2.28.2012

Chevrons & a St. Patty's printable

Here's a few freebie Chevron 8x10 printables, as well as a free St. Patrick's Day printable!
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2.23.2012

Strawberry cake batter wafers...

I came across an amazing recipe not too long ago from Something Swanky.  The recipe was for red velvet cake batter dip!! It was as amazing as it sounds!! To get that recipe, check out Something Swanky! I used that recipe, and just traded the red velvet cake mix for strawberry cake mix, mostly because it was all I had at the time!  

I simply put some dip between two vanilla wafers, and sprinkled colored nonpareils on the edges of the dip.  Tastes amazing!!


Something Swanky's recipe comes out perfectly with the strawberry cake mix. Their recipe calls for 2 cups of cake mix, which only uses half of your box!  Save the other half for another batch! Such a yummy way to have the flavor of cake batter, without actually eating cake batter. 

Thanks to Something Swanky for their recipe for red velvet cake batter dip!! You must head over there, and also try out their brownie batter dip.  It's fabulous!! Be sure to follow them for new recipes!

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2.22.2012

Printables...

Here are a few more color combinations for you for the quatrefoil printables!! (if you missed the last ones, you can find them HERE)

10x8
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2.21.2012

Tutorial...Attaching fabric flowers to hair accessories...


This is a continuation from my fabric/felt flower embellishments tutorial which you can find HERE. The last tutorial was on creating flower embellishments for headbands and hair accessories.
Today's tutorial is on attaching the flowers to your hair clips or headbands. 

Materials...
pre-made fabric flowers
hair clips and/or headbands
hot glue gun
felt 
scissors


I got all my hair accessories at Michael's.

First is to cut out 2 circles from your sheet of felt.

 You want your felt circles to be about the same size, and slightly smaller than your fabric flower, so that the felt does not show under the flower. In the above pic, i have turned my fabric flower upside down because I will be gluing the felt circle to the back.

Using your hot glue gun, glue one of the felt circles to the back of your fabric flower.

Your other felt circle will be glued to your hair clip as a base for your fabric flower.
Glue it to the inside of the top of the hair clip.  Make sure to hold the clip open while the glue is drying, so that the felt does not stick to the bottom piece of the hair clip. 

Now to attach the flower! Apply hot glue as shown in the pic above.  This is the base for your fabric flower.  Also apply hot glue to your fabric circle attached to your flower.  Pinch the two felt circles together.  I love how fast hot glue sets!
The finished product...

You will use the same concept to glue your fabric flowers to your headbands.

Two circles of felt, glue one to the back of your fabric flower, glue the other to the inside of your headband, wherever you want your fabric flower to be.  For my headband, (picture your headband as a clock) I'm attaching it at 2:00 (or 10:00) depending on which side you're going to put it on!


Apply hot glue to the top of your felt circle shown in the pic above (this is your base), and apply glue to your felt circle that is already glued to the back of your fabric flower.  Pinch the two felt circles together, and your fabric flower is good and attached!  

The finished product...
Stay tuned for a third tutorial that shows how to make this particular fabric flower shown in this finished product picture!



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2.18.2012

Freebie printables!!

{Freebie Quatrefoil Printables}

10x8 PDF
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Headband embellishments...

Headbands for little girls are so adorable!! My little girl is getting to the age where she might let me put a headband on her, but occasionally she will still pull it off! So I thought I would attempt it anyway and make her some. 

This first tutorial is for making these headband embellishments!(Tutorial number 2 will include how to attach them to the headband)


Materials needed:
Fabric
Felt 
thread
needle
scissors
beads for the rosette centers (pearls, or plastic "bling" beads, or even a cute button)

First you will cut a strip of fabric. I measured mine to be about 7 in. by 2 in. but I do end up trimming it later on (I will include that part later on in the tutorial).  
Using a needle and thread, you will run thread along one long side of your fabric strip.  Weave the thread in and out along the side until you get to the end. The fabric will start to bunch up, because  you're actually creating a ruffle. 
 Next you will pull on your two ends of thread on each end of the fabric strip, bunching your fabric ends closer together.  Using your two ends of string, tie a knot underneath your ruffle circle.


Then, hot glue your two fabric ends together to hold the ruffle in a circle shape.


At this point is where I do some trimming around the top of my ruffle circle.  This makes it easier to open the circle up. 


Next, cut a circle of felt slightly smaller than your fabric circle.  Then you will make a spiral out of your felt circle.  Starting at one edge, cut in a circular shape into the circle, and keep going around until you get to the center. 
Starting with the inside of your spiral, roll it back up into itself and it will form into a little rose. 

At this point in the tutorial I am switching embellishments to the white fabric circle (basically from lack of taking photos from start to finish on any one particular embellishment...).  But each one is the very same concept.  

After rolling up your felt spiral, put some hot glue to attach the end of the spiral to itself. That will keep it together.  You can glue along the way as you roll up the spiral, but I just glued the end after it was all rolled up.   


Then simply hot glue the felt rose to the middle of your fabric circle. 

Glue your bead(s), button, or anything you decide to use onto the middle of your felt spiral rose.  Push down slightly as it is drying.


Then you're done making your embellishment!!






Instead of doing the felt spiral rose in the middle, you could use a fabric rosette. 
 And there ya have it! Some super-cute embellishments ready for a headband! (Or a hair clip, or onto a pillow, purse, pretty much anything!!)
Super simple, and adorable!
Stay tuned for a tutorial on attaching your embellishments to a headband, as well as how to make another cute flower for your headband!



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