Thursday, March 8, 2012

Rainbow Cake


Who loves RAINBOW CAKE!? I DO!

Separate the cake mix and dye them the colors you desire!
Way more fun than regular cake!
 





 
YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

T-shirt Finge Scarf


Supplies
Old T-shirt
Sharp scissors

Choose an old t-shirt & lay it out flat.           

Cut off the top of the shirt under the armpits and below the neckline
Cut fringe across the bottom. Approx. every half inch. Five inches long
(You can make larger cuts for larger fringe or longer cuts for longer fringe)
 Then stretch each piece of fringe 
(It won't stretch a lot)
OPTIONAL
Tie the bottom of the fringe into little knots
The completed look w/ knotted fringe



Totally simple..I did use a henley shirt..while it doesn't look terrible, I probably wouldn't do it again!








Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Fun Fur Wreath

Supplies
Foam or Straw Wreath
Two packs of fun fur 
One pack of small ribbon 
One pack of Large ribbon to hang (optional)
Decorative Items (butterflies, birds, flowers, feathers, or leaves)
Hot Glue Gun

  I wrapped the wreath in the fun fur (seriously took forever)! Then wrapped it with the ribbon in an even pattern. I hot glued on decorative butterflies and found some matching ribbon to hang it with. The pics appear a little purple but it's it's really not. The theme I chose was neutral spring/summer. Sometimes spring can be too pastel and summer can be too bright. This was a nice alternative and will match any house.

Cost: $15  Fun Fur is expensive but look for sales! Also I suggest looking at different places for ribbon because after I made this one I found lots of cool ribbon for way less moolah! The butterflies came in a pack of 8 for $6 which was robing me blind but now I have them for other projects. Just hit the sales...there's no need to break the bank on a wreath! (Sunday paper always has coupons for craft stores)




Upcycled Rag Wreath


Supplies
Foam or Straw Wreath
Fabric Scraps (cut into approx 10 inches long by 1 inch wide)


It's no longer "easy as cake" it's now easy as making a rag wreath!

Just rip up the fabric in 1 inch wide strips long enough to go around your wreath and tie them on! I chose to use 3 colors but you could do as many as you want! I have an abundance of fabric scraps and could do any combination or color I wanted. This one is fun for summer and easy to do with the kids. They will have fun ripping the fabric and it's easy to tie them on. No glue, no sewing, and no artistic talent needed. If I could do it so can you!



Owl Yarn Wreath



Supplies
Styrofoam Wreath
Yarn of choice (I used Lion Brand Vanna's Choice Mustard Color)
Felt (maroon, brown, and green)
Stick (from my yard)
Crocheted Owl (you could use a little bird or anything you find that's totally adorable)
Hot Glue

I started by wrapping the wreath in the yarn, which does take a good amount of time. To make the roses cut out all different size circles from the felt. The bigger the circle, the bigger the flowers will be. Cut around the outside of the circle to give it wavy look. Then cut at any point on the circle in a spiral shape so u will end up with a long thing strip. About a 1/4 to 1/2 inches thick.

Now to start rolling the flowers you will take the end of the felt where you began cutting and start to roll. Make sure to keep it tight in the beginning so it holds. Keep rolling and at the very end use the last piece to cover the bottom and hot glue the flower together. ( I will post pictures on how to do this in another blog, eventually.)

To make the leaves I cut them out in a leafy shape and used a pencil to drop on the veins in the leafs. Totally optional. 

Then just hot glue everything in place where your heart desires. I even hot glued leaves to my stick and I thought that was just super cute!

The total cost of this wreath was about $5  Most expensive part was the yarn and I splurged to get that specific color. I really enjoyed making this wreath and think that it is my best one so far! The picture doesn't do it justice!