Archive for the "Me Being Crafty" Category
Nov
03rd
2011
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:
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?
Categories: DIYs and Tutorials Me Being Crafty Personal
Oct
17th
2011
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. :)
First things first: smash your toilet paper roll. And no, I didn’t coordinate my bracelets to the fabric JUST for this photoshoot. How dare you think that.
(I did.)
Next, you’ll need to place the toilet paper roll in the center of the tissue paper. Start wrapping the tissue over the roll and tucking the edges into the center. I found it helpful to start with the shorter sides first, then ended with the corners… it stays put that way.
When you’re finished wrapping the roll in tissue paper, repeat the process with your fabric. You can secure it with hot glue if it’s not laying properly, but really, messy is totally acceptable. That’s what I tell myself to keep my OCD in check.
Now take a stick (which I didn’t include in the supplies shot because I hadn’t yet snatched a branch from our neighbors tree) and jam it in the center. It might take some wiggling, but once it’s in there, the fabric will hold pretty well.
Now that took you a total of what, 5 minutes, not including the time it took you to sneak into your neighbors yard and steal a tree limb, right? SO EASY. :)
Categories: DIYs and Tutorials Me Being Crafty Personal
Sep
09th
2011
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.
Tags: crafting diy hardware hex nuts Jewelry Necklace sequins tutorial Categories: DIYs and Tutorials Me Being Crafty Personal
Aug
26th
2011
This is my first attempt at making crepe paper flowers and I have to say, they’re quite fun! I’m making them to go on a wedding cake, of all the scary, intimidating things. Cripes, just a little bit of pressure. They’re something new, but I figured I’ve made a thousand fabric flowers… paper can’t be that much different, right?
I’ll post some photos of the After, with all the flowers on the cake, à la Martha Stewart Weddings:
Hoo lawdy, I need more practice. Wish me luck.
Tags: crafting crepe paper flowers diy martha stewart weddings 2011 wedding cake Categories: Me Being Crafty Personal
Jul
26th
2011
This weekend, a few of us got together to celebrate my dear friend Alyssa’s 20-hrmphhth… birthday! If you guys don’t already follow her blog, pop on over and take a look around. She’s one of the craftiest little ladies I know and always manages to inspire me somehow. Also, she bakes cupcakes. You’ll love her.
I had a feeling she’d appreciate a handmade gift, so I whipped up a yarn wreath for her and myself and a little embroidery thingamabob. I say ‘whipped up’, but if you’ve ever made a yarn wreath, you know I’m a filthy, rotten liar because it takes about as long to make as it does to watch 3 trashy VH1 reality shows. I don’t know from experience or anything though… just saying.
P.S. I do not embroider or sew at all, so don’t judge the little rain cloud project too harshly. Whenever a craft project doesn’t turn out the way I wanted it to, I just say “it has charm” and pretend I wanted it to look that way. Really though, this looks like a 5 year old did it, ha!
Just wanted to give you guys a few more example of what you can do with the oh-so-addictive yarn wreath. I think my count is about up in the teens now. I just love those things!
[ See a few other wreaths I've made here: 1 | 2 | 3 ]
Tags: crafting embroidery hoop felt flowers yarn wreath Categories: Me Being Crafty Personal
