Reese Dixon: Motherhood and other Creative Endeavors

Technically, this was one of my string of crafty failures. Not because the craft itself was a failure, but because what I intended was a failure. I think these turned out just beautiful, which is a good thing, but I also think they’re a little too beautiful for what I was going for. In one of the many fancy pants boutiques around the area, I came across a big bowlful of silk flowers. Normally I don’t like silk flowers at all, but these just looked stunning. I could tell the edges had been melted which caused the petals to curl in and gave the whole thing a more haphazard look, which almost came across organic. I happened to have a bunch of organza laying around from a series of failed projects, so I thought it would be perfect. So off to the etsy shop they go. Here’s what I did: Cut four or five flower shapes out of an organza. Hold each petal over a lit candle. Layer the petals together. Use a thread that matches the organza, and come up from the back of all but one layer.

Making Flower Pins I thought with pretty good certainty that the last corsage I would ever pin on was at Senior Prom in High School. But I was wrong. A few weeks ago I visited the Quilting Cottage in American Fork, Utah. I love the Quilting Cottage, which is not only a quaint little store, but they have a wonderful selection of fabrics. She was making ribbon flower pins for an upcoming wedding. Wendy was kind enough to teach me how to make these fabulous fabric flower pins. 2-4 yards of wire ribbon (depending on how large and tight you want your flower) (I used one and 1/2 inch wide ribbon.)quilting thread or other strong threadsmall amount of felthair clip or pin (or both) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. I love how this flower pin turned out. Check out my Felt Poinsettia Flower Pin tutorial as well.

Reese Dixon: Motherhood and other Creative Endeavors DIY fabric flowers by Michonne « 100 Layer Cake Remember Michonne’s super cool vintage rockabilly hotrod wedding from last week? She generously offered to share a tutorial of her pretty fabric flowers she used to decorate her tables. And Jen Rau sent over a few more lovely photos of the finished products. Michonne’s inspiration came from Emerson Made’s line of lovely fabric flower accessories. You’ve seen them around the blogs right? They are sooooo pretty. Tools: Craft needles Fabric (100% cotton and tulle, cut into the shape of petals) Scissors Thread (She used a darker thread for the tutorial so you can easily see the stitches) Now we’re going to let Michonne do the explaining since she’s the expert here: “A few notes before you get started: Take the small/bottom part of the petal and make a small overlapping fold. I like to thread my needle with both ends of the thread. Sewing on the first petal. Sew on second petal making sure to overlap neighboring petals. It’s ok to add extra petals wherever they look needed.

Easy, low-calorie recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks By Nanci Hellmich, USA TODAY For our seventh annual USA TODAY Weight Loss Challenge, we are offering a low-calorie diet plan to help you lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks. And we're going to keep it simple. To lose a pound a week, you need to cut about 500 calories a day. Blatner came up with dozens of healthful low-calorie meals and snacks for the Weight-Loss Challenge. For a 1,500-calorie plan, you might eat breakfast, lunch, dinner and two snacks a day. The program includes simple recipes you can make at home and meals you can get when you're dining out (at left are lunches, below are dinners and breakfasts). More options for dining out: Dinners about 500 calories each: •Applebee's: Asian crunch salad or spicy shrimp diavolo or grilled shrimp and island rice or grilled dijon chicken and portobellos or Asiago peppercorn steak. •Dominos or other pizza place: 2 pieces of thin crust pizza with grilled chicken and green peppers, and garden salad with 1 packet light Italian dressing. •Einstein Bros.

Fabric Flower Tutorials I am obsessed with fabric flowers. Sure I've always been a girly girl but the extra testosterone in my home threw me over the edge and I am now a flower addict. I completely admit it! Top 10 Fabric Flowers Maize in Montana created an easy to understand tutorial on how to make this frayed fabric flower. Boutique NutMeg Designs created a tutorial how to make a these a flower pattern to approx 3"x3". This is Pink Paper Peppermints rounded petal fabric flower. Here is Sew Ritzy Titzy's multi-petal flower tutorial. This is Molly Chicken's versions. Julia created a tutorial on how to make her Fabric Flower brooch. Wise Craft also has a flower tutorial that I thought you'd love to see. Check out Grace Violet's rosette embellished tank. The frayed flower card Ashely made is darling. I hit the mother-load of fabric flower tutorials on The Domestic Diva. More Fabric Flowers from Tip Junkie:

no-sew bag tutorial - reader submission Wow, another b-e-a-utiful weekend in Seattle. We took our boys canoeing in Lake Washington and soaked up the sun while searching for bald eagles and blue herons and navigating through the lily pads. All that fun meant not much time for crafting, so we're so happy to have a reader submission to share with you today. This no-sew bag from our readers Vanessa and Nicholette is absolutely incredible. Read on! No-Sew Purse Tutorial (via our friends at Craft Envy) Hi there friends! Isn't that cute? What you'll need: - any square piece of fabric (yes, it must be a square) Mine is 1.25 yards -Flower for embellishment Here we go: Step 1: Lay down your fabric with right side facing up. Step 2: Fold it into a triangle, wrong side out. Step 3: Take the right hand corner, and bring it up to meet the center of your triangle, bunch it together to make a roll. Step 4: Tie a knot at the base. Step 5: Do the same to the left side. Step 6: Take the top of your triangle and open it up. Thanks Nicholette and Vanessa!

buttercup bag and how to attach magnetic purse snaps A couple of months ago I came across a free pattern for this adorable purse: The Buttercup Bag from Made By Rae. Isn't it scrumptious? Can you believe it's made from a fat quarter? I *loved* the fabric that Rae used, and I was shocked to find out she found it at JoAnn in the Fashion Fabrics section. I embellished this bag with a fabric flower I made using this tutorial from Wise Craft. This one was made with Amy Butler's August Fields home decor line. You might notice there is a small magnetic snap that keeps the bag closed. How to Attach Magnetic Purse Snaps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Stacy decided to make a bunch of these bags to have on hand as gifts. So now that you're all dying to make one, I have some really good news.

Hindu Mysticism: Lecture II. The Mysticism of the Upanishads Sacred Texts Hinduism Index Previous Next p. 33 IN the last lecture reference was made to a few of the monotheistic hymns of the Rig Veda and the Atharva Veda. Others might be cited; for instance, the adoration hymn to Hiranyagarbha (R. V. p. 34 [paragraph continues] Or one may point to such hymns as the following: [paragraph continues] But such hymns are not numerous and probably belong to the last epoch of the composition of the Vedic hymns. So, also, the literature of the sacrificial manuals, the Brahmanas, emphasizes the doctrine of the sacrifice. The most important characteristic which distinguishes the science of Brahman from the science of the p. 35 sacrifices consists in the fact that the former springs entirely from inner, spiritual longings, while the latter is based almost wholly on mundane desires. p. 36 p. 37 higher than what appears to our senses, our earthly body, and our earthly joys. 3 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 of any other ulterior end or motive. p. 41 can testify to its truth. p. 42 p. 43

make a fabric flower and a flower tutorial round up Thanks to all of you who have joined us all week for Flower Week! We had several other great flower ideas on our list, so we'll have to have a "part two" sometime soon. To end our week, here is one more cool flower we made and a bunch of other fabulous flower tutorials that we found out in blogland. Enjoy! This fabric flower was made in a similar fashion as our ribbon flowers. Some other fun flower projects to try: Lifelike ribbon peonies from Make It Do. Gorgeous "hammered" flowers from BuildMakeCraftBake. Tea cup flowers from the object project. Ribbon rose bouquets from The Storque (courtesy of BurdaStyle). Ribbon and button flowers from Hope Studios. Easy fabric flowers from Wise Craft (we tried it and loved it--see it here!) Fabric roses from Calamity Kim. Painted newspaper flowers from Imagination Station. More newspaper flowers from Ruki Duki.