A Marvelous Mess Feature!!

Okay Crafty Folks....you are all incredible!! I have been hemming and hawing all day on which particular project to feature!!  Than you all so much for linking to my first Marvelous Mess party.  I've decided to pick a project that has really stuck with me the past couple of days....I am desperate to recreate this, but I don't really eat much from canned goods (which are necessary for the craft). I actually spent some time in the family dollar tonight looking at all the canned goods and deciding which size can would make the perfect crayon organizer.

I was too much of a cheapskate to actually spend 65 cents per can (and what would I do with all those black olives anyway??)

:-) 

Take a look at what Kristie from Simply Crafty created:

As a mother of a preschooler, I can tell you that this crayon organizer will come in super dooper handy. And, as the owner of a 8 month old puppy, it will help to keep my dog from eating all the loose crayons that fall on the floor (and from leaving multi-colored little you-know-whats on the lawn). Too much information?? :-)

Kristie, you can find my featured button on the upper right sidebar of my blog!! Your project will be featured up there as well. Thank you all for linking up and I hope I see you all again next week!!

A Marvelous Mess

My 1st Applique Attempt with Heat N Bond

Be sure to link up to my party this Monday, A Marvelous Mess!! The project I favor the most will be featured on my sidebar until the next party!! 

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.

Don't forget to join my link party this Monday, the21st.....the Project I choose as my favorite of the week will feature on the top of my sidebar until the next party!!