Folding stars

Recycling paper

Gift Tag Tutorial

Lately I've been knitting a lot, so my other crafting has been left on the back-burner, so to speak. I've been focusing on smaller projects that take less time, that I can fit in a few minutes. Paper projects are great for this, because they don't take up too much space to work on, and because let's face it, you can get any color & texture paper you want. Those scrap-booking sections in the big craft retailers are huge!

Recycling paper

9. Continue stitching the tubes together.
10. When all the tubes are connected,
add additional stitches in the middle to correct any unevenness.

 

Tutorial: Making a Basic Paper Tube Starburst From Old Textbook Pages (Part One)

1. Detach 8 pages from book and trim rough edges.
2. Cut strips in half long-ways.
3. Roll one at a time tightly long-ways around dowel to form tube.
4. Use stick glue to fasten edge and smooth with fingertip after slipping off dowel.

Making cake with roll paper

Here is what you will need:

Making paper bows

2.

For the manufacture of bow cut several strips of different lengths: 21, 14, 12 (2 pieces) and 7 cm respectively. Width 3 cm, the last band - 2 cm in length and width can vary depending on the desired size.

candy flower

"Truffle" into the cylinders.

Recommendations:
If you are satisfied with the color of candy wrappers, use transparent paper. Otherwise, the paper must be opaque (shiny or matte) and match your color plan.

Bunny Ears to make

 


Cute hat tutorial

Interestingness

Kanzashi.

How to make beauty box

Gift boxes tutorial

Making roses with paper

Tissue roses tutorial

Crochet Bow Headband tutorial

Here are the materials you will need: headband (I got a pack of eight at the dollar store), worsted weight yarn, 5mm crochet hook, and a large blunt tapestry needle. Optional materials include coordinating thread, sewing needle, beads, sequins, ribbons, and glue.

How to sewing a hat in 45 minutes

1. Measure your head where you want the hat to rest. My measurement was 22″

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Video folding gifts

The Orchid Wrap

Wrapping gifts with scarf

Make Rose Scarflet tutorial

Hey here's a post on accessories after a really long time...(I'll accept it that jewelry is much more fun to make). But now faced with an emergency (I need a scarflet desperately) I decided to make one. A re-purposed one.


When a newly bought cami tears, I find it very irritating..The only thing the comes out of it is a dust cloth that you use to clean the showcase glasses once and then you throw it away. But what if it can be made into something else more worthwhile...Playing around with my pink knit cami  I came up with this scarlet that is great to be worn when it is not very cold but still chilly. No machine sewing skills required for this project because I dont have a machine ;)
Materials Required
- Knit fabric (tubular knit). I cut mine from my cami. You could also cut from any old tshirt. Width 7" length 35" totally when cut open at one end. Extra fabric for the rosette (can be a different fabric/color also)
- hand needle and matching thread/ Scissors

There are two parts to this scarlet - the scarf and the rosette. We will do the rosette first. I am doing this rosette to resemble a rose flower that used to bloom in my childhood home. I would be so drawn to it that my mother would sometimes affectionately refer to me as "roja poo"(rose flower) after that particular flower.

Beauty Zipper Jewelry tutorial

Making jewelry using unusual items is not a new thing and the last few years have seen a rise in Recycled and reused materials jewelry. Out of them Zipper or Zip is a highly favoured material. This simple fastener lends itself into many shapes thereby making accessories out of it a pleasure. Inspired by the works of Reborn jewelry and Amalia Versaci (both on etsy) I made a few  zipper jewelry pieces in varying levels of difficulty.
One is a ring - rosette ring to be specific.
Here's How to make it: I just removed the clip and used one side of a jacket zip. I then gathered on the plain side and twisted the strip keeping the teeth at the open end to get a rosette. the plastic bit will be at the centreI stitched it through the layers and it was done. I then made a small loop to fit my finger with a remaining piece of zipper and attached it to the back of the rosette. Now my ring (fully made of Zippers) is ready.


The next one is side focal bracelet, which is little more work than the ring

Tutorial: Chrysants Silk Brooch

Want to try a simple, easy, yet fabulous project ? This is it :D Chrysants Silky Brooch. It is so easy and make me want to make it again and again.

What you need :
- Silky fabric (I use real silk, but you can use any cheap poly chiffon, shantung, faux silk, or anything, as long as it feel silk and has some glossy surface). Cut it in bias
- Glue gun & the glue
- Metal Brooch (you can use felt as brooch backing, but metal brooch is sturdier and holds the flower better than felt)

Burlap Cuff

y first burlap project with a tutorial.Easy and quick to make with many possibilities.

You will need:

new baby dress with pompom

Sweet little T-shirt Tutorial

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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: