YW Broadcast Handout Printable

Ok, so here is our wards attempt to encourage all the YW and their mothers to watch the YW Broadcast.
We are delivering these cute handouts Saturday morning...
I just carefully cut the top of the popcorn bag, slid in the koolaid.

 Then made this tag, printed, cut, folded in half and stapled it to the bag to seal it up again. On the back of the tag it also has other ways to access the broadcast if TV is not an option.

You can print it (hopefully) here. This is my first time uploading PDF's and sharing them... SO, I hope it works...

Spring Topiary

So I found these iron-on felt transfers at the dollar tree.   Since I had just got done doing my Clover Topiaries I thought they were perfect for some spring topiaries.

So you need 1.5x1.5 blocks, dowels, the iron on transfers, paper and ribbon.

 1. Paint your blocks and dowels.
2. Mod Podge your paper to the blocks... you wouldn't have to do this...

3. Cut your dowels to the sizes you want.

4. Drill holes in the blocks and glue dowels in the blocks.

 5. Glue the transfers to the dowels. I used two so that these could be used both sides.  I used E-6000. Wait until dry.

 6. add your ribbon. Done!

I'm linking up to

Spring/Summer Blocks

I needed something to get me out of this gloomy sadness. With the whole Japan earthquake, my dad's "one year" since he passed away and Utah's crappy weather, I made these blocks to remind myself that spring and summer are around the corner.  Just a little mod podge, cute paper and vinyl. It did the trick. I'm much happier.

Luck Banner

So i've seen so many cute banners around. Mine isn't nearly as cute. Scrapbooking is one area I could use some help in...  It's been awhile since I bought scrapbook paper, but has cardstock gone up? I went to by a 12x12 and it was like 60cents a sheet... what is that?!   so being the cheap person I am, I just went to the dollar store and bought a huge piece of poster board for 50cents... I know i'm cheap, but I wasn't about to pay 3 dollars for a stupid cardstock for a paper banner... anyway, I just traced a shamrock shape and cut it out... then using a black and white damask print scrapbook paper I did hearts to fill in the leafs. A simple circle with a white shamrock in the middle and then the letters are just cardstock. I hot glued the ribbon on the back... done... For 50 cents I'll take it!

Ruffle Skirt

So when I saw this Cute Ruffle SkirtI knew I had to make one...  To make it more my style I found this cute fabric for the perfect price at walmart of all places... they are doing a fashion fabric road show. all the fabric is $5.00 for 5 yards!!!  so you have to buy the whole bolt(5yards), but i was fine with that. cause I tend to make mistakes.... so go check out your walmart.  I love this fabric, it's like a satin but much heavier. it says it has some polyester in it to... so it's slightly stretchy... perfect...

Ok, so I pretty much followed the tutorial from ruffles and stuff.   If i had a t-shirt I would have totally done the t-shirt waist band... best idea ever.. but I didn't so here's what i did.

1. cut out your main skirt... you are basically making a trapazoid. I hope that's the right shape... I can't remember...   anyway. take the measurment of your waist, divide by two cause you will have a front and back, then add at least an inch for seam allowance. then decide how flared you want your skirt, i did a 45in bottom, again divide by two and add an inch. then mark a "middle" that's where you'll center your measurements.... make appropriate measurments and mark. waist, length and bottom.  then cut off the excess... i hope that makes sense..

2. for my waist band I did an elastic, but I didn't do the elastic until the very end, but I did sew the casing for the elastic. So i just folded about 1 inch down and sewed the very bottom edge, (I did leave about a 2inch opening so I could feed the elastic at the end). 

 3. Cut your ruffle strips. I did (6) 5" strips. Hem one edge...

 4. Ruffle the unfinished edge. if your fabric frays, use fray check, that glue stuff...

 5. for your first ruffle I had the top of my ruffle fabric touch the stitch from the waistband.  pinned it, pinning is essential cause you can see if your ruffle is too tight and make adjustments to fit the skirt...   then sew along the ruffled seam. 

 6. I always start and end a few inches from the edge so I can sew the ruffles together before finishing. So once you get here stop.
I flip only my ruffle inside out so the right sides are face together. 
Then sew the edges together. 
 Flip your ruffle back. and finish sewing to the skirt, the nice thing about ruffles is that if you have excess your just ruffle it up and sew it in...

 Ruffle 1 done...
7. So my ruffles were anywhere from 3.5 to 4 inches by the time i did the hem and sewed to the skirt. so in order to cover the stitching of the next ruffle I measured 3inches from the ruffle down, and pinned, then sewed.  Repeat for however many ruffles you do.

 8. For the belt. I just took some ribbon, lined it up with that same waistband stitch and sewed both edges of the ribbon. It's great cause it hid that top ruffle.
 9. when the ribbons meet I just do a fancy triangle type fold and sewed it down.

 It makes it look like ties.. but don't worry I cover it up...
 10. so cut several circles. I did 10. all different sizes. you could use a template, I just eyeball it, cause when they get burned you can't tell if they are uneven.

 burn the edges...

 then rather than stacking neatly on top of each other I stagger mine.

 Looks like this...

 Then hand sew to the skirt, while doing this I added a few beads in the center...

I forgot to get pictures of this part, but after i had everything on I fed my elastic through my casing and finished the edge....

 All DONE!!!!  can't wait to wear it! please forget my tube socks...

I linked up to Tatertots and Jello, this is huge link up party, so go check it out...

and

and entered Crystal's Craft Challenge

Pots of Gold

So I did my pots of gold inspired by make and takes mini pots of gold

I did change mine just a bit because I have my kids who turn into hulk around candy... so i had to make them a little more kid friendly. so here is what i bought. the plastic planters come in a pack of 4 at dollar tree. a foam sheet and pipe cleaners, I had the gold coins (from walgreens), spray paint and hot glue.......

So I spray painted my pots black. then stuffed them with napkins... There is no way I would fill these completely with candy...

 then on the foam sheet I traced half of the pot.

 folded in half

then cut them out.

 then get your pipe cleaners...

 Hot glue one pipe cleaner at a time, trimming the edges...

 then hot clue the bottom edge of the foam sheet and glue to the inside of the pot...

 add your gold coins... done....

Ethan is very opinionated and has a pot picked out that is HIS... so i need to label these some how.... any ideas?

Recovering my UGLY pepto bismol office chair!

So last August, I finally got around to recovering my office chair... I've had the fabric for over two years, i've just never done it... one of THOSE projects... anyway, I'm SO glad that putrid pink is gone!
ahh much better...
I followed this Tutorial.  Tip... rather than doing the whole sewing stitch thing for the top part... I just shoved my fabric in and hot glued it... it works!!