DIY or Don't! Running With Glitter. Hostess with the Mostess® // Fabulous Finds for Contemporary Entertaining. Oh Happy Day! A Beautiful Mess. I love using cloth napkins to dress up our dinner table, and through the years I've grown even more fond of their sustainability and cost effectiveness.
Though, I'm not sure how cost effective it is if you keep buying more and more cloth napkins each year! This holiday season I thought it would be fun to look at how I could dress up the napkins I already own to give them an extra festive vibe. Check out three simple ways you can give new life to your table linens. And hey! Two of them are even no sew! Ribbon Trimmed Napkin This look is so (no sew) simple! Supplies:-ribbon-heat bond in width of ribbon-cloth napkin (buy mine here)-iron-fabric scissors (not shown above) Step One: Trim pieces of your ribbon to be about 1.5 inches longer than the width of your napkins. Step Two: Fold down the edges of each ribbon segment about 1/4" and iron flat.
Step Three: Iron the heat bond to the ribbon (pressing with hot iron for two seconds), then peel off the paper backing. Pom-Pom Trimmed Napkin. Such Pretty Things. Imagine Lovely: Free Christmas Printables & DIY's Roundup.. This morning I felt a wee whisper of the festive spirit stirring in my soul...
The big boy was telling me we are not allowed a Christmas tree this year, as it's wrong to cut down trees. Can't argue with that? So this year we've decided to build our own Christmas tree from sticks and willow... stay tuned for that project. Ahhh I LOVE Christmas, so many crafty things to do! To help you get started, here's my round up of free christmas printables... I used those beautiful reindeer tags from Eat drink chic last year and people loved them. And some crafty diy's... I think we will make the salt dough ornaments at our playgroup Christmas party this year- better than the bits of cardboard covered in glitter we did last year!
Yay! Modern Parents Messy Kids. The Imagination Tree. August 2011. Hey everyone!
I have been taking a bit of a mental health break this week (off at both jobs!) But I decided to share a quick and easy craft with you today because I just can't stay away! These are cute little office style envelopes for gift cards. There is a template available at the bottom of the post, feel free to grab it and manipulate it to any size you want in your favorite image program. While I make these to wrap up gift cards, they would also be great to make a little larger and gift recipe cards to your friends any time of year. To make your own gift card envelopes you will need: Scrap book paper in your favorite patterns (one 12"x12" sheet will yield you 4 envelopes)Embroidery Floss in your favorite colorsNeedleScissorsXacto KnifePack of small buttons, various colorsGlue (any glue will work for this, so use what you have on hand or just buy a cheap all purpose glue.
If you don't want to buy paper, I would recommend using magazines or store catalogs. Happy Crafting! Simply Creative Insanity. Most favorited last 7 days. Christmas Crafts, Free Knitting Patterns, Free Crochet Patterns and More from FaveCrafts.com.