Clay Pot Halloween Characters

Paint the clay pots and wooden doll heads. Glue together. Add embellishments. Viola! Halloween characters.

Fabulous Friday Crafts

These are the crafts I made or created for my Relief Society's annual Fabulous Friday Craft Night last week.


Very simple, rustic Nativity to add to my collection. It was made from 2in clay pots and 1.75in wooden doll heads. Paint the pots and the wooden heads. Glue them together with a hot glue gun. Glue pieces of muslin for the headdress. Use Spanish moss for the hay in the manger.

This Rosette pin was super easy and cheap to make. Each pin costs less than $1. It is made by layering synthetic fabrics such as chiffon and lining in decreasing sized circles. Then with a heat gun, melt the edges, causing them to curl up. Attach the circles together with a brad and then glue onto a pin, or a hair clip, etc for endless fashion variety.

Directions:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQG5ms7dUtw&feature=related

These are magnetic playsets for the kids during church or a car trip, anytime they really need to sit still and be quiet. They are made from color copies of the Betsy McCall vintage paperdolls that have been attached to magnetic sheets and then cut out. The tins can be purchased at craft stores next to the gift cards (they are meant to be gift card boxes!)


I made these Rustic Pumpkins from landscape timbers that I cut into 4", 5" and 6" blocks, painted orange, antigued, and then glued a stem to the top. Finish it off with a ribbon and raffia.

These SPOOKY blocks I made from a 2x4 that I cut into blocks, then painted black. Sand the edges. Stencil the letters and tie a little purple and orange tulle for a garnish.

Basic Flannel Baby Blanket

I've had a plethera of baby showers to attend recently. So, I needed fast, blankets for gifts. These blankets consits of 2 pieces of flannel, 1 yard each. With right sides together, I sewed around the edges (similar to a pillowcase) leaving just a small space open to then turn the blanket right side out. After pressing the edges, I hand sewed the opening shut. Then, I sewed around the entire blanket to finshed off the edge. Very fast project. Each blanket only took 30min!

Easy Baby Blanket

I needed a gift for a baby girl, so I sewed a baby blanket. I love how it turned out. Simple but super cute. Again, I got the idea online. Here are her instructions:

http://www.themikkelsens.net/sarah/journal/2009/08/simple-baby-blankie.html

Yarn Wreath

I needed a generic wreath for my door that was cute but not associated with any specific holiday. I saw some yarn wreaths online, so I decided to give it a try. I also didn't feel like spending too much money, so I used yarns, buttons and flowers that I already had in my bin. All I had to buy was the wreath form ($3) and the word welcome ($2). If you want a how-to or to see pics of more wreaths, click the link below:

http://theconstantgatherer.blogspot.com/2009/11/yarn-wreath-tutorial.html

Furniture Facelifts

I had a couple chairs, a coffee table and a wicker loveseat that all needed a little TLC. I purchased the coffee table at Goodwill a few months ago intending on giving it a face lift as soon as the weather was warm enough for painting. It had numerous scratches and scuffs in the finish. So, I sanded it and then painted it a moss green. I also purchased the chairs at GW with the same intentiosn. After sanding the chairs, I spraypainted them in a couple different blues and then lightly distressed them to match the other mismatched dining room chairs I currently have that sport various shades of blue or green. My white wicker loveseat was just a little worn looking. The paint was faded and peeling. So, after sanding off the loose paint, I also spraypainted. With 3 cans of spraypaint and a new cushion, it looks as good as new. It also provides a couple extra seats for our family room. I forgot to take before pictures on most of the items, so you only get the afters.

Yuck! What ugly fabric. This was the newest of the fabrics on the chair's cushion. It had been recovered so many times that I ended up stripping this cushion back to the original bones and started fresh.

As you can see, the new fabric has blues and greens that match the rest of the decorations in the house.

Summer

I just finished my SUMMER letters. I love the result. Now, I have all four seasons done.