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DIY tiny change purse

14:39 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi again! I've been sewing gifts for the past week... Aprons, yoga bags, cosmetic bags and my latest... Tiny change purses! Check them out! It's like sewing a cosmetic bag but with 4 x 6" pieces of scrap fabric. And I got to use my ridiculous kitty cat fabric!








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Iron-on Transfer Fun!

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Mr.T for Mr. Tyler... the kids' nickname for him!
Magnets and an apron!
Hi there! Christmas is in 3 days and I'm busy crafting way this weekend! One of my favorite things to work with are iron-on transfers. My favorite are the Avery Dark T-Shirt Transfers... they never fail me! Lately, I love making fabric covered button-magnets and ironing a picture to the fabric before I stretch it onto the button. I've been making new creations for xmas gifts! Wanna see?

Materials
     ♡ Dark T-shirt fabric transfers
     ♡ Round magnets
     ♡ super glue (i like goop)
     ♡ Pliers
     ♡ Scissors
     ♡ Fabric-cover button kit
     ♡ Scrap Fabric


Instruction for picture button -magnet:
1. Print your pictures onto iron-on transfer. You might need to play around with the size
2. Cut them out, peel the back and position onto the fabric.
3. Iron on for about 10 seconds (with larger images, follow the instructions on the package)
4. Stretch onto a button
5. Glue a magnet at the back
6. Give to someone and make their day.


Picture-button  factory!
Print pictures onto iron-on transfer and cut them out.
Peel the back and position them onto your fabric.
Stretch onto a button and glue a magnet at the back!

More picture-button creations!
For my newlywed friend!
Pretty fabric and a kitty face! Meow!
  

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Paper Roll Reindeer!

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The kids are getting pretty excited at school, so we've been trying to keep them busy with some seasonal crafts! Check out this one: a toilet aper roll reindeer! And the best part.. we are recycling a toilet paper roll! Hooray!

  Materials
     ✄ toilet paper roll
     ✄ pastels & crayons (instead of paint)
     ✄ pipe cleaners
     ✄ googly eyes
     ✄ pompoms
     ✄ hot glue

Click here for the instructions i found on this awesome blog, LOADED with crafts for kids!

Happy crafting! xo


Want some more Winter & holiday projects?
Salt Dough Ornaments

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Salt Dough Ornaments!

18:15 Natalie Karine 0 Comments

Hi there! So the holidays are here and we are getting our craft on at school! The kids are making back of ornaments for their parents so we decided to make a classic... Salt Dough Ornaments! After a couple trials we finally got it just right! Wanna make some? It's so easy and the kds loved doing them!

     Materials
          ✩ rolling pin
          ✩ cookie cutters
          ✩ straw
          ✩ salt dough
          ✩ tempera or acrylic paint
          ✩ fabric ribbon
          ✩ modge podge & sparkles (optional)

Salt Dough recipe:
2 cups flour
1 cup salt
3/4 cup water

   
Instructions
① In a large bowl, mix salt and flour together.
② Gradually add water until you have a nice dough consistency (not too clumpy and not too sticky)
③ Turn the dough on a hard surface and kneed for about five minutes until it's nice and smooth!
④ Voilà, it's ready to use! Flatten out small portions with a rolling pin until about 0.5 - 1cm thick (max) and cut into different shapes! Don't forget to poke a hole with a straw (for the ribbion) before baking!
⑤ Place on parchment paper and bake in the oven at a low temperature, about 200°F for about 2 hours.
⑥ Paint and tie a ribbon! You can even seal it with a shiny coat using modge podge or varnish and add sparkles!
Ready to bake!
Painting them with pretty colours!

So many tiny masterpieces! 
Sparkle city! We even sealed with a coat of Modge Podge!

Wanna see more ornaments we made? 


Sparkly Pine Cones


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DIY cards

Recycled Snowflake Cards!

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Hi there! I have a special treat for you guys today... Miss Jessica's recycled snowflake cards! My fantastic colleague and head teacher at our school let me share her fabulous cards on the blog. Best part about them? She reused old wrapping paper and turned it into fancy snowflakes... then into cards for the kids at school! Hooray Miss Jessica! I guess all that talk about being green and recycling at school has rubbed off on us! xo
Materials
❉ old wrapping paper
❉ scrapbooking paper
❉ white cardstock
❉ glue 
❉ scissors

Instructions:

Snowflakes
Cut a square from the old wrapping paper. Fold 3 times and cut patterns into it. For a little more help, check out this post on how to make classic paper snowflakes

Cards
Determine the size of your cards and fold a piece of cardstock in half. Glue some scrapbooking paper for the background and paste the snowflake on top! Voilà!
Look at them all! A work of art!
It enven inspired me to make snowflake giftbags! Yay!
Oh and if you'd like to see my walrus holiday cards, click here!  Happy holiday crafting!

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Walrus Holiday Cards!

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Hi there! I'm getting my craft on this weekend getting ready for the holidays! Here's a sneak peak at my Saturday morning project...Walrus Cards! So easy to make... I've already made two dozens and more on the way!

Materials:
❅ Thick coloured paper
❅ Sparkly red paper
❅ Glue
❅ Scissors
❅ Black fine point marker
My template to trace!
Start by tracing your little creature onto colored paper


It's like a factory! One for every student, friend and family member!
I even printed the written greeting with my printer to speed things up!
In French too! Can't forget the little sparkly hearts.....
That's my favorite part!

Click here to see last year's cute squirrel cards!


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DIY Mini Christmas Wreath

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Christmas is almost here! 10 more days! We decided to make a whole bunch of christmas ornaments at school... so here's our very awesome mini-wreaths! They are some cute and pretty inexpensive to make! Best of all, we used up some materials that were just lying around!

Materials:
  ❆ thick cardboard (old boxes)
  ❆ yarn
  ❆ twist ties
  ❆ ribbon
  ❆ decorations : pompoms, foam shapes, buttons, etc)
  ❆ glue
  ❆ scissors

Simply wrap some cardboard "donuts" with yarn until they are fully
covered! You can even get creative and mix up the colours.

After wrapping your "donut" in yarn, glue any little decoration you want!
So adorable and they all look so different!
A special one made by a very special little lady!
Now hanging up in my purple Christmas tree!
Merry Christmas!

 Want more holiday crafts? Check these out!
Salt Dough Ornaments



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Classic Paper Snowflakes

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 It sure feels like winter these days! Brr! However, that beautiful now falling outside sure makes up for the freezing cold. To celebrate those magnificent ice crystals. we decided to make some good ol' paper snowflakes! A classic!

 Materials:
❅ paper
❅ scissors
❅ hole punch (optional)


Check out this awesome link for cutting patterns!
enjoy! xo

INSTRUCTIONS ① Start with a square of any size. ② Fold across once. ③ Fold once again. ④ Bring oposite corners together (and folded sides on top of each other) and fold.

Cutting time!
The fun part... cutting! Start by trimming the long edge of the triangle in order to end up with an even cone shape (see above). cut shapes  along the 3 edges of the snowflake. Make sure to avoid cutting the folded edge completely, or else you'll end up with a bunch of triangles! Open and voilà! Magic! It never gets old! I even put some up in the window of my apartment!

Use a fancy hole puncher for added pizzazz! 
We even decorated the window with them! now its snowing outside
AND inside!


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Easy Snowman cards!

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Hi there! We started some fun winter crafts at school this week! The kids have just begun making their Christmas gifts for their parents, so we decided to start with a fun snowman card! they are so adorable and easy to make! You can even pre-cut the snowman shape for younger ones! Simply add some eyes, a mouth (we used black circles made with the hole-punch), a nose, a scarf and some paper buttons!







              Materials:

           ☃ White cardstock
           ☃ Construction paper
           ☃ Hole puncher
           ☃ Scissors
           ☃ Yarn
           ☃ Glue

So "cool"! Hah! 
With an adorable message inside!

Want some more Winter & holiday projects?
Salt Dough Ornaments

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