Using Scrapbook Brads to Make Hair Accessories

CONFESSION: Sometimes I see things on sale and buy them even though I have no particular use for them.  

I purchased a package of K & Co. Amy Butler scrapbooking brads when they were  50% off at JoAnn's.  My investment was $2.  (that's not so bad..right?)

I 've recently been visiting Brown Paper Packages a lot after getting hooked on the tutorials.  There is a great one for making easy satin poppy hair clips using brads and it was perfect for my great find.

I used one of my sale brads in the middle flower.   The other flower centers I made using vintage buttons, jewels, and tiny beads. 

These clips are made using scrap grosgrain ribbon and a leftover scrap of silk that I made into a spiral flower and glued to a bobby pin.

I'm so glad I put my sale find to good use!  Phew....that $2 find came in handy for my creative outlet.

Kids Sports Spirit Gear Fundraiser Ideas

Have you ever thought of using your creative talents to benefit a cause?  It can be very rewarding.   Here are a few ideas I came up with for a swim team to sell.

 

Do you have any good ideas that are pretty easy to make?

Ruffles and Stuff Entries Posted

The Ruffle Your Stuff Contest

entries were posted today at

Ruffles and Stuff.

If you get a chance, check out all

567 entries here! You will be inspired.....I couldn't believe the creativity and talent I saw.

LSL had 3 entries in the first slide show album. These are two of them. I will put together a tutorial for making ruffled circles next week so check back!

Erin

My attempt at a zipper flower and Has anyone seen any cute OWL or Woodland Fairy Themed Fabric?

This is a really random post but I have a few things I've been working on that were really fun. I babysat a very cool 8 year old girl yesterday (she loves watching "What Not to Wear"). I showed her the zipper flowers on Craftaholics Anonymous and she decided she wanted to make one. I think I probably looked desperate so she said okay! The picture above is what we ended up making.

I also had a customer ask for an owl theme baby boy fabric corsage. I looked all through JoAnn's, Michael's, and Country Stitches and had no luck finding boy owl fabric. I searched and found one Moda owl fabric online but I would have to order that and she needed it quickly.

Has anyone seen any cute owl or woodland themed whimsical fabric lately? I ended up making a felt owl but the fabric would be nice to have.

Well that's enough random rambling! I hope your weekend is going well.

Ruffle Your Stuff Contest at Ruffles and Stuff

Disney over at Ruffles and Stuff is having a contest through April 2, 2010. Create something using ruffles....paper, fabric, ribbon, anything will do (oooooo what about metal?)and you could win some great prizes! Yes, I did say SOME! Click on the above button for more information!

Since many of the prizes came from Amy Butler herself, I thought I'd use some of her fabrics to make a personalized flower. My ruffle is added around the edge.

I even made the back pretty. :) Check out the contest..the prizes are awesome!

Okay..one last entry..had to use something from the "Love" collection.

Fabric Yo Yo's Part 2

I wanted to have a few more yo-yo projects completed but I'm already onto something new. I may come back to this because I had a couple of home decor ideas. ...pillows, lampshade, rug border..the possibilities are endless.




Since I am ready for spring, I embellished a few brightly colored accessories with yo-yo's. Flip Flops, a glass beaded necklace, and a fabric wrapped bangle get some pizazz with small fabric yo- yo accents. These accessories will now stand out in a crowd.



I attached these to metal clips so I can take them off for a different look.

OK Spring, I'm ready for you any time now!

Erin