I wanted to do some lunch bag stickers for my son and brighten up his days at school. I guess he will be happy seeing us on the photos! You can do it for your kids. Simply hold a blank paper and ask someone to take your photo. Some cameras can shoot by itself. Mine has a remote control. You can ask other members of your family to participate too. Upload the images to your computer and resize them in inches, my photos I chose something like 3x2 inches, because you will print them. Stores like Office Max and Staples sell full page sticker papers. You can do it with any photo editor, I use Photoshop Elements 5. Write whatever you wish on the blank paper image and make stickers for lunch bags.
My son is starting to read and I thought these words would be a bit challenging for him...
Sorry, photos are dark and not so well taken. I am too busy today and I need to rush! This weekend was terrible (snow, pms, piles of mess to clean up...) and I look so tired on this photo...
Don't we always see those diagrams, graphics on craft magazines and books, teaching us how to stitch and do other things on sewing? Well, sometimes they are not very clear, speacially if we don't have experience at all. Videos are helpful and let me share with you what I found recently over You Tube...
The lovely girls at Handmade Parade Blog, Claire and Missy asked me to make a tutorial for those pincushions (see below). They are going to use these images (again, below) on their blog. I thought to post them here too, so everyone can enjoy it, if you are a crafty gal, go ahead, gather some material and make a nice gift for this Christmas!
Material you will need: styrofoam ball, tea cup (plastic or ceramic), a strong string, a piece of fabric (one fat quarter is more than enough), heat gun (mine doesn't look great!), scissors, embellishments.
See, the styrofoam ball must fit tightly, halfway into the tea cup, I mean, it can't bee loose into the cup...my English is helpless, I swear...I try it hard! The cup below used to belong to hubby's grandma... a real vintage one made in USA (Ha!) by Homer Laughlin. There are only 4 more pices remaining from the set.
Wrap the fabric all around the ball, make it tight...use the string to tie the fabric on the botton.
Yes, my heat gun looks awful and I am not buying a new one! Ok, now hot glue on the edge...
Fun time: Embellish as you wish!
A cottage and romantic look for a pincushion, that works also as decoration!
Have a great weekend, If I get time, I will be back on Sunday. I would like a maid for Christmas. Seriously, that's all I want, that's all I need here!!!
Hello, after some days, I am back with this easy tutorial to make a bulletin board for your fridge. The idea probably not new, maybe you've seen something like that before. I take it as mine, because I did not copy from anyone, but I believe there are people with similar ideas. The first one I made I did not use fabric, ribbons and tacks. It was just cork and magnet. Today, I like to give it a nice touch adding upholstery fabric and the materials mentioned above. You can free your imagination and do it yourself a nice one. At Michael's craft store (if you live in USA), you will find the rolls of magnet sheet. They have adesive on the back, but it's not enough to hold on fabric and cork. Do not purchase those magnet sheets for printers. Those don't work. You will need hot glue, a lot! There are for sale at Michael's, Target, Wall Mart and other shops these squared pieces of cork, ready to use. I like the one below (I can't remember it's brand name - sorry!) because it's light weight and thick.
If you use tacks like the one below, you can glue two pieces of cork together, like I did...
On the photo below (not the best, but...) you see my 2 squared pieces of cork and the fabric. You will fold the fabric on the back and use hot glue. Don't forget to iron on fabric before to start this project and do not leave wrinkles on the front side. Pull it as much as you can. It has to be tight, be gentle with the cork!
You can do a nice hem for it, I did not. I was in a rush, I've been really busy with my children lately, they are full of energy, my home cleaning never ends and I don't have a maid. Ha!
Are you doing all right? Ok, now you take the magnet sheet and fix it the adesive side on the back side of the bulletin board. It must be smaller than the cork's size ( like half inch), because you don't wanna see the edges of the magnet showing around the edge of your bulletin board. I hope my English is not so bad!! Ugh! Do not glue the edges of the magnet, leave at least half inch free of glue, because you will need to stick the ribbons underneath the magnet sheet later.
Time for ribbons. Choose the sturdy ones. Satin ribbons are no good. They are suppose to hold your grocerie cupons, cards and whatever you stick on the fridge. To keep them on place, just use a pin while you attach them on the back with hot glue.
Attach ribbon underneath magnet sheet...
Finally the back of your bulletin board will look like this...
This is the first tutorial I make and I hope it's understandable enough. The idea I saw in a japanese craft magazine (Cotton & Paint) and here is the original image. For better view and explanation, click on the images below. They are linked to my new Flickr . If you don't wanna leave this blog, stop the cursor over each image to see descriptions.
More fabric flower tutorials? You might wanna take a look over here , here, here, here, here, here and here for great ones! Phew! Thanks Google, you make my life easier! Ha! Just bookmark them and have fun! You can make hair pins, brooches and decorate all sorts of projects with fabric flowers! I have another tutorial for a different fabric flower (also from japanese designers) and I will post it later...actually the list of tuts grows longer every day, I just need to organize my time at home, as always!
Zee
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mom of 2 little boys, wife, cats, photography, Photoshop, crafts,
sewing, handmade things, Rio de Janeiro, Arizona...
hey, my mother language is
portuguese!
If you like what you see, get a cup of tea and enjoy! Thanks!
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