Halloween crafts...

I got a little carried away with making buntings for Halloween and decided to make two.

First I made a "Spooky" banner using the same idea as my "spring" bunting found here.

Next up was a fun one I made especially for my girls to enjoy. I used googly eyes for all the eyes and after I was done my 10 year old said to me, "mom I love it that you make these for us". It totally made my night. I just free handed all the characters/items except the pumpkin and witches hat which I used clip art for.

I also made a table runner, its quilted and its also my first attempt at anything quilted. Its made out of strips of fabric all different widths, I quilted the top with straight lines every half an inch and in the ditch, I also just used a rolled edge for binding. Although I can see lots of mistakes, I am happy with how it turned out.

Next using the same fabric from my "Spooky" bunting, and table runner I cut 8"x 1.5" of fabric and tulle and tied them to a double wire wreath. I then painted wood letters black and dotted them with purple puffy paint, tied the letters together with orange tulle and then also tied them to the wire with orange tulle. last I tied purple ribbon around it and hung it on the door.

So there you have it my fun new Halloween decorations for the year.

4th of July wreath

So my husband often makes jerk comments about my crafts and I ignore them, but his comment about my 4th of July wreath actually made me laugh. He said it looks like I am campaigning for Obama, I assure you I am not, but it gave me a good laugh.

So here is my fourth of July yarn wreath their are 13 stripes beginning and ending in red, just like the flag, but there are only 23 felt stars.

USA ...

I picked up these letters at the wood connection in UT last spring and just got around to painting them. I love how they turned out! The only thing I would change would be the color of the "A" I used midnight blue because its what I had on hand and I wish it was a little more navy, but I still love it. And I loved watching my littlest monkey helping me to paint it.

4th of July banner...

I saw a much smaller version of this banner on Etsy and new I had to make one! It is super cheap and looks rustic, patriotic and adorable above my fireplace.

Navy, red and white felt 6" stars strung on twine from Dollar Tree. The whole project literally cost less than $2!

Easter/Spring Bunting...

Can you say LOVE IT!!! I do so much, it make me happy just to look at it. It's bright, its cheerful and when my girls saw it, they were both giddy too.

I used the same concept as my "Lucky" Bunting, but it is slightly different, I used fabric instead of felt for my letters.

Using clip art from my word, I sized letters and a daisy to about 4" x 3" and cut the letters and daisies out of my fun bright fabric I used on my table runner.

Next I ironed my letters onto heat and bond and then attached my fabric letters/daisies to white felt rectangles that are 7" x 5", making sure they were centered.

Next using matching thread I zig zag stitched around each of the letters to make sure it stayed, keep the edges from fraying, and give it a finished look.

To finish off my bunting, I put small cuts in the felt 3/4" in and down on the top corners of the white felt and thread a piece of yellow ribbon with white polk a dots through it.

It is definitely my favorite bunting so far!

Easter Table Runner...

I love the idea of my table runner for Easter, but wish it was bigger. It works for my small table, but I will definitely need a bigger one on a new table.

This was an easy project, and definitely totally different from my last two.

I drew a giant egg to use as a pattern and cut out two of each color. I then sewed right sides together, turned right side out, pressed and top stitched. To connect the eggs together I just used fabritac to avoid more stitching lines.

St Patty's Day Table Runner

So my friend and I had this marvelous idea for a table runner, well it was not so fabulous. We hated it so much that we didn't finish it. We were using the same concept as our Valentines Day runner, and it looked awful!!! We then switched our fabric around and still used the same concept as the Valentines runner and it looked much better.

So here is the table runner DON'T:

I honestly don't know if its that there is just too much green, or if its the shade of green, all I do know is that its awful!

And DO:

So much better, simple, calm and kelly green.

St Patrick's Day Wreath

I love this unique wreath. It turned out super fun and you definitely will not see it on anyone's door.

I cut a round wreath out of cardboard and made a ton of "barbie" pillows cinched with a thin ribbon. I tied a big ribbon and bow around the cardboard and then the "pillows" were randomly glued on to the cardboard scrunched together and overlapping. I love the fun way that it turned out, and I love that it is totally different from my Valentine's Day wreath.

St. Patricks Day Bunting

I LOVE LOVE LOVE my St Patty's Day Banner!!! I feel "Lucky" just looking at it .

This is a super simple project. I cut white felt squares that are 8" high by 7" wide. I then cut out green felt letters that are about 5" high by 4" wide. I used Fabritac to attach the letters. I found the pattern for the letters and the cute felt hat online and using word printed them off as a template. The ribbon was just weaved through and hung.

Love It!!!

Happy Crafting!!!

Halloween crafting

First up I found a post somewhere don't ask me where, on someones blog where they had used the lampshades from an old ceiling fan to make ghosts and we just happened to have some laying around, so my oldest and I made some ghosts.

Two years ago my church did a craft Super Saturday and "BOO" blocks was one of the projects and I didn't sign up for it although I had wanted too. Money was tight and I had spent what I could. Well as we were cleaning up that Saturday there was an extra set of wood and vinyl lettering, they just didn't have any Halloween-y paper, so I purchased it and a set of "JOY" ones too, also minus the paper for a discounted price. It has taken me two years to finally get around to completing it, because A) I procrastinate too much and B) I couldn't find any paper I liked. So here are my completed "BOO" blocks.

Now last year my church also had a super Saturday and they had "Give Thanks" lettering made to go on the back of the "BOO" blocks. You got the vinyl and the paper. Well, I also just completed this project this week as well, the reasoning being that it had to go on the unpainted "BOO" blocks above. Anyways, I love that with one set of blocks you have a decoration for two holidays that just has to be flipped around.

I have actually been crafting quite a bit lately I just haven't been able to share because its mostly present for my sweet sister and well I don't think she reads this blog, but I won't take a chance.

"Happy Birthday" blocks

My mom, my sister and myself made some super cute "Happy Birthday" blocks while I was in Utah. Its hard to see, but above the "Y" is a curly wire that holds the Birthday person's photo. I am also going to add something above the "B" to hold balloons. I can't wait to use this for Birthday celebrations at our house! I totally love the bright colorful red and the colorful fun papers that I used. My mom's was done in more of a burgundy and my sis' in blues. I'll upload photos of theirs when they send them to me.