It started with......

I did give you a sneak peak on my Facebook page yesterday...

So.... It started with....

 

An old grapevine wreath that had been found outside after a time left in the elements.

So it needed some repair and attention... if you look closely you can see the extra wire I added, but most of that wire has been hidden by....

this cute little "tie".

What was next you ask, the pumpkins... 

taking 1/2 inch strips, well 9 strips that is... 

Used 3 different orange tones, Cajun Craze, Pumpkin Pie and Tangelo Twist.  

 

 

 

What do you think about using the Leaf for the stem??  

I liked it trimmed.  You can see it taking shape now right?? 

 

 

Doesn't it look like the leaves are stuck or intertwined in the wreath??

 

 

More on the bottom, The pumpkins all got leaf stems

 

The final product will be located at Jen's Hair Company, Knox, IN.  

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Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

 

July '14

So you want to learn how I made that ribbon flower...

at the bottom of this post will be your supply list. 

As always ANY questions let me know!!

 First you will need two pieced of ribbon.  I used a 15 inch piece of both, the Burlap ribbon and Chevron ribbon.  

Moving to the sewing machine, I sewed both together.

Using a larger needle and the Linen Thread you want to weave the needle through one side of the ribbon. The paper snips are holding up the needle. 

Once through the whole side, just scrunch the Linen thread so that is starts to look like the above picture.  Note the needle is still there, don't poke yourself.

The more you pull it the more it will look like above.. 

looks like an 80's "scrunchie", haha.

You do not want to tie it just yet... be patient!

Using a Jumbo sticky round and your "scrunchie" you start with the small section or the middle and manipulate it how you want it... the easiest way to keep it where you want, use the sticky round.

Trimming the excess it should look like this. 

Here is where I tied the linen thread, just a knot.

And there you go.. a ribbon flower!!

I would love to see what you end up with.. send me a picture on Facebook!!

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Have a Great day getting Crafty!!

 

Supplies:

1 1/4 Burlap Ribbon 132140 $7.95 

3/4 Chevron Ribbon Pear Pizzazz 130011 $8.95

Linen Thread 104199 $4.50 

Jumbo Sticky Rounds, 127852 $4.95 

 

It Started with...

Reminder of yesterdays post...

So, what are these you ask... Those are slats from a louvered bifold door.

Yes, I love bifolds for the height they offer. This one actually came apart, I saved the slats knowing that I could come up with SOMETHING to do with them...

While shopping with my wonderful Hubby, we saw this kinda cool picket fence picture holder and this is where I started thinking!! 

You NEVER know where your inspiration will come from.

Here is how it started!!

Using the Tombow Multipurpose Glue, which by the way is not the best adhesive for this project, but all I had at the time... the hot glue gun didn't work either.  Which now you see where my problem came in on yesterday's post.  My Hubby suggested a multipurpose epoxy, but none at the house, doesn't it figure, GEEZZ.

Anyway, all the slats were the same length, using a box cutter it was easy to "trim" the two vertical pieces to the size needed.

 

 Paper, Ribbon, Linen Thread and half of a Doily.

This Stamp set, Feel Goods, is FULL of amazing phrases. This one is one of my favorites.

Yes, I did "dirty" up the edges of both papers here.

This comes together and just adds, I think, to the rustic look of my 'fence' section.

I am sorry, I forgot that the Bigz Butterfly die retired until I starting putting together my post. 

Really wanting to use the metal, and not sure about punching it out, I left it.  

Decorative Dots Embossing folder is how those polka dots got on there, YES you can emboss metal, so long as it is thin.

Pleased with how the 'flower' turned out, I will show you tomorrow step by step how it all was put together.

Ready for the whole thing?? 

This could be an even longer post, if I showed you all the steps of the flower.

A few flowers with Rhinestones and a few others from glitter paper.. and those just add the pretties.

See you tomorrow with the flower post and

Have a Great day getting Crafty!!