Project Complete

Remember these?

With the help of a very talented, resourceful and kind friend, I made these:


I am not sure my poor photography skills do them justice (the letters are really more creamy brown like the original.) Trust me, they look pretty darn awesome. Or Rock Awesome as Rochelle would say. I can't wait to hang them up!

How To Make a Flower Belt

Supplies:

Artificial flower, Grosgrain Ribbon, and Decorative Brad. (All can be found at a craft store.)

Do not pick a flower like this, with no removable center. No matter how cute it is, you will not be able to get a brad through it.

Remove flower from stem.

Completely disassemble the flower.

Place brad through the holes.

Measure and cut the desired length of ribbon.

Poke brad into ribbon.

Secure.

Enjoy adorable belt.

This takes all of 3 minutes and costs next to nothing.

For the Love of Valentines

I sometimes make my kids Valentine's Day shirts. (This year my boys took a pass on the homemade shirt and just wore red.)

I used these tops as inspiration:

All of our tees were found on clearance at Old Navy ($1.25, $3, $1.25 respectively - The one I am wearing is from the girl's department - same shirt as A's but several sizes larger. They are pretty boxy. H's is a women's size, it is more fitted.)

The white ribbon is a chiffon material cut in strips (on the bias.) For the girl's shirts, I stitched the word "love" and used a light-weight stablizer underneath the t-shirt. A's was free hand. When I made H's, I found a font I liked and then cut out the word "love" and used a disappearing-ink fabric pen so I had something to follow.

For mine: I used the chiffon strips and sewed them into circles (flowers) starting in the center and working outward. I was able to do this easily on my sewing machine.

Reduce, REUSE, Recycle

I was in the process of organizing my desk

and got a little distracted making these:

For pencils, scissors, glue, etc.

You may recall, I did the same thing on my mantle for Valentine's Day decor.

jcrew Chiffon Flower

I became obsessed with making this flower after seeing them all over the jcrew catalog and store. Here on some of my first attempts. I am getting better as I go along.

Don't you wish I was a better photographer?

How cute as a hair clip:
My friend gave me the idea of swing them onto a pin. This way you could clip them onto cardigans, tees, anything.

This Just In - Bulletin Boards

I made some bulletin boards for my boys room. I am anti-clutter so up until this point have not let them put anything up on their walls.

Just a little bit of paint and painter's tape.

Hair Clips, Homemade

My daughter has very fine thin hair that we keep in a darling bob. We don't have many exciting hair-do options: down, down with clip, and ponytails. Her hair is so fine that only certain clips will stay. I have not been able to find many that I love, so I spent an evening making these. All the supplies cost me around $20.