Apparently I’ve gotten a little too wordy, at least with my swap post. So here I temp you to join mostly with photos.
Sarah and I had an embellishment making get together that was so much fun! We brought together all our punches, flowers, scraps, doo dads and went to town.
First we got inky and messy with my stamps. I want to go through my photos and make a list of titles and words to stamp and do them all at once like this. I like the idea of having a stock pile of stamped journaling blocks too.
Some of Sarah’s embellishments. Go to her blog for details, including how her sweet mom made us those tiny crocheted hearts!
And some of mine. The two cards accidentally got some glimmer mist on them. Mmmm I was late to the glimmer mist game, but now, watch out!
And I was going to post this last night, but got distracted by all the fun supplies out, so I scrapped instead:
I got a tiny attacher and I am in love with it (used on the heart). Also I totally forgot I had that quickutz punch to make these: { } (what are those called?). I love them! The title is cut out of an old grammar flip book (a big one).
Sarah brought over an old children’s dictionary that the swing page is from.
Wait what does this all have to do with the swap? Well we were thinking that making embellishments might be a fun little thing to put in your packages. I know I could have stolen all of the ones Sarah made! So don’t forget to sign up, because the last day to do so is Sunday the 23rd. Details on this post.
A couple of unrelated things: does this font look super tiny to you? I think I screwed something up on my computer, at least I’m hoping it’s just my computer, and not the blog in general.
Have any of you with young ones traveled alone with out your significant other, just with your children? When you came back did they have any significant other fear? Tuesday is acting crazy around Bj and I think it might be because she is mad they were apart for so long. While we were in Vermont she listened to him talk and put her head on my chest and was at peace, but now that we are home she doesn’t want to cuddle with him like usual. It’s breaking my heart! Ideas, thoughts?
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Hi, it’s Sarah again. I’m back to show you a couple fun things I did with ric-rac the other day. I LOVE ric-rac! I’m not really sure what it is about it – maybe it’s the squiggle, the bright happy colors or that it’s a fun mix of both vintage and new. But I just love it! You can do so much with it!
First, I’ll apologize for not having any “during/tutorial” photos. I didn’t even think about it while I was making the stuff (DUH!). So you’ll have to settle for finished products and a few fun links 🙂
Project 1: I have this little denim tote bag that i usually take with me to the library. I decided to take the small ric-rac flower idea (like the orange on in my last post) and make it using this jumbo ric-rac. I honestly had no idea how to do it, or what I was doing really, but I just threaded in and out along the bottom on the ric-rac until it resembled a flower. Then, I sewed a fun vintage button in the middle and stitched it to my bag. I love it!
Project 2: I decided that I should look into some ric-rac flower tutorials online a little bit. I found this one and I just love it – it’s adorable! I decided to try it using this smaller ric-rac. I thought it might make a great embellishment for a card or scrapbook page.
I didn’t use the hot glue gun to finish the back like the tutorial suggested, since it’s for an embellishment I figured it didn’t need it. I simply stuck a brad through the center and through the punched scallop circle. (No need for glue since the back is covered by the paper.) A cluster of these would look so cute on a scrapbook page and this one is definitely going to be on a card.
Project 3: I’ve recently switched to cloth napkins. I was buying paper towels all the time and it’s so much waste. So, a month or so ago I picked up a pack of cloth napkins at Target. I decided that while the green color was fun, they needed a little sprucing up!
I didn’t have matching thread so I decided white would be a fun contrast. This took me less than 10 mintues (and I sew slowly). Super quick and super fun!
I also found a few other fun ideas for ric-rac in my search for inspiration:
I really liked these dahlias (I’d put a sweet little button in the center instead of pompoms). This is a cute way to spruce up an apron. (I see plain gingham ones like this at estate sales often.) I really like this apron idea! And these are pajama pant cuffs, but my mom used this cute technique to trim some kitchen curtains she made me.
You can do so many fun things with ric-rac!
I may be back with one more post before Amber returns…but just in case time gets away from me, thanks for visiting me here! And thank you Amber for the fabulous ribbons and asking me to be a guest blogger! It was so fun!
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