DIY Weekend Project Inspiration

Since there aren't a plethora of "smart" crafting projects/tutorials available, every Friday I'm going to try to find inspiration from other crafts for a weekend project . For this week, we have Michelle Brand's Blossom.

Blossom is an eco-ambient light made from the bases of plastic bottles and a string of LEDs. It also looks like Michelle painted the bottle bases.

So if you're like me and have a bunch of water bottles lying around, this is a perfect project to create an eco-friendly light for your home.

So here's a rough tutorial:

Step One: Using a utility knife, cut the bases off the water bottles.

Step Two: Paint the plastic bases to your liking.

Step Three: String a set of 4-5 LEDs in parallel. Be sure to add the appropriate resistor to each LED. Repeat this process 4-5 times. After you have your 5 sets of LED strings, wire these to 3.4-3.7 V wall adapter (an old cellphone adapter works perfectly).

You can essentially follow the steps from the LED Chandelier tutorial found in Fashioning Technology to learn how to wire a number of LEDs together.

Step Four: Cut a hole from the center of the water bottle bases. Slip the LED lights into the center of each base. Using a dab of hot glue, secure the LED into place.

Room Divider

For those of you who are ambitious and want to make this a few month long project, you can always create a lovely room divider.

Good luck and have fun!!!