Jute & Felt Mum Fall Wreath

Hi guys!  Sorry I haven't written since last week.  Life was calling!  I hope that you haven't missed me too much and you've been crafting up a storm without me. ;)

Anyway, I had some time to whip up a new fall wreath today, so I thought I'd drop in and share it with you.

I didn't have time to make a full tutorial, but it's a pretty simple concept so I'll just explain verbally what I did.  I started with a foam wreath (be sure to check out this money saving tip for foam wreaths if you do this project) and wrapped it with some jute I already had on hand.

Next I decorated the wreath with two berry sprigs (99 cents each and 40% off this week at Michael's).  I was able to simply work the wire stems into the foam core of the wreath.  Then I hot glued a whole bunch of felt mums in between the two sprigs.

If you're wondering how I made the felt mums, I did take a few photos of the process.  Here's what I did (please note I didn't have the time to take the best photos to show you how to do this):

As I made the mums I realized the shorter the fringe the better the mums looked, so I gave them little haircuts.  So you might want to adjust your original rectangle to 12"x1".  Anyway, I made about 10 felt mums using that process and hot glued them between the two berry sprigs until I liked the way they looked.

Then, to make the banner, I tied another long piece of jute across the wreath.  I cut diamonds out of colored cardstock scrapbooking paper and folded them in half over the strand of jute and glued them together.  (I sure hope that makes sense!)  I used some scrapbooking alphabet stickers to spell out the word "Fall."

And ta-da!  All finished.  :)  I really like the scrappy look of my new wreath, and the whole project cost me about $3 to make since I already had so much of the supplies on hand.  What do y'all think?

I hope your enjoying some fun fall crafts!  Thanks for reading and see you next time! :)

--CC

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Felt Roses Picture Frame

Hey guys!  Just popping in with a quick project idea for you.  Remember the felt roses tutorial?

Well, today Tyler and I ducked into Pier 1 to avoid driving home in a thunderstorm and I saw this felt rose picture frame.

Sorry this picture's not the best.

Naturally I thought of our felt rose tutorial!  It would be so easy to achieve this look on your own.  Simply make enough felt roses and hot glue them onto an unfinished wood picture frame from Michael's or Jo-Ann (they usually cost somewhere around $1 to $2).  You could paint the wood frame a color using acryllic paint, or just leave it wood.  Easy as pie!

Hope you're gearing up for Fourth of July with lots of patriotic craft projects.  See you again soon!

--CC

Felt Sunflower Giveaway

NOTE:  When Blogger was down on May11-May 13, this post un-posted itself.  I have re-posted it on its original dates but all comments were lost.  If you have already entered the giveaway, you will still receive your sunflowers even though your comment disappeared. :)

While making my felt sunflower tutorial, I got caught up in my creative process and ended up making a ton of felt flowers.

 I mean a ton.

 I can think of so many things the fabric flowers could be used for.  Here are a few of my ideas for them:

• Dog collar embelishments
• Hair pieces
• Brooch or pin
• Summer bunting or garland (by stringing them together like we did with the St. Patrick's Day Garland)
• Fabric bows for presents (I think this would look great on plain brown paper, maybe tied with some jute)
• Applique for a pillow or another item

What would you do with a felt sunflower?  Now is your chance to tell me.  I made 20 of these flowers, but I really only need to use one as a collar embellishment for my dog.  This is good news for you because it means I'll be giving away 19 felt sunflowers.

To enter the giveaway:

1. If you're not already a follower, follow my blog by logging into your Google account and clicking "follow" in the upper right hand corner.  (If you're already a follower you can still enter the giveaway by completing step two.)
2. Next, leave a comment telling me what you'll do with your flower.  Be sure to leave your email address with the comment so that I can contact you about where to mail your sunflower.  If you want to avoid recieving spam you can write it out like this: mseaber (at) gmail (dot) com

The first 19 people to comment on this post will receive a felt sunflower, guaranteed.  The giveaway will not close until all 19 sunflowers are gone.  That means even if you stumble upon this post months from now, if there aren't 19 comments that means you can still claim one of the flowers as your own.  Good day for you, right?

So comment away and be sure to stay tuned for more May Flowers tutorials and events. :)