Crafts
Craft Month 2011 – Day 12 – Lightbulb Terrerium
Today’s craft project is a terrarium. How is this a craft you ask? It’s a craft because I have created the terrarium base myself, out of an old lightbulb. For full instructions on the process, particularly taking apart the lightbulb, see this tutorial from the hipster home. I used my beading tools to do all…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 11 – Lace Flowers
I really like fabric flowers. Actually… that might be the understatement of the year. I LOVE fabric flowers…. So, today’s national craft month project is another style of fabric flowers. Or… two really. The biggest thing about today’s project is that I wanted to experiment with lace. I actually ended up with two very different,…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 8 – Hair Wrap
Today’s project is a hair wrap. It as actually really simple to make… or it would have been if I hadn’t insisted on folding and ironing all of my fabric too avoid edges. I cut some fabric into 2 inch strips and folded it the way bias tape is folded – with the edges to…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 7 – Burnt Silk Flowers
Today I’m going to show you some cute silk flower clips I made over the weekend. I really like these clips, because they were simple to make, and gave me a nice project for my silk remnants. To make these flowers, I simply cut some circles out of my silk fabric. I used 3 –…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 6 – Mod Podge Cityscape
If you’ve been reading my blog, I’m sure you already know that it’s national craft month and I’m trying to make a project a day all month. I’m proud to say that I haven’t missed a day yet. But, since it’s sunday. Today is a simple project.
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 5 – Felt Flower Dahalia
It’s the fifth day of craft month and I am still going strong. Whoo! Today’s project is brought to you by a tutorial for Fabric Dahalias from Holidash. I used this project as a test for some thicker, more wool like felt that I had laying around. I bought it for it’s beautiful chocolate brown…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 4 – Handmade Book
It’s already the 4th day of National Craft month, and I have to say I’m very proud of myself for having not missed a day yet. I’ve got a lot of things going on right now, but it’s really refreshing to sit down and craft for a bit in the evening. I’m very proud of…
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 3 – Flower Pins
Ok, so today, I am totally cheating, and taking an idea from Craft Snob. Today, I am making some flower pins with fake flowers from the store.
Read MoreCraft Month 2011 – Day 2 – Applique Headband
Today is day #2 of National Craft Month, and this is my second post about it. Impressive, huh? Today I’m going to show you some cute little headbands I made, which are VERY simple to make.
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