Thursday, April 10, 2014

Wet Felted Easter Egg Tutorial



Here is a really simple Easter Egg craft for you OR your children! These eggs look fantastic and are a fun take on the traditionally smooth and shiny Easter Egg.

Here is what you need:
Stryofoam Eggs
Wool Roving (many colors)
Hot Soapy Water
Cold Water
Needle Felting Supplies (optional)


~Take your egg and wrap a long piece of roving around it, try to cover it from different directions. You can add multiple pieces of roving if you'd like at this point. I used some needle felting to tack them into place to make the wet work easier, but you don't have to do that if you don't want to.
~Place the roving covered egg in the hot soapy water and roll it around in your hands, making sure you get a lot of soap and water on it every now and then. The wool fibers will slowly begin to shrink around the egg. Once the roving is feeling a little more firmly in place, you can be more wild with the agitation of the wool... in the beginning you'll have to go pretty easy. 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Making a Giant Bean Bag

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I went shopping the other day and at the mall there was a new store selling Giant Bean Bags. But, at about $420....these were completely out of my range. I knew I could make them myself, and do it much more cheaply! So. I did.

If you would like to make a giant bean bag here are the supplies you'll need:
Zipper (20+ inches)
Two Tapestries (or queen size flat sheets)
EPS Beans (Bean bag Beans)
Pallet
Dryer Sheet
*You can find suppliers of EPS beads on line....I was in a rush to finish this project and bought them online at Bed Bath and Beyond. I bought 6 bags at $14.99 each)*
On the whole this project cost me about $100.....not bad when I could have spent close to 5 times that!

Monday, March 31, 2014

A Marvelous Mess


Welcome to my Marvelous Mess!
I went to a huge yard sale this weekend..... and guess what I found for $8?


 A vintage floor model globe!
It's got the USSR on it, which dates it anywhere from 1922 and 1991..... I'm betting on somewhere in the 80's though from the look of it. I'll look for more countries that don't exist anymore and that should help me get a better date. Do any of you know a secret to finding the date of a globe?  

 As I walked around with my globe throughout the rest of the yard sale, I got so many compliments! I knew it had been a good buy.

The dogs have been pretty curious about this new addition...