Felt Flowers

I am making these cute flower clips and pins to decorate goody plates for teachers. So easy and fun. They would look darling on head bands too.

Style #1

I used some poster board to make pattern circles and then used them to cut out 5 large circles and 3 small circles.

Stitch each petal with a running stitch beginning on the back side, coming up, back through, up, back through to gather the petal.

String the petals together, stitching each petal the same as before.

Finish it off by stitching it the last petal to the first petal and tie off.

Do the same with the small petals.

Stack and stitch or hot glue together. Put a button or bead in the center if you want and then attach it to a pin, clip or head band.

Style #2

Cut two strips of felt, the smaller one being 3/4 of the height of the larger.

Cut petals, whatever shape, (for poinsettias make them more triangular).

Use a running stitch to gather the petals.

Gather and stitch the ends together. Tie off.

Do the same with the next strip of petals.

Stack and stitch or hot glue the layers together.

Add a button or bead to finish it off and then attach it to a pin, clip or head band.

Sticky Mess

I really wanted a wreath for my front door for this Halloween season. Here is my best effort so far. This is certainly not my area of expertise, but I'm trying really hard.

I got a bunch of sticks that fell from my tree during the storm last week.

I spray painted them black.

With black twisties and hot glue, I made a wreath of sorts. It still needs something though. Is it TOO sparse? More branches, feathers, a big fat orange bow, spiders? PLEASE comment and tell me what you think.

Pumpkin Patch...

So, instead of crafting that which I needed to, I got sidetracked into do this. Not sure what I am going to do with them. But they were fun to make.

refinish

This was so much easier than I thought it would be! Todd's daddy came in to town and while he was here he taught us how to do it. First you sand down or strip the surface.
Then you apply the stain (apply as evenly as possible).

Todd and his dad working as a team...

Then you apply polyurethane. Then very lightly sand the polyurethane and apply another coat. You can repeat that until you have as thick of a layer as you want....

I'll have to look for the before shot because this table was SERIOUSLY ugly and beat up. It looks wonderful now. Thank you Stephanie for giving us the old table and thank you Stan for helping us make it beautiful. Now it is perfect.

Scary cake, cool idea?

These cakes were "decorated" in the car on the way to the party. It was hot and the frosting was melting but the idea was really fun. Take a photo, place it in a sandwich baggy and place it on the cake. Frost over the edges of the picture(and baggy). Voila! A cake with a picture!

Sorry about the glare on the pictures.

Vintage Dress Refashion

Dandi inherited a bunch of vintage dresses from her hubby's grandmother. Some of them are darling the way they are and others need a bit of help.

This is one of the dresses... a bit scary, but not lacking potential.


We figured out how long of a skirt Dandi wanted and chopped off the top. Then I finished the top edge and did several rows of shirring to create the stretchy waist. I added a few belt loops to run the sash through and voila... a fun new skirt.

gypsy skirt refashion

BEFORE: AFTER:

It is still really wrinkled, but we were too excited for her to try it on... couldn't wait. I got this skirt at Goodwill for $3. I got the inspiration/instructions here and she posts more pictures of different styles here. SUPER EASY!