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Easy Paper Flower Tutorial

Happy Spring!  Here's a quick way to get some Spring color in your house. Draw a spiral and cut along the line. Then starting with the outer part of the spiral start rolling the paper fairly tightly until you get to the end. You might want to use a glue stick in some places along the way. The flowers will be large or smaller depending on how … [Read more...]

Elegant Rosette Ribbon Flower Embellishment to Make

This hint of a flower or slightly abstract rosette is such an elegant embellishment made with satin ribbon. It's an old technique that you almost never find directions for. Thanks to Kenneth King who contributed this great tutorial to Threads magazine we can all make this intriguing pouf of a flower. It's a great embellishment to a dress or … [Read more...]

Sew Easy Ruffle Tee from Old T-Shirts

You can do this project in an evening & you don't have to be that experienced in sewing to make it. There is also a tutorial for making the cute fabric flowers to add to the ruffle shirt (or something else) if you like. I think they look very cute on the tee.Click title for link at AllFreeSewing for this simple tutorial. Have fun! … [Read more...]

Gathered Treasures Anthro Cuff Bracelet

You can easily make a cuff bracelet like this one offered at $38 from Anthropologie.  Just use hot glue to add embellishments to a plain cuff bracelet.  This one has a working watch face to amke it an informal watch/bracelet.  I think an old watch face that doesn't work anymore would still look good in this collage.You can add pieces of old … [Read more...]

Quick and Easy: Glittery Flower with Fancy Button Center

This is a very easy project to add some glittzy glam to any outfit.  You use a silk flower that you dismantle and reassemble without the fake flower center or the stem & green calyx that holds the petals together.    Use some glittery spray to add  pizzazz.  Then add a fancy button for the center.  Voila!  A one-of-a-kind embellishment for a dress, … [Read more...]

Home Decorating Projects on the Cheap

These are some nice projects that cost very little and seem pretty easy to do. There's a decoupaged small chest of drawers that looks more modern than the usual shabby chic treatment I see on these.I love the lampshade embellishment with fabric roses. It looks elegant in the same color as the lampshade. You could do this in tones that are close … [Read more...]

A Pretty Kanzashi Flower Variation and More Fabric Flower Tutorials

Wow, if you like Kanzashi flowers you have got to see this one. It's similar to the usual petals except that half the petals are shorter than the other half. You alternate short ones with long ones as you thread them to make the flower. It looks really cute in the light aqua and yellow patterned fabric. You can make it a piece of jewelry … [Read more...]

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