Tutorial - Valentine Hair Clips

Last week, when I was fiddling with making my Pom Poms and Hearts Brooch, I made some fabric covered buttons.  I wanted to incorporate them into the brooch.  But after fiddling, I decided they didn’t work.
I had to find another way to use these cute buttons.  And the obvious answer was to make hair clips.  Which, as a mother of twin girls, we can never have too many of.
Here’s how I made them:

How to make Glomeruli in wreaths

How to make Glomeruli in wreaths

Make a Valentine Candy Cone

This heart-shaped cone is really easy to make and is a great way to share popcorn with someone special when watching a film, or why not make a few and fill them up with treats for sharing around a bonfire or at a party, or even use them to hold confetti at a wedding. The template I have provided fits onto an A4 sheet of card, but if you need a larger or smaller cone, then scale it up or down to suit your requirements.

You will need:

A4 card
PVA glue
Scissors
Craft knife or bone folder
Ruler
Extra decorations (optional)

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Snowflake crochet

In my opinion, this is one ugly flake. Tons of picots down the slip-stitched chains.

You may do whatever you'd like with snowflakes you make from this pattern, but you may not sell the pattern. Thanks, and enjoy!

Etched Candle Holder

After failing at my first attempt with etching cream, I decided it was time to try again. Jesscia at Quarter Life Crisis had a great tutorial on how she worked with etching projects.

Here is what I started with:

 

• Candle holder
• Contact paper
• Etching Cream
• Scissors
• Candle

Fab-u-lous Fall Candle

My mom is hysterical - She loves all things sparkly, all things fab-u-lous. She wears sparkly clothes, loves sparkly jewelry and decorates her home with the same affection for sparkle and flare. (But note, she is NOT a girly-girl. My lack of a girly-girl gene was passed down from my mother...)

That makes our styles very different - and tonight - my mom came to help get Bug to and from dance and with her she brought supplies and a vision for thisFab-u-lous Fall Candle.

Pom-Pom Tutorial

This is a tutorial for making pom-poms using your
fingers. This one is a small, two-finger pom-pom
(about 1" in diameter) but you can make bigger ones
by using more fingers. As far as yarn choice, thinner
and softer yarn will make a more pleasing pom-pom.