Those To-Die-For Flower Clips

I was invited to a really, really fun and REALLY, REALLY girly party the other day.  My friend Misty had Scentsy and those absolutely adorable crocheted beanie/headbands with all the flower clip accessories.  They had a bunch of super cute newsboy caps, too.  It was all so girly and I was so happy to be part of something so dang feminine since my life usually consists of dirty boys and rough and tumble sports.  Not that I would trade it!  It's just a nice addition.

So, after I bought two of those must-have flowers and four headbands, and spent a grand total of $31.95, I had a touch of buyer's remorse.  I ALWAYS get buyer's remorse.  I love a bargain, though, and it lessens the regret significantly. So I went to Robert's with the intention of making my own flower clips.  Like the tutu attempt, they may not turn out as cute, but they are good enough since the price is right.

MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT:

• Assorted colors and sizes of craft flowers. 

• Hot glue gun and glue

• Alligator clips - I got mine at Wal-Mart, but they are a little too bulky. Look for the flattest clip you can find.

• Buttons, brads or other flat embellishments for the center

STEP ONE: Choose and layer your flowers

Call this a practice run.  Layer your flowers together to see how the finished one will look.

STEP TWO: Glue or Brad together

On some of them, I hot glued them and on others I simply used a decorative brad. 

STEP THREE: Glue to alligator clip

And you're done!  Super cute.  We (my two older boys helped) made twelve of these adorable accessories.

Hot glue gun technique:

Check out the adorable collection we made for the baby! Here are a bunch of pics from our project:

The Nursery - Personalized Wood Letters

This isn't a Cricut project, but I may as well post all my DIY projects here.

This project requires the following materials:

Wood letters with pre-drilled hole for hanging (I got these at Wal-Mart, pre-primed)

primer (if not pre-primed)

paint (if not painted)

sand paper/block

approx. 3 yards ribbon

hot glue gun

hot glue

nails

hammer

METHOD:

 

• Prime and paint your letters. I only painted one coat, then sanded the edges for a distressed look

While letters are drying, do the following: 

• Cut 2 ribbons of equal size for each letter, angling one end and cutting straight across on the other.  Mine were about 24 inches long. 

• Tie a bow with each pair of ribbons, angled ends at the top.

Once paint is dry, finish the project:

• Sand the edges

• Hot glue the straight edges of the ribbons to the letters

• Hang letters first, then stretch ribbons up and nail them in

Her changing table will be here on Monday and it will go beneath her name.  So fun!