Member Tip of the day: Space saving!

Tweet "I'm sure we can all use a space saving tip, so here's mine. I purchased a shoe organizer from Walmart to store my bead boxes and other small items. It measures 32" X 13" X 24" so it fits in a small space. It is lightweight yet very durable. The top is hard so it makes the perfect additional desk space!"

Thank you Marlene! Check out her shop DimmittDesignsto see the product of her organization in action!

Halloween Craft Corks

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October is here! Fall gardening is starting up and Halloween crafts are under way in our house.

Make a statement with your used wine corks! There are a number of sayings and words to choose from. I used scrapbook sticker letters and some synthetic corks I had on hand. I chose synthetic corks since they offer a super smooth surface and always stand up straight. Corks with or without a design work well for this easy project. 

Our HALLOWEEN corks ended up on our foo dog (a Chinese guardian statue) this season.

Happy October!

Bee

The Wooden Bee

Idea of the day: Wine Cork Keychain Organization

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Last week while out shopping I couldn't find some of my rewards cards at checkout. Every store you go into now days has some sort of customer rewards program, and I can never find them in my wallet or purse. With two little munchkins with me at checkout I usually give up. Not anymore! I designated a wine cork key chain just for my reward cards!

Now I will be able to close my wallet AND find them every time. See our tutorial on making a wine cork key chain: Wine Cork Key Chain Tutorial This one was even easier, just a cork, a screw eye, and a split ring! No tools required.

Thanks, Bee

The Wooden Bee

Hot-To: DIY Wall Vase Tutorial - made from reclaimed materials

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Over the summer we made 20 wall vases for baby shower favors! Today I wanted to share how we created them. You don’t need to make twenty, but inside one or two can make beautiful wall sconces filled with candles. Or place a wall vase with fresh flowers from the garden by your front door. There are many ways to use these eco-friendly vases.

Materials Needed: 

wood 

saw 

gloves 

outdoor stain, and rags

drill stainless

steel clamps

lath screws

any medium to large glass jars

wall hanging hardware 

First we cut some wood rectangles. We decided to use some curved reclaimed wood molding we had saved. Any size wood will do, but the idea is to have the wood wider and longer than the glass jars that you want to use. We cut two sizes of rectangles for two different sized jars: one 8.5″ by 5″ and one smaller 7.5″ x 4″.

 Next I sealed the wood with outdoor deck stain. We prefer Sikkens but any outdoor stain with sealer will do. After the wood dried, I added wall hardware to the backs. Then my sweet husband drilled and secured the stainless steel clamps to the wood. There are many different size clamps. We used clamp size #56 (3 1/16″ to 4″). They can be found in the plumbing section of your local hardware store. We used a lath screw and a drill to hold the clamps to the wood. Lath screws are great all purpose fasteners. The exact screw label: truss washer lath screw 8 x 9/16.

To add the glass jars, I used a screwdriver to tighten the clamps around the glass. You can use all sorts of recycled glass jars. Wide mouth pickle and salad dressing glass jars are a favorite, if we’re not using mason canning jars.

I added some pink flowers (it’s a girl) and then packaged them up with an ultrasound picture of the baby. The mom to be loved them!!! If you have any questions when trying our tutorials please feel free to email us: thewoodenbee at gmail.com

Happy Creating, Bee
The Wooden Bee

Team Pinterest

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If you have not checked out our team Pinterest, now is the time. It is a great board to follow for updates on FEST products and trends. Happy Pinning!

Treasury Tuesday

Tweet Every month our team hosts a treasury challenge... to make it more exciting we will be featuring three of those treasury's every Tuesday! So far for September we have....

'Sunny....Bright...Cheerful!!!' by hammertolace

Team Fest, teamfest, team FEST September challenge....Florida crafters

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

'grape and gorgeous ' by hammertolace

100 % Team Fest treasury.

Treasury tool by StylishHome.

'Are You Ready for Some Football' by ricks66

Treasury tool by StylishHome.