Crafts
Craft Month 2011 – Day 22 – Printing Custom Fabric
I found a great place online that allows you to print your own custom fabric. You can check it out for yourself at www.spoonflower.com but… if $18-$32/yard isn’t in your budget, you can make your own. Now, I have only tried this for small sizes, no larger than 8×10.5inches. To print my fabric, I create…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 21 – Another Fabric Flower
Yes, I have an obsession with fabic flowers. This design is similar to the dahali, but much simpler. I did it in athletic gold with a shiny black button in the center. Boiler Up! I ended up putting this one on one of the strechy headwraps, which I don’t usually use, but something different is…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 20 – Embroidery
For today’s craft project, I thought I would try something that I have never done before. I did some embroidery. I started with a cute image I found online, which I printed it out and traced onto my fabric. Then I did a lot of backstitching. I’m very excited about how the final project turned…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 19 – Envelope Book
Today’s project is an envelope book. This project is fairly simple, as it only uses 2 wrapped boards and an envelope. This seemed like a really good way to store some of the things from our trip to see Dave at the Opry. I’ve still got a few things to add. Mostly, I just need…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 18 – Shoe Clips
Today’s project is really easy. You will need a pair of clip style earring blanks and whatever you want to decorate your shoes with. I used some chinese coin beads and dusty rose dahalia flowers. What is great about these is that I can snap them on and off of any pair of shoes.
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 17 – Single Petal Roses
Today’s project is another fabric flower. Today I’m making single petal roses. I’ve been meaning to learn this technique for a while, but haven’t gotten around to it. I’m glad I did, because it was actually a lot easier than I thought it would be, and turned out very well. Notice the green one I…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 16 – Upcycle Earrings
Today’s project is a major upcycle. For it you will need 2 paperclips, the string or yarn of your choice, and a set of earring hooks. The first step is to unbend your paperclips and reshape them into the design of your choice. I made a simple triangle. Then wrap the edges in string, followed…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 15 – Mod Podged Shoes
It’s the Ides of March, which aside from being a very bad day for anyone names Augustus Ceasar, means that we are halfway through National Craft Month. Today’s project actually took me more than one day. It’s not that it was a long process, but I did have to wait for the mod podge to…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 13 – Record Bowls
13 days and strong! It’s Sunday, so I’m going to do another Simple Sunday craft. We will be making bowls out of old records. This might seem like a complicated thing to do, but this is possibly the easiest project I’ve ever done. To make sure that I did this right, and didn’t kill anyone with…
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