DIY The Look: Kristen Stewart

Want to steal the style of Twilight actress Kristen Stewart? Here are some DIY projects to get her casual punky look:


1) Slap on casual vampy make-up like Lady Shadow's Everyday Make Up.

2) Knot some cord for an easy Barbed Wire Bracelet with Nora C.

3) Cut up a band tee with Salina's how-to for a V & Weave Top.

4) Paint some Gothic Nails like Tori.

5) Give Converse a distressed look by bleaching them with goldielocks.

6) Turn your jeans in to punky Skinny Jeans like Mia.



Who else's style would you like to DIY?

Crafty Star: Amanda Seyfried

CO+K crafters are in good company. Did you know that actress Amanda Seyfried loves to dabble in a bit of DIY?


In a recent issue of Teen Vogue, a journalist going to meet Amanda revealed:


"... her signature glamourously wavy blond hair peeking out from a mustard-yellow cable-knit cap that she made herself. In a bag on the table is a DIY dog-collar kit for Finn, her-blue eyed Australian shepherd who lies lazily at her feet."

I Love Macarons

  A Parisian indulgence, macarons are fashionable, extravagant and delicious. I ♥ Macarons by Hisako Ogita will teach you how to make these tasty treats in your own kitchen.


With limitless ingredients, toppings and fillings, the possibilities are endless when it comes to macaroon flavours, toppings and fillings. Baking macarons is known for being a tricky art but this book teaches the delicate process with easy to follow step-by-step photos and instructions, offers recipes for a selection of indulgent fillings including praline cream, blueberry jam cream and match (green tea) cream. There's also ideas on how to package up your finished creations and recipes for using up the leftover egg yolks.


Bring the taste of French patisseries in to your home with macaroons fit for a queen.

Marmite Cupcakes

Love it or hate it,
these marmite cupcakes
are very unique!

DIY Gin

If you love gin, then
why not try making your
own with your own choice
on botanicals.

Audrey Kitching

Our latest Crafty Superstar is fashionista Audrey Kitching, who has been posting DIY couture all week long.

Adam Green's Art Show

Indie rocker Adam Green has turned his hand to art and has a new art show called Teen Tech in NY.

YouTube Videos on projects

You can now add videos to your how-to projects. Just click the Add Video button, link up your YouTube and then you can either upload or import your videos to your steps.

DIY Couture

Our latest Crafty Superstar is DIY Couture author Rosie Martin and this week she has been teaching us how to sew our own couture.

Lavender Macaroons

Treat yourself to some indulgence this weekend with these delicious lavender macaroons.


Check out the recipe from Junglefrog Cooking.

Queen Bea

Our latest Crafty Superstar is Queen Bea, Julie Dawson and this week she's been sharing awesome burlesque diva tutorials.

Mark Montano

Our latest Crafty Superstar is the author of The Big Ass Book Of Craft, Mark Montano. He'll be sharing 5 + awesome how-to projects from his book over the next few days.

Jennifer Perkins

Our latest Crafty Superstar was the fabulous Jennifer Perkins of the Naughty Secretary Club. Jennifer has shared an awesome selection of how-to projects for making jewelry out of common office supplies.

Competition Winners

We've been a bit slow at announcing winners on the blog, so here's a run-down of our winners over the past month.

Sex & The City Craft Contest
Our SATC craft contest was won by lentsu, with her pattern for a Cosmopolitan Softie, and jojobeandesigns with her Sex & The City Cupcakes.

Fitness For Indie Rockers
In our Indie Rockers competition, the yoga DVD was won by Erika A and the pilates DVD won by Megan LaCore.

Fifi's Secret Jewelry Contest
Our jewelry contest with Fifi's Secret was won by Sarijuana with her Playing Card Hair Clip how-to.

The Ultimate Tea Diet
And finally, the Ultimate Tea Diet competition was won by George B, Jessie H and Tommy.

Sexy Projects

Our Sex And The City Craft Contest has been going strong and we've already had some fabulous entries including a knit Cosmopolitan Softie, Sex And The City Cupcakes and a Sex And The City Bag.

The contest doesn't close until the 10th of July, so there's still time to enter your SATC inspired how-to's for a chance of winning the Sex And The City Movie book. Good luck!

CO+K Has Moved To London

You may have noticed that Crafterella has been a bit quiet here on Cut Out + Keep over the past few weeks. Well she's been very busy moving the whole Cut Out + Keep office down to London (and that's a very long way from Scotland!)

We have made it here safely and are settling in to our new home. We can't wait to give London some CO+K craft goodness but for now, we're asking any CO+K Londoners to enlighten us with tips for good places to go, craft shops and any craft groups they know of. CO+K is in the neighborhood!

Play Craft Contest Winners

The winners of our Play Craft Contest have been announced and we'd like to congratulate our winner Gracey for posting a how-to for Play Doh and our runner up, Roma for posting her Tetris Stomacher. Well done guys!

If you didn't win this time don't worry, there will be lots more craft contests coming in the future. Check out the Jewelry Contest with Fifi's Secret which is running now.

Snippets DIY Issue

Including an interview with Extreme Makeover: Home Edition star Paige Hemmis, techie talk with Engadget blogger Peter Rojas, a knitting pattern to make a Belle Berret, guides to throwing a Beer Tasting and a Craft Party, a peak at crafters Creative Spaces, a competition to win a copy of How To Eat Like A Hot Chick and much much more..

Post your own How To

It's official, everyone can now post their own step-by-step projects on Cut Out + Keep!




To add a tutorial / how-to now, make sure you're signed in and click on the 'projects' button on the user-bar, click create a new project, add it's title and then you can get started.

Costume Competition

We're running a Costume Competition over in the Halloween Special of Snippets. Simply post a photo of your Halloween costume, from this or a previous year, for your chance of winning a membership with the Suicide Girls.

Snippets Issue 7

Our 7th Issue of Snippets is out and it's a Halloween Special. Featuring Emily Strange, Living Dead Dolls, Serena Valentino, beauty tips from a Suicide Girl, our very special Halloween Costume Competition and much much more. Check it out now!

Add A Project

Glinda has added an excellent how-to for making a Button Necklace to Cut Out + Keep.



She was the first member, who wasn't me, to post a project and, luckily, she didn't find too many bugs or problems with the adder.


We want to make it perfect before we launch it properly, so if you have a project, with step-by-step photos, that you would like to add to the site, send me a message.

We're Changing

I've had so much fun running Cut Out + Keep over the last 3 years, adding projects and writing my craft blog. It's amazing how much it's grown and I've been so lucky to have had it all to myself.



From now on, Cut Out + Keep is going to be all about you. Within the next couple of weeks, we are going to launch the Project Adder, which will allow you to post your own creations, with photos and step by step instructions. However, before we can launch it properly, we need to get some willing volunteers to test it out. So, if you have a how-to project, with step by step instructions and photos, that you would like to add to the site, send us a message or an e-mail and we'll get you all set up.


Time to get crafty people!