I've been working on some projects for BurdaStyle and teaching some classes at my local sewing shop and boy have I been having fun! This weekend I taught 5 very talented and stylish ladies how to make my cute little stuffed pumpkin decorations! (I'll have pictures of their projects soon!) One of my upcoming classes I'll be teaching is a Thanksgiving table runner and place mats. If you visit Burda Style this week you'll see my reversible Halloween and Thanksgiving table runner and placemat project there available for download! (Yep, I said reversible, and it's free too!) It includes the basic instructions, fabric … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Vinyl On Glass
Still thinking fall over here!! Today I made a simple Welcome Fall frame. All you need is an X-acto blade, 3 adhesive vinyl colors, and a dollar store frame! Find some of your favorite images online, print and trace them on the vinyl. Cut it out and place on your glass piece. Easy peasy! Happy Crafting! Erin … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Brad Attack!
I saw candy corn at the store this weekend and was reminded of how cute those little things are, plus they are just so delicious! I knew I had to do something with a candy corn shape on it so we'll be making this card today: In case you were wondering, yes, those are ALL brads! But don't worry I've made things easy for you! Here's the layout I did in Illustrator! Just print it here and you're ready to go! I have lots of brads, and for some reason I had a TON of brass colored brads, which is weird because I think it's safe to say I NEVER use brass colored brads on my projects! I wondered if I could maybe, just maybe, make them … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: July 4th Place Setting
Remember the project I completed for BurdaStyle for Mother's Day? They asked me to complete some modifications to make it work for your July 4th get together! You can see the full project tutorial and instructions with pictures on BurdaStyle here, here, and here! (Did I mention it's a free pattern?) Erin … [Read more...]
Happy Friday!
I hope everyone is safe and warm! Looks like there has been snow pretty much everywhere this week! Here are a few little projects I've been working on this week with the Cricut: And have I ever mentioned that pretty much all my crafting talant came from my mom? Here's proof: How cute is this card? Get it? I'm "toad"ly into you! And how about that cute extra long curly tongue on the frog? Have a great weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day everyone! P.S. Here's a sneak peek of the project for Tutorial Tuesday next week: … [Read more...]
Valentine’s Day Cards Download
Need a quick Valentine's Day Card? I've even done two different colorways for you: Sherbet and Jewel. Download the Sherbet one here and Download the Jewel one here. But wait! Before you print them out try this: It's called a Color Check! Print this out first on your printer, then you can see how the colors will come out on your own printer, before you print the full sheet of cards! I know that it can be annoying to download and print something, only to have it come out different colors than you wanted it to because of differences in printers and computer monitors. Now you won't waste paper or ink! Download the Color Check … [Read more...]
Tutorial Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Embroidery Pattern
Happy Groundhog Day!! I'm hoping that spring will shortly be here, although so far the Chicago winter hasn't seemed that bad! Guess what? It’s Tutorial Tuesday time! I did some super cute, and super easy napkins…just in time for Valentine’s Day! Supplies: Build A Border stamp set 4 blank cotton napkins Violet Permanent Ink (I used the ColorBox pigment inks) Coordinating skeins of embroidery floss- 1 Dark and 1 Medium/Light Violet Water Soluble Fabric Marking Pen FREE Embroidery Pattern Ready to get going? Stamp the large oval border with your lighter ink about 1 ½” above the hem line. Stamp the dotted … [Read more...]
Placecards for Thanksgiving!
Remember the place mat I shared with you a little while ago? I made some little place cards to go with it! I'll show you how and share with you the PDF so that you can make your own customized ones! What you'll need: A few sheets of patterned paper (Trimmed to 7 3/4" x 3 1/2") Orange Cardstock (Trimmed to 2 3/4" x 1 3/4") Light Ivory Cardstock (You'll print on this so make sure it's trimmed down to 8 1/2" x 11" to fit into your printer!) Coordinating Ribbon Score along the lines of your patterned paper as shown below: Fold along the lines and adhere the flap to make your triangle shaped place cards. Type into the free … [Read more...]
Thanksgiving Placemats
Ok, so I've got a easy project for your Thanksgiving Tables today for you! I've made a little embroidered place mat tutorial and pattern for you! You know I love to keep my projects super simple so here's what you need: -1 Placemat (or as many as you need for all your guests) I found my place-mat at Target for $2.99. You can find plain place mats just about anywhere! -1 skein each DMC Embroidery Floss in green and orange (I used Orange DMC 3853 and Green DMC 3020) sewing needle, transfer pen (I like the kind that disappears on it's own! It's awesome!) -1 Stitching Pattern from me. Download here. Transfer the image onto the … [Read more...]
Googly Eyes!
So a little while ago when I made those cute little royal icing flowers for a baby shower I had some spare icing! I decided to make some googly eyes and save them for this month: I was hoping to surprise my husband with them by placing them on an unsuspecting dinner one night....but he beat me to it! He found the bag of eyes and brought me a piece of toast with eyes! Gotta love him! If you're not into edible eyes, try making this googly eye wreath! Tutorial Here. … [Read more...]
