I was working on a home decor project and couldn't get enough of these cute little red poppies I was making so I knew I had to make something I could wear one with. (Did I tell you I'm redesigning my living room/dining room/kitchen with a new color palette? I couldn't be more excited about it! You can see my new color palette and the inspiration behind it at Fresh Nest Design.) I decided on a necklace and kept it pretty simple with just a touch of black and silver. It's super simple, just make a few bead pieces mixing 2-3 beads, attach them to some silver chain, hand stitch your flower to the necklace and voila, you're done! I think … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Fabric Flower Rings
I'm in love with the new ring I just made! Isn't it cute! It's a little fabric flower ring! I love how they only take a very small amount of fabric (or ribbon!) so raid your scraps and see what you've got! You can also use ribbon you've got lying around too! (Here's a little tip for you: If you want to make a custom color of ribbon, try coloring a white or ivory ribbon with your Copic marker. It's permanent and you can make it any color you want to match a project or outfit!) What you'll need: 8" x 1" pieces of fabric strips (or ribbon) Ring blank Hot glue gun Velcro Coordinating beads Tacky Glue Take your … [Read more...]
Ribbon Flower Embellished Card
Ok, so I got a little carried away with these ribbon flowers and made a few extra. Then I experimented with some different widths of ribbon. Here's a card I made with a few of them. The larger flower was made from some 1 1/2" wide satin ribbon. I LOVE how it turned out! I added a fancy brad in the middle for a little accented touch. What do you think? I'm thinking they would also make great hair clips, brooches, or embellishments on a little handbag! … [Read more...]
Ribbon Napkin Rings
I found this awesome striped ribbon on clearance at the fabric store and knew I could do something with it. I let it sit for a few days on my craft table while I mulled over what to do with it...and here's what happened! Want to make your own? It's easy! Here's how: Gather the following supplies: Ribbon for napkin ring, flower and leaves. Needle and thread Hot Glue Gun Cut a 5" piece of ribbon for the flower and one for the napkin ring. I used a plain pink satin ribbon for the ring part. Turn under one edge and hand stitch (or machine if you prefer) to make a ring. Do this for both the flower and napkin ring ribbon. Set … [Read more...]
Flower Brooch
Here's something else you can do with the ribbon trim shown below. Make a flower brooch. This one is fairly easy. Just cut a piece of trim 5" long. I used the same looped ribbon fringe, but any fringe should work for this project. Tape where you are going to cut and cut down the middle of the tape to keep it from unraveling. Take your 5" piece, wrap it around in a circle to make a flower shape and hot glue gun the ends together. To hide the seam and top of the fringe, I cut a circle from some wool felt that I had a scrap piece of. I adhered that to the top of the flower and attached a pin on the underside. I pinned it on the front … [Read more...]
Lots of words, no pictures…
So here are some pictures to break up all the words lately! This is a Birthday Card I made for a coworker of mine. It's hard to tell but the brown petals have clear embossing powder on them to make it shiny and a little rhinestone center. As usual, it's much better looking in person! This one is for no one in particular...just a fun birthday card that fits inside a standard business sized envelope. There's a little folder inside to hold money or a gift card. I scrunched up the ribbon to make the icing on the cake and then sewed it to hold in place. It turned out really nicely! -Erin … [Read more...]
