Flower Clips and a Tutorial

THURSDAY:  Yeah!  Another Creation!!

Make 'boutique style' flower clips for less than a dollar!

I found these flower clips and Leis at the Dollar Store for $3.

I made them into these!!!!

I'm am easily wowed! 

Adorable as hair clips.

Clip them on a purse!

So cute on a shirt!

View of the backside.

Flower Clip Tutorial

Step 1:  collect flowers (I found all of mine at the Dollar Store)

Step 2:  pull the petals apart from the stems.

Step 3:  put them together and fasten them with a brad.  You can buy cute brads at any craft store - I personally think they are too pricey and just use good ol' school brads found at school supply stores.

Step 4: fasten brad

Step 5:  hot glue a felt circle onto the back for reinforcement

Step 6:  open the clip and hot glue the inside of the top part onto another felt circle  (I bought a box of 100 clips at a Sally Beauty Supply store).

Step 7:  glue clip circle onto the other felt circle - I like to use two circles for more support.

Step 8:  pick a rhinestone or button to glue into the middle - I bought a pack of plastic rhinestones at Wal-mart.

Step 9:  Tah Dah!  You're done!

Here are some cute flowers with buttons in the middle.

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Framed Flowers

MONDAY:  Yeah!  A Creation!

Cute flower hair clips need a cute way to be displayed and out of the way.

I found a cute frame at the thrift store and painted it off-white and rubbed it with a Ralph Lauren glaze to give it an aged look.

Then I hot glued the ribbon onto the back of the frame.  I did glue the ribbon overlapping one another so that they stayed attached.

I drilled holes at the top and attached black wire to hang the frame up.

So cute!

Look for my tutorial on flower clips here.

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No-Sew Burlap Bunnies and Flowers

Thursday:  Yeah!  Another Creation!

I about fell over when I saw these bunnies on Oopsey Daisy (with a tutorial) last week.

I had to make them!

I waited a week because I didn't want to get my sewing machine out to make them.  

Then I remembered the glue gun!

Hallelujah!

(me dancing)

I followed Oopsey Daisy's tutorial (thanks) and used the glue gun where she said to sew.  Instead of stuffing the bunnies with beans, I stuffed them with stuffing - ha ha.

Then I used a sharpie to color the eyes and nose and a crayon for the ears and cheeks.

So easy and oh so cute!

Mama with her baby.

Baby's hair bow.

They are so cute in their little homes (cans).

I love the flower bow. 

Here's a small tutorial on these no-sew burlap flowers.

Steps...

1. I made a lopsided cloud to use as my pattern and cut out four scraps.

2.  Put a dot of hot glue in the center and fold over (top left).

3.  Put another dot in the new center and fold over again (top right).

4.  Glue it onto a felt circle (I used paper here and then switched to felt).

5.  Continue with the other three scraps until you have a flower (top right).

6.  Make a smaller lopsided pattern for your pretty fabric and follow steps 1-5 (bottom).

7. Glue the pretty fabric on top of the burlap flower and add a button.

How cute is that!

I got a little carried away and made lots of hair flowers.  

I just glued hair clips onto the back of them.

Even my teenage daughter swiped one for herself on the way to school.

Happy Bunny Family

They're rockin' on top of my antique radio.

I am in love....

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