found here
ta da... and these are my first three!!
Once you get started it's really addictive ;)
The flowerloom is cheap and so so cute!
Just a perfect gift for yourself or for the
upcoming holidays ;)
Have fun!!
XO. Vera
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Showing posts with label craft. Show all posts
Flowerloom ❃
A while back i bought a flowerloom, because i wanted to make vintage flowers. The instructions that i found in the box, weren't great :( So i thought i would surch on the internet, but couldn't really find a great instruction their either (except pictures from pretty flowers that we're made with the flowerloom). Finally a few days ago i found this great video over at Martha Stuarts blog and i could start making flowers. If you like to watch that video click HERE. This is the flowerloom that i have:
DIY Sunday - It's all about ruffles.
Hello friends :)
It's Sunday and I am very happy to present another DIY for you:
I have tons of flats and most of them are... boring seems to be the right word. So I thought I should decorate a pair of my flats in a romantic way. With ruffles! (and how doesn't LOVE ruffles?)
So here we go:
You will need a shoe
and some fabric as well as a pair of scissors and your sewing machine, of course!
First, cut a strap off the fabric. It should be a long strap because we want to turn it into ruffles and this will make it more short. (mine is 1 m long)
Using a loose stitch, sew along the strap.
- twice!!!!
That's what it will look like then. :)
You will now have 4 straps of your thread. Take the 2 front straps and... PULL! :)
Like this.
With a little bit patience, you will have ruffles in the end.
Now, just sew them to your shoe.
And your shoe will be one of a kind!
Hope you enjoyed this cute tutorial?!
Loves,
Katja
It's Sunday and I am very happy to present another DIY for you:
I have tons of flats and most of them are... boring seems to be the right word. So I thought I should decorate a pair of my flats in a romantic way. With ruffles! (and how doesn't LOVE ruffles?)
So here we go:
You will need a shoe
and some fabric as well as a pair of scissors and your sewing machine, of course!
First, cut a strap off the fabric. It should be a long strap because we want to turn it into ruffles and this will make it more short. (mine is 1 m long)
Using a loose stitch, sew along the strap.
- twice!!!!
That's what it will look like then. :)
You will now have 4 straps of your thread. Take the 2 front straps and... PULL! :)
Like this.
With a little bit patience, you will have ruffles in the end.
Now, just sew them to your shoe.
And your shoe will be one of a kind!
Hope you enjoyed this cute tutorial?!
Loves,
Katja
DIY Sunday - felt bow tutorial
Hi everyone!
Todays' DIY is one of my favorite quick crafts ever: A felt bow hairclip.
You will need:
felt, a hairclip, thread and needle, a scissors
:)
First, cut a strap from your felt.
Now, fold the felt in 3 steps.
Then, cut a smaller strap from the felt.
And now, take thread and needle, and add some loose stitches to the bigger part of the felt.
Pull the thread to create the typical bow shape!
And now, add the smaller strap of felt.
Now you already have a bow xD
Sew your hairclip to the back.
And now your hairclip is done!!!!! Hooray for quick crafts, right? Happy Sunday, loves.
xo.
Katja
Todays' DIY is one of my favorite quick crafts ever: A felt bow hairclip.
You will need:
felt, a hairclip, thread and needle, a scissors
:)
First, cut a strap from your felt.
Now, fold the felt in 3 steps.
Then, cut a smaller strap from the felt.
And now, take thread and needle, and add some loose stitches to the bigger part of the felt.
Pull the thread to create the typical bow shape!
And now, add the smaller strap of felt.
Now you already have a bow xD
Sew your hairclip to the back.
And now your hairclip is done!!!!! Hooray for quick crafts, right? Happy Sunday, loves.
xo.
Katja
Felt and Fabric Craft Swap Goodness
campers
animals
s'mores
campfire
flashlights
tents
trees
nuts
signs
sunglasses
After looking on Etsy for camping related crafts, I was totally stumped. And then I saw someone's blog post about how they made some cool sun glass cases. I would love to share the link with you. I have spent the last hour looking at every blog in my blog roll and I cannot remember who gave the the idea or even what the original sun glass cases looked like. I did not save the original image. I barely looked at it. I just remembered that it looked easy and I started dreaming up my own way of creating the little cases using felt so that I wouldn't have to iron under a bunch of seams.
So I made up my own plan of attack.
I wish I would've made this into a DIY. But I did not. haha.
1. First I made a rough measurement of my fabric and cut out a rectangle that would fold in half and fit over my sunglasses. Since I was creating a whole bunch, I cut out all the fabric I needed at the same time.
2. I put it on a piece of felt and cut the felt slightly larger on the top end. I cut out all the felt at the same time.
3. I stitched up the edges, wrong sides together, leaving the top open. I did all the sewing for each one at the same time.
4. I turned the 'pocket' inside out. I used an iron to press it flat and in half. I also pressed the top flap down to cover the top edge of the fabric. I did all the ironing at the same time.
5. Finally, I stitched around two sides to close it up and added embellishments. It was so nice to clip off all the loose strings and glue on the flowers. This was so fun! I wish I would've used pinking sheers on this project, but I can never find my pair when I want them!
For the felt flowers....let's see....Oh yes, a couple of months a go LollyChops (the very lovely and talented LollyChops!) had an awesome video tutorial on felt flowers. I made a bunch but I never used them for anything. They were just trapped inside a plastic container waiting to be freed. I used fabric glue to attach them to the fabric cases and made some little felt leaves too! Total cuteness!
Oh and to see what another craft swapper made, check out Run With Scissors's Janel created! Compass bows---sweet!
DIY Sunday - polymer clay earrings
Hi everyone!
Like I promised last week, here's a fabulous DIY for you:
Let's make Polymer Clay earrings! YAY!
You will need:
Polymer Clay (Fimo) in different colours. I chose white for the cake's fondant, light brown and yellow for the filling and the flowers and a bright green for the leaves of the flowers. Feel free to use any colour you prefer. You will also need a razorblade and polymer clay tools. If you want to turn them into earrings, you will also need ear pendants and eyehooks. But we will do that later ;)
First, take a piece of white polymer clay.
Knead the clay and then roll out. Put aside!
Now, take a piece of yellow clay and form a ball.
Flatten the ball of clay.
Put aside and form a ball of light brown clay.
Flatten this ball of clay, too. Make sure it is thicker than the yellow one.
Use your razorblade to cut the light brown clay ball in half.
Like this.
Remember your yellow slice of clay?! It belongs in th middle of the two light brown slices.
Cut off as much as you want to create the size you need.
You might want to squeeze your piece a bit so it's surface is even.
Put the white polymer clay over your "cake".
Wrap it around the cake.
There will probably be much leftover.
Simply cut it off!
Use your tool to soften the edges.
Almost looks like a real cake, right?! :D
A short tip: If you find any pieces of lint in your white clay (it gets dirty way too fast!) - take your razorblade and simply cut them off. Soften the edges with your tool again.
:)
Now, let's work on the decorations! Take a ball of yellow clay and form a snake.
Use your tool to flatten the snake.
Like this.
Wind the clay-snake until you feel your rose is big enough. Then cut off and put aside.
Make a bunch of roses.
And now, on to the leaves. Form a snake again.
Flatten it and use a toothpick to form leaves.
It might need a little bit of practice - but it's worth it.
Put the roses onto the cake.
I added 4 roses to my cake. :)
Use your razorblade to cut the cake into 4 equal pieces.
To give your cake slices a more realistic look, use a toothpick and rub over the cake slice.
See?! :)
To turn your slices into earrings, use these kind of eyehooks.
Add them to the slices' top.
Then, add these silver rings, one of them to each slice.
Like this.
The final step is to add the ear pendant and close the silver ring.
Bake the polymer clay earrings according to the instructions. If you want, you can use glossy finish to make them more shiny.
And all you have to do now is wear the earrings every day and feel happy about it! <3
I hope this tutorial was as much fun for you as it was for me. Happy crafting, loves!
xo.
Katja
Like I promised last week, here's a fabulous DIY for you:
Let's make Polymer Clay earrings! YAY!
You will need:
Polymer Clay (Fimo) in different colours. I chose white for the cake's fondant, light brown and yellow for the filling and the flowers and a bright green for the leaves of the flowers. Feel free to use any colour you prefer. You will also need a razorblade and polymer clay tools. If you want to turn them into earrings, you will also need ear pendants and eyehooks. But we will do that later ;)
First, take a piece of white polymer clay.
Knead the clay and then roll out. Put aside!
Now, take a piece of yellow clay and form a ball.
Flatten the ball of clay.
Put aside and form a ball of light brown clay.
Flatten this ball of clay, too. Make sure it is thicker than the yellow one.
Use your razorblade to cut the light brown clay ball in half.
Like this.
Remember your yellow slice of clay?! It belongs in th middle of the two light brown slices.
Cut off as much as you want to create the size you need.
You might want to squeeze your piece a bit so it's surface is even.
Put the white polymer clay over your "cake".
Wrap it around the cake.
There will probably be much leftover.
Simply cut it off!
Use your tool to soften the edges.
Almost looks like a real cake, right?! :D
A short tip: If you find any pieces of lint in your white clay (it gets dirty way too fast!) - take your razorblade and simply cut them off. Soften the edges with your tool again.
:)
Now, let's work on the decorations! Take a ball of yellow clay and form a snake.
Use your tool to flatten the snake.
Like this.
Wind the clay-snake until you feel your rose is big enough. Then cut off and put aside.
Make a bunch of roses.
And now, on to the leaves. Form a snake again.
Flatten it and use a toothpick to form leaves.
It might need a little bit of practice - but it's worth it.
Put the roses onto the cake.
I added 4 roses to my cake. :)
Use your razorblade to cut the cake into 4 equal pieces.
To give your cake slices a more realistic look, use a toothpick and rub over the cake slice.
See?! :)
To turn your slices into earrings, use these kind of eyehooks.
Add them to the slices' top.
Then, add these silver rings, one of them to each slice.
Like this.
The final step is to add the ear pendant and close the silver ring.
Bake the polymer clay earrings according to the instructions. If you want, you can use glossy finish to make them more shiny.
And all you have to do now is wear the earrings every day and feel happy about it! <3
I hope this tutorial was as much fun for you as it was for me. Happy crafting, loves!
xo.
Katja
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