Found some fun and new ideas for headbands :)
Hemp covered headbands tutorial
Organza flower headband
Flower headband tutorial (I LOVE the mustard color of this band and flowers)
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Monday, May 9, 2011
creative juices decor blog
I thought this was a cute decorating idea:
http://creativejuicesdecor.blogspot.com/2011/05/wine-bottles-spray-paint-and-chalkoh-my.html
http://creativejuicesdecor.blogspot.com/2011/05/wine-bottles-spray-paint-and-chalkoh-my.html
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Felt Valentine Day Envelopes
Here is another little fun project that I finished for Valentine's Day. I got this idea from this website and also incorporated the felt flowers into the one for my little girl. They were pretty quick and easy. I thought that they would be fun little envelopes to put little love notes and treats in for the kiddos for Valentine's!
I went with the black for my boy so it would be a little more masculine
and the white and pink for my girl for a little more sweet and pretty.
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Felt Flower Clippies
Since I have had a girl, I have to admit, I refuse to pay the outrageous prices for hair clips/bows. However, I love doing girlie things with my little girl's hair, especially since she has always had quite a bit of hair! Therefore, I have tried making various different flowers clips and bows. This was my most recent project. It is really basic, but in the future I might try adding different layers. This is the basics to build on. Have fun and enjoy! By the way, this is the first time I have ever done a "tutorial" on something like this so bear with me!
Start with a strip of felt (approximately 1 inch by 6-8 inches, depends on how big you want your flowers and how many petals you want.)
Thread a needle. Knot the end of the thread and then do a running stitch at the bottom from one end to the other.
Add in a little embellishment to the middle. These are just brads from the scrapbook aisle at a craft store.
I decided to make these into clips. I have also seen the flowers attached to headbands which might be cute too. To make clips, find alligators clip and coordinating ribbon to the flower.
Cover the alligator clip with ribbon by securing the ribbon with hot glue. I cover the whole thing but I know others just cover the top "jaw". I have also found that when you cover the clips using a ribbon with texture will stay in fine hair better than using a "silky" type ribbon.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Fabric Rosettes/Rolled flowers 2
So I LOVE the method of making them on a felt cirlce. It makes it much easier and you can effect the shape more, so it's not so disc-like (my son likes to call them flying saucers. He wants me to make him one so he can use it like a frisbee...gotta love boys :) I used two strips of fabric on this one, I just laid the red one over the blue one, tied a knot in the top:
glued the knot to the center of a felt circle:
and started not twisting, but more like folding over each other like so:
I was always putting a dab of glue on the part of felt where I was going to lay my fabric down on. Glue your spot, fold your fabric, stick fabric on glue. Glue the next spot, fold, stick fabric on glue. Does that make sense? :)
Here is one type I made for some girls who wear school uniforms of the colors red, white and blue. They look sooo cute in their hair! (no pic of them, but here it is by itself)
Here's the alligator clip with a strip of felt inbetween its, uh, jaws? ;)
and here's the back:
I know I already mentioned this in the previous post, but I glue the clip upside down, it fits better and seems to work just fine. I wore one on the back of my head to a soccer game and spent most of the time chasing kids, so I think it works :) I'll have to test one on the front of my head next.
glued the knot to the center of a felt circle:
and started not twisting, but more like folding over each other like so:
Here is one type I made for some girls who wear school uniforms of the colors red, white and blue. They look sooo cute in their hair! (no pic of them, but here it is by itself)
Here's the alligator clip with a strip of felt inbetween its, uh, jaws? ;)
and here's the back:
Monday, January 17, 2011
Fabric rosettes/rolled flowers
Okay, so my latest obsession is fabric rosettes/rolled flowers. Here are some great tutorials:
Little Birdie Secrets
Some of This and Some of That
(I haven't tried this way yet, but it seems MUCH easier and less messier making them on a felt circle. I'm going to try this way next!
*Materials* fabric, scissors, felt, fabric glue or glue gun, embellishments.
You can use old clothes (*bonus on clothes! Use the buttons, snaps, whatever, it's amazing!) leftover fabric, old jewelry (also a huge bonus!) for the extra awesomeness...I just love making these because: they are easy, use glue, I can recycle old/stained clothes and earrings/necklaces. Here's some pictures of what I've made so far and I'll list what materials I used: (Sorry for some of the fuzzy pics!)
I made these two matching rosettes to give to a friend at her baby shower. For the pink I used an old dress of Lizzy's that had a small stain (these clothes were all clean and washed :) and for the light green and patterned green, two old shirts of mine. Sweet. I bought some stringed pearls and the heart at Jo-Ann's, and in the green is an old earring and in the patterned green is a fake diamond jewel-thingy. I bought a small bag of them at Jo-Ann's also, they and the pearls have come in very useful. The can of pearls that has a TON was 2.50 and the small bag of diamonds was around there too.
Sorry this picture is on it's side, but I made this Saturday night to go with my pink top for Sunday :) I bought 1/4 yd of the bright pink at Jo-Ann's (it makes a ton and if you only get 1/4 it's way cheaper) and in the center is one of the jewels and an earring and another small earring in the yellow and three pearls cut from the strand of them in the light pink. The light pink is from an old dress and the yellow is from a bed sheet. Crazy, i know. Kind of sounds weird but it works! :>) The love charm was from a necklace of mine that I like so it was nice to incorporate it into something new that was still mine.
All three of these fabrics I got at Jo-Ann's. I walked around dumping fabric-roll after fabric-roll into my cart and asked the lady for 1/4 yd of all of them :>) I got a lot to try and they only came to about $6. Anyway... in the center of the blue/teal color are the three pearls, on top of the pink is a little bit of light-tan net/tulle (can't remember which one I got) and a white button that came off that old pink dress of Lizzy's. In to the middle of the yellow is my personal favorite - an old earring. I could use a whole bag of those, love the color. I just bent the rod of the earring up so that it would lie flat.
Can I just say how much I love having a girl?? With a mess of boys, it's fun to have this princess to play with. She wanted me to make her a bow, so she looked throught my hodge-podge of old jewelry and stuff and she picked a metal butterfly. I was dubious, but I told her she was right and that it turned out great. She even had a butterfly on her dress, so it made her very happy :) the white and the pink were from Jo-Ann's and in the middle of the white are two small diamonds from some old earrings, and in the middle of the pink is a jewel with a pearl near the outside of the flower.
I was trying to come up with designs that used red, white and blue since those are our kids' school uniform colors. I just realized I could incorporate khaki too, I'll have to try that, the boys have some very holey pants I was going to convert into shorts. Anywho, all the fabric was stuff I had, I especially love the red and cream one. In the middle of that one is a snap from one of Grant's old onesie. Crazy huh?! A snap. From a onesie. I'm feelin' good :) I put a little pearl in the center of it. In the middle of the dark blue are three pearls ( I know, they're in everything!) and the light blue is from that same onesie the snap came from and there is a jewel in it's center.
Denim from old jeans and flannel-like fabric from my mom's stash I went through years ago. Center is an old earring that has lost it's mate and also part of a chain from an old necklace.
I like this fabric, kind of like plaid tweed? My british ancestors would be so proud. In the very center is a button with a jewel, and surrounding it are jewels and pearls.
The bottom fabric is black, from a pair of pants that I got bleach on. on top of the black is red and zebra striped fabric I braided together first and then twisted into a circle (see the above tutorial links). On top of that is a button with a jewel and behind it all is some black netting/tulle with a strip of the black and white.
The dark blue/plaid fabric has part of a chain and an earring, the white and light green striped has a white, fabric-covered button from an old dress, and the green has three pearls. The small rosettes are from the yellow sheet.
The top is black with a short string of the pearls with an earring back, the green has a button and pearl, and the tweed has a jewel. Thanks to my 7 yr old for coming to the rescue when he saw me trying to take a picture of the back of my head ;)
They also make great gifts. I had no wrapping paper, so desperation was the mother of invention here and I used tulle/netting and a piece of the looooooong pearl strand. Still have tons left :)
Okay, I think I've bored you enough. I got a box of alligator clips from Sally's for about $5. Put a skinny piece of felt inbetween the prongs and glue one side of the clip to the bottom of the rosette arrangements. I glued my clips upside down because it fit better that way. The felt inbetween helps so glue doesn't seep through and get all over your clip and hair. I also place the clip so that the part you pinch to open it is at the top of the arrangement, not at the bottom where you could see it from underneath. It also kind of bumps the arrangement out a bit, but it's a lot less noticeable when you place it facing downward. Sorry if that's confusing. It also helps to have a big mirror by you while you're putting your rosettes together so you can hold stuff up to your hair to see if the arrangements you're making work. You can clip these babies to your hair, headbands, in the back of your hair snuggled next to your updo or bun, on your purse, coat lapel, shoes, baby girl headbands.. so many possibilites :) Thanks for looking!
Little Birdie Secrets
Some of This and Some of That
(I haven't tried this way yet, but it seems MUCH easier and less messier making them on a felt circle. I'm going to try this way next!
*Materials* fabric, scissors, felt, fabric glue or glue gun, embellishments.
You can use old clothes (*bonus on clothes! Use the buttons, snaps, whatever, it's amazing!) leftover fabric, old jewelry (also a huge bonus!) for the extra awesomeness...I just love making these because: they are easy, use glue, I can recycle old/stained clothes and earrings/necklaces. Here's some pictures of what I've made so far and I'll list what materials I used: (Sorry for some of the fuzzy pics!)
I made these two matching rosettes to give to a friend at her baby shower. For the pink I used an old dress of Lizzy's that had a small stain (these clothes were all clean and washed :) and for the light green and patterned green, two old shirts of mine. Sweet. I bought some stringed pearls and the heart at Jo-Ann's, and in the green is an old earring and in the patterned green is a fake diamond jewel-thingy. I bought a small bag of them at Jo-Ann's also, they and the pearls have come in very useful. The can of pearls that has a TON was 2.50 and the small bag of diamonds was around there too.
Sorry this picture is on it's side, but I made this Saturday night to go with my pink top for Sunday :) I bought 1/4 yd of the bright pink at Jo-Ann's (it makes a ton and if you only get 1/4 it's way cheaper) and in the center is one of the jewels and an earring and another small earring in the yellow and three pearls cut from the strand of them in the light pink. The light pink is from an old dress and the yellow is from a bed sheet. Crazy, i know. Kind of sounds weird but it works! :>) The love charm was from a necklace of mine that I like so it was nice to incorporate it into something new that was still mine.
All three of these fabrics I got at Jo-Ann's. I walked around dumping fabric-roll after fabric-roll into my cart and asked the lady for 1/4 yd of all of them :>) I got a lot to try and they only came to about $6. Anyway... in the center of the blue/teal color are the three pearls, on top of the pink is a little bit of light-tan net/tulle (can't remember which one I got) and a white button that came off that old pink dress of Lizzy's. In to the middle of the yellow is my personal favorite - an old earring. I could use a whole bag of those, love the color. I just bent the rod of the earring up so that it would lie flat.
Can I just say how much I love having a girl?? With a mess of boys, it's fun to have this princess to play with. She wanted me to make her a bow, so she looked throught my hodge-podge of old jewelry and stuff and she picked a metal butterfly. I was dubious, but I told her she was right and that it turned out great. She even had a butterfly on her dress, so it made her very happy :) the white and the pink were from Jo-Ann's and in the middle of the white are two small diamonds from some old earrings, and in the middle of the pink is a jewel with a pearl near the outside of the flower.
I was trying to come up with designs that used red, white and blue since those are our kids' school uniform colors. I just realized I could incorporate khaki too, I'll have to try that, the boys have some very holey pants I was going to convert into shorts. Anywho, all the fabric was stuff I had, I especially love the red and cream one. In the middle of that one is a snap from one of Grant's old onesie. Crazy huh?! A snap. From a onesie. I'm feelin' good :) I put a little pearl in the center of it. In the middle of the dark blue are three pearls ( I know, they're in everything!) and the light blue is from that same onesie the snap came from and there is a jewel in it's center.
Denim from old jeans and flannel-like fabric from my mom's stash I went through years ago. Center is an old earring that has lost it's mate and also part of a chain from an old necklace.
I like this fabric, kind of like plaid tweed? My british ancestors would be so proud. In the very center is a button with a jewel, and surrounding it are jewels and pearls.
The bottom fabric is black, from a pair of pants that I got bleach on. on top of the black is red and zebra striped fabric I braided together first and then twisted into a circle (see the above tutorial links). On top of that is a button with a jewel and behind it all is some black netting/tulle with a strip of the black and white.
The dark blue/plaid fabric has part of a chain and an earring, the white and light green striped has a white, fabric-covered button from an old dress, and the green has three pearls. The small rosettes are from the yellow sheet.
The top is black with a short string of the pearls with an earring back, the green has a button and pearl, and the tweed has a jewel. Thanks to my 7 yr old for coming to the rescue when he saw me trying to take a picture of the back of my head ;)
Okay, I think I've bored you enough. I got a box of alligator clips from Sally's for about $5. Put a skinny piece of felt inbetween the prongs and glue one side of the clip to the bottom of the rosette arrangements. I glued my clips upside down because it fit better that way. The felt inbetween helps so glue doesn't seep through and get all over your clip and hair. I also place the clip so that the part you pinch to open it is at the top of the arrangement, not at the bottom where you could see it from underneath. It also kind of bumps the arrangement out a bit, but it's a lot less noticeable when you place it facing downward. Sorry if that's confusing. It also helps to have a big mirror by you while you're putting your rosettes together so you can hold stuff up to your hair to see if the arrangements you're making work. You can clip these babies to your hair, headbands, in the back of your hair snuggled next to your updo or bun, on your purse, coat lapel, shoes, baby girl headbands.. so many possibilites :) Thanks for looking!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
The Best Part of Waking Up Is...
Friday, October 2, 2009
Awesome sofa wrap idea
I'm going to try and redo some of our furniture, and I saw this picture and article online. It gives great visuals with the instructions (that always helps me). It's simpler than it looks too. Go and look, I especially appreciate the wooden dowel idea that helps prevent slipcovers from coming untucked. Arghh! I don't mean to sound dramatic, but ours is ALWAYS coming untucked and it drives me crazy. Hopefully this will help!
Check. it. out. And have a lovely day!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Halloween Treats
I'm not very clever these days, so I haven't contributed much, but someone posted a link to this today, and it was really fun - I thought it would be a good thing to share here.
This was a telecast on Studio5 - cute ideas for Halloween treats.
(I especially love the little bite-sized "candy apples.")
Enjoy!
This was a telecast on Studio5 - cute ideas for Halloween treats.
(I especially love the little bite-sized "candy apples.")
Enjoy!
Monday, July 21, 2008
A couple of ideas...
The first is the Fathers' Day cards (I know Fathers' Day is long gone, but you could use it next year or adapt it for another occasion-I made one with a dress for a wedding once); it is a super cheap way to make cute, handmade cards (no stamps or embellishments needed). I used some kitschy origami paper but anything paper with a tie-like print would work. I just cut out tie shapes and then glued it on. The result: an inexpensive and handmade way to show the fathers in your life that you care.
The second idea is to take a bouquet of grocery store flowers (which are not arranged at all) and arrange them yourself. I used three vintage glass containers (from Salvation Army) and just separated the flowers into colors and arranged. The result: a set of arrangements that look like they came from a fancy flower shop and not the Low Prices, Everyday leader :)
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