So I have been in quite the crafty mood lately. I have been making felt and satin flowers like crazy. It's a nice change from my usual hobbies. The other day I came up with a felt flower necklace and posted a few pics on Face Book. A few friends wanted to know how I made it, so I thought I'd make a little tut. Anyway, here we go-
Here is what you will need- Felt, scissors, glue gun, needle and thread, tulle {optional}, beads for center of flower, lighter and a chain. At least 18 inches long, but maybe longer depending on your flowers.
Cut 3 circles. Each one getting a little smaller. That is one flower. I made 3 for my necklace, each one a little smaller then the last.
All of my cut circles. It doesn't matter if they aren't perfectly round.
Repeat with the Tulle if you are using it. I like to put a double layer of tulle after the larger circle and again after the middle circle. I always cut a double layer of tulle because it is so thin.
Grab your lighter. Slightly burn the edges of your felt circles. If you hold it like so, the circle will curve upwards.
Carefully burn the edges of the tulle together. It melts quickly so be careful! It also really stinks. When you are done burning all the edges, your flower should look something like this-
Repeat with all three flowers-
When you are done, sew the flowers together with a simple little cross stitch. Then put a dollop of hot glue in the center of the flower and glue your beads {or buttons} down.
Now we are ready to assemble the necklace. Glue the flowers onto felt in the shape that you want your necklace to be.
When they are all arranged, trim the extra felt.
Get your chain and glue it to the back of the flowers. Make sure your chain is long enough to fit over your head. Use lots of glue to secure it down. Then place a small piece of felt over the chain to secure it more.
And we have a necklace! Pretty easy huh? What do you think? Isn't it cute? There are so many different ways to make these. I have been having too much fun making these in soooo many colors!
I have made a million flower hair pins, and brooches and necklaces! So many in fact, I think I need to give some away. Ya know just for fun! SO stay tuned on how to win a few of these!
This one uses a kit by Sweet Digi Scraps.
Kit by Kristen Aagard.
Kit by Jen Yurko Template by me Available at GS or DSS
Kit is by Sweet DigiScraps. Yup, my kid has a bounce house. It's actually a lot of fun!
And one more, this one is with Love Yourself. The collab between Manda and I. You can find this kit and the template set at GS or DSS
Hope you all are having a wonderful Sat! See you next week for some fun give aways!
And, tomorrow is Manda's birthday! Help her celebrate with a sale!!!
In honor of our January birthday's Manda and I have came together and creating a beautiful new collab for you all! It's called Love Yourself. I love this collab. It's 2011 people! Lets make this the year we LOVE ourselves. Let's let our ourselves off the hook just a little bit. I know I am my own toughest critic. We could all use a little extra love, and this is what this kit is about! Here are a few LO by my CT-
Or you can just buy the KIT. and they are both on sale!
I have to say that I just LOVE this kit. The colors, the theme, everything. I'll be back later today with a freebie and hopefully a LO from me. LOL I've been crazy busy lately and this LO has been a work in progress for.... awhile!
Cut 3 circles. Each one getting a little smaller. That is one flower. I made 3 for my necklace, each one a little smaller then the last.
All of my cut circles. It doesn't matter if they aren't perfectly round.
Repeat with the Tulle if you are using it. I like to put a double layer of tulle after the larger circle and again after the middle circle. I always cut a double layer of tulle because it is so thin.
Grab your lighter. Slightly burn the edges of your felt circles. If you hold it like so, the circle will curve upwards.
Carefully burn the edges of the tulle together. It melts quickly so be careful! It also really stinks. When you are done burning all the edges, your flower should look something like this-
Repeat with all three flowers-
When you are done, sew the flowers together with a simple little cross stitch. Then put a dollop of hot glue in the center of the flower and glue your beads {or buttons} down.
Now we are ready to assemble the necklace. Glue the flowers onto felt in the shape that you want your necklace to be.
When they are all arranged, trim the extra felt.
Get your chain and glue it to the back of the flowers. Make sure your chain is long enough to fit over your head. Use lots of glue to secure it down. Then place a small piece of felt over the chain to secure it more.
And we have a necklace! Pretty easy huh? What do you think? Isn't it cute? There are so many different ways to make these. I have been having too much fun making these in soooo many colors!
I have made a million flower hair pins, and brooches and necklaces! So many in fact, I think I need to give some away. Ya know just for fun! SO stay tuned on how to win a few of these!
Grab this cute cluster frame from Simona HERE
Kathy has this adorable QP for you HERE
And a freebie from me! Today you get a kit called Strange Bird. Weird name I know. It's kind of a vintage type kit.. A little eclectic.. I don't know. Hope you like it. I really like the way it turned out. Get it today free only! then it's to the stores!
My ladies have some freebie too!
And today's freebie- a pretty little alpha that will work with so many types of LO's! DL the alpha 
Simona made this gorgeous cluster. Seriously, I want to cluster like Simona when I grow up! Get that 
Juli made this great QP. Love the stacked pages! You can get it 
And now for today's birthday freebie, A set of templates! Piece-It Set 6. CU OK! Grab it today, tomorrow it's in the stores! Let me know if you like it!Freebie has expired. Please visit my Stores at 
Meagan made this bright QP for you all! Snag it 
Kathy has this awesome QP for you all! Get it 
And here is Freebi #2. An alpha that coordinates with Birthday Cutie. Get it 