Festive Holiday Earrings

    Hello! Today I will show you how to make incredibly easy and cute Holiday Earrings! These can be for yourself, or you can give them as a gift. So here's how to make them:

You will need (for 1 set):

2 mini ornaments, color of your choice

2 jump rings*

2 earring hooks* (I used silver fishhooks)

Jewelry pliers (depending on how stiff your jump rings are)

*These can be purchased at a jewelry or craft store for VERY cheap. I got mine at JoAnn's fabric store.

    First, pick out what color of ornaments you want. Next, take your jump ring and, using either your hands or the pliers, open the ring so you can put the ornament and hooks onto it. Make sure your hooks have a little loop on the bottom of them so you can slide them onto the jump ring. Then, put your ornament onto the ring. By now, the jump ring will be hard to get a hold of, but take the ends and twist them back together, making sure there is little or no space between them. This could take a few tries, I had to do it 3 times before I finally got it. Once you have reconnected the jump ring, your earrings will be done! Have a merry Christmas and a happy new year!

                                                                 

Super Easy Yarn Doll

     Hello and Happy (early) Thanksgiving! Today I will be showing you how to make a really easy yarn doll. I got this idea from http://www.bebravekeepgoing.com/2014/10/how-to-make-yarn-doll-easy-yarn-doll.html. 
These dolls are really easy and quick to make, and very fun to play with. Here's how to make them.

You will need:

a skein of yarn

scissors

a music stand or partner's arms

A scrap of fabric for skirt (optional)

First, take your yarn and start wrapping it around the music stand like shown in the picture. If you do not have a music stand on hand, you can use a partner by wrapping it around their outstretched arms. Once you have wrapped it around about 100 times, or however thick you want your doll to be, take it carefully off and tie a piece of yarn around the center. Cut the ends so that they are individual strings rather than a loop. Next flip one side over the other so that the yarn resembles Cousin It's hair. (from the Addams Family) Take another piece of yarn and tie off a head. Section off 9 strands of yarn from each side for the arms and braid them, each section having three strands. Once you have reached your preferred length, tie off the ends and trim them to make fingers. Then tie off a waist and you're done! If you want your doll to be a boy, just tie off two legs by splitting the bottom in half.

Columbus Day Crafts

         Hello and Happy Columbus Day! Since it is Columbus Day, I thought I'd show you all some fun Columbus themed crafts. I'll show you how to make a sailor hat, a telescope, and a sail. (for if you are making a ship to "sail" around in.) So without further ado, let's get started!

Sailor Hat

You'll Need:

1 full sheet of newspaper

Scissors

Tape

 Take your newspaper and cut it (vertically) in half. Fold it down into a square. Next, fold the two top corners inwards like you would do for a paper airplane. Trim off the excess paper at the bottom, and fold the remaining paper up. Repeat on the other side. Done!

 Telescope

You'll Need:

1 large sheet of black construction paper

1 sheet of yellow paper

Scissors

Tape

   First, roll your black paper into a tube and tape it. Next, cut a strip of yellow paper and tape it around one end of the black tube. Trim the edges for a perfect look, and you're done!

 Galleon Sail

You'll Need:

2 large white sheets of construction paper

1 large red sheet of construction paper

Scissors

Tape

 Lay out your white sheets next to each other and tape them together. Cut your red sheet in half vertically and trim one an inch or two shorter. Tape them onto the white with the shorter one going vertically and the longer one horizontal. All done! You can tape this flag onto a curtain rod or stick if you want.

Cute Clothespin Person

    Hello! Awhile ago, I made this cute little person, and I thought I would do a post about it. It's really easy, and you don't have to make a ballerina, you can make a knight or whatever you want. So here's how to make it!                                                        

You will need:

Scissors

Yarn (I used pink and white)

A clothespin

My finished project

Take the clothespin and a color of yarn that you want and start wrapping the yarn around the clothespin. If you want long pants, just start at the bottom of the clothespin and then wrap upward. If you want a skirt, start at where you want the bottom of the skirt to be, then wrap up to where the top of the skirt will be, and wrap in the middle lots of times to make it fuller, but if you do not want it to be as full, don't wrap as much yarn around it. For the shirt, just wrap yarn around a few times so you can't see the clothespin. You can paint on a face if you really want, but I preferred not to. You can add shoes if you want, just wrap the yarn around the tips of the clothespin. And that's all there is to a cute little clothespin person!

Crayon Drip Art

  Hi! Today I'll show you how to make this really cool looking but very simple crayon drip art. For my crayons, I put them in rainbow colors across the top, but you can put it in any shape and colors you want. Here's how to make Crayon Drip Art!

You Will Need...

Lots of crayons (Pick out your colors)

A small canvas

Hot glue gun

Heat gun or blow dryer

Newspapers for the floor

  To start out, get your canvas and arrange your crayons on it the way you like. Next, hot glue the crayons in that pattern that you just put them in. (pick up a crayon, put some glue down, and stick it right back on) You might want to let them dry for a while, I let mine dry while we ate lunch and that worked well. Once they are dry, put some newspaper on the ground and stand up the canvas like it's on an easel. Take your heat gun or blow dryer and start melting the tips of the crayons. If you're using a heat gun, (which is a lot hotter than a blow dryer,) they should start to drip right away. A blow dryer probably will take longer to melt the crayons, but it depends on the dryer. Before the drips are completely dry, melt the ends of the drips, as this will make them go farther down the canvas. Once you think it looks good, you're done! Very simple, right? You can hang your art on the wall, or just set it up somewhere, but wherever you put it, it is sure to impress your family and friends.

The finished project

Melting my crayons

Before the melting

Lavender Sachet

Hi! Today I made a lavender sachet, and I thought I should show you how. Here's how to do it...

You Will Need:

A sewing machine (you can do it by hand, but a machine is faster.)
A scrap of cloth (not too small)
Scissors
Stuffing
Dried lavender
Lavender oil

Now, to make the sachet, all you have to do is cut two shapes out of your scrap. Make them how big or small you want your sachet to be. You can sew a design onto one of the sides, like I did in mine. Flip them over so that the "wrong" side of both shapes is facing outward. Sew along all but one edge, then flip your sachet right side out. Put a some dried lavender into your pouch, then add some stuffing. Continue adding dried lavender until it smells as strong as you wish. Make a hole in the stuffing with your finger, and then drip a few drops of oil into your hole. If you do not make a hole, the oil will soak into your fabric and get all over even after you sew it up. Now, sew along the edges so that, one, it seals up your opening, and, two, so you can't see the hole. Also, it makes a cute little edge to your sachet. So, now that you know have a sachet, you may ask yourself, "What am I supposed to do with this?" I like to put them into a drawer or closet to make them smell good, but you can do whatever you want to do with it. You could give it to someone as a gift, or anything else. Well, I hope you enjoyed this post, and have a nice day!

Super easy, no sew cute skirt and shirt for a doll

Hi! I haven't posted anything for awhile because we've been a little busy with moving several hours away to Iowa. Anyway, once we found the camera, sewing stuff, and computer, I decided to make a blog post. So, here are the directions for probably the easiest little doll no-sew skirt and shirt combo...

You will need:

a tape measure, fabric, some sort of fastening device, (I used stick-on Velcro) and, of course, scissors

Shirt pattern

First, measure from the waist up over the shoulder of the doll and back down to the waist. Next measure from about the elbow (or wrist, depending on how long you want the sleeves to be) over to that place on the opposite arm. Cut a patch of fabric using those measurements and cut a head hole in the middle. Make a little belt from a strip of fabric, and you are done with the shirt!

To do the skirt, measure the waist and measure how long you want your skirt, and then cut a rectangle with those measurements, with a small notch in the top. (as seen in the pic.) Wrap it around the waist with the notch in the back. Put the fastener wherever the fabric ends and your skirt should be done!

Entire outfit

Back of skirt

Front of skirt