Tag Archives: Tutorial

DIY: embellished shirt …

March 11, 2011

can i just tell you how much my little norah makes me laugh.

she is equally cute as she is a little stinker at times.  she really is in one of those stages… where she likes to be naughty and really doesn’t care if you say no.   should be very interesting when baby brother arrives in 2 1/2 weeks.

i made this little character a fun embellished shirt for valentine’s day last month, and she was sure proud to show it off.

i just used a plan white shirt, and made the flowers from different colors of jersey material.  i cheated, and ran the fabric through my die cut machine from lifestyle crafts, using the new little blossoms cookie cutter die.  it didn’t cut completely through the fabric, but it gave me a nice pattern to cut out the rest and fold them in half and layer them until i got the right size flower.  then, i just simply sewed all the little flowers in place after some layering, and sewed them to the shirt.

the flowers did shrink up a little in the wash, but you could iron them out again.  i thought this was a fun way to liven up a $2 white shirt from wal-mart.

{photos by me}

DIY // love door hanger …

January 31, 2011

i just wanted to share another fun project i made using the love release from lifestyle crafts.

i used felt, and cut out a scalloped heart and embroidered love on one side.  then i added batting cotton to the inside and used turquoise to stitch up the heart.    i just love the color combination!

i’m getting really excited for valentine’s day!  how about you!?  are you working on any fun projects for valentine’s day?

a love banner …

January 20, 2011

my next project i did for the lifestyle crafts design team using the items from the love release was this “love” banner. {inspired by this bethany lowe one}

i’ll be honest, i was skeptical about the whole die cutting machine since i am not a scrapbooker at all, but i have found a lot of ways to use it,  like with this banner.

i used the nesting heart dies for the banner, card board from a cheerio box, vintage music sheets, modge podge, glitter, chip board letters, tinsel, a hot glue gun, and red glittery pipe cleaners.

i just used the modge podge glue to glue on the music sheet hearts to the cardboard ones i made with the die cuts.  then glued on the rest.

this was a great little project, and a banner that i have been wanting to make for valentine’s day for a while.