll and a cutter. 02. Cut a slice of the roll. Then roll out the slice. 03. Turn the paper every two inches like a candy paper. 04. Do it again as much as you want and decorate the room with your new garlands.

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Embroidery and Hairgrip

01. Gather a few embroidery wires, scissors and a basic hairgrip.

02. Remove the lower part of the hairgrip. It comes easily.

03. Wind the wire so it looks like if two wires were crossing. Make sure the wire is long enough. You will hide it below the weaving.

04. When the hairgrip is covered, use the long part of the wire to tie it up with the other end.

05. Fix the lower part of the hairgrip back and voilà! You can play with colors to create other patterns.

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The Hangin' Polka Dot Jar 01. You'll need: colored stickers, a wire and a cleaned jar. 02. Stick the colored stickers equidistant from each other on the jar. 03. Cut the wire long enough to circle the jar and to fold it up twice. 04. Circle the jar, fold up the ends. 05. Hang it with another wire passing through the folded up ends.