Mrs. Priss

I’m guest posting today at kojodesigns

I’m so thrilled to be a part of the Sewing for ME series, hosted by kojodesigns and Sewing in No Man’s Land. Pop on over today to see how I made the Pipe Cleaner Headband from Anthropologie. And no, it’s not really made from pipe cleaners. :)

There will be tons of awesome sewing projects coming up on the girls’ blogs, so be sure to keep checking back!

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Quick DIY: Mickey Mason Jar Centerpiece

Hello, lovely faces!

Over the weekend, I came up with a simple centerpiece idea for a Mickey Mouse themed baby shower. I pretty much just used the supplies I had on hand and –> FAIL <-- didn’t take photos of the process, but it’s easy enough to explain.

Materials for base:

• A mason jar
• Red filler (Red Hots, red M&M’s, Hot Tamales are great candy options) – BUY ENOUGH SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO IMPROVISE WITH TISSUE PAPER, MMK?
• Two white buttons

Materials for Mickey’s head:

• Go chop off Mickey Mouse’s head… if you laughed, you need help.
• 1 Large Styrofoam ball
• 2 Small Styrofoam balls
• 1 wooden dowel
• 2 toothpicks
• Black paint & brush (I used acrylic craft paint)
• Glue

Process:

1. Paint the Styrofoam balls black and allow to dry for a few hours.
2. Stick the dowel in the large Styrofoam ball. If it wiggles around too much, use some glue to secure it inside the “head”.
3. Put a toothpick inside each smaller Styrofoam ball and stick them into the larger one to form a head with ears.
4. Fill the mason jar with red candy (or whatever your brilliant little mind came up with) and stick the dowel in the center. My mason jars were on the smallish side, so I had to saw the dowel in half for this to work. Also, I ran out of Red Hots and since the party was 2 hours away, I improvised with red tissue paper for the top portion. YOU DON’T HAVE TO. It looks cheesy, dude. I’m aware.
5. Glue the two white buttons on the front of the jar.

I think if I had more time, these would’ve turned out better. Can you imagine how cute a Minnie one would be? A bow on top? Adding little skirt somehow? STOPPIT RIGHT NOW.

(Also, the chevron towel is from Target. I saw you eyeballin’ it.)

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Tutorial: Rolled felt flowers (no sew!)

Hey there, purdy lady. I have a fun little tutorial for you. Remember my felt rosette tutorial from a while back? The one where I said to cut a spiral in the felt and roll it up like a sleeping bag? Well, this flower is basically the same…

BUT BETTER.

Materials:

• Felt
• Scissors
• Glue gun

Cut a decent sized square of felt.

Cut a spiral with a scalloped edge. Trust me, it seems harder than it really is.

(TWSS)

Take the outside edge of the spiral and start rolling it up tightly. Dab glue along the inside edge as your rolling to hold all the layers in place. If you need a better explanation, see the simpler rosette tutorial.

Finish the flower with a nice little dab of glue and voila!

Now if you want to make a larger flower, just repeat the process. Cut a new spiral with a scalloped edge, but instead of rolling it into it’s own flower, glue the outside edge to your first flower and continue rolling. I sure hope that makes sense… brain is hurty after a long day.

Here’s a single, double and triple sized. I was about to seriously carried away with the large one and had to reel myself in before it ended up being the size of my face.

You could technically start with a larger square of felt to end up with a larger flower, but sometimes I like to make things difficult for no reason at all, sooooooo. Yeah. It works for me to do it this way though!

And this is what it looks like when you start making a bunch of random flowers for a wreath, but don’t have a wreath to put them on. Hair clips, perhaps?

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DIY – Super Simple Pumpkin Decor (which may or may not require something from your bathroom)

You saw that right… TOILET PAPER pumpkins. :) Don’t be grossed out… no one will be able to tell what’s in these little cuties by the time you’re finished.

Readyyyy?

• A roll of toilet paper
• Fat quarter of fabric
• A few sheets of tissue paper (or one sheet of newspaper would do)
• I forgot to include this in the photo, but a stick of wood, about 8 inches long.
• Optional: Ribbon to tie around the stem. I didn’t end up using it, so just pretend it’s not in the photo. :)

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Tutorial – Sequins and Nuts Necklace

I’m nuts. You’re nuts. Let’s wear some nuts.

I think we’ve all seen some of the crazy/awesome hardware jewelry floating around Pinterest and such. This is actually pretty genius because I think we all have extra hardware accumulating in a junk drawer somewhere. Why not make something unique? WHY NOT, I SAY!?

Sorry.

Supplies:

• Chain swiped from an old broken necklace
• 2 packages of sequins from the craft store (.79 whole cents each)
• Hex nuts, found in your local hardware store or junk drawer (I used 22)

Before I go any further, I feel I must point out one creepy detail…

Devilish smirking Baileys cup will haunt your dreams for all time. Onward!

Steps:

I disassembled the old necklace and cut it to the desired length.

In keeping with the whole hardware theme I have going on, I used a washer as part of the clasp. I don’t know why, I just felt like it.

Now I know this was naughty, but I used several strands of black thread and a needle to string my nuts and sequins. I basically tied knots to the ends of each hanging chain, which is just dumb, but I didn’t have jewelry wire. Use that instead, mmk? I’m going to replace it the first chance I get. Or, you know, when it breaks.

As far as the beading pattern, I just did what felt well with my soul. I imagine if you used another color of sequins or silver nuts you can have a completely different look. I’m probably going to make a bracelet next.

As always, my favorite thing about this is that it was cheap. I love cheap crafts. This whole thing costed me about two bucks. Not bad!

I just said the word ‘nuts’ more times than any human being should in one blog post. Or in her lifetime.

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