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Need an Easter Do-it-Yourselfer?

3/29/2015

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DIY:  Mini Easter Pots

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After finishing my sister's bridal shower favors, I had a handful of the mini ceramic pots as leftover.  With Easter around the corner, I thought why not use the extra pots and turn them into an Easter DIYer!  I combined the decor I used for my sister's shower favors with the Easter egg cutouts from my Easter Egg Hair Barrettes (see earlier post), and came up with this super cute gift!

Supplies:

1.  Mini Ceramic Pots -- (I purchased mine at the Dollar Store.  I ordered a bulk order from their online store, and each pot came to only $0.33 each!)
2.  Glitter -- (I used the gold glitter I had on hand, leftover from another project)
3.  Mod Podge
4.  Paintbrush
5.  Easter Egg Cut-Outs -- (My Easter egg fabric cut-outs were leftover from my hair barrette project -- see post below)
6.  Rhinestones
7.  Hot Glue Gun & Glue
8.  Any "Ground Cover" Foliage -- (I purchased these mini ground covers at Orchard Supply; 6 came in a pack for $4.99) 

Here's How:

1.  Using Mod Podge and my paintbrush, I painted the Mod Podge on the rim of the pot, making sure it had a nice thick coat to grab a lot of glitter.
2.  I rolled the Mod-Podged rim of the pot into the gold glitter (I used a paper towel, and just poured enough glitter to make a large loose glitter hump in the middle of the towel, then rolled the rim about 5-6x in the hump of loose glitter until the rim was all coated).
3.  Using my hot glue gun, I glued the fabric Easter egg cut-out below the rim.  Then, I hot-glued the rhinestone on the cut-out. 
4.  Lastly, I planted the ground cover into the pot. 

Happy Easter DIY-ing!
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Yarn-Fetti!

3/28/2015

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A Perfect Shower Gift for Baby Girl

I first spotted this funfetti yarn while browsing at Michaels with my friend, Anne.  Who knew that my favorite cake flavor would somehow morph into my new favorite yarn!?  Who can resist those yummy bits of flavor packed into every bite and stitch!  I knew that I had to think of something to make with this yarn -- anything, really.  And here's what I came up with:
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Want to Make Your Own?

Here's How:

1.  Brimmed Sunhat:  I used Repeat Crafter Me's Watermelon Sun Hat pattern as a foundation pattern, using my own colors as seen. I then wove a lavender ribbon through the double crochet stitches on the round above the brim.  I used the same lavender ribbon to fashion a bow and then glued it on, finishing it off with a much needed purple rhinestone to catch light.

2.  Booties:  I used Moogly's Loopy Newborn Booties pattern as a foundation pattern, using my own colors as seen.  I then fashioned a bow out of the same lavender ribbon with a purple rhinestone, and glued it to the front center of the booty to match the brimmed hat.

3.  Onsie:  I used one of my ultimate favorite onsie patterns out of my favorite baby crochet book, Baby Crochet by Sandy Powers. (On the right side of my website, the link to purchase the book is listed under "My Favorite Baby Crochet Books.")  I used Sandy's pattern, again, as a foundation pattern, putting my own spin with the yellow ruffles as seen in the photos.

Happy Crocheting!


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DIY:  Easter Egg Hair Barrettes 

3/27/2015

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Supplies:

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1.   Easter Egg Fabric (I found this handy remnant in the 50% off          pile at Jo-Ann Fabrics!)
2.  Felt (I chose pink, but feel free to use whatever color you like          best for the backing/reinforcement of the egg)
3.  Mod Podge (I used the Gloss Lustre only because the fabric already had a shimmer/sparkle within the cotton; otherwise, I would have used the Sparkle finish)
4.  Paintbrush
5.  Elmer's Glue
6.  Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
7.  Scissors
8.  Rhinestones -- small
9.  Hair Barrettes

Here's How:

1.  Using scissors, I cut out the egg shape from the fabric.  I cut out 20 eggs in order to make 10 sets of barrettes.

2.  Using the Mod Podge and the painbrush, I coated the front (right side) of the cut-out eggs, and laid them on the counter to dry.  I re-mod-podged them for a second coating.  I did this to harden the fabric (slightly), and to make them waterproof (slightly).  Be sure to clean and rinse off the paintbrush after using the Mod Podge (and glue in the next step) to avoid ruining it!

3.  Using the Elmer's glue and the paintbrush, I painted glue on the back (wrong side) of the cut-outs, and firmly placed/glued them to the pink felt. 

4.  After the glue dried, I used scissors to cut out the egg shapes from the felt.  With the 2 coats of Mod Podge and the felt backing, the egg shapes are now pretty solid feeling.

5.  I took the egg cut-outs, and hot-glued them to the ends of the barrettes.

6.  I picked out matching rhinestones, and hot-glued them to the eggs to give them some more sparkle! 

Happy Easter!
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