Making felt flowers tutorial

How to make a beauty flower

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. 

Funny bracelet: Knot

Bracelet knot by wool

Bracelet knot by wool

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.

Crochet belt pattern

Crochet belt pattern

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.

Elle Belle's Bows

Elle Belle's Bows {and Giveaway}

{giveaway closed}

Not too long ago I was browsing through some of my followers blogs.  I came across Kerri's blog

Elle Belle's Bows.

As I looked through the bow selection, I was blown away at her creativity.  

I instantly fell in love with the pink flamingo.

I am excited to have Kerri here to share her bow story.

"Soon after seeing our little girl on the sonogram, I fell in love with hair bows and clips.  The probability of having a girls set me off in every directions that was pink and frilly.  I eyed many specialty stores and surfed he internet for them.  I had a bow in mind for every holiday, milestone, and special occasion.  Then my beautiful Ella came in to our world with just the slightest bit of peach fuzz for hair.  She was an early December baby.  By the time Christmas arrived, my hopes of "garnishing" her with fancy schmancy bows flew off with Santa and his reindeer.  She was a fill fledged baldie!  I found a bit of solace in hats, bit did not feel the same.  I explored headbands, but the new mom in worried about her soft spot.  I know..... Crazy Right?  About the time she hit three months, I found crocheted headbands and easily got over  the fear.  The crochet headbands were perfect.  They were soft for Ella and they allowed me the luxury of being able to clip a hair bow to the headband.  I was now back to being hooked again.  However, I found that I could not always find what I needed.  I dabbled here and there with making my own.  Then, Ella finally got hair and I discover ribbon sculpting.  Ella was starting to talk and develop interests.  So, I started to make bows in the shape of animals or characters that were familiar to her.  It is a trifecta of accomplishments in my mind.  Ella get cool bows/clips.  I get to satisfy my desire to have everything coordinate to a theme.  And it is a great way to occupy my time on the evenings that my husband is out of town.