{more} felt flowers

I have no idea what my problem-o is, but I can't stop getting' creative with felt... I hate to announce it, but I'm running out of ideas! ha ha ha(; Today, I whipped out the good 'ol glue gun and started a craft I didn't know how it would end... I loved how these turned out. You could use them to add some pizazz to any jacket, shirt, headband, purse, you get the idea... (; 

What you'll need:

felt {5 different sheets or so...}

scissors

pin, bobby pin, ring- anything you wanna glue it to

a little doodad {gem, button, etc.}

sharpie or pen

glue gun

1. Trace the shape of a flower on each piece of felt, each one getting smaller for layering.

2. Cut the pieces out.

3. Glue them together like so...

4. Glue your doodad of choice in the middle!

5. Grab a scrap of felt and put it through the bobby pin or safety pin...

6. Put some glue on the bottom...

7. And put the piece of felt and pin on top!

And TA-DA!

I think we all know I can't just make one of whatever craft I make, but MANY! (;

P.S. 

RECIPE ON THE WAY!

A crafting discovery!

For all my crafty-crafters out there-
I thought I would share with you a wonderful crafting discovery everyone should know about...
Awhile ago, I found a website called PickYourPlum.com...

Each day they post one crafting item for insane cheap! They only have a limited amount though, so if you see something you like- act fast! (;

Today, they have some ring blanks that are super cute for only $2.95 {plus shipping}...
I think I'm going to order some(;

So that's all I have for today! I better get back to school... Oh the joys of homeschooling(;

Felt Macaroons {with tutorial}

So last night, after I made my FELT FORTUNE COOKIES I still wanted to make more felt food! SOOOO.... I came up with the idea of making macaroons!

 If you're not familiar with macaroons, they are a French sweet I absolutely need to try sometime soon! (;

CLICK HERE FOR THE STEP-BY-STEP TUTORIAL!

Aren't they so stinkin' cute? ... I totally love them. 

Although I realize my sewing job is pretty sucky! But I'm sure they'd be even more cute if they didn't have a bunch of threads stickin' out! (; 

So what do you guys think? ... Would you ♥ to see more of this stuff or not-so-much?

Felt Fortune Cookies!!!!

Ok! So these are only like the cutest things ever and insanely easy to make, you'll wanna make  truck loads of 'em! I think I love felt- I can't stop making stuff from it! And it's super cheap!!!!! I went to Michael's the other day and got 12 sheets for like $2.50!

{oh and umm... I'm sorry about the sucky pictures! The "good camera" was almost dead and not cooperating SOOO I had to use my old one.}

First, you'll need to grab a few things...

• Yellow felt

• White felt

• Scissors

• Hot glue gun

{Instead of white felt, you could also use white paper, or those little fortune cookies you get at a chinese restaurant...}

What to do, what to do...

1. Cut a circle in the yellow felt and a small strip in the white felt.

2. Fold the yellow felt in half and hot glue the white piece in the middle with a little sticking out of the side.

3. Hot glue the two of the edges together.

{Now you should have a half circle of felt with a little piece of white stickin' out...}

4. Glue both tips together and... 

VUALA!

SO CUTE, YOU BET YOUR

NERD-GLASSES YOU'LL WANNA

EAT ONE!

Chocolate Cookies!

Mmmm... 

These were so yummy!

I made them for quizzing last night and they were a hit... They were really fudgey, cakey, and chocolatey!

{because I used dark cocoa!}

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup baking cocoa
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until easy to handle. Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a fork if desired. Bake at 350 degrees F for 8-10 minutes or until the edges are firm. Remove to wire racks. Dust warm cookies with confectioners' sugar.

Also, I made some more flower stuff using the same tutorial as my paper flowers...

You could make anything with these using anything!

{Paper, felt, fabric, or tulle would be super cute too!}

The flatness or puffiness of them depends on what you use... 

When I made them with paper, fabric, and felt, they all turned out differently!

Paper Flowers {tutorial}

Hello everyone! 

(:

I just wanted to let you all know I am still alive and 

haven't fallen of the face of the earth!!!! 

I know I haven't posted in A LONG time but I have been SUPER busy lately...!

Well since I don't post too much about crafts and fun stuff like that

I thought I would share with you this cute, easy, and speedy project I saw originally using felt 

{and kind of a different set-up}

but since I don't have felt, I am using paper...

And when I get felt... I will for sure make more of these! 

You could use the paper ones to put on gifts, cards, or to just use as decoration.

If you used felt, you could put them on headbands, binders 

{or "hair ties" as some people call them} and rings...

What you'll need...
Scissors
Paper {whatever color you'd like AND green}
Hot Glue Gun {and glue sticks}

Cut your paper into different sized circles {I cut mine into about 10 pieces}

Put your finger in the middle of each circle and crunch up the sides.

Hot glue the middle of a circle.

Layer another circle on top of the one with glue on it and press them together.

Keep layering the circles and glue until all the paper is gone. 

Be sure to pinch them together as you go so the paper doesn't fan out.

Spread out some of the paper and fold some in.

Cut out the green paper into to leaf shapes.

Turn the flower over and put some hot glue on the bottom.

Press the leaves on the bottom.

And VUALA!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.James 1:17

DIY Project- Flower Ball! {and a new grab-button!}

A couple weeks ago, I saw on a blog {Kandee Johnson}, an idea for a flower ball! This project was super cute, easy, inexpensive, and fun! Here's what you'll need:

• fake flowers 

{I ended up getting 33 bundles of small flowers for about .30-.40 each... If they weren't on sale for $1, this project would have gotten a little spendy!}

• any size styrofoam ball

• hot glue gun 

{I lost my old one so I got a zebra-striped one at Michael's for only $5!}

• glue sticks

• ribbon {If you want to hang it...}

1. Pull {or cut} the flowers off of the stems. 

2. Hot glue the ends of the flowers and press them into the styrofoam ball.

3. Tie some ribbon in a knot and glue to the ball if you want to hang it.

This whole project cost me $17.90...

-Flowers {Michaels- 10.90}

- Styrofoam ball {Michaels- 4.99}

-Ribbon {Michaels- $1}

ENJOY YOUR LOVERLY FLOWER BALLS! MINE IS HANGING IN MY ROOM, ABOVE MY BED. YOU COULD PUT YOURS ON A SHELF, NIGHSTAND, IN THE BATHROOM, OR JUST HANG IT LIKE I DID! 

Also, here is a new button I designed today... Please take one and post it on your blog! 

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{If you are interested in making your OWN blog button, HERE'S HOW!}

-SOPHIE!(:

Lemon poppyseed bread, vanilla glaze, and cute greeting cards!

So, it's been a long time since I have posted! (yes... I think three days without blogging is long enough!) But, blogger had their website "under construction" all day yesterday and I was busy the other two days... Here is my blog that was very much anticipated (at least by me!)


Lemon Poppyseed Bread
3/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. milk
2 eggs
1/2 c. melted butter
1 tbsp. lemon extract/lemon juice
3 tbsp. poppyseeds
1 1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt


Combine sugar and eggs. Mix in milk, butter and lemon extract/juice. Add poppyseeds. Slowly add flour, baking powder, bking soda, and salt. Mix well. Put in greased bread pan. Bake at 350ºF for one hour (it only took me 1/2 hr.) or until golden yellow.


Vanilla Glaze
2 c. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tbsp. butter, softened
3-4 tbsp. milk/heavy cream


In a bowl, combine ingredients until it is the consistency of a glaze. Great for use of glazing cakes, breads, coffee cakes, and pastries. 


The vanilla glaze totally made the bread! MMMMM... It was so yummy! I definitely suggest making this bread because it was super easy, quick, and most importantly; DEEEEEEE-LICIOUS!

 Here's some pics of some cute greeting cards I made the other day... I was bored and feeling crafty! ;) The cards were left blank inside so I could use them for any occasion. You can make them with any spare scraps of scrapbook paper and cardstock, buttons, ribbon, jewels, and whatever else you can find around the house! 

Aren't these amazingly cute?! As you can probably tell, I had lots of fun with this and getting creative! 

Well I hope you enjoyed a little peek into my creative day I had yesterday!(: And...

Bon Appetite!

-Sophie