Monday, December 3, 2012
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Friday, August 17, 2012
Kanzashi Flowers on Hair Pins
I found these adorable hairpins on Pinterest but the site did not explain how to make them. I found this tutorial on YouTube and voila I was able to make a hair clip for my daughter!! This is how I did it:
- Cut several fabric squares 3" x 3" or desired size.
- Watch this video:
- I had to watch it a couple of times - my brain doesn't do Origami-esque manuevers very well!! LOL.
- After I made the flower - I hot glued a button to the center - then hot glued the whole thing to a hair clip (the snappy/bendy kind) - or you could glue it to a headband or bobby pin.
- Here is a pic of the first one I made. Woo Hoo - these are so cute and soooo easy to make!
Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Fall Fabric Scraps Wreath
This is such an easy wreath to make!!! Here is how I did it:
- Buy a wire wreath form from Michaels or JoAnn's or wherever...($3.00 )
- I chose 4 coordinating "fall" fabrics - about 1 yard each. (varies)
- Cut strips of fabric using pinking shears roughly about 1.4" x 5.5"
- Tie strips around the wire form till full!!
- I added a little scarecrow I found at JoAnns ($1.50).
AND VOILA - you are finished!! This was a great Mother/Daughter project! Don't you just love fall colors?!!!
Thursday, August 9, 2012
My Autumn Bead Lady!
I found a cool book at Michael's Craft store about how to make felt art scenes using wooden bead people and pipe cleaners! I so wish I could have bought the book - but it was a little pricey - so I had to come up with my own designs. This is so much fun to do - the sky is the limit! This is how I made mine:
- First I cut - to size - a piece of blue felt. To be on the safe side - I whip stitched around the edges with embroidery thread to keep the felt from fraying in the future...plus I think it gives it kind of an artsy/craftsy feel.
- I made the wooden bead lady from - yes you guessed it - a wooden bead and a body made from pipe cleaners. I wrapped the pipe cleaners with the desired color of embroidery thread.
- Then I made a simple outfit for my lady - I wanted her to look like a flower or like mother nature. So I made her outfit out of yellow, white, and green felt and put it all together on the pipe cleaner figure using a glue gun.
- Then I cut out a tree, some fall leaves, a fence post, a sun, and a few sun flowers out of felt - and tacked them down with thread - again just using a simple whip stitch.
- Then I made a few cloud swirls by embroidering with white embroidery thread.
- Oh...I used sharpies (fine point) to make her eyes and lips.
Snowman Sled
I am getting so psyched about Christmas this year so I've decided to start early. I found a darling sled at Michaels Craft Store. I had a 50% off one item coupon so it ended up only costing me about $5.00! So here are my directions:- Paint base of sled hunter green.
- Choose a coloring page from a coloring book or download and print a coloring page from the internet.
- Transfer image using graphite paper and a pencil.
- I made our last name by using Word Art in the Publisher program.
- Paint image as desired!!
- Go over what is left of the hunter green background with an aqua blue wash (craft paint + water) or whatever color you desire.
- Put brush on snow on the snow and on your name if you so desire.
- Seal with a spray acrylic sealer.
- Voila! It is finished.
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