Here’s an easy little DIY for you to spread the love with.
What you need are pipe cleaners and some embroidery floss or yarn:
All you have to do is bend the pipe cleaners into the letters LOVE and reshape them as needed….
Then you take your floss , thread your pieces…
And you’re done!!!
If you make one I would love to see it so post a link in the comments !
Have fun and Happy crafting =)
xoxo
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I was looking for the perfect bowtie for Jackson to wear on Christmas but couldn’t find one at any of the stores I went to. I did find a bunch of cute ones on Etsy but it was hard to tell the true colors and if it would go with his shirt. So what’s a mama to do? Bust out the sewing machine and make one herself. And that’s what I did.
In my journey of teaching myself how to sew I have about 50 tutorial’s bookmarked. My goal is to be able to make Jackson clothes as well as myself. So far I’ve made 5 zippered pouches with 3 different tutorial’s. This is my latest , and my best…if I do say so myself, that I made for my mom as part as a birthday gift (we got her a new camera and it fits perfectly in the pouch). I got the tutorial from NOODLEHEAD. It was pretty easy to follow and being a beginner the pictures helped. This was also the first time I used interfacing and put in a tab for a keyring.
It’s not perfect, hello crazy zipper, but I like how it came out. I’m gonna see how many I can make before Christmas to give as gifts. Wish me luck =)
xoxo
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Halloween is about 2 weeks away and I can’t wait. I love seeing the houses decorated and all the costumes. Oh and the candy…mmmm, candy. Anywayyyyy…I saw a link on Craft Gossip for Paper and String’s cute felt Halloween decorations and I had to make them. I had to tweak them because I didn’t have all the supplies but I think they still came out kinda cute. I think I’m going to print out the patterns a bit larger and make Jackson a stuffed ghost pillow. =)
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I saw this print at Target a while back and loved it. I knew I wanted it for Jackson so I put it on my mental list of stuff to buy sooner or later. Fast forward to last week when I went through my Sublime Stitching book and saw the alphabet patterns…
I stitched on felt using the backstitch:
I drew the heart with pencil and filled it in with the back stitch, as you can see I had some trouble with the sizing of the heart which resulted in pencil marks on the felt. oops=/
I knew I wanted to paint the hoop black or red…
I went with black, I’m really happy with the end result. And I saved 20 bucks. whoo hoo!
xoxo
“i love you, you love me”
A little pin cushion I whipped up. It’s the first one I ever made so it’s not that great but I like it anyway. I got the pattern out of Jenny Heart’s book ” Sublime Stitching: Hundreds of Hip Embroidery patterns“.
Fafi “Gwen”. I used a transfer pen and stitched it on felt then used colored pencils to fill her in.
This little cupcake was a free pattern that came with the Sublime Stitching carbon paper. It was my first try at copying a picture and stitching onto a tote bag.
Cheech Wizard. It’s still a work in progress, I’m still filling it in and working on my seed stitch..
The rest of these patterns are from Tara McPherson for Sublime Stitching artist series.
This was my first project, a bib for Jackson. I love Mr. Wiggles!
This is one of my favorite Tara Mcpherson prints so I was super excited to stitch it. I also did floss blending for the heart..
Close up of the floss blending:
This one took me forever, I’m happy how it came out. It was my first try at the satin stitch.
So as you can see I’ve been a little busy. I usually stitch at night when Jackson goes to bed. It kinda helps me zone out and unwind from the day. I’m still pretty new so I don’t have every stitch down yet but I’m working on it. I’m going to try to update more, I have a few project’s in the works, and hopefully not negligent my blog. I miss you guys!!!
I’m on Flicker http://www.flickr.com/photos/bubblegumponys/ , so come say hi!
ok peeps… catch you later
“I got 99 problems but a STITCH ain’t one”
So this year I decided I wanted to get into embroidery. I remember back in day when I was a Girl Scout we would embroider handkerchiefs for our dads for fathers day. I still have my fathers, with the big blue H (his name was Hector) stitched on the corner and his Girl Scout medals attached to it.
I got inspired to do embroidery when I was looking for crafts to do on , of course, Martha Sweart.com and came across the link for SUBLIME STITCHING. I remembered always seeing the ad for SS in the back of Juxtapoz Magazine and thought that the prints were super cute and different from anything you find at Micheal’s or Joanne’s.
When I clicked on the link and saw what Sublime had to offer I was sold…
The owner and creator of Sublime Stitching is Jenny Heart. She designs the patterns and is a pro stitcher. Along with her own designs, there are also Artist Series you can choose from : Tara Mcpherson, Molly Crabapple, Julie West, and Jim Woodring to name a few.
I put my order in for the Ultimate Embroidery Kit and I can’t wait to get it. I think my first project will be a bib for Jackson <3
Yay to hobby #375! I think I’m going to need a crafting room…
ps. We should totally have a craft party, cause you know, going out and getting wasted is so 2009.
=D
xoxo
Here we go! The baby window shopping has begun and I’m super excited. I love homemade things so of course I’ve been stalking Etsy for cute baby stuff and I came across these awesome hats. I know I have a looong way to go before I can even think of buying one but omg…how freaking cute!!?? And the baby…ADORBS!!!
The store is Nurika’s Shop and there’s everything from Mickey Mouse to little owls. The hat’s go for about $30.00 bucks, which when you think about all the time that goes into making one it’s totally worth it.
Taking over the world. One tie dyed tee at a time.
xoxo
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In my daily browsing of the Internet world, I came across this cute little shop called “Pretty Little Pins“. The creator makes a bunch of cute pin’s and headbands out of felt:
How cute is the Hello Kitty Pin?? Loves it!
Each pin and headband are made by hand. The pin’s are $15 and the headband’s are $16.
Check out the blog for more pics-http://prettylittlepins.blogspot.com/
xoxo
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