My friends, I’m finally going on vacation this year! We haven’t been on a big trip since before my son was born in 2008. So I am READY! To gear up for some fun in the sun, I decided my sun hat needed a little dressing up. See what I mean? Kind of blah. Plus, I …
Flowers
If you’ll remember back to Thursday’s post, I went on and on about rosette t-shirts and how they are everywhere. I found a lot of inspiration in the shirts I saw, and it led me to my next project! Let me present you with: The 3 Technique Tee! It started off with my putting together this …
I actually did this purse makeover a couple a months ago for a fun spring change up. I.love.this.purse. I love the length of the shoulder strap. I love the black and tan colors together (goes with everything). I love the gathered fabric on the front. BUT it needed something when …
If you missed my guest post during Flower Week at Singing Three Little Birds, here’s the lowdown! These rolled roses originally started out as plain red cardstock. Now they have an almost ceramic look to them. Let me show you how I made them! 1. Start with a couple of pieces of …
Surprise mom with a sweet DIY Mother’s Day brooch with a photo of her sweet grandchild(ren). I managed to eek out my mom’s Mother’s Day present over the last couple of days. I knew that a picture of her favorite (okay, only) grandson was a must, and I know she loves the fabric flowers that are …
The party is over and we have our winners! Click here to see who won! Who’s ready to celebrate with me? 100 blog followers!! Yeah! We’re going to start the party off with a quick tutorial for making fabric flower necklaces. Ready? Then let’s get started! You will need to make however many rolled roses …
As promised! A felt flower tutorial based on the flowers from my yarn wreath that I shared last week. The wreath: The flowers: You can also make the rolled and layered flowers out of fabric. And try making the layered and wrapped flowers with paper to embellish your scrapbook projects! Thank you so much for …
Like it? I made it for one of my aunts for Christmas this year. I’ve seen them all over Etsy and thought they were really cute. And, knowing me, my first thought was “I could make that!” Its not quite a bib necklace (which are all the rage right now), but its close and a …
Its that time of year… time to exchange gifts with my best girlfriends! We just had our yearly retreat (the husbands, too) in Gatlinburg, TN. We like to chill out, scrapbook a bit, hit up the Scrapbook Superstore & Clearance Center for some new loot (I found a great Christmas tree project that I’ll share …
Last Thursday I shared several paper flower tutorials I found around the web. I tried out a few of them this weekend. I have to say, I’m pretty pleased with how they turned out! Are you ready to see them? The flower tutorials that intrigued me the most were 4. Crumpled Roses by Nicole Aspinall …