Baby Hair Flower/Bows

I've been DYING to make some crafts for my lil baby girl who currently still resides in my womb. So I went on a hair bow making craze ...

*A few you can find from my tie headband tutorial.
*A few are taken from the concept I used in making the ribbon earrings.
*The pink gerber daisy also has a tutorial.
* I also have a lil tute on making singed flowers.




And this is how I made the red felt flower.


1. Cut out five one inch circles from a piece of felt.

2. Pinch one side together and sew through about a 1/4" into the pedal. You will just keep attaching each pedal by pinching and sewing them together.

3. Pull tight and add an embellishment in the middle if you wish. It actually looks cute without one too.

 4. Put a circle piece of felt with a hairclip sewn to it, hotglued to the back of the flower to stick in your hair. Read more

Matching Tie and Hairbow

I found out this month that I'm having a little girl! 

Naturally, I had to make some sort of coordinates for my little boy and new baby girl to wear at church!

I made the bow from the fatter side of a men's tie (you can use the flower tutorial from the Tie Headband). And the little boy tie is made from the skinny part of a men's tie (tutorial here).

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Singed Flowers

I have been dying to make these since I first saw the instructions at Mrs. Priss! So this is my version of how to do it! I made mine from an old polyester shirt that had a broken zipper. Yea for recycling, reusing, and re-purposing!

 What you will need: 

-Lightweight polyester-type fabric

-Pearls

-matches

-scissors

-needle and thread 

(I had all of these things on had, so for me, this craft was FREE!)

1. The first step is going to be to cut out several circles of varying sizes. They don't have to be perfect, in fact, I think it makes the fabric look more like flowers if they're a little less circle-like:)

2. Carefully burn the edges of the fabric just enough to singe the edges and slightly curl the edges.

3. Next, layer the fabric pieces from largest to smallest and sew together with the embellishments in the center.

You can either attach a hair clip to your flowers or a head band. (I made this headband with the fabric from the edge of the shirt and some elastic).

THERE YOU HAVE IT!

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Fabric Flowers put to good use!

This mother's day I got the cutest little tote bag that my grandmother made, she embellished it with adorable fabric flowers!!!

Isn't this sooo cute?  I love how adorable this turned out.

These flowers are just so bright and colorful!  Love it!

This weekend was also my daughter's birthday, she's 5 now.  I can't believe how fast everything has been!  Anyway, my awesome grandma did it again, she made my little girl this:

It's a doll made out of little fabric flowers all stacked up together!  Too cute.  Needless to say, I'm having her teach me how to make these, so be on the look out for a tutorial soon.

Until then, enjoy these pictures!  I can't wait to make these!

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Another shoe makeover!

I've been inspired by all the cute shoe makeovers I've seen in blogland, and here is my own humble version.

BEFORE:

I got these very cool looking purple shoes (it looks blue here, but trust me, it's purple) for $1 at Walmart.  They look like they're $1 don't they?

Not anymore!  Now it looks very cute!  These flowers were very easy to make, I found the tutorial for them here.  These shoes are so cute!  I can't wait to wear them.

  

Not bad for $1.00, is it?  

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Fabric flower necklace

Hello friends!  I just finished this very fun little fabric flower necklace.  It took me less than an hour, and it turned out really cute!  It was inspired by my fabric flowers I made the other day, here is the tutorial.

I crocheted a chain out of a thick nylon yarn, long enough for my neck.  Then, I made the big flower just like the tutorial above, and the little circles are made from our tie headband flowers, the tutorial for that is here.

Next, I stitched the big flower and the little ones on to the chain, and that's that!  I just tie a bow in the back, and done.

I have to say that I really like how it turned out.  Really cute, and it matched my outfit :)

See?  I hope you'll give it a try, I used stuff I already had around the house, I love it when my crafts don't cost a thing!

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Felt roses- very cute!

I've fallen in love with these felt roses I have recently learned how to make, and decided to make some to decorate my mantle.  Actually, I've seen something similar at Target and didn't want to pay $10 for each little pot.  I'm cheap, and proud of it!

What you'll need:

- 3 pieces of red felt ($.29 at Michael's)

-1 piece of dark green, 1 piece of light green felt

-skewers

- plant pots, or other container to decorate (mine were 3 for $1.00 at the Dollar Tree)

- 1 block of styrofoam ($3.29 at Michael's)

-Black acrylic paint

-Jute for embellishing

-hot glue gun

- 3 pieces of red felt ($.29 at Michael's)

-1 piece of dark green, 1 piece of light green felt

-skewers

- plant pots, or other container to decorate (mine were 3 for $1.00 at the Dollar Tree)

- 1 block of styrofoam ($3.29 at Michael's)

-Black acrylic paint

-Jute for embellishing

-hot glue gun

1. Paint your little pots and let them dry while you're working on your flowers

2. Cut each of your felt pieces into fours, and draw a spiral with a permanent marker just like that.

4. Follow along the outline of the spiral and cut it out.

5. (My camera does not do close ups, sorry)  Take the very beginning part of your spiral and start rolling it, making sure the bottom is always leveled.  Your rose will start to take shape.

6. When you roll your rose, put some glue at the base of it and use that center little piece in the middle of your spiral to glue it all together, like a lid.  Now your flower is really stable and won't come undone.

7. Take a skewer and gently twist it through your flower until it punctures through the felt

8. More hot glue at the base of your flower and a little scrap of green felt to give it a cute leaf.  Break off your skewer to the size you want.

9. After my pots were dry I measured some Styrofoam to fit inside my pot and cut it to shape.  Now we are ready to stick our flowers in.  Always start with one flower in the middle, it tends to make your arrangement look nicer, I learned.

10. I forgot to take a picture of the next step, but I just wrapped some jute around the pots to give it some embellishment, I really like how these look, and I didn't pay $10 each for them!  Score!

I hope you have fun with these easy, really cute felt roses!

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Fabric Flowers - Kanzashi

I have recently found this book by Diane Gilleland called " Kanzashi in Bloom, 20 Simple Fold-and-Sew Projects to Wear and Give".  I am so inspired!  I loved it so much I bought the book and brought it home so I can start experimenting.

Here are my first few flowers:

What you'll need:

1. Fabric of your choice

2. Fabric glue

3. Pins

4. needle and thread

5. scissors

6. Glue gun

7. Embellishments (buttons, jeweled beads, etc)

1. Cut a square out of cardstock, mine is 3x3 inches, to measure your fabric and cut it. Cut out as many squares as you'd like for your petals.

2. Ready to fold?  Lay your square down with the wrong side facing you.

3. Fold square in half diagonally, with the right side facing out.

4. Take the right corner and fold it down to the bottom corner.

5. Repeat on the left side.  (I'm sorry for the blurry picture)

6. Flip over the whole piece, now you're looking at the back.  Take the left corner and and fold it to the center.

7. Repeat it on the right side.

8. Fold the whole piece in half, toward you, the two corners will be inside the fold.  Stick a pin through the bottom of your petal, making sure it holds all the folds together

9. Repeat the entire process to make enough petals.

10. Before stitching them together, Trim the bottom of your petals so they have a straight edge, starting at the lowest point of the diagonal raw edge.

11. Now thread your needle and poke it through your petals exactly where your pin was before.  

12. After threading all the petals, tie a knot, making sure to arrange your petals as you go.  When you have the shape you are looking for, tie another knot to secure it.

13. Cut out a circle out of your fabric and glue it to the back of your flower.

14. Use your glue gun to add a button or your favorite embellishment to the front of your flower, play around with your petals, and you're done!  

These will become hair clips for my girls, but you can do so much with them!  I hope you'll give them a try!

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