How To: Gourd Bird Shelter/Feeder

Sure, it may seem a little weird at first to be making bird feeders just in time for the end of fall and the beginning of winter, but it’s right around this time of year where birds’ food supplies dry up. Why not made a decorative, fun and practical bird feeder from gourds that you’re done using? It’s sure to be a huge help to the birds in your community and it will also provide smaller birds protection from other predators.

Dried gourds can be purchased from gourd farms, or any other type of farm may also carry them. Your local supermarkets will also carry them, but hurry, because they tend to disappear right after Thanksgiving!

You will need:

9-to-15-inch bottle gourd, dried
Pencil
Paper
Craft saw
Drill and 3/8-inch bit
4 sturdy twigs
Waxed twine
Upholstery needle

How To:

1. Loosen …

Create an Eddie Borgo-Inspired Jeweled Pumpkin

Now that the spooktacular night of Halloween is coming to an end, you’re probably wondering what to do with your leftover pumpkins and jack-o-lanterns. Jeweler Eddie Borgo needed a housewarming gift for designer-friend Victor Glemaud and decided to create a festive centerpiece–a bejeweled pumpkin.

Thanks to Vogue, you can find out exactly what you need to create your very own Eddie Borgo-inspired bejeweled pumpkin. This is a great way to keep the Halloween spirit in your house until you’re ready to start decorating for the holidays and is also a really fun crafts project.

You will need:

Pumpkin
Carving knife and spoon
Jewelry studs (Borgo recommends StudsandSpikes.com or M&J Trimming)
Krylon matte black spray paint

1. Pick your pumpkin at the local market. Borgo likes his medium-size, symmetrical, and round.

2. Empty out the seeds and pulp …

Easter Baskets for the Crafty

Everyone is familiar with the traditional Easter basket, but some take it to the next level, putting their passion and talent for crafts behind it and coming up with a truly sensational looking basket. Here are some of the best Easter baskets of the year.

Have a basket of your own that you’d like to show off? Link it in the comments!

Changing Table to Drink Cart Baby Furniture Makeover

For those of you who have old baby furniture stowed away in storage that you swore you would give away to charity, GoodWill, or to expecting parents but never got around to it, fear no more! There is now a way to not only keep furniture you spent good money on maybe years earlier, but actually reuse it and get a lot of use out of it now.

If you have an old baby changing table, Better Homes and Gardens has a wonderful idea to work it back into your everyday life without even hinting towards what it’s purpose used to be.

Take your ordinary baby changing table, get a little creative with it and apply your own personal taste. The table’s waist-high and size …