Using some red fleece, white pom-poms and hot glue, I made customized Santa hats for everything in my house I could think of. I started out wanting to put hats on the little soldier decorations that hang on the wall above our TV, but after an extra strong piña colada that my husband made me, it turned into Santa hats for everyone! (Soldier dudes not pictured).it was a quick slap dash chip and glue project. Easy easy, if you're not too bothered with hot glue burns (those suckers are hard to hold on. Plus alcohol).
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3/9/2015 0 Comments Dalek costumeThis is how the Dalek costume turned out. It was surprisingly difficult to get a picture of. I took a roll of pilsbury biscuit dough. Cut the top third or so off and pressed the bigger half into a muffin tin. Then I filled them with leftovers. the first time I used cornbread biscuits, stuffing, turkey, green bean casserole and gravy. The second time I used home style biscuits, stuffing, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, and gravy. I pressed the tops back on, poked a hole in the top, then baked it for 20 min at 350. I think. I can't recall exactly, but just checked for golden brown. It was funner than the same ol' way to serve leftovers. 12/7/2014 0 Comments Christmas fabric garlandI started working on this a while back. It ended up going through several iterations before landing on this. I could give you a list of what didn't ended up working. But it turned out pretty nice. All the fabric edges are raw. The fabric was more flexible left alone, and I figure I'm not washing it anyways. I took a 2 inch strip of fleece and cut slits in it every 1 inch or so, then pulled the fabric through. I cut varying lengths and widths. I used twist ties to join fabrics on the back side, but I probably could have stitched them together. Then I added my fleece roses and "scarf" strips with hot glue. I also had a square of crochet that I sewed into tubes and weaved in. I think it turned out pretty nice. Like an ugly sweater, happy but tidy, sweet crafty Christmas. I wish I had ornaments to match. 12/4/2014 0 Comments Leaf garlandI wanted to make something for fall, without spending money. I had some jewelry wire and shiny tempera paint, so I collected some fallen leaves and pine cones. I laced the leaves together on the wire and painted a few to add shimmer. This project had a few major flaws. 1) I waited too long to collect leaves and they were a bit too dead/ crunched up 2) I couldn't be patient enough to fully paint one side of each leaf, which was my original goal. 3) I wasn't patient enough to lace the leaves so they faced forward. I basically took wire, and poked it once through each leaf and strung them up on my mantle. My daughter politely said it looked "helter skelter" but it was polite for "that looks like some trash, strung across the mantle." I made my oldest (she offered) paint the pine cones, and I made wire hoops by wrapping wire around the stems. She only painted one side (top) which I believe was out of laziness (like mother, like daughter?). Those turned out cute. 12/4/2014 0 Comments Holiday lamp shade slipcover.I went super lazy with this lampshade cover. I just wanted to add a pop of holiday, without creating anything too permanent or difficult to store. I took my fabric, cut it 1/2 inch wider on each side to my lampshade. I wrapped it around and did one strip of hot glue on the fabric only. Then I folded the top and bottom edges under. When the seasons over, I can pull it off like a slip cover and store it away. I can reuse it next year, or use the fabric for something else. The major issues with this project is you can see the pattern from the real lampshade when the light is on. I don't really care much, since I don't have company and its just for me. Plus, I rarely use a table lamp (since it's just extra electricity). (My son does like to pull the string, so it's been on more than normal lately. But its cute) 12/4/2014 0 Comments IKEA chair slipcoverI didn't make a tutorial, I'm just showing off part of my Christmas decor. We have a kids chair from ikea sitting near our fireplace. It's never been covered yet, with the exception of draping fabric around it to decide what I liked. But I got excited to follow through with the last trip to hobby lobby* when I was holding one of our new stockings, in hand, to match to. I wanted to find something that matched our stockings, would be cheap, cozy, not too cheesy, and a hint of manly. Maybe when I make a cover for the non holiday season, I can show how I made it. (Hint: it was the cheapest, laziest way I could thing of). I wish I had rounded the corners of the top pillow, but I don't want to fix it. *Whereas I choose not to boycott Hobby Lobby, I don't agree with their political views. |
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