Fabric Wreath!

OMG - I can't believe that it has been over three months since I have posted anything!!! It's an understatement to say that I have been busy! My photography business is doing really well right now - but I missed my blog and all of my wonderful followers! Here is one of my first crafts of the Christmas season!

I love love shopping the fabric section at Hobby Lobby - so many bright and beautiful prints! I am constantly buying yards when it's on sale and I have finally found something to do with some of it.

Isn't she beautiful!

Here is how I did it:

I started off by wrapping my wreath form with a strip of fabric.

Once I got it completely covered I started with my little flowers. I cut tons of circles out of coordinating fabrics - 3 different sizes. I used some glasses to trace for my circles - but anything would do!

Next I stacked the three sizes on top of each other and just kind of "pinched" one side and folded it to the middle and then pinched the other side and folded it to the middle.

Then I just stuck a straight pen through the middle of the folds and stuck it in the wreath form.

And that's it! I made several different kinds out of some of my favorite fabrics!

Have a good Tuesday!!

$7.00 Starburst Mirror!

I am sooooo proud that I finally got this project finished! I've had the mirror, $2.62 from GoodWill, for about 4 months or so - just sitting in my craft cabinet waiting to be turned into something fabulous. I bought some bamboo skewers from the Dollar Tree shortly after. I tried to layout a pattern I liked with the skewers - but there was just something missing. Then - back to school season rolled around and the light bulb went off! Rulers would be perfect! So - I waited for a few weeks - until the rulers went on super sale ($.25 each) and scooped a bunch up!

So here is what I used!

$2.62 mirror from GoodWill
$1.00 pack of bamboo skewers
$.25 rulers (I used 16 of them $4.00)
And - my ever trusty Gorilla Glue

First I laid out a pattern -

Then I just flipped it over and glued it together!

All finished and in it's temporary home...

Key Holder!

Hi! Hope you all are doing well!

I am super excited about this project - I've wanted to make one for a while now! I have seen several variations of this project around the blogging world and decided to make it my own. I loved the way it turned out - so much that I actually gave to my mom as part of her Mother's Day gift!

I started out with these supplies:

Wood plaque - $1.00 on the clearance rack @ Wal-Mart
Scrapbook Paper - already had in my stash of paper
ceiling hooks - $1.59
decoupage - already had
White Spray paint - already had
sand paper - already had

First I cut the paper to fit the inside of the wood piece. I did this by tracing the shape on to the back of the paper - then I just cut out the shape. (I made sure to have a little overlap so I could sand it down and make it a perfect fit.)

Next I gave it a light sand and spray painted the edges white. After allowing it to dry for an hour or so I applied decoupage to the wood piece (not the paper - I tried this first and it was disastrous!)

After letting it dry for a bit I took my sand paper and lightly rubbed the edges of the paper so I would be flush with the plaque. Then I marked off my spots for holes and screwed the hooks in place. I got the self starting hooks so I wouldn't have to pull out the old drill...

This project has endless possibilities - I can't wait to make another one to keep for myself!!

Thrift Store Mirror to Shabby Chic Jewelry Tray

I found this gold mirror @ a local thrift/junk store (Bowmart to all of you local readers).



I wasn't sure what to do with it but because it was a dollar so I took it home. I needed something for my nightstand to hold jewelry (I'm always taking my earrings off and laying them on the nightstand.)


First I removed the backing and pried the mirror off.




Then I spray painted it a glossy white. Before it dried I took a dry paint brush and rubbed some of the paint off to give it a distressed look.



I glued the mirror to the original cardboard backing. Then I glued fabric on to it. Once it dried I hot glued it back into the frame.



And now I have a jewelry tray for my nightstand!!

Cutie Pie Door Hangers

I'm putting together a house warming gift and needed something for the kids...so I decided to make something they could hang on their doors!





Here are the supplies I used:

Canvas, paper, chipboard letters, wood cut out of a race car and butterfly, Mod Podge, glue, acrylic paint and the usual tools:



First I covered the the letters with paper - while that was drying I covered the canvas with paper. I did both with Mod Podge.



After everything was dry I used my exacto knife to cut out the letter. The I glued the letter to the canvas and the wood cut out to the letter. The butterfly wasn't the right colors so I just used acrylic paint to change it up a little bit. For the G I used a little sandpaper to rough it up a little bit (it is for a little boy after all) and I didn't have the right color of brown paper so I painted the canvas.

Really easy and super cute!!

I'll be linking this to all of my favorite linky parties! Go the the tab above to check them out!!!

Well read flowers

I am really loving all of the projects made out of books. I am also in love with all of the cute flowers made out of fabric/felt. I wanted to do something to combine the two and this is what I came up with:



They are super easy to make. All you need are book pages (I used newspaper that I sprayed with Archival mist), adhesive (I used hot glue), scissors, and something to embellish the middle.

First I drew the shape on to the paper and cut out 2 pieces.



Then I kind of pinched (both flower shapes) the paper and made creases so that the finished flower would have a little texture:



Then I hot glued the 2 shapes together and finished it off with a button:



This project cost me absolutely nada. I had everything just sitting around!

I'll be linking this up to all of my favorite linky parties...check out the linky party tab above to see all of them!!

The Elusive Flame

I know everyone is tired of seeing things made out of books - especially wreaths - but I have just discovered them.

I turned this book:



into this wreath:




I don't have step by step photos but it was super easy to make. First I painted the edges of the book with a little black and brown paint. Then I rolled and folded the pages of the book and hot glue them to a dollar store foam wreath. I then attached a piece of ribbon to the back with hot glue to hang it.

You can go to this tutorial at Living with Lindsey for a similar wreath and detailed instructions!

I'm adding this to all of my favorite linky parties - click on the buttons on the right to go and check them out!

Make Your Monday @ The Twice Remembered Cottage!

Silhouettes...Finally

So...after days and days of drooling over everyones fabulous silhouette art work - I finally made my own. The best thing about it is that its basically free/really cheap.

Here is a sneak peek of the finished project:



First I made a stencil out of a photo I printed onto cardstock.




Then I used the stencil to trace the shape onto the blue paper that I chose. (I wanted to do something different than a traditional black and white silhouette.)



I then attached the the silhouette on to some awesome yellow paper and placed them behind the matte.



That's it!! Finished and ready to go! I reused a frame (after spray painting it of course) that I already had and used paper that I purchased ages ago - so I didn't spend anything on it!!

Affordable and Cute - does it get any better than that?



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Make Your Monday @ The Twice Remembered Cottage!