make button felt tutorial

How To: Make a Big Felt Button

Needle felting is a technique where you felt together wool fibres using a special barbed needle. By sculpting the wool as you poke it, the possibilities of what can be made are endless.

Pom Poms and Hearts

Earlier in the week, I showed the Girly Skirts I made for my girls.  But I wanted to add a little extra something sweet to the outfits for Valentine’s Day.

How to make Felt Poinsettia Ornament

I started with three felt circles: two at approximately 3 1/4 inches () and one at 2 1/2.



Mark at equal intervals: eight on the larger, six on the smallest. I've used an air-erasable marker on these, but you can actually cut these markings since they'll be cut here anyway. 

Holiday crafts

Cardstock Ornaments

I don’t have step by step pictures of these, but they are easy (if I can do it…). If you want detailed pictures, let me know and I can take some tonight.
You need:
Cardstock 
1” Scrapbook Punch 
Sequins 
Long sewing pins with pearl tips 

Making gifts: round flower plant

 
Making gifts: round flower plant

Tutorial: hairclip

 these flowers can make a bow on the elastic band, attached to a barrette, dress, yes anywhere.

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tutorial: Lovely Hair Clip Flowers

Holy cow, it’s almost time for my kids to head back to school… and that means one thing:
My project list is very long.
Since I might be the most hairdo challenged person on the planet (my girls can only dream of french braids), the only hope my girls have of looking cute is hair accessories.
Last spring I saw a darling headband made by Amy on Diary of a Quilter.  The rose tutorial had come from Betz White.  That little project has stuck in my mind all these months, and last night I made a few hair clips out of the roses.
I loved making these clips.  The roses are easy and so very pretty.  And any chance to use my scraps of wool is a happy day.

How to make Barbed Star

Last Minute Valentine Card Tutorials

Heartstring Gift Tags 

Use gift tag paper shaper and mini heart puncher to fashion cute valentine bakery gift tags.

1. Cut out paper tags using paper shaper.

2. Punch out heart design on paper tag.

3. Cut out small piece of fabric swatch and tape underneath heart window.

4. Cut out another paper tag and glue to  the back of the first paper tag. Punch out hole to insert bakery twine string.

Pretty paints and the final DIY outcome!

Pretty paints and the final DIY outcome!

Remember my post here with the pretty paints? Well this is what I did with them and how they turned out! Pretty don't you think!?

Step 1. Take of all the labels off the glass jars with warm soapy water

Step 2. Pour paint into the inside of the jars and removing any excess paint

Step 3. Let them dry

Step 4. Decorate them with pretty flowers!

Kellie xx

Frayed rosette bib necklace tutorial

Bib necklaces are showing up everywhere this year!

A few months back, Jennifer Paganelli asked me if I could make some blooms out of her gorgeous Sis Boom fabrics. We came up with a fun little technique and turned it into a tutorial, which you can download for free at YouCanMakeThis.com. There are so many things you can do with these little frayed rosettes...attach them to hairclips, picture frames, magnents...you get the idea. Of course, they just scream BIB NECKLACE, so I decided that I needed to make a bunch so could 1) bring them to the Sis Boom show and 2) get this particular craft out of my system.

Make Summer Paper Lanterns

Make Summer Paper Lanterns

With a piece of paper, scissors, and a bit of ribbon, you can make cheerful paper lanterns, perfect for decorating your patio. Kids who are old enough to use scissors and cut straight lines can help with this project, too--I remember making paper lanterns like these when I was a kid. I added a couple twists, just for fun: a peek-a-boo contrasting paper, and a ribbon handle.

Paper Party Decorations Part 2: A Floral Globe Perfect For The Succah!

Love these? Me too! I'm sure someone else in the world has come up with the same thing, but I was not looking at their idea when I made these. They're another fun result of sitting down at the dining room table with paper circles! And the good news is you really don't need any special supplies! As I mentioned with yesterday's paper ornaments, don't be afraid to try these in contrasting neutral colors for a more sophisticated look. They could be great wedding decorations too!
You'll Need:

• colored paper
• a soup bowl to trace
• a glue stick
• a hot glue gun
• fishing line

Metallic Crepe Paper Flowers: Fabulous Anytime!

These metallic crepe paper flowers are simple to make and yet look great, singly or in a bouquet. Use them in your Succah, on your fall table or to brighten up your home this winter!
You'll Need: 

• Metallic Crepe Paper
• Floral Wire (or any medium weight wire you have on hand)
• Beaded trim (optional)

Note: You can use just about any crepe or tissue paper for this project, though heavy crepe paper (made for paper flower making) works the best as it holds its shape! In Israel this paper is widely available in silver, gold, bronze and creme and is called "niyar l'prachim." A friend of mine did locate some in Brooklyn, but it's not as widely available in the United States for some strange reason. (Especially given the vast quantity of art supplies that are available!)

Woven Felt Pillow

This crafty project comes from the October 1968 issue of Pack o Fun magazine. The production quality of Pack o Fun is most definitely low-fi and that's its charm. Some of the projects in PoF are a bit goofy (macaroni mobiles, anyone?) and if you base your judgements on the diagrams and photographs that accompany the instructions, you'd never want to try any of it. But just as my attempts at making stuff from MSL come out flawed, the projects I make from Pack o Fun come out much, much better than expected.

Tsumami Kanzashi Flower adorable flowers

Tsumami Kanzashi Flower adorable flowers

Fabric Yo-Yo's

Obsessed with the Etch

I'm not sure why I am soooo in love with Armour Etch. It might be the classy sophistication a little lather of this stuff adds to any glass object in your home. Or maybe because of it's timeless subtlety, or unlike frosted glass spray paint, it can be washed with no problem. No matter the reason, it's something I will have in my arsenal at all times. Sadly, I have to get a new bottle today, and at Michael's, without a coupon, (who would be crazy enough to buy ANYTHING there without one?) the larger bottle is 30 bucks. Ouch.

We have a silent auction at work at the end of March benefiting the APS of Durham and the SPCA of Wake County. To me, this is just another wonderful excuse to roll up my sleeves and get crafty! I didn't want to donate something someone just "had", I wanted something someone could "use". (I have a point I promise, just stay with me!)

Enter my latest etching victim.