Saturday, February 19, 2011

Pictures for baby's room

One down 2 to go.....I think I will do a monkey and the blue elephant for the other two pictures.
Thursday, February 10, 2011

Flowers

I really wanted to make THIS but I did not have enough red felt at home so I settled for making a few more flower accessories.
Friday, February 4, 2011

Another flowere tutorial....

I also made these little flowers. You can really use any kind of material for these it does not need to be silk since you do not have to melt it down. 
First you need to cut your strip of material. I wanted my flower to be small so it was about 5 inches long and 1 inch wide. This was silk so I melted the edges carefully so that the material would not fray.

Next fold the material in half and do a loose stitch along the edge.
Then simply pull on the thread till your flower begins to take shape and sow into place.
Then for the center I used a button and a scrapbooking embellishment.
Since the back looks kinda icky like this I just cut out a little circle patch melted the edges and then glued it to the center back part of the flower to cover up the stitching. 
The I sowed it to a ribbon with a partial rubber band on it with a couple other smaller flowers.

Jar....

I had a candle jar that I needed to find a use for. I never ever throw away candle jars...do you???? 
Since I have been on a flower power kick the jar made the perfect storage container for my new flower hair accessories. I did finally get the lid to the jar pained too....I picked a plain boring red and just sprayed it with a clear coat. It seems like our whole house is decorated in browns and reds I need a new color pallet. 

This will look so cute in our bathroom.
 I also made this head band...I love how this one turned out.
This little flower I just attached to a hair pin but I love it....it's so sweet.
 Some white roses.
 Another one I love!!!
Ok so I like em all. These would also make cute little flowers to attach to sweaters and shirts and even shoes.
Thursday, February 3, 2011

Silk Flowers....

 I found this silk pillow case at the good will store for .99 cents today. Start out by drawing out different size circles on the material then cut them out.
 You want the biggest on the outside and smallest on the inside.
 If you want more texture then cut them into flower shape which I did for some of mine.
 Then use a tea light or candle to melt the edges. No need to put it directly into the flame it will melt better and make prettier shapes if you just hold real close to the flame.
 Layer your flower and using a needle and thread sow all the layers together.
 I found these hair clips at wall mart on clearance ages ago I think there was 6 of them in a pack for .49 cents. Cut out a small triangle out of the silk material and make sure that you slightly melt the edges with the tea light otherwise the material will fray and it will not work. Using a hot glue gun glue the triangle to the flower with the hair clip in the middle. You can also sow it on to the bottom flower petal before you assemble the flower but gluing was just easier for me. 
The back of the flower!!!
I also glued a little pearl in the middle but you can be creative and use a button or more material. 
 I also made this head band. I have had the band forever and never wear it but I'm pretty sure I will more often now.
 The back of it.
How adorable is that!!!
Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Recycling....

If you have little kids in your house you have tons and tons of broken crayons. Most people would throw the broken ones out but I like to recycle, reuse and refurbish so I collect those broken pieces and save them in a little baggie till I have a bunch of them and this is what we made with them :)

First you need to remove the paper off the crayons. Though Conner was more than willing to help this was a little hard for him to do. Then break the crayons into little pieces and place into silicone molds....I love these heart and flower shaped ones I got a long time ago on clearance. Conner thought it was pretty fun to break them up and fill the molds. If you do not have silicone molds just use your cupcake sheet and line it with cupcake paper and it works just as well!!!
 About half inch full I would say...I did not want them to be too thick!!!
Now they are all ready to go into the oven....seeeeee mama. Place in a preheated oven to 200 degrees for about 15 minutes or untill all the crayons are melted. Remove from the oven and let them coll completely....about 45 minutes to an hour. 
Then just pop the shapes out!!!
Perfect for little hands!!!

How cute are these!!!!
Friday, October 8, 2010

Maracas.....

Some things you will need..... along with a bit of patience and willingness to deal with a BIG mess.....

I used old yogurt cups....traced the tops on the cardboard and cut out the circles.

Using a box cutter cut a line through the center long enough to insert a popsicle stick....

Place some dry beans or rice in the cups.....about 1/4 of the way full....

Using a generous amout of glue (I used hot glue) glue the tops on the yogurt cup....


Make up some paper mache..... basically just flour and water and a pinch of salt. pretty caky consistency......

It's messy but ohh so fun.....

Sorry for the blurry picture.....rip peaces of newspaper dip in the paste and layer all the way around the yogurt container till well covered or shaped to your liking. Conner did the dipping and layering I just smoothed it out and held it for him. Let them dry overnight.

When it's completely dry you can paint them.....

This was Conner's favorite part...he loves to paint!!!


shake shake shake

How fun are these....ohh yeah I also used a clear coat of paint in a can to give it the glossy look and to keep the paint from rubbing off and chipping.

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