DIY: Felt Leaf Garland

 There’s a wonderful world of possibilities in the world of felt.  I created a home accent garland with some felt sheets, blending seasonal colors and shapes.  This is great for kids' playrooms or just to decorate around the house.  My inspiration came from a Pottery Barn catalog. 
Let me show you how I made this garland.

Materials

• Leaf template
• Scissors
• Embroidery needle
• Ribbon (8-9ft)
• Thread
• Felt Sheets
• Chalk (optional)
• Pencil
• Fabric glue

Instructions

1. Print out your leaf template.

2. Use provided leaf template to trace and cut out leaves from felt sheets.

Note:  the number of leaves used for this banner was 10, plus extra leaves for overlapping.

3. Use chalk to outline where your stitching will go.

4. Stitch your thread on a few leaves, not all.

5. Take two felt leaves of the same shape;

Slit lines with the scissors to one as you see below, on the orange, felt leaf.

6. Once the slits are done, brush the fabric glue to the slit leaf and press it over

the second felt leaf of the same shape.

The felt leaf in the back will show through the slit as seen below giving it a 3D effect.

7. You may cut smaller leaves to glue over larger ones for a different effect.

8. After you are done decorating your leaves, take the ribbon, threaded needle and stitch your leaves on the ribbon, you only need one stitch.

9. Then knot the string to close it and secure it, cut the extra thread off.

Now you have a felt leaf banner!

Hang it on your mantle, door, mirror or bed frame. The kids will love it in their playroom too!

Happy Crafting!

Fall Cupcakes: Last Minute Ideas

Are you going to bake any goodies for the Autumn season?

I have collected some last minute

cupcake ideas to inspire you.

We made this cupcake with a boxed chocolate cake mix; you may always use your own recipe. 

We filled it with vanilla cream colored with orange food coloring.

 In order to fill it, we used this technique.

(Orange wrap at Walmart)

To make this cupcake stand click here.

Candy Corn Cupcake

Candy Corn Frosting Cupcake

Pumpkin Patch Cupcakes: Buttercream icing dipped in orange sugar crystals with an Airhead as the vine and a Rainbow Twizzler as the stem!

Which is your favorite idea?

An Autumn Day

Tutorial Below

We enjoy the change of weather from season to season, 

especially in the Fall.

Our favorite things in Autumn are:

Today is a perfect cool and rainy autumn day.

The trees sway gently and the birds chirp in enjoyment of the gentle falling rain.

weheartit

I can hear my son with his dad's light-saber, in the next room. 

The light-saber is made of glass which means that my 

little guy is too young to play with it on his own.  

Dad supervises when this device is in use, 

so it belongs to his dad; remember, 

he is a Star Wars fan too!

We did find a new light-saber for children in the 

store yesterday, it is very similar to the one he 

is currently playing with, but it's made of plastic parts. 

This may be perfect for a Christmas gift for the little man this year.

I have been working on some crafts and I stumbled 

upon one that is perfect for this time of year and it's made with natural 

leaves, you really don't have to spend a dime on this one, 

unless you are out of straws and the kids will love gathering 

leaves for this little project.

Here is a look on how to make your own natural leaf garland.

Source: lorajeansmagazine.blogspot.com via pinterest

Clever isn't it!

I hope that you are enjoying this fine day.