August 2017

Welcome to Three Things Thursday!  I love featuring things I’ve found in the link parties each week.  The amount of creativity astounds (and slightly intimidates) me each week!  Here are a few projects that caught my eye this week:

1.  I know, another wreath, right?  But I just love this Cornstalk Wreath from Fireside Studio!  The orange ribbon sets it off just perfectly!

2.  This Anthro Knock-off Dinnerware Rack from Ladybird Ln is gorgeous!  I would love to have one in my kitchen somewhere.   A tutorial is included so maybe I’ll just have to make one…..

3.  These Merry NOT Scary Cake Pops from Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats are about the most adorable things I’ve seen!  I love cake pops, but I do not have the patience to do them so nicely.  That is artistry!

Thanks so much for the inspiration, ladies!  Feel free to grab a featured button if you like!

I originally created this for a guest post at Love and Sugar Kisses.

I had a lot of fun putting together a fun Halloween project for you.  I came up with this cute Halloween Embroidery Hoop Wall Hanging.

I have to give a shout-out to Nike from Thrive, who turned me on to these cute  Riley Blake’s Halloween Fabrics.  (You can see how she used them here).  They are just so darn cute.  I picked out some of my favorite characters to use in my Halloween decorating.  Let me tell you- I am not so much into the ghoulish side of Halloween decor.  I like to keep it fun and cute, and these little guys fit the bill.

Anyway, here’s what you need:

3 5 inch embroidery hoops

1/2 yard of fabric- solids or small prints work best

A printer and paper (or a really good eye!)

Felt- I used craft felt in white, black, and green

Fine-tip marker or fabric pen/paint

Hot glue

Scissors

A quick note- I kind of worked backwards from what might be logical to you.  I put my fabric in the hoops first, then decorated them.  You might want to go the opposite way.  It doesn’t really matter, as long as you get your decorated fabric centered in your hoop.

1.  Cut fabric to fit your embroidery hoop.  You should have enough to pull it taut, and have extra sticking out on all sides.  Do this for all three hoops.

When you like how it looks, cut off the excess.  I place my scissors right against the hoop and cut in a circle.

Finish up by drawing a line of hot glue along the edge of the fabric to seal it and hold it in place.

2.  Print your embellishment patterns and cut them out.  I found some .jpg images online, so just do a google search for what you want.  

3.  Trace your images onto felt and cut out.

4.  Adhere to the fabric using hot glue or fabric glue.  I’m a little bit of a lazy crafter, so I just hot glued them on.

5.  I used a ruler to mark the lines on my mummy.

And don’t forget his little green face!

6.  Outline details with fine-tip marker or fine tipped bottle of fabric paint.

7.  Add words to your fabric by freezer paper stenciling- or you could even use letter stickers or regular stencils.  A great tutorial for freezer paper stenciling can be found here.

8.  Determine how far apart you want your hoops to hang, and cut 2 strips of ribbon to match, leaving an extra 1/2 inch for gluing.  Glue to the inside back of each embroidery hoop to connect them.

9.  Tie a bow and glue it to the top.

10.  Hang it up and admire your creation!

I know Halloween is almost here, but this didn’t take me much time- you could easily make it in an afternoon (or evening!)

I’m linking up to some fun parties this week- go party along with me!

4 comments:

Labels: halloween, home decor

About a month ago, I attended a baby shower for a girl in my church who was getting ready to have her first baby.  (The baby was born last week- welcome Makenna!) This was a great opportunity to make some of the baby gifts that I’ve been thinking about, thanks to blog-surfing, Pinterest, etc.  I don’t have any babies anymore, now that my youngest is 2 (boo-hoo!), but I have sister in laws and friends who are still having cute babies for me to pamper with gifts. I know baby showers are supposed to be practical and all, especially for a first baby.  But I just couldn’t resist being impractical.  I made baby Makenna a tutu, some satin baby slippers (perfect for blessing day), a hairbow holder, and some cute flowers for those baby headbands.  Oh, and I did make some of the best burpcloths ever, or so they claim to be.  I’m not totally impractical! If you don’t know how to make a tutu, it’s really simple.  You need ribbon long enough to wrap around a baby’s waist, plus extra for ties.  I just tie them on when they are so little.  You could also use elastic, but it’s harder. Cut strips of tulle into double the length you want your tutu to be, plus about an inch for the knot.  I used an old 3 month skirt of my daughter’s to approximate. Fold the strip in half.  Loop the tulle strip around the ribbon as shown. Push the ends of the strip over the ribbon and through the loop. Pull tight and arrange on the ribbon as desired.  Pull it tight enough to make it hold well, but not so tight that you scrunch it up.  Repeat ad nauseum until you reach the point you want the tutu to tie around her waist, leaving ribbon on both sides of the tulle strips to tie. Add any embellishments (I cut lengths of ribbon and tied them on just like the tulle strips), and you’ve got a cute little tutu!
I made these satin slippers from a baby bootie pattern found here. The only change I made was to add a little loop in the back, then ribbon to tie around her ankles.  This helps them stay on when all that kicking and grabbing of feet starts happening! Here’s the hairbow holder. I used a Michael’s frame, covered it in scrapbook paper, and printed out the words on photo paper to place in the frame.  I hot glued and stapled ribbon to the back, heat-sealing both ends.  This is where she can keep all her cute bows and flowers.  I made her two to get started.
One is just a dollar store daisy that I took apart and reassembled with a button and hot glue.  The other one is a singed satin flower that I made at Super Saturday last year and have been saving to give away to someone! (I look like a dork with flowers in my hair) Finally, I sewed up a few burpcloths/changing pads/etc.  The back is jersey, cut from a t-shirt, and the front is simple quilter’s weight cotton.  Once washed it is really soft and absorbent.  Plus, you can use so many different fabrics, they turn out so cute, and are so easy to make! I wrapped it all up in a plain white box with a pink ribbon and a hanging gift tag. That way she wasn’t expecting something useful like diapers or diaper cream.  And yes, I know that “unpractical” is not a word, but it just sounds more fun than “impractical”

Linking up to some of these parties this week- go check them out with me!

What’s your favorite baby gift to give?  I’ve got lots more baby gifts to be making in the next few months, so let me hear your gift ideas!

About a month ago, I attended a baby shower for a girl in my church who was getting ready to have her first baby.  (The baby was born last week- welcome Makenna!) This was a great opportunity to make some of the baby gifts that I’ve been thinking about, thanks to blog-surfing, Pinterest, etc.  I don’t have any babies anymore, now that my youngest is 2 (boo-hoo!), but I have sister in laws and friends who are still having cute babies for me to pamper with gifts. I know baby showers are supposed to be practical and all, especially for a first baby.  But I just couldn’t resist being impractical.  I made baby Makenna a tutu, some satin baby slippers (perfect for blessing day), a hairbow holder, and some cute flowers for those baby headbands.  Oh, and I did make some of the best burpcloths ever, or so they claim to be.  I’m not totally impractical! If you don’t know how to make a tutu, it’s really simple.  You need ribbon long enough to wrap around a baby’s waist, plus extra for ties.  I just tie them on when they are so little.  You could also use elastic, but it’s harder. Cut strips of tulle into double the length you want your tutu to be, plus about an inch for the knot.  I used an old 3 month skirt of my daughter’s to approximate. Fold the strip in half.  Loop the tulle strip around the ribbon as shown. Push the ends of the strip over the ribbon and through the loop. Pull tight and arrange on the ribbon as desired.  Pull it tight enough to make it hold well, but not so tight that you scrunch it up.  Repeat ad nauseum until you reach the point you want the tutu to tie around her waist, leaving ribbon on both sides of the tulle strips to tie. Add any embellishments (I cut lengths of ribbon and tied them on just like the tulle strips), and you’ve got a cute little tutu!
I made these satin slippers from a baby bootie pattern found here. The only change I made was to add a little loop in the back, then ribbon to tie around her ankles.  This helps them stay on when all that kicking and grabbing of feet starts happening! Here’s the hairbow holder. I used a Michael’s frame, covered it in scrapbook paper, and printed out the words on photo paper to place in the frame.  I hot glued and stapled ribbon to the back, heat-sealing both ends.  This is where she can keep all her cute bows and flowers.  I made her two to get started.
One is just a dollar store daisy that I took apart and reassembled with a button and hot glue.  The other one is a singed satin flower that I made at Super Saturday last year and have been saving to give away to someone! (I look like a dork with flowers in my hair) Finally, I sewed up a few burpcloths/changing pads/etc.  The back is jersey, cut from a t-shirt, and the front is simple quilter’s weight cotton.  Once washed it is really soft and absorbent.  Plus, you can use so many different fabrics, they turn out so cute, and are so easy to make! I wrapped it all up in a plain white box with a pink ribbon and a hanging gift tag. That way she wasn’t expecting something useful like diapers or diaper cream.  And yes, I know that “unpractical” is not a word, but it just sounds more fun than “impractical”

Linking up to some of these parties this week- go check them out with me!

What’s your favorite baby gift to give?  I’ve got lots more baby gifts to be making in the next few months, so let me hear your gift ideas!

I wanted to take a minute to introduce you to one of my sponsors this month, Frank and Bella Jewelry! Frank and Bella’s has beautiful, unique earrings.  I am in love with these adorable owl earrings, which come in several different colors.

These Copper Wire-Wrapped Earrings certainly make a bold statement.  They fit lots of different styles and colors.

You can never go wrong with a simple pearl hoop.

The wood and citrine in the Jenny Earrings give a perfectly natural accent to your outfit.

I hope you’ll emember Frank and Bella when you’re looking for some unique earrings that will get noticed!

Welcome to Three Things Thursday, where I share a few projects that have caught my eye in the link parties this week.  Let me tell you, there are some beautiful, fun, adorable projects out there every week.  Even if you don’t link projects up, you should definitely visit the parties for some major inspiration.

First up, I am in love with this Fall Ombre Rosette Wreath from Flamingo Toes.  It is just beautiful!

Next, I came across this creative, colorful, fun, ADORABLE First Birthday Party from Life with Luke.  I’ve got birthdays on the brain, since my youngest turns 2 next week.  She has some beautiful projects, so definitely click over for all the details!  I just had to show you her wreath, because I would have NEVER thought to do this, and it’s so cute!

  Finally, these Fruit-Themed Baby Bibs from My Own Road  might just be the cutest bibs I’ve ever seen!  I don’t know if I could bear to actually use them on a baby.  Love!  I think the strawberry is my favorite.

Thanks so much for the inspiration ladies!  Feel free to grab a featured button if you like!

About a month ago, I attended a baby shower for a girl in my church who was getting ready to have her first baby.  (The baby was born last week- welcome Makenna!) This was a great opportunity to make some of the baby gifts that I’ve been thinking about, thanks to blog-surfing, Pinterest, etc.  I don’t have any babies anymore, now that my youngest is 2 (boo-hoo!), but I have sister in laws and friends who are still having cute babies for me to pamper with gifts. I know baby showers are supposed to be practical and all, especially for a first baby.  But I just couldn’t resist being impractical.  I made baby Makenna a tutu, some satin baby slippers (perfect for blessing day), a hairbow holder, and some cute flowers for those baby headbands.  Oh, and I did make some of the best burpcloths ever, or so they claim to be.  I’m not totally impractical! If you don’t know how to make a tutu, it’s really simple.  You need ribbon long enough to wrap around a baby’s waist, plus extra for ties.  I just tie them on when they are so little.  You could also use elastic, but it’s harder. Cut strips of tulle into double the length you want your tutu to be, plus about an inch for the knot.  I used an old 3 month skirt of my daughter’s to approximate. Fold the strip in half.  Loop the tulle strip around the ribbon as shown. Push the ends of the strip over the ribbon and through the loop. Pull tight and arrange on the ribbon as desired.  Pull it tight enough to make it hold well, but not so tight that you scrunch it up.  Repeat ad nauseum until you reach the point you want the tutu to tie around her waist, leaving ribbon on both sides of the tulle strips to tie. Add any embellishments (I cut lengths of ribbon and tied them on just like the tulle strips), and you’ve got a cute little tutu!
I made these satin slippers from a baby bootie pattern found here. The only change I made was to add a little loop in the back, then ribbon to tie around her ankles.  This helps them stay on when all that kicking and grabbing of feet starts happening! Here’s the hairbow holder. I used a Michael’s frame, covered it in scrapbook paper, and printed out the words on photo paper to place in the frame.  I hot glued and stapled ribbon to the back, heat-sealing both ends.  This is where she can keep all her cute bows and flowers.  I made her two to get started.
One is just a dollar store daisy that I took apart and reassembled with a button and hot glue.  The other one is a singed satin flower that I made at Super Saturday last year and have been saving to give away to someone! (I look like a dork with flowers in my hair) Finally, I sewed up a few burpcloths/changing pads/etc.  The back is jersey, cut from a t-shirt, and the front is simple quilter’s weight cotton.  Once washed it is really soft and absorbent.  Plus, you can use so many different fabrics, they turn out so cute, and are so easy to make! I wrapped it all up in a plain white box with a pink ribbon and a hanging gift tag. That way she wasn’t expecting something useful like diapers or diaper cream.  And yes, I know that “unpractical” is not a word, but it just sounds more fun than “impractical”

Linking up to some of these parties this week- go check them out with me!

What’s your favorite baby gift to give?  I’ve got lots more baby gifts to be making in the next few months, so let me hear your gift ideas!

About a month ago, I attended a baby shower for a girl in my church who was getting ready to have her first baby.  (The baby was born last week- welcome Makenna!) This was a great opportunity to make some of the baby gifts that I’ve been thinking about, thanks to blog-surfing, Pinterest, etc.  I don’t have any babies anymore, now that my youngest is 2 (boo-hoo!), but I have sister in laws and friends who are still having cute babies for me to pamper with gifts. I know baby showers are supposed to be practical and all, especially for a first baby.  But I just couldn’t resist being impractical.  I made baby Makenna a tutu, some satin baby slippers (perfect for blessing day), a hairbow holder, and some cute flowers for those baby headbands.  Oh, and I did make some of the best burpcloths ever, or so they claim to be.  I’m not totally impractical! If you don’t know how to make a tutu, it’s really simple.  You need ribbon long enough to wrap around a baby’s waist, plus extra for ties.  I just tie them on when they are so little.  You could also use elastic, but it’s harder. Cut strips of tulle into double the length you want your tutu to be, plus about an inch for the knot.  I used an old 3 month skirt of my daughter’s to approximate. Fold the strip in half.  Loop the tulle strip around the ribbon as shown. Push the ends of the strip over the ribbon and through the loop. Pull tight and arrange on the ribbon as desired.  Pull it tight enough to make it hold well, but not so tight that you scrunch it up.  Repeat ad nauseum until you reach the point you want the tutu to tie around her waist, leaving ribbon on both sides of the tulle strips to tie. Add any embellishments (I cut lengths of ribbon and tied them on just like the tulle strips), and you’ve got a cute little tutu!
I made these satin slippers from a baby bootie pattern found here. The only change I made was to add a little loop in the back, then ribbon to tie around her ankles.  This helps them stay on when all that kicking and grabbing of feet starts happening! Here’s the hairbow holder. I used a Michael’s frame, covered it in scrapbook paper, and printed out the words on photo paper to place in the frame.  I hot glued and stapled ribbon to the back, heat-sealing both ends.  This is where she can keep all her cute bows and flowers.  I made her two to get started.
One is just a dollar store daisy that I took apart and reassembled with a button and hot glue.  The other one is a singed satin flower that I made at Super Saturday last year and have been saving to give away to someone! (I look like a dork with flowers in my hair) Finally, I sewed up a few burpcloths/changing pads/etc.  The back is jersey, cut from a t-shirt, and the front is simple quilter’s weight cotton.  Once washed it is really soft and absorbent.  Plus, you can use so many different fabrics, they turn out so cute, and are so easy to make! I wrapped it all up in a plain white box with a pink ribbon and a hanging gift tag. That way she wasn’t expecting something useful like diapers or diaper cream.  And yes, I know that “unpractical” is not a word, but it just sounds more fun than “impractical”

Linking up to some of these parties this week- go check them out with me!

What’s your favorite baby gift to give?  I’ve got lots more baby gifts to be making in the next few months, so let me hear your gift ideas!

I originally created this for a guest post at Love and Sugar Kisses.

I had a lot of fun putting together a fun Halloween project for you.  I came up with this cute Halloween Embroidery Hoop Wall Hanging.

I have to give a shout-out to Nike from Thrive, who turned me on to these cute  Riley Blake’s Halloween Fabrics.  (You can see how she used them here).  They are just so darn cute.  I picked out some of my favorite characters to use in my Halloween decorating.  Let me tell you- I am not so much into the ghoulish side of Halloween decor.  I like to keep it fun and cute, and these little guys fit the bill.

Anyway, here’s what you need:

3 5 inch embroidery hoops

1/2 yard of fabric- solids or small prints work best

A printer and paper (or a really good eye!)

Felt- I used craft felt in white, black, and green

Fine-tip marker or fabric pen/paint

Hot glue

Scissors

A quick note- I kind of worked backwards from what might be logical to you.  I put my fabric in the hoops first, then decorated them.  You might want to go the opposite way.  It doesn’t really matter, as long as you get your decorated fabric centered in your hoop.

1.  Cut fabric to fit your embroidery hoop.  You should have enough to pull it taut, and have extra sticking out on all sides.  Do this for all three hoops.

When you like how it looks, cut off the excess.  I place my scissors right against the hoop and cut in a circle.

Finish up by drawing a line of hot glue along the edge of the fabric to seal it and hold it in place.

2.  Print your embellishment patterns and cut them out.  I found some .jpg images online, so just do a google search for what you want.  

3.  Trace your images onto felt and cut out.

4.  Adhere to the fabric using hot glue or fabric glue.  I’m a little bit of a lazy crafter, so I just hot glued them on.

5.  I used a ruler to mark the lines on my mummy.

And don’t forget his little green face!

6.  Outline details with fine-tip marker or fine tipped bottle of fabric paint.

7.  Add words to your fabric by freezer paper stenciling- or you could even use letter stickers or regular stencils.  A great tutorial for freezer paper stenciling can be found here.

8.  Determine how far apart you want your hoops to hang, and cut 2 strips of ribbon to match, leaving an extra 1/2 inch for gluing.  Glue to the inside back of each embroidery hoop to connect them.

9.  Tie a bow and glue it to the top.

10.  Hang it up and admire your creation!

I know Halloween is almost here, but this didn’t take me much time- you could easily make it in an afternoon (or evening!)

I’m linking up to some fun parties this week- go party along with me!

4 comments:

Labels: halloween, home decor

About a month ago, I attended a baby shower for a girl in my church who was getting ready to have her first baby.  (The baby was born last week- welcome Makenna!) This was a great opportunity to make some of the baby gifts that I’ve been thinking about, thanks to blog-surfing, Pinterest, etc.  I don’t have any babies anymore, now that my youngest is 2 (boo-hoo!), but I have sister in laws and friends who are still having cute babies for me to pamper with gifts. I know baby showers are supposed to be practical and all, especially for a first baby.  But I just couldn’t resist being impractical.  I made baby Makenna a tutu, some satin baby slippers (perfect for blessing day), a hairbow holder, and some cute flowers for those baby headbands.  Oh, and I did make some of the best burpcloths ever, or so they claim to be.  I’m not totally impractical! If you don’t know how to make a tutu, it’s really simple.  You need ribbon long enough to wrap around a baby’s waist, plus extra for ties.  I just tie them on when they are so little.  You could also use elastic, but it’s harder. Cut strips of tulle into double the length you want your tutu to be, plus about an inch for the knot.  I used an old 3 month skirt of my daughter’s to approximate. Fold the strip in half.  Loop the tulle strip around the ribbon as shown. Push the ends of the strip over the ribbon and through the loop. Pull tight and arrange on the ribbon as desired.  Pull it tight enough to make it hold well, but not so tight that you scrunch it up.  Repeat ad nauseum until you reach the point you want the tutu to tie around her waist, leaving ribbon on both sides of the tulle strips to tie. Add any embellishments (I cut lengths of ribbon and tied them on just like the tulle strips), and you’ve got a cute little tutu!
I made these satin slippers from a baby bootie pattern found here. The only change I made was to add a little loop in the back, then ribbon to tie around her ankles.  This helps them stay on when all that kicking and grabbing of feet starts happening! Here’s the hairbow holder. I used a Michael’s frame, covered it in scrapbook paper, and printed out the words on photo paper to place in the frame.  I hot glued and stapled ribbon to the back, heat-sealing both ends.  This is where she can keep all her cute bows and flowers.  I made her two to get started.
One is just a dollar store daisy that I took apart and reassembled with a button and hot glue.  The other one is a singed satin flower that I made at Super Saturday last year and have been saving to give away to someone! (I look like a dork with flowers in my hair) Finally, I sewed up a few burpcloths/changing pads/etc.  The back is jersey, cut from a t-shirt, and the front is simple quilter’s weight cotton.  Once washed it is really soft and absorbent.  Plus, you can use so many different fabrics, they turn out so cute, and are so easy to make! I wrapped it all up in a plain white box with a pink ribbon and a hanging gift tag. That way she wasn’t expecting something useful like diapers or diaper cream.  And yes, I know that “unpractical” is not a word, but it just sounds more fun than “impractical”

Linking up to some of these parties this week- go check them out with me!

What’s your favorite baby gift to give?  I’ve got lots more baby gifts to be making in the next few months, so let me hear your gift ideas!