I love how these turned out!

I had some leather scraps that I had from some earlier projects and had an idea to make some head bands and flower pins. I really like the way they turned out! I think the leather is a great medium to work with and the finished product looks quite classy. I am definitely going to have to make more of these, they were fun

 to make.

Of course these are for sale!

Th headbands are $12.00

and the pins are $15.00

Have a happy Friday!

About Me

Do you like the new look?

I have been doing some changes to this blog and I am hoping they are working. I have made some links under my header where you can click on the word to find and do the things you want to do. Under Projects, if you click on it, it will take you to all of the projects I have done so far. If you click on shop, it will show you all of the items that are for sale. "Contact" is my e-mail and "About Me" links to a post about our family. While you are clicking, you can click on the URL code below the "Grab My Button" and put it on your own blog, so that you and others can easily click on this blog!  So have a great day and I have some more projects coming!

Do you feel like a cupcake?

I had this idea to make some cup cake pincushions after seeing an idea of making a felt cake pincushion. I have been working with lots of felt and I also have some ribbing from some old wool sweaters so I used the felt to make some delicious cupcakes. They look pretty enough to eat but don't try, (you might get dry mouth!)I will give you the instructions to make these cute treats!Cut 2 pieces of felt about 3inches wide and about 20 inches long. Fold them both in half and then lay them on top of each other. Use the one that you want to show the most color on the bottom of the stack. Roll them up together decreasing the roll so that the middle is higher than the end.Once you have it rolled together sew a seam on the edge to keep them together. Use straight pins to keep it together while you sew.After you have it sewn together use a sweater cuff or a piece of ribbing sewn together to make a tube. Sew it inside out and sew a seam around the edge of the unfinished cuff.Fold the cuff down over the top and then use a small amount of batting to fill the hole that is left by rolling at an angle.Fill the hole with the batting and cut a circle of felt to match the bottom of your cupcake.I used hot glue to put the bottom on but just glue it around the edge of the cuff to the batting,(if you get too close to the edge of the felt it oozes out and doesn't look as nice.

Then cut a small circle of red felt and sew a running stitch around the edge of the felt. I put a small Styrofoam ball in the middle to help it hold it's circle shape. Then pull the thread tight and sew back and forth on the bottom to hold it tight. Knot it at the end and then use hot glue to put the cherry on the top!Then embellish it with whatever you like. I had some little felt flowers, rick rack, ribbon, and of course you need the sprinkles for the top of the cup cake. If you have straight pins that have a colored ball on the top it makes a great pincushion! You can also cut a piece of magnet in the shape of a circle and glue it on the bottom of the cup cake to pick up all of the dropped pins that you have.On this one I used just a strip of felt to make the ribbon. Then I had another idea on how to display these cute cupcakes.I had made a trip to the DI to find some things I needed for my projects and I saw these plates and bowls and thought what cute cake stands they would make. I turned the bowls over and used some 9001 glue to glue the inverted bowls to the bottoms of the plates. This glue is super strong and is waterproof so you can use it on the cake plates so you can wash them later. (I don't think I would wash them in the dish washer though.) I thought they turned out pretty cute for putting any kind of sweet treats and for $2.00 for the larger one and $1.50 for the smaller one you can't beat the price! These cupcakes were very easy to make or I should say easy peasy to make and once you start making them you will just want to make more!

Have Fun making these sweet treats!

I am linking to Cupcake Tuesday!

LDS General Conference Easter Activities

With LDS General Conference on Easter Sunday this year, this would be a fun to do coloring page and activity with an Easter theme. The words would be be some of the words the kids would hear in the conference talks.

Click on the picture to make it larger and then you can print it.

The first General Conference Easter themed coloring page is  meant for older kis who can read, but the younger ones sould just color it or get help from mom and dad.

Click on the pages below to enlarge them to print.

You can have the kids color the eggs and cut them out and then put them in the basket when they hear the words in General Conference. Have a great Conference weekend!!

Easter S'mores in a jar

I saw this done a couple of years ago and it was so cute and then I found the recipe and the picture so I wanted to share. It is an easy idea to give as a gift as well.

Easter S'mores in a Jar

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  1. Reduce 1 sleeve graham crackers to crumbs.
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  2. Layer 2/3 crumbs in a 1 qt. jar
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  3. Place 8 marshmallow bunny peeps (varied colors) standing up.
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  4. Press them up against the glass, but don't squash them.
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  5.Carefully spoon remaining crumbs in the center of the jar to support the bunnies, pressing down to keep snug.
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  6. On top of this, pour 1 1/4c. Easter M&Ms, gently pressing with a spoon.
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  8. Decorater the lid of the jar however you please and tie ribbons around the neck of the jar.

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  Attach a gift tag to say:
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  Easter Bunny Smore's instructions
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  1. Empty the jar contents into a bowl. Snip the bunnies into bits with kitchen sheers or cut up with a knife. Return bunny bits to the mixture. Mix well.
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  2. Melt 1/2 c. butter, add 1 tsp. vanilla. Pour this over the dry ingredients, mixing well. Pat into a greased 9" square pan.
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  3. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
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  Makes 9-12 bars.
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  Happy Easter!

Calling all paper scraps...

I saw an idea like this on studio 5 but it was done with large pieces of paper so I had an idea to make flowers instead and give them to the great ladies I visit teach. I started out with 2 inch strips of paper and cut them 12 inches long. You will need 2 strips for each flower. I then used a paper punch to punch out the flowers and the circles. I think this project is easy enough that you could get kids to help you fold the strips.I used a glue stick to the 2 strips together and then used the glue gun to to glue the circles onto the fan flowers. Be careful to not let the fans invert or you will get a hot glue burn like I did. Hold them in place for a  minute and then glue the wooden shishkabob scewer on the back. Add a little ribbon and a hershey kiss for the center and you have a cute bouquet! I filled the empty chili sauce jars with easter candy,(I knew I saved those cute little jars for something.) and then made a tag and tied some green rafia ribbon around the base. The chocolate pops are just a carmel put on a lollipop stick and dipped in dark chocolate and then I drizzled white chocolate on the top. They are easy peasy and very yummy!

You can make cute ceiling and window hangings with these just make them in a larger size and hang them with fishing line from the window or the ceiling. Have fun using up all of your paper scraps!

I'm thinking Spring!

I decided to make a fabric Spring hat because it is just feeling like it should be SPRING!I lined the hat with a coordinating striped fabric and made the flower out of both fabrics. the price for this one is $12.00 I then decided to make some springy shoes did you know that this color of blue turqoise is the color for this year! I then thought I better make some boy ones to match.  These are also $12.00I did some experimenting with the felt flowers for head bands. They are on a clip so you can interchange them on any color of headband, hat ,bag or anything you would want to clip it on.The cost for these are $3.50 for the flower clip and $.50 for the band.I have a hard time coming up with as cute of ideas for boys but I thought this cap turned out okay. I probably would make the visor a little narrower but it would be great to keep the sun off of a cute little baby face. cost for this one is $10.00

So I hope this gets you inspired for SPRING! I can't wait until all of our snow is gone. Yes, we still have snow!!

Some new ideas

I have been working on some new ideas for spring and summer. Of course when spring comes you think of handbags and a cute easter bonnet  (well not necessarily a bonnet but maybe a cute flower headband.)

This first one is a child's handbag and matching headband.

The handbag is $8.00

The headband is $5.00

They are made out of embroidered fleece and the handbag is lined with pink and white striped cotton.

This bag is made from felted recycled wool and the outside is decorated with felted wool flowers. $35.00

This bag is hand knitted felted wool and the flowers are felted wool as well. $45.00

This is also a handknitted felted wool bag and the flower is felted wool. $45.00

I have some more felted wool flower headbands that will be coming so keep checking so you can have a cute spring bonnet as well. Of course I will do special orders if requested. Have a great day!

Here are some ideas if you want to make a special order

These are just a few of the hats shoes and headbands, so If you see something you like and want to order something special just email me at bigridger2@yahoo.com and let me know what you would like!

Children's hats are $15.00

Adult hats are $18.00

Little shoes are$12.00

headbands are$12.00

small headbands are $7.00

Thanks for looking!