Rainbow Felt Mobile

 

My sister requested a rainbow felted ball mobile for her newborn a few years back. She had seen one on Etsy and wanted me to duplicate it. Not very hard at all, especially when you have (like I do) a large supply of roving. And, some grapevines for the wreath. I only just recently had a chance to take a picture of this mobile when I visited my sister this past weekend (I made this before I was blogging and taking pictures of *everything*). :-) I wish I could find the link on Etsy that I based this on, but it was so long ago and I couldn't find a product that resembles it.

To figure out how to make a felted ball, check out my first blogging post EVER.  I just colored the roving to make a soft rainbow palette. If you decide you'd like to imitate this, be sure that you attach the string tightly and keep the mobile way out of the babies reach. I would label this as a not-so-child-friendly-mobile.....it's beautiful to look at by not safe for playing with.

I linked this up to these fantastic parties:

Works For Me Wednesday
Three or More Tuesdays

Frugalicious Friday

Wooden Valentine Hearts

These little hearts can perch on your shelf to show your guests who the Valentines are in your house. They are not too hard to make if you're handy with a jigsaw!! Here's what you need:

Wood

Paint

Jigsaw

Sandpaper

Contact Paper

Exacto Tool

Mod Podge

~Use a pencil to sketch the hearts on a piece of wood and use the jigsaw to cut them out.

~Sand edges.

~Paint. I went for a marbleized look and did it by not completely mixing the paints. It looked like this:

~Once the paint is dry, cut of the shapes of the initials you want on the hearts into the contact paper. 

Then peel off the backing of the paper and stick it to the heart. 

~Paint over the paper to make the stencil and let it dry, then peel it off. 

~Use some mod podge to seal the deal. (I haven't done that step yet....but I'm getting to it, I'm getting to it!!)

Voila!! 

I linked this up to the following parties:
Works For Me Wednesday
Three Or More Tuesdays
Frugalicious Friday