Felt Flower

Are you ready for another cute project? today I'm going to show how to make my favorite felt flower - simple but oh so beautiful!

So let's get started!

First cut out a flower shape that you like out of paper and choose a color of felt that you like, trace 5 flowers out of the felt.

Next cut them out making sure to not leave any pen marks on the flower pieces - i made the mistake of using a black pen- and wished i had used a lighter color.

So out of the flowers you cut out you will use 1 for the base and 4 for the petals.Start by folding flower pieces in half.

As you fold them in half lay them down one by one layering them- as pictured above.

It's kind of hard to see in this picture but put a stitch or two on each petal to hold it down.

After that you'll want something to put in the center -i chose to glue some pearls in the center. i also decided that i wanted to put this flower on a headband for my daughter so i cut out a felt circle.....

Sewed together the ends of the elastic and glued the felt circle over the seam i had just sewed.

Then i flipped it over and glued the flower to the other side.

Then try it on your little one....

My little one is very girly :)

Ohhhh pretty!! See how simple that was? ADORABLE!!

The Jewelry Organizer

This project has been calling my name for some time now.....and i finally decided it was time to get it done,plus it would be nice to be able to find my jewelry once and awhile....lol

All you need is a cork board, fabric and a glue gun!

First off i have to brag just a little this board only cost me $3.00!!! What a steal :)

 First lay your board right side up and glue little by little right on that line/crack between the cork and the frame pressing down the fabric into the line/crack. Do this all the way around and be sure to pull the fabric tight, or else you'll get bubbles of fabric.

It should look something like this once you go all the way around -just about halfway done.

Flip the board over to the back and do the same thing as you did on the front pulling the fabric tight.

For the corners i just folded it over as best i could and glued it. Don't worry it doesn't have to be pretty no one's going to see it :)

It will probably will look something like this......

Yay! It's finished!

To hang it my hubby had some of these little life savers hanging around so i nailed this on the back.

Then it's time to hang it on your wall and find all your long lost jewelry! I just used push pins to hang everything. Enjoy!

Lamp re-Vamp

Oh my goodness time for an update. Well how about a little craft project instead? I've been wanting to refurbish a lamp for some time now, and while i was at the thrift store a couple weeks ago i came across a cute little lamp that looked like it needed some love.

So would you like to make this? believe m it was super simple :)

The original plan i had for this lamp fell through. i was going to do the base white and the lampshade with pink fabric flowers, but that didn't end up working to well.(hence the lack of pictures) Soooo i decided to to turn my plan upside down paint the base a light pink (using Krylon gloss paint) and then do white flowers on the lampshade.

Here is what i used for the lampshade i found a steal of a deal on the white flowers which i used less than half a box and then i bought some acrylic jewels for the center of the flower.

Next i glued some some white fabric over the lampshade (this is optional) i just didn't like the yellow tint it already had.

Then i fired up the good old glue gun and got to work - i doubled the flowers because they were kind of thin,just to give it a more full look and then i just added a jewel to the middle of that. This part was the most fun for me- im a perfectionist at heart and it totally should not have take me an hour to do this part!

And here you go! Just look at the little beauty you (i) just created!