My 1st Applique Attempt with Heat N Bond

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For a baby shower  I attended this weekend I decided to make some onesie appliques!! So much fun and so simple. A great way to use up some random fabric, too. This were a hit with the mom-to-be and all the giggling gaggle of gals oooo-ing over the gifts. :-) All these took were some heat-n-bond and some random fabric to apply it to. You have got to try this (or, have you already and I'm the last to the party?? Probably.) Still, I'd like to show you the rest of my project. I made them deliberately simple and in kiddo style. 

To wrap these up, I used tissue and crepe paper and did something just a tad funky:

I packaged the onesies in tissue paper and taped the flaps in place, then I took the crepe paper and wrapped it quite a few times around the middle of the package (taping the end and beginning of the strip in place). 

If you'd like to make the lotus type flower I created, here's what you'll need:

Hot Glue

Crepe Paper (trimmed to the shape you see above)

Make a square shape out of an extra piece of paper:

Pinch a petal and glue it onto the side of the square, repeat until you reach the end of the outer edge:

The add another layer on top of it. And a layer on top of that one:

Then, to make the middle of the flower, grab a strip of crepe and fold it in half lengthwise. Begin twisting and hot gluing it into a spiral shape. 

Glue that spiral to the center of your flower.

It's a sweet little flower.

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A Marvelous Mess

Starting Monday the 21st, I am going to be hosting a weekly link party titled A Marvelous Mess. I hope you will all join me in celebrating our messiness!! The projects you link up can be all sorts of crafty: do-it-yourself, sewing, quilting, painting, remodeling, reinventing, recipes.......it's all art. Link up what you will, I am so excited to see what everyone has to share!! 

Each week I will pick one project to highlight on my sidebar for a week!!

Here is the tag line:

A Marvelous Mess is a link party dedicated to the messes we make in pursuit of craftiness. Personal expression is messy. Art is messy. Life is messy!! And, messy is GOOD. What did you make out of your marvelous mess today??

I'm so excited!! Remember to visit me this coming Monday, the 21st, to link up to your messiness!!

Felted Sock Bunny

Don't forget to join my new linky party on Monday, the 21st!! It's called A Marvelous Mess. The project I pick as my favorite will be featured on my sidebar for a week!!I hope to see you there!!

Meet Sock Hop!! He is a little felted bunny I made for my nephew. The munchkin and I took a brave little trip on our own and traveled a couple of states to visit with my nephew and his family this past weekend. After vacationing for a couple days, I realized how desperately I am in need of new luggage!! Random old and shabby duffle bags just don't cut it. How I wish I had my own Delsey Luggage!!  Have you seen this product?? Look at this:

I love the color!!

Back to Sock Hop....... :-) 
I made Sock Hop out of a pair of soft wool socks that were accidentally felted by moi (or by my Hubby...it's been long enough that I can't actually remember). So, we'll blame it on the Hubs. :-) Yup, he totally put some wool in warm soapy water. Totally!! Can you believe it?!?!

There is some needle felting on that bunny too. Have you tried needle felting....it is tres cool. Here is the tool I use (with some wool roving from my first felting project:

Don't you just love the texture?? It's super dooper soft and fuzzy.

Here are some other felting projects I've done:

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