Fabric Flowers for accessories

 

 Over spring break I decided to get the creative juices going. I made flowers out of fabric for headbands, hair clips and broaches. I made different types of flowers with the help of a website...in which I cant find haha. Instructions are at the bottom. 

What you need is a hot glue gun, double sided sticky fabric tape, felt, your choice of fabric, lace and beads (I used some from a necklace that broke). 

1. Trace a circle from a drinking glass onto the felt fabric and cut it out. Then cover one side with double sided sticky tape. 

2. Cut a strip of fabric that is two inches wide. Iron it in half. 

3. Start on the outside of the circle felt and start placing the fabric by folding it on top of each other as you circle it around the felt making your way toward the center. Hot glue the middle to hold it. If you want to add lace go ahead and tuck it in with hot glue to your liking. Then hot glue beads in the middle. 

4. You then have the choice to hot glue a hair clip on the back or glue it onto a headband.

Crafty Christmas Wreath

This wreath idea was given to me when I saw it at my friend Jess's house. She made one and it was stinkin' cute so I HAD to make one. ;)

All you need is fabric scraps (whatever colors you want you wreath to be), I chose colors that were red, white, green and blues. Take measuring cups of different sizes and use them to measure/trace circles on your fabric of where to cut. Do LOTS of these cause you will need them to cover the whole wreath. At the craft store go buy a wicker wreath (mine was three dollars). Match up different sized circles and hot glue them to the wreath. Then top it with a red bow!!! Easy-breezy!

Shutter Headboard

Easy as one, two, three...

I looked on craigslist for four shutters and paid $20 for these. I washed them down and spray painted them the colors that I wanted in my spare bedroom. It really is THAT easy!

This room is not finished. I plan to get or paint old night stands white. Place a nice country themed lamp on them and also add more pillows. I originally wanted a yellow quilt with a little green in it but this quilt will have to do for now. :) Here is the original picture that I got the idea from. It would be cuter if the headboards were wooden so that you could make them more rustic looking. 

From frumpy to Fashionable

This shirt was given to me by my older sister. She purchased it online from Maurices and she didn't like the way it fit her. I tried it on and also didn't like the way it fit me. The front used to be a dipped neck so whenever I were to bend over, the ladies would be hanging out. What I did was cut the front of this shirt and turned it into a fashionable slip on cover-up. 

Moral of this story... before throwing out any clothes. Take a good look at some fashion magazines and you clothes and see if you can change them up. As simple as cutting. 

Share some Love...

Similar to the previous posting, you can do this at any event. We put this together for my Husband's Grandma's 80th birthday. I had her mail me some favorite older photos and chose this one to put in the frame. Have guests sign the frame saying Happy Birthday or whatever they want. Josh and I had this done at our wedding instead of a guest book and we love it to this day. It is especially cute when little children sign their names on it for Grandma or whoever. You can find these frames at Micheals, almost any crafts store or it would be real easy to put it together yourself. :) Enjoy!!

Write a Story....

Anyone can do this at any event such as a birthday, wedding, baby shower, and so fourth. Put together an album with cute scrapbook paper and place solid color matte paper on those pages for a place to write. Slip them into an album and write a sign for people to read that explains to guests to write a story about the bride and or groom, the birthday boy or girl, for a baby shower you could do pieces of advise, or baby stories. Again this can work for almost any event.

 I made this recently for my husbands grandmas 80th birthday. I bought scrapbook paper with fun antique designs on it such as a old keys, mystical mermaids, corsets, men in old time bathing suits, and old newspapers. It turned out great once people gave us stories. To fill in blank spots I put pictures instead. It is a great gift to give and a fun on too.

New Art-Piece

This looks like it is a hard art piece to make but really it took less than an hour. All you need is paint, paint brushes and a sponge. I sponged the paint with a little bit of water and started to put color on the canvas just as the picture is shown. I used a darker color for the corners. As for the branches just start drawing branches, lines really, how easy is that? Then the birds are in the shape of a heart but with pointy tails. The flowers are just streaks of red paint. This really was an easy project. I made this for my sister for her birthday. Now I want one for myself. :)