Girl baby shower gifts

Hi Fellow Crafters

Run off my feet again, so this is a super quick post. Just some things I have made for a friends baby, still have to wrap it though.

Some burp cloths (pattern found HERE). Flannel on one side and terry cloth on the other.

A few baby socks rolled into flowers which I put into a flower pot (template found here). I decorated the lip of the pot with some punched out flowers and brads. The leaves are just some green card stock.

And some baby booties.

And here they are all together.

Happy crafting

Happy Birthday

Hi Fellow Crafters

Things have been up side down around here lately, with starting work, visitors from abroad and out of town and sick kiddo's. So not much crafting going on.
However my new boss' birthday was on Thursday and I decided to make her a memorabilia pouch, she is off on holiday to London and Paris soon and I thought she could do with a little something to store all her tickets, brochures etc in. I made a VERY simple rectangular pouch and then got my class( the Lion class) to place their fabric paint covered thumb prints all over the pouch. I then decorated the prints as people and wrote their names beneath their prints.

I then needed a card to go with the gift so I used the same card as here (seeing that it has a lion ;-) -just changed the sweet baby to a pieced sun (Can you believe it - I didn't take a picture!). and on the inside I again used the kids thumb prints to sign the card. This time I turned the thumb prints into lions and lionesses.

And what would a gift be without packaging? For this I used this fab template from Papertrey Ink. I decorated with some DP I have had for some time that just happened to have lions on it. I also thought my boss could keep it on her desk later to keep letters or notes in, seeing as it is a mini file holder.

I also added a British adaptor in for a little extra from me.

Happy crafting.

Bunny Wristlet Pouch

Hi Fellow Crafters

OK, I know I am way too early with Easter, but I am starting work on Monday (after a 8 year break and a total change in career!) so I need to get a head start on crafting for Easter as my new job is as a pre-k teacher and I will be needing to do Easter crafts with my group. Well, this one I can't do with them, but looking through various projects seemed to spark something in me to create this pouch, into which all sorts of Easter eggs can be placed.


Introducing my Bunny Wristlet Pouch (with template below).

I inserted a ribbon through a channel at the top of the pouch to "gather" it in. The ribbon forms a small "handle" to place around your wrist to hold the pouch- as can be seen in the back view of the pouch below.

An open view of the pouch.

 

And the contents.

Now for the template and how to:

1. Template:

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2. How to:

1.    Cut out one body piece. Sew a channel along the top edge of the body piece as indicated by the

       sewing line. Fold the top edge down to the sewing line and sew a 1/4" in from the line.

2.    Cut out 4 ear pieces- I did this as my felt is very soft and I fused two ear pieces together so that 

       the ears would stand up.

3.    I them cut my two inner ear pieces and fused (you could also glue them)them into the center of 

       the ears.

4.    I stitched the ears onto my body piece, following the stitches I had already made, positioning  

       them on the side that would be the front of my bunny.

5.    I then folded the body piece together and sewed it along the side and bottom edge.

6.    Cut the eyes, nose, teeth and cheeks and position as desire, glue down.
Viola - you have your Bunny Wrislet Pouch.


Happy crafting.

Scrunchy Heart- Flashback (and a tutorial)

Hi Fellow Crafters'

Today I saw polystyrene cut out hearts that brought back memories of scrunchy wreaths I once made using polystyrene rings. I wondered if the cut out hearts would work just as well, but to no avail, so I came u with plan B. I had these

lying around from another project and the idea came to me to make the scrunchy valentine hearts using them. This is what I landed up with.

This is what I did.

Step 1: Cut a piece of fabric 3" X 60".

Step 2: Fold the cut piece in half lengthwise and sew leaving a 1/2" seam.

Step 3: Use pinking shears to cut along sewn edge. You now have the outer casing of the heart.

Step 4: Take 2 of the pipe cleaners and twist them together.

Step 5: Inset the twisted pipe cleaners into the sewn casing.

 

Step 6: Once inserted. Secure the top by sewing the pipe cleaners to the top (see pic below).

Step 7: Gather the remaining casing so that it meets at the opposite end.

Step 8: Pull the end pieces together to form a circle. And sew ends together were they meet.

Step 9: Now pinch in the bottom and top to form the heart shape.

Step 10: Tie a length of ribbon into a bow and sew onto heart at the top.

Step 11: Sew on a length of thread or ribbon to hang the heart on the doorknob.

Step 12: Viola your scrunchy heart is ready to hang.

Happy crafting.

Mad about Ariel?

My DH cousins daughter is turning 3 and her Mom asked if I could help out with some party goodies. This is what I came up with. The little party favor houses a bracelet, and the small Ariel album for photos of the party go into the altered box. The fabric bags were made following instructions on Nicole Heady's Blog and can be found here (scroll down some).

TFL
Paola