Okay, so I think this is just the cutest Halloween decoration!! It is just so fun and festive! Who wouldn't LOVE it?!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Cute Crafties: Burlap Christmas Wreath
This is such a cute Christmas wreath! It's so unique! I just love love love it!! :)Craftaholics Anonymous: Burlap Christmas Wreath
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Cute Crafties: Necktie Envlope
What a fun way to use up old ties! Plus ya the men don't always LOVE the pretty envolpes and cards, so this can give em some of their manly manness back! ;)
Cute Crafties: Birds of a Feather Family Tree
Introduction
Help your kids visualize their extended family in a cute and colorful way. Use our tree template to transfer the tree onto a bedroom or playroom wall, and paint. Then use the bird templates to depict the grandparents and successive generations.
Step 1
Print the tree and bird templates. If you have a projector, use it to project image onto wall, and trace with pencil. Otherwise, print on multiple sheets of paper and tape together. Tape templates to wall and, with transfer paper taped beneath, trace outline.
Step 2
Using transfer paper, trace birds onto limbs. (Start with owl grandparents at bottom, then branch up and out with children and grandchildren.) Paint tree; let dry.
Step 3
Paint birds; let dry. With fine-tip brush, write in names.Read more at Wholeliving.com: Birds of a Feather Family Tree - Martha Stewart Crafts
Cute Crafties: Pearlescent Painted Napkins and Ties
These easy-to-make ties -- satin cord trimmed with starlike dried sweetgum fruits -- are an elegant accompaniment to hemstitched napkins embellished with silver or lavender fabric paint. The "stars" are spray-painted white and attached to the cord's ends with a hot-glue gun.
Tools and Materials
Hemstitched napkins, made of cotton or linen
Fabric paint (one 2 1/4-ounce bottle covers about 3 napkins)
Small paintbrush
White spray paint, Design Master, available at crafts stores
Dried sweetgum fruits, from Dry Nature Designs
Metallic cord, (No. 9512), width S, color 3, from Shindo
Glue gun
Napkin How-To1. Wash and dry napkins to remove sizing, which can cause paint to adhere poorly.
2. Paint napkin edges using brush. Let dry completely, 2 to 3 hours. Flip napkins, and paint other side.
3. Heat-set paint (ironing is the most common method) according to manufacturer's instructions.
Napkin Ties How-To
1. Lightly spray-paint sweetgum fruits; let dry.
2. Cut cord into 12-inch lengths. Dab hot glue into openings of 2 sweetgum fruits, and insert end of a cord into each. Repeat to make additional ties. Let dry.
3. Wrap cords around folded napkins.
Read more at Marthastewart.com: Pearlescent Painted Napkins Tied Up with Stars - Martha Stewart Crafts
Cute Crafties: Stuffed Animals From Kids' Drawings
To bring a child's drawing to life, pin the cut-out drawing, facedown, to two pieces of fabric. Trace with a fabric pencil, leaving about 1/4 inch all around. Cut out. Sew on button eyes. Pin fabric again, right sides facing. Sew together, leaving an opening for batting. Stuff with batting, and then sew closed. Sew on other features, such as ears, limbs, and embellishments.
Read more at Marthastewart.com: Stuffed Animals from Kids' Drawings - Martha Stewart Kids
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