Felt Flower Tutorial

If you prefer felt flowers to fabric flowers, Snips & Spice has a tutorial for you! They are so pretty and I can't wait to make some! The tutorial is great, it goes step by step with photos and you only need felt and hot glue.

LOVE Frame with Tutorial!

I have been sick in bed with a cold for a few days but my mind has been going full speed thinking of cute Valentine's Day decorations! Here's a little tutorial (my first) on how to make this craft from a Michael's $1.00 Frame. This is a perfect project if you have never modge podged before!

 

Step One: Pick a cute paper to modge podge onto your frame. The thicker your paper is, the easier it is to modge podge.

Step Two: Gather supplies.

Modge Podge, Paper, Paint Brush, Bone Folder (or old credit card), Exacto Knife, Scissors, Pencil, Wood Frame

Step Three: Trace around frame and cut paper out.

Step Four: Apply thin coat of modge podge all over frame

Step Five: Line up the edges of the paper and the frame, when straight, put paper down and smooth onto frame with bone folder or old credit card.

Step Six: After letting dry for 3-5 minutes, take exacto knife and trim any paper that is hanging over the edges.

Step Seven: Color in edges and sides of frame with black marker (I used a Martha Stewart marker) or paint the sides. Oh, and I've used a sharpie before and it works great too!

Step Eight: While waiting for your marker or paint to dry, cut out 6 hearts. I did mine in a program called SCAL (then later cut with my cricut) starting at 2.5 inches and going smaller. But if you don't have a Cricut, you can use Word or just free hand it! That's what I used to do. I cut 2 red, 2 with vellum and 2 with pink.

Step Nine: Your marker should be dry now. Put a THIN layer of modge podge over your paper that is now attached to your frame. Put frame somewhere you won't touch it.

Step Ten: Glue paper hearts together. I did 2 at a time with zig glue, straight down the middle. Then after they were dry I attached all of them together.

Step Eleven: Plug hot glue gun in.

 Step Twelve: "Fluff" the heart layers up.

Step Thirteen: Remember the frame you put out of your reach? Well your allowed to touch it now that it's dry. Take your hot glue gun and attach your heart to the frame with it.

Step Fourteen: Cut a piece of pink (or color of your choice) card stock into a 3.5 x 3.5 square to cover the opening in the frame. I used my big-bad-ATG gun (but a glue stick will work too!) to attach the card stock right to the square piece of cardboard Michael's already put in the frame.

Step Fifteen: Are you still awake?! Good. Now, cut out the letters L-O-V-E. I did this in SCAL. But if you don't have that program, don't fret! Use Word or free hand it! The font I used was Bookman Old Style. Tilt the "O" and glue your letters down on the pink square you just made.

Step Sixteen: Put pink square into frame and your done!

I hope that you will try this project, especially if you are a beginner and don't modge podge often. It's incredibly inexpensive and if you follow the steps it should only take 30-1 hour to complete. If you make one, please let me know,

 I would love to see it!

Jewelry Holder

Joy Is At Home made this beautiful jewelry holder out of scraps she had laying around the house. I need this!

 Please visit her blog for the full tutorial!

Christmas Finger Puppets

Be Different, Act Normal posted these awesome Christmas finger puppets that were made by, The Idea Room. And....you can make them too! There is a free printable! Yippy! I like that there is a Santa set and a Nativity set. I have already printed mine and can't wait to start making them.

 

Christmas Card Holder....

I found this idea in Martha Stewart Magazine and I made one as well, but it wasn't nearly as cute as this one turned out! Mine is just a plain hoop with plain clothes pins! But hey, it does it's job. I thought I would post a picture of this super cute version from A Diamond in the Stuff instead :)

Cheap yet Chic Christmas Gift!

Shanty 2 Chic is a really great blog that I just found, I love new blogs! Anyways, they made these amazing photo holders for really cheap and they are perfect for gifts or just to put in your own home. I can't wait to make some!

Please go to their blog to see a full tutorial.



Fall Topiaries

Decor Chick! has an awesome DIY tutorial on Fall Topiaries. She saw some at Michael's for $19.99/each and they weren't that cute. So she bought the supplies and made 2 that are gorgeous for half the price of one. Here are some photos!

Check her blog for the original Michael's Topiary photo and the how to. These photos make me so excited for Fall!!