Set of Three Black Onyx Hematite Ceramic Beaded Stretch Bracelets

Break the crayon mold with a Technicolor DIY set. 

Nonporous materials such as porcelain, stoneware, resin, and glass can be repaired using a fast-cure clear epoxy.

Tell recipients of these gorgeously textured accessories that you relied on kumihimo (translation: gathered threads), the ancient Japanese braiding technique, to create them.

If you like to live on the bright side, dress up your colorful patterned plates with matte-finish flatware and a charming bow topper: Cinch a napkin in the middle using a playful elastic adorned with wooden beads. Add a circle name tag for each guest to round out the look.

Nothing says 2gether 4ever like a friendship bracelet, and this technique is so speedy, you can weave one for every member of your inner circle.

Adding style and polish to a bunch of mismatched vases can be as simple as, well, adding polish.

To mimic icy branches, we used acrylic tubing and wintry blue beads.

Glossy magazines have something e-readers never will: crisp, saturated pages you can repurpose in this genius way. Flip through old issues and snip parts of images containing colors and patterns you like. Then, turn your clippings into these bead-like toppers.

The perfect mug can make a morning coffee that much sweeter.

Colorful beaded bracelets have signaled summer for as long as the coolest counselors at camp have been stacking them up their wrists.