Italian French Tips! Click the picture for the step by step video tutorial! :)
ROPE DIYS:
Here is a bunch of rope DIY projects I found at ScrapHacker.com!
3. Rope Shelves
DIY Melted Perler Bead Jewelry. As I’ve posted before, Perler Beads are wonderful for children of an appropriate age because they are big enough for them to thread shoelaces through to make jewelry (one of my favorite small gifts is a tackle box with Perler Beads, shoelaces and the child’s name written with puffy paint on top). 6000 Perler Beads from Amazon (with pegboards) is about $9 here (NO AFFILIATE LINKS). Tutorial from Craft and Creativity here.
Click the picture for the video tutorial on how to make this super easy DIY! :)
A scarf with your favorite poem or quote written on it! :D Spring fashion statement made right at home! ;)
Perfect Mcdonald’s French Fries (adapted from David Myers’s recipe for “pommes frites”) Ingredients: 6 Idaho russet potatoes Peanut oil Sea salt (Myers prefers Sel Gris, a fine light grey French salt) Method: Peel and square off potato ends. Cut into 3/8” batons. Soak for two hours changing water after an hour. Dry thoroughly with paper towels. Heat about an inch of oil (or enough to cover potatoes) in a large, heavy bottomed pot to 290 degrees. Blanch potatoes gently for about two minutes until cooked through but still completely pale. Place on a paper-towel lined sheet pan and cool in the refrigerator to stop cooking process. Re-heat oil to 370 degrees. Cook fries until golden and crispy, about 3 to 4 minutes. If necessary, agitate gently with a spatula to prevent sticking. Remove from pan and toss with salt to taste (Myers doesn’t blot but you can if you want less fat). Serve immediately. Recipe serves 4 to 6.
DIY Dolce and Gabbana Silk Shorts Using a scarf. These D & G shorts have been on all the fashion websites. I love how Donatella explains how to make the pattern from existing pants or shorts and how the front and back should be different (to prevent unfortunate bunching up in certain places I’m sure). Tutorial from inspiration & realisation here.