Felt flower wreath

I originally thought I would use a felt owl as the centerpiece, but I decided against it. The wildflowers in my area are in full bloom, so I decided to add felt flowers instead. I purchased plumbing tubing at the hardware store for about $4 bucks. I then hot glued strips of burlap, and then added felt flowers, and leaves.
 The flowers are easy to make here's how:  Cut a circle out of the felt fabric. Then start cutting from the perimeter of the circle ,in a circular direction, towards the center. Once this is completed, start from the center of the felt shape and start forming a flower by wrapping in a circular fashion. It's much easier than it sounds. Cut out leave shapes and hot glue leaves, and flowers to the burlap wreath.  This project took about a half an hour, and was fun.

Jute twine hair accessory

I love burlap, brown paper bags, and Jute twine. Something about these soft brown, rustic textures are right up my alley for home decor, and crafting. I have a container of fabric flowers I made a few months ago in my craft storage. I decided to make my monkey a hair accessory using Jute twine as the head band. The twine grips well to the hair and does not shift, but I would not use it as an everyday hair accessory. It is a little too course for that. I used it primarily for nice pictures of my daughter.
All I did was hot glue 3 separate pieces to the back of the fabric flowers, and secured to her head with a bow knot.  

Here's how to make the flowers: Free hand cut squares out of fabric. Fold square piece in half, and stitch the open side. Now add the next folded square piece to the same thread line. Repeat steps 4-6 times depending on how many petals you want for your flower. Once all your desired petals are on gently push against the thread to form each petal. The tension will create a circular pattern. Play with shapes of each petal. Once petals are shaped to your desire, tie the open end of the thread to secure shape.  Now cut out smaller fabric squares to make the center of the flower. I topped off with a button. You can hand stitch all pieces together, or hot glue for a faster finish.  Use as a hair accessories, embellishment for shirts, jackets, bags, hats, etc...

Thanksgiving burlap flowers

I've hung the same wreath for Thanksgiving for the past 4 years, so I finally decided to make a new one using burlap flowers. I love the rustic look it gives to a holiday wreath.

Burlap Halloween wreath

I have this old Thanksgiving wreath in the garage. Since I'm on a bargain these days I decided to go through my craft items to spruce up this premade wreath for Halloween.  I used pipe cleaners to arch the burlap, ribbon, craft rings, and craft ball to the wreath. That's it. Easy...

Halloween Hair Clip

Now that my house is  completely reorganized my crafting juices are in full swing. Perfect timing for the holiday season. I found my tub of fabric, so I started with a simple burlap hair clip. This is one of the easiest accessories to make.  You take any scrap fabric that's at least 1" x 12". On  the long side of the fabric sew a running stitch. Gather together to form a circle, and sew knot to secure. That's it. I added a spider ring to the  center with a needle and thread. I secured back with felt fabric to cover work area, and added a hair clip. My little monkey loves the extra accents for her holiday outfits.

Burlap Art, Flowers, & accessories

 

I received had my own booth at a Bridal Happy Hour to advertise my business. I really wanted my booth to represent me, so I thought it would be a great idea to make burlap, canvas coverages over a plain artist canvas. They looks so great, I decided to create word stencils out of freezer wrap paper, and cut out with an x-acto knife. I laid the stencil over the burlap canvas, and used a foam paint brush to add black craft paint. I made a rosettes out of burlap, and pink ribbon for the centers. I love how they came out, and I really thought it really shows that I am a creative person at heart. I like the rosettes so much I decided to make a few hair accessories out of them also. I can envision these rosettes on a lapel of a men's sports jacket for a beautiful country wedding. I hope you like!

Burlap hanger

Here's a cute way to accessorize a hanger for a special occasion dress. I use my wedding dress for this photograph. I found it in one of my daughter's play bags. All I did was wrap scrape pieces of burlap around the hanger securing it with hot glue. I made the organza flower, and hot glued pearls in the center. If you want to know how to make the flower here's the tutorial link. This would be a great project for any detailed wedding photo...

Burlap rosettes

It's been a while since I focused on crafting; however, my new business has absorbed my focus lately. I recently did an all day bridal photo shoot, and that inspired me to craft again. I said to myself "How could I make the photos better?" Crafting that's how!!! My 1st love... It felt amazing coming to this conclusion. How unexpected how things can come full circle. I had to take a moment... Okay! I've been interested in burlap for awhile, so I started there. It's actually an easy fabric to alter. I wasn't expecting that. For the construction of the rosettes, I basically cut a 2" strip. I folded in half (the long way), and tied a knot at one end. Then I folded the remaining strip in half, and coiled around the set up knot with occasional twisting of the folded burlap. I hot glued the flower where I needed extra support. I added burlap to my oversize message board. I bought a dollar store trash can then added burlap. I even added burlap to my nail file holder. The black ribbon in the center is added ribbon to the initial knot I made to start the rosette project. I'm thrilled with the final look. I can't wait to make more burlap rosettes for future photo shoots, but more than that I'm happy to be crafting again....