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Cut Fabric like a Pro with the Silhouette Fabric Bundle // GIVEAWAY

0 · May 23, 2013 · 287 Comments

Silhouette Portrait GIVEAWAY (Affiliate) // As someone who is crafting all the time, I often find myself falling into ruts. What… You too? Then I am reminded of a product that I just love, but have for some reason have placed on the back of my craft shelf. I pull it out, dust it off and fall in LOVE all over again. That is exactly what happened this week when I had the chance to pull out my fabric stash and play around with Silhouette's Fabric Interfacing and their Fabric Cutting Blade.

I made this fun Heartland wall art for a new gallery wall that I'm working on for my living room and I just fell head over heels in love with my CAMEO's fabric cutting tools!! Check out these clean lines on my United States image…

You can check out the entire tutorial HERE.

This week Silhouette has their entire fabric line on sale along with their fabulous machines. Check out the May Promotion…

Click here to visit the Sale Page over at the Silhouette Site!

The folks at Silhouette have given me one Silhouette Portrait to give away to one of YOU my favorite friends!! All you have to do is follow the directions in the Rafflecopter box below…

a Rafflecopter giveaway

A few more of my friends are giving away Silhouette Portraits as well. You can visit their giveaways to increase your chances to win!!

A Pumpkin & A Princess

That's What Che Said

Seven Thrity-Three

Ginger Snap Crafts

Crazy Little Projects

Pretty Handy Girl

Mom 4 Real

Simply Designing

Design, Dining & Diapers

Mom Endeavors

Tater Tots & Jell-o

Spring Wreath DIY // Vintage Vignette // Whatever Craft Weekend Part II

3 · May 2, 2013 · 12 Comments

Spring Wreath DIY // WOWZA that's quite a bit to have all in one post!! I have been working on my Spring Vignette for a little bit. Gathering treasures and such, tweaking and rearranging. I finally have a fun grouping to share with you today that's inspired by my Whatever Craft Weekend. Of course it starts with my Winter White Wreath that I will be using all year. I've used it for Christmas, The New Year, Valentine's Day and now I've updated it for Spring!

All I did was add some fancy yarn and a fabric banner to the wreath. The fabric garland was made by my friend Amy from Ameroonie Designs. I had been trying to find time to put together a fabric garland for the wreath and just hadn't found the time. Luckily, Amy was handing little fabric garlands out to her customers at the Queen Bee Market last month at SNAP and I was sooooo excited… I didn't have to worry about that element anymore! Not that they are hard to make, the issue for me would be to find my sewing machine in the sea of boxes still in my garage. We are in a temporary home right now, so there is no need to unpack everything. Thanks Amy for the rescue!!

Now, for the full vignette. It was inspired by my Whatever Craft Weekend… Yes, I will be trying to live in that fabulous weekend for the rest of my life I think. Almost everything in the display came from that magical weekend…

Isn't it cheerful and fun?! Part of the Whatever Craft Weekend is a fun Junking trip. Meg & Kimberlee have some amazing treasure troves that they share with all of their guest and I had a ball finding all kinds of goodies.

Here are Ashley, Mique, Kristi, Pam and several other friends on our junking tour, Kristi is going ga gah over all the amazing wood available at this amazing junk barn!

I curated a group of fun smaller items like these…

Many of these goodies made it into my vignette… and, I even found a large item that I am head over heels in love with.

Check out that lovely, chippy bench that Ashley is testing out… yep, it came home with me!! Several friends found some amazing quilts in our antique tour. All of them just divine. I'm not sure if there is anything more fun than junking with several fun friends!

Back to my Whatever Vignette… Here are some of my little elements…

This typewriter was one of my favorite finds… it was only $30, a total deal! I've paired it with my sign from Katy Girl Designs. You have to run over and check out Katy's shop. Its lovely!!

Next, I have a fun biscuit tin as a base for my vintage fan and Canon camera. The camera belonged to my Grandfather and I love having it out on display. It reminds me of his curiosity and love of life and it makes me happy to see it sitting there all day.

I have always been in love with felted balls and have made many projects with them, but I was dying when we opened a whole package from FeltedFoxes during our craft time at Meg's. I've made felt balls… I even have a tutorial on how to make them. They aren't easy and take quite a bit of time and effort to make. I think I will just order them from now on from FeltedFoxes and save the time and effort! I love how they look in my emerald Depression Glass… just stunning!

I LOVE my new Little Branches CREATE sign. It's just so perfect for my house. I love the colors and the gold accents! It's just so cheery!

I used fabric in old embroidery hoops to add color and texture to the display and peppered in more cameras from my vintage camera collection. I'm just so in love with this display. It may stay up for a few months while I soak in all the vintage goodness!

Are you a junker? What do you like to collect?

DIY Winter White Wreath Tutorial

130 · Dec 11, 2012 · 26 Comments

I just can’t help myself… I love this style of wreath. I love how full and rich it looks when finished. Thus far I’ve made two different versions, my Candy Corn Wreath and my Candy Cane Wreath from last year’s wreath tutorial.

This year I made a simple yet stunning Winter White Canvas Wreath that I can use throughout the year…

I love a good thick wreath full of rich colors and textures. I think they are always a fabulous winter statement piece for anything from a front door to a fun vignette like this one I created for Christmas this year.

This wreath is super easy to make, it just takes a little time. Here is what you will need…

Supply List

Foam wreath form
16 inch floral wreath form
3 yards of winter white canvas or duck cloth
550 white head quilters pins
Cutting mat and rotary cutter

Instructions

Cut your canvas into 3 inch strips and wrap the wreath form with a few of the strips of fabric to cover the Styrofoam. Use some pins to pin the fabric down at the end.

Cut the remaining fabric into 3×3 inch squares. You don’t need to be super precise, this wreath is very forgiving. Fold a square in half and then half again and then pin to the wreath form.

You don’t need to make these little squares very precise either. Actually, the messier they are, the better the wreath will look.

Now… grab a Diet Coke and a good movie (I watched on of my favorites, White Christmas) and go to town…Continue to fill in the wreath, packing them pretty tight.

I really used every speck of the 3 yards of canvas for this wreath and it looks so rich and full, I ADORE it!!

Now, this wreath is a bit of an investment (I totally get that) So… I plan on creating fun ways to dress it up throughout the year to make the investment of time and materials worth it.

Here is what I did to accessorize it for Christmas…

I added a cute little house ornament from the Target holiday collection along with some vintage jingle bells that I found at Old Glory Antiques in Denver, and a little frosted berry sprig.

I pinned the bells to the back of the wreath, tucked the berries into the folds of fabric and set the house on the wreath.

This is perfect for indoors, If you were going to use the same accessories for outdoors, I would secure it a little better.

To hang the wreath, I use the little pocket created when wrapping the foam base with the fabric…

It actually works quite well with the stiff canvas fabric. Don’t worry about all the strings from the fabric. After a little bit of time and grooming they settle down and you don’t even see them.

This week I am giving away an elegant holiday décor kit from the Sterling Pear, that’s where I found those amazing stocking hangers from my faux mantle. Make sure you head over to enter the giveaway!!

I will also in a future post teach you guys how to make that fun Rudolph sign that I created using my favorite Rhonna Designs digital artwork!

That one is going to be really fun!! Some great Silhouette tips and tricks I can’t wait to share! So… Enough about me, what have you guys been working on? Any fun Holiday projects you’ve been working on? I would love to hear about them!