Saturday, December 31, 2011

{Felt Flower Necklace Tutorial}

I am absolutely {ADDICTED} to Pinterest and found a tutorial for a fabric flower necklace, so I changed it up a bit and wanted to share my tutorial with yall!


For your supplies you will need:
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
White Felt Square
Felt Square in the color of your choice
Necklace Chain
Necklace Clasps (if you'd like; I ended up not using them)


First, start by cutting out 5 one inch circles from the white felt. They dont have to be perfect circles, they just need to be relatively the same size.


I took my colored felt and cut it into four squares and stacked them on top of each other in order to cut more circles at a time.


You need to cut out lots of circles the same size from the colored felt. I used about eight circles per flower, so I cut approximately 40 colored circles. Again, they don't have to be perfect circles!


Put a dot of hot glue in the middle of the each colored circle and pinch from the bottom to make a gathered look.


Put a dot of hot glue in the middle of the white felt circle and press down the gathered felt piece.


After you glue down the middle piece, repeat the same process until you have the entire white felt circle covered.




Make 5 of these!


Align on the leftover white felt the way you want your necklace to look.


Glue all but the top two flowers down.


Glue the chain to the top two flowers.



Now, glue the top two flowers down to the felt, aligning them with the other flowers. Once the glue is dry, cut off the excess white felt and clean up the edges with your scissors.


Ta-da!





Fabulous Finds!

After Christmas, I had a few things to return and pick up in Columbia, so my mom, Nana, and I went shopping! I wanted to share some of my fabulous finds with you!

I returned some things to JC Penney and still had a balance of $26.00 on a gift card from my wedding, so I had a total of $69.00 to spend, so I went bargain hunting and here is what I found!

I found this Bisou Bisou Sweater Dress
Retail Price: $50.00
Sale Price: $19.99
:)


I found this A.N.A. Sweater
Retail Price: $50.00
Sale Price: $19.99
:)


Everyone needs tanks!
I found this Bisou Bisou Ruffled Tank
Retail Price: $22.00
Sale Price: $8.80
:)


I'm addicted to cardigans!
I found this Worthington Black/White Striped Cardigan
Retail Price: $36.00
Sale Price: $17.99
:)


My most favorite piece of all!
I found this Worthington Ivory/Gold Speck Pencil Skirt
Retail Price: $44.00
Sale Price: $24.99
This is more than I would normally spend on an article of clothing, but this beautiful skirt was too good to pass up and they had MY size! (which never happens!!)
:)


I used my JC Penney gift card that I have had since September of 2010 (lol) and walked out of JC Penney with all of these fabulous finds and only spent $30 out of pocket! Which is fabulous for my student/teacher budget!

I stopped by LOFT, my favorite store, and they were having a 50% off everything sale!!

I found this fabulous cardigan!
Retail Price: $59.50
Sale Price: $19.99
:)


I am addicted to Lilly Pulitzer and ordered this Blue Optical Confusion Murfee Scarf from a fabulous lady from the Re-Lilly Group on Facebook.
Retail Price: $118.00
Sale Price: $39.00
I tend to splurge a little more on Lilly items :)


Can't wait to wear my new Fabulous Finds!
Happy New Year! :)

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Past Crafty Things

Here are some of my recent crafty things I have made!

{Surprise Banner} for my die hard Clemson fan Husband's surprise 25th birthday party!


{Lilly Pulitzer} Peel and Eat Custom Clipboard with vinyl monogram!



 Personalized {Gift Tags}


{Glitter Ballet Flats} upcycled from old black flats!


{Lilly Pulitzer} Hand Towels



{Lilly Pulitzer} Santa Lions Skirt

 My beautiful sister modeling a handmade {Lilly Pulitzer} skirt!


{Fall Wreath}


{Fall Wreath} for my parents


{Christmas Wreath}


{Christmas Wreath} for a friend


If you would like a tutorial on any of these items, please comment! Thank you :)


Festive Baby Cakes

Tonight my best friend and her husband are coming over for our Christmas dinner, so I thought I would use my new Christmas present from the most wonderful mom in the world to make festive desserts!

I decided to make mini snowman cupcakes and since it is only going to be four of us, I thought my new BabyCakes cupcake maker would be perfect!


It is pretty much a waffle iron for mini cupcakes, pies, etc.!



My awesome mom went ahead and got the baking mix for me! (One less step)



I mixed 1 egg, 1/2 cup milk, 1/4 cup oil and the cupcake mix together with a wire wisk until batter formed.


After I lined the BabyCakes maker with paper cups, I scooped the batter filling each cup about 3/4 full. I have always used an icecream scoop because it is perfect for pouring batter!



This was after 3 minutes of baking!


The total baking time was 5 minutes!! So much better than an oven! I inserted a toothpick in the center of the cupcakes to make sure they were done.


The toothpick was clean! Time to cool..


Don't mind my ribbon tree, I have a hard time taking down my Christmas decorations!


While waiting on the cupcakes to cool enough to ice them, I decided to make toppers. I have had snowman scrapbook paper forever and have never been able to incorporate it into my scrapbook, so I decided to finally use it! I grabbed my tape, scissors, toothpicks, and paper.


I picked out my favorite snowmen and cut them out.


After cutting them all the way out, I taped a toothpick to the backside of them.


Snowmen are my favorite!


I had some red and green m&ms that I sprinkled on after I iced the cupcakes and added the toppers!
Voila! Festive Baby Cakes!


Can't wait to eat them tonight!