Last night my 4 year old and I couldn't sleep. So at 11:00 pm we decided to go downstairs and 'craft'. I will not be receiving a "responsible parent of the year" award any time soon. (Especially seeing as how today we are both tired and grumpy.) But,...hearing her squeals of delight last night as I brought out the felt and scissors made it all worth it!!
Felt is my new best friend. It's inexpensive, it's colorful, and it doesn't fray. I think I am going to see how many felt projects I can pull off before the holidays just for the fun of it. So while my daughter made an adorable felt hot dog and 'funny man', I made these.... felt flower pins and barrettes. They were so simple. I free handed them all. Just cut and stack, and stack some more, and if you don't like it,...try again. Think of the cute projects that you could make if you actually used some templates, or a pattern and put some effort into it! :)
I secured a few with a big cris-cross stitch in the middle, and the others with a giant cloth scrap- booking brad. On the back I hot glued either a clip, or a large safety pin. Sooo fun!
They look too cute on my purse,..........
on my daughter (this is her favorite one, huge surprise),............
In my hair,..................
and on my other daughter!!! HAPPY CRAFTING!!!
I made these little flower barettes out of felt. They are simple and sweet. I really like them and think that I might make more of them to stick in my etsy store. (assuming that said etsy store actually ever comes to fruition. :)) What do you think?? be honest,...I can take it........... :)
I unpicked the seem right up the middle, and used the lower legs as inserts to create a skirt.
Then I OF COURSE used one of my favorite things (felt) to make lots of embellishments. I used 'Liquid Stitch" to glue them all down and then tacked them here and there with thread just to be on the safe side.
Now I have a skirt that I will actually wear. (YAY!! bye bye guilt!!:)) And....it was a surprisingly fun project.
In my hair,..................
