Kanzashi Fabric Folded Flower Craft Project at WomansDay.com - StumbleUpon These vintage-inspired flowers can be made and used in so many ways—as jewelry, accessories, charms. And the new book Kanzashi in Bloom by Diane Gilleland (available at Amazon.com) shows you how. Materials: Fabric GlueButtons and beads Tips: 1. 2. 3. Watch the video clip for step-by-step instructions on how to make this flower. Basic Instructions: Pleated Kanzashi PetalTh is petal design was born when I was teaching a Kanzashi class and one of my students misunderstood my directions for making a Pointed petal. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Basic Instructions: Round Kanzashi PetalThe Round petal has a lovely teardrop shape that lends itself well to all kinds of flower designs. In this tutorial, I’ve pressed the fabric with an iron after nearly every fold to make for an extra sharp-looking petal. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

say YES! to hoboken: DIY: Scratch Off Tickets Put this in your ‘party planning’ list: Homemade scratch off lottery tickets on Artmind (the trick: you mix metallic paint with liquid soap for the scratch off part).I can think of lots of fun ways to use these. copyright 2014 liz stanley // all rights reserved Apothecary Label Hand Towels: Free Digital Downloads Hi, I’m Cathe (pronounced the same as Cathy). I’m a graphic designer, crafter, creative blogger, & flea market enthusiast. I live just north of San Francisco in lovely Petaluma, California with my husband, Mr. Wonderful & our 3 awesome teenagers.JustSomethingIMade.com is where I share creative ideas, crafty projects, original designs, artistic inspiration, product reviews and loads of free stuff! Thanks for visiting!

Anna Maria Horner Llevo el invierno ♥ Hello!! Que tal tu nochebuena? Nosotros tuvimos una bonita cena familiar, escuchando viejos viniles en el tocadiscos Crosley que Mr. He tomado un par de fotos que quiero conservar en mi blog como recuerdo de ese día ! How was your Christmas Eve? Mi regalo de navidad ! My Christmas present! Paté de queso con almendras, lo hice en forma de piñas de pino, gracias a una idea que ví en una revista de recetas ! Cheese pâté with almonds, I did as pinecones thanks to an idea I saw in a magazine recipes! Pastelitos de coco, decorados con pinitos nevados con azúcar glass! Coconut cupcakes decorated with snowy pines with icing sugar! Piñata Fuegos artificiales! Fireworks! Libros para pedir posada! books to request lodging! peregrinos ! pilgrims ! Los Flores! Mi hombrecito! My little man! Con la abuela Loli! with grandma Loli !

Paper Flower Roundup As promised, here is a roundup from around the web of some gorgeous paper flowers! All of these would be great for weddings, home decor or a gift for your special someone this Valentine's Day! Above you will see a rose that I made thanks to a great tutorial and template from Ellinee. I tried several roses, I will post more photos of mine at the bottom of this post, and I can say that regular copy paper (or paper of a similar weight) is easiest for these, though you can also make them with card stock and vellum without too much trouble. The rose template even comes in several colors so you could print it out onto white copy paper and get a variety of colors! Of course, no paper flower roundup is going to be complete without mention of my own tutorials! My favorite of my own tutorials was, of course, my paper calla lilies. If crepe paper is more your style, there are a multitude of varieties available with tutorials from Martha Stewart Weddings. Are you into quilling?

Over 100 envelope templates and tutorials Tonniece said... Good gawd Mel, you have been very busy. Thanx soooo much for all these links, and all the time you spent in getting them to us.You are THEE BEST July 15, 2008 at 4:00 AM Linda Stamps said... Thanks so much for these links. July 15, 2008 at 4:19 AM Sue at StampnDaly said... Mel, once again you are amazing. July 15, 2008 at 5:44 AM Annapurna said... Now I have all the envelopes that I can dream of. July 15, 2008 at 6:04 AM Anonymous said... good morning mel i'm on your blog with my coffee you sure do work alot the reason i commented was to apologize to your better half for phoning so late..all my love lady July 15, 2008 at 6:53 AM Lisa M. said... Thank you for your sweet words on my card! July 15, 2008 at 7:17 AM Primitive Seasons said... Good grief Mel! July 15, 2008 at 7:20 AM Deb Neerman said... Do you, ummm, ever sleep?!? July 15, 2008 at 7:44 AM Lologrl said... WOW Mel, look at you GO!! July 15, 2008 at 8:40 AM Rachele Funk said... Wow Mel! July 15, 2008 at 9:07 AM marciad said... Darn!

How to Tie a Quilt Tutorial - Quilting Tutorial from ConnectingThreads.com Nine Patch Lesson 3 There are many ways to "quilt" your quilt. By quilt, we mean how all three layers are secured together. We define a quilt as a top, a batting and a backing, joined together in some way to make the layers hold together without wearing. At the end of this tutorial, we've listed other, more advanced methods. Tools and materials you'll need for this tutorial: Removable tape, like painters tape. Here we go! Layering the quilt. Lay the backing on a flat surface, right side down. If you opted for the adhesive spray, use it now to spray a very light coating on the wrong side of the backing. Now lay the batting on top of the wrong side of the backing. If you opted for the adhesive spray, use it now to spray a very light coating on the top of the batting. Lay the quilt top, wrong side down, on the batting. The edges of your quilt layers should look like this: Time to pin baste. Using the basting or safety pins, place a pin through all three layers, keeping the bottom layer taped.

Make an awesome Harry Potter wand from a sheet of paper and glue gun glue Now that Harry Potter fever is upon us once more, I thought you would like to have a go at making some really nice Harry Potter Wands. This is such a simple but effective instructable. With a sheet of paper, some glue and a bit of paint, and about 40 minutes to spare this instructable will show you how you can make a Harry Potter type wand that would not look out of place in the film itself. I designed it and I have already made a load for my kids, even my girlfriend and her 18 year old daughter and her boyfriend wanted one each! For the frist few stages I have drawn pictures of what you have to do and then for the painting part I have taken photos to show you exactly what to do. It's very simple but the effect is fantastic.