Recycling work: Making ball fower

Stash Crafted Ornament Extravaganza- Installment #1

There are just so many things to love about these no sew, nearly free, super easy, fabric scrap utilizing little gems! I had everything to make them on hand in my craft room (you might need to run to the dollar store for a pack of foam balls, but even then, the whole project will just cost a dollar). The best part? All of the scraps are bits from projects I made this year, so the ornament turned into a little mini-collage of my 2009 sewing projects. Fun, right?

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.  While there, I spoke with Wendy, one of the women who works there…
She was making ribbon flowers pins for an upcoming wedding.  The pins look a lot like the ones they sell at Anthropologie, but hers are a fraction of the cost.  They were so darling I would happily wear one.
Wendy was kind enough to teach me how to make them.  Here’s what you need:

Heart-Shaped Confetti

 

Valentine crafts - Valentine heart - Heart-Shaped Confetti

DIY Garland Roundup

Hello bloggy friends! Did you have a nice weekend (or extended weekend for those of you celebrating Thanksgiving)? My daughter and I had a great time with our family and now that Christmas is less than a month a way I'm ready to jump into a bunch of holiday craft projects...how about you?