Saturday, January 28, 2023
Thursday, January 19, 2023
Woven Heart Shaped Box
This adorable woven heart shaped box is a very versatile container for Valentine treats! And when that special day is long gone, use it to store your what-nots and what-evers! And the best part about creating this lovely heart shaped box, you probably have everything in your craft supplies to make it, like I did! Plus it's a great project to do during those dark and chilly days of winter!
Tuesday, January 17, 2023
DIY Assorted Valentine Crafts
It's always fun making your very own handmade Valentine's Day crafts! It's a great way to show off your creativity to the ones you love! So gather up your craft supplies and be inspired to get crafting by checking out some of my Valentine projects I've made throughout the years. From an assortment of treats - jewelry and decor - you will surely be energized to create!
Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Recycled NoSew Pillow Teapot Cozy
Welcome to the first ever Sustainable Craft Challenge of 2023 hosted by Julie @ Sum of Their Stories
Anyway, cosy is also a term for a teapot cover. And it just so happen that my hubby had given me a teapot set for Christmas! Yes, I drink hot tea every morning! So my project for this months' challenge was to make a cover for my gifted teapot to help keep my tea warm!
- Fabric from a decorative pillow
- Batting
- Printer paper/poster board
- Teapot Cozy template
- Fabr-Tac Fabric Glue
- Seam Ripper/Ruler/pencil/scissors
- Fat quarter fabric for lining
- Clamps
The inside fabric was covered with a thin lining which I kept on the fabric.
Then laid it on top of the batting to cut out. The batting helps to keep the teapot insulated and warm.
Cutting out two pieces of batting to line each side of the cozy cover.
Next, laid out the fat quarter fabric for the lining . . .Cutting out two pieces of fat quarter fabric for the lining.
Next, cut off about a 1/4" from the edge of the batting to be able to glue the edges of the pillow cover and lining together.
Assembled the lining, batting and cozy cover to begin gluing them together . . .
a little bit at a time.
gluing together one side for the back and . . .
one side for the front.
I left an opening at the top to add a loop made from the pillow cording.
Once the glue was thoroughly dry, turned the teapot cozy inside out to the right side.
After smoothing the cozy cover out, made a loop and dipped the ends in fabric glue. Then inserted the ends into the opening at the top and clamped the loop until dry. A loop at the top make the cozy easier to remove from the teapot.
Be sure to stop by all the participants listed below for this month's "Warm" crafts:
Thursday, December 29, 2022
DIY Soda Can Crafts Roundup
Now that Christmas is over, have I got a diy collection to share with you! Something to get you started in the new year! Did you know you can make extraordinary craft items out of the most unusual items like soda cans! Thank goodness for projects that recycle aluminum soda and or beer cans! We all seem to have lots of them at one time or another! And it's really exciting what you can make with soda cans. Just check out the following projects:
Monday, December 12, 2022
DT Ornament Candle Holders DIY
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Natural Woven Tree with Berries
It's been there all along! Yes, this natural woven tree has been tucked away in my garage for at least seven years. Oh my! I was drawn to it in a thrift store and couldn't resist the price of six dollars for a handmade woven grapevines and limbs to weave an intricate pattern into a cone tree over four feet tall! Amazing! But, as the Christmas seasons rolled around year after year, I would look at it and just wonder how could I possibly decorate it? It was so rustic! So, I would cover it up or push it aside and move on . . . until this year!
Now, I belong to a monthly Sustainable Pinterest Challenge Group hosted by Julie @Sum of Their Stories. The theme for December is Winter - which can include quite a bit of ideas! The purpose of this Pinterest Challenge is to motivate all of us to create a project that a) is inspired by a pin on one of our Pinterest boards and b) have some sort of a sustainable element to it. This could be an upcycling or recycling element, or something that reduces waste, uses leftovers, etc. The problem I had was most handmade grapevine trees on Pinterest were quite small with the grapevines wrapped around a wire frame in a circular pattern like this pin. But then this pin mimics natural elements in a whopping size of eight feet, and even mentions sustainability and organic charm, I guess because it was handmade out of iron.
And this pin came very close to actually handcrafting a naturally woven tree but the link went nowhere. Nevertheless, I was inspired to do something with my woven tree for the holidays based on the pins I found!
Julie | Sum of their Stories
Gail | Purple Hues and Me
Julie | Treasures Made From Yarn
T’onna | Sew Crafty Crochet
Niki | Life as a LEO Wife
Mel | Decor Craft Design
Allyson | Southern Sunflowers
So, I'm finally hauling this awesome handmade woven cone tree out of hiding, oh I mean, storage and sharing how I decorated it using natural elements I found in my backyard!
Continue folding the stem wire at four and a half inches to form five "V" shapes -
shaping the stem wire . . .
into a star - cutting off excess wire and gluing the ends together. Place a drop of glue underneath where the stem wires cross to seal together.
varying the direction . . .
until satisfied with the look.
Then attach star to the top of the woven tree . . .
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