Toilet Paper Roll Art

 Since Sean's surgery I haven't had much time (or energy) to craft anything! But today I needed a sense of accomplishment. I NEEDED to craft :) A while ago I made this toilet paper roll wreath. After it had hung on the wall for a couple of days the weight of the wreath stretched it from a circle to an oval and I just didn't like the look of it.

So today I took it apart and recreated it. I was inspired by this TP art here.

First I hot glued 4 tp parts together to make a flower. Then I glued 4 flowers together to make a diamond shape. (Using it as a square was pretty cute too).

Then I made my own spray paint (2 parts paint and 1 part water). I hung them in our bathroom and I love how they turned out!!

Boards with words

I am always on the look out for idea of art to have in the kitchen. We need to fill those walls! I loved the idea of having a big knife and fork decal. So I found an image on Google and cut it out on some vinyl along with the word "EAT." Love it :)

Money Origami

Yes! I did those! This was a lot harder than I thought it would be. The videos make it look so easy!! But once I did it once, it wasn't too hard to do more. Heart video here. Shirt video here.

iPod Card

This was so fun!!! I made one for Sean and also one for my dad. Go here for instructions.

More ruffles!

I originally wanted to do this ruffled embellishment on this shirt but since the sleeves are only 3/4 length, I didn't have enough fabric. Boo. Some day. So I just added one strip of ruffle to the collar of this shirt. and I really like the way it looks. Yay!!

before

after

Ruffled Neckline

I got this great tutorial here. It was super easy and I love the way it turned out. I am loving all my new clothes!!

Before

After

Crinckled Rosette Shirt

Ok, I think THIS is my favorite shirt so far!! I got the tutorial here.

1. First, I cut the long sleeves of my shirt and cut out circles from the sleeve scraps. I cut 3 sets of circles (large, medium, and small), 15 each.

2. Stack the circles and then fold it into quarters and sew. Then open it, fold in different direction and sew again to make a crinkled look.

3. Attach each flower to the shirt by hand.

 4. For the sleeves I cut off the hem of the original sleeve and attached it to the cut part. A tutorial for that can be found here.