Glitter Ornament Tutorial

Have you seen all the glitter ornaments around blogland lately?  I have and I’ve fallen in love with them. 



As soon as I figured out how to make them, I ran to Michaels for all my supplies and got to work.  I made two dozen the first night.  They are so easy, so fast and they’ll make excellent hostess gifts for all my Christmas parties this year.

Here is what you’ll need:

Pledge Floor Care with Future Shine (this stuff will last forever)
Clear glass ornaments
Envelope – to use as a funnel.  Cut in half and then snip off one corner
Extra Fine Glitter
Two small containers – one for the extra glitter and one for the extra Pledge



1.  Pop out all the metal hooks from the ornaments



2.  Squirt a little bit of the Pledge into the ornament and swirl it around.  Try not to shake it so there won’t be a lot of bubbles.



3.  After the inside of the ornament is completely coated in Pledge pour it into one of your containers.



4.  Pour your glitter into the ornament.



5.  Cover the opening of the ornament with your finger and shake the glitter so that everything is covered.



6.  Pour excess glitter into the 2nd container.



7.  Pop your hooks back on and you’re done!

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Fingerprints on the Fridge, Kojo Designs, My Romantic Home, Sassy Sites
Tatertots and Jello, Tidy Mom, Whipperberry, A Vision to Remember
Funky Junk Interiors, Be Different Act Normal, I Heart Naptime, C.R.A.F.T.,
The DIY Showoff, Created By Cori, Dittle Dattle, Between Naps on the Porch
The Girl Creative, Skip to my Lou, Keeping it Simple, Embellishing Life
Sugar Bee Crafts, Serenity You

Rose Wreath Tutorial

Thank you for all your wonderful comments about this wreath.  It is a bit time consuming, but totally worth it.
Supplies:
12 inch foam wreath
Cardstock – I used 8.5 x 11
scissors
hot glue gun
spray adhesive
glitter – I like Martha Stewart’s crystal fine glitter
1 1/2 yards sheer ribbon
1.  I made two different sized circles.  For the large circles, cut the cardstock into four pieces. 


2.  Cut each square into a circle.  Doesn’t have to be perfect.  Mine were ovalish, they both work.

3.  For the smaller circles, cut your cardstock into strips about 3 inches wide.  Then cut each strip into three squares.  Cut each square into a circle.

4.  Cut each circle into a spiral, trying to keep the thickness even throughout.  Mine definitely were not even, but it is helpful. 


5.  Once all the spirals are cut,  start rolling the flower starting with the outside.  Roll as tight as possible keeping the bottom edge aligned at all times.


6.  When it is completely rolled, pinch the flower together a little bit to help it hold it’s shape.

7.  When you let go of your flower, it will spring open into shape.

8.  Put a group of your flowers together on a sheet of newspaper and spray lightly with the spray adhesive.  Then sprinkle your glitter on top.  I was pretty generous with my glitter.  Let dry at least 1/2 hour.

9.  Hot glue the flower together by placing a little bit of glue on the bottom flap and then hold the flower in the shape you want while the glue dries.  I found that if I left the individual flowers unglued, they would start to unwind and lose some of their shape after a few days.


10.  Start gluing the large and small flowers on your foam wreath so that they are touching and showing as little of the foam as possible.  You will probably have some little bits of the foam peeking through where you couldn’t fit even the little flowers.  Continue with all your flowers and come back to that at the end.  Once all the flowers are in place you can go back and cover some of the areas where a lot of the foam is showing.  I took a left over glittered flower, pulled out a little bit of the middle, and tore it off from the rest of the paper.

11.  I curled it as tight as I could and stuck it into the little holes in my wreath.  If I needed more, I kept taking little bits from the left over flowers and wound them into little pieces.
12.  I bought one and a half yards of sheer ribbon and wrapped it through the wreath and tied a bow at the top.

Email me if you have any questions and please send me a link with your wreath.  I would love to see how it turns out!



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Korker Bows

We love hair clippies in our house. Madison wants to wear them with everything, but only if they match what she's wearing. Most of the time, we don't have any bows that match. This weekend I made a ton of them and they are really addicting. I just kept going until I ran out of ribbon.

To Make these bows you will need:

Grosgrain ribbon, 1/4 inch or 3/8 inch.  I used 3/8 inch.

1/4 inch wooden dowels

wooden clothespins

cookie sheet

scissors

candle

tweezers

thread

hot glue

plastic barrettes

To curl the ribbon, attach the ribbon to one end of the dowel and secure with a clothespin.  Wrap the ribbon around the dowel and secure the other end with a clothespin.

Once all the dowels are wrapped with ribbon, place them on a cookie sheet (I lined mine with foil so the ribbon wouldn't get dirty) and bake 275 degrees for 30 minutes.

Remove the ribbon from the oven and let cool for a couple minutes.  Remove the clothespins and unwind the ribbon. 

Next, cut the ribbon into two inch pieces.

At this point you will need to burn the edges of each piece so the ends won't fray.  Hold the ribbon with your tweezers and place the end close to the flame.  Don't get too close because it will catch on fire.

Place the two inch pieces of ribbon along a piece of thread and then tie around the middle of the ribbon.

Cut off the excess thread and hot glue to a plastic barrette.

Book Wreath

I have been loving fall wreaths lately. I especially loved this wreath by MaryJanes and Galoshes, but it was a little to plain for me. I also loved the pages of this book wreath by SimpleJoysPaperie, but overall, it is not my style. So, I combined the two and this is the book wreath I came up with:





Here's how I made my book wreath:

Supplies:

12 inch foam wreath
old book with several hundred pages
2 inch scalloped circle punch
ink pad
unsharpened pencil
glue gun



First I punched out my circles. I used about a third of my book and I think it had about 600-700 pages. I forgot to look.

Then I inked all the circles just around the edge.
ETA: The first two pictures were inked with brown for more of an aged look.  It's not as noticeable as the red.



Once all your circles are punched and inked, you can start gluing them onto the wreath. Place the pencil in the middle of the circle and fold up the edges.



Place a small amount of hot glue on the bottom and then stick it on the wreath.



Keep gluing until your wreath is full. I hung mine by a ribbon hot glued to the back of the wreath.


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Nesting Place

Tulle Fairy Wand Tutorial

I was inspired to make this by Sweet 'N Sassy Girls.

Supplies needed:

tulle
dowell
ribbon
thread
hot glue

You'll need to cut twenty strips of tulle, about 6 inches long. Make two piles with ten pieces of tulle in each. If you are using more than one color, then you'll want to alternate the colors as you make your piles.



Tie a piece of thread in the middle of each pile. Make sure the thread is long enough to use again for the next step.



Place one pile across the other and secure them together with the thread.



Pull apart all the strips until it becomes a little poof. Cut the excess thread.



Hot glue ribbon to a small dowell so it is completely covered.



Cut six pieces of ribbon and hot glue to the top of the dowell. Then hot glue your proof on top of the ribbon.



There you go. A fairy wand for your little princess. So, tell me, how did I do? If you make one I would love to see it!