Burlap lace and rose canvases

Hello! As many people may know, I am obsessed with burlap. I LOVE burlap. So a few months back I decided I wanted to make some cute burlap canvases with pink and white lace with pink and white roses. I wasn't sure how to go about it but I knew I wanted to make roses out of material. I was browsing google on how to make roses out of material when I came across several blogs on how to make t-shirt roses. I loved how they looked so I looked up youtube on how to make them. I got an old shirt of the college I went to and cut up strips to make these roses. I didn't have a pink shirt so I decided to dye some of those strips. I had some red food coloring that I had bought to make candles. I poured several drops in water and then just dipped the strips for an hour. I had to play it by ear because I did not know what I was doing here. lol I was afraid they were going to be too pink and I wanted a light pink. I was able to get the perfect light pink color through experimenting. I made sure I squeezed all the water out and just hung them with clothespins. I put a towel under the strips in case they dripped any water. I let them dry overnight. In the meantime I made the white roses and hot glued white and pink pearls in the center of them. I also decorated the burlap canvases with lace and ribbon. For the pearl flowers I just hot glued pearls into the shape of a flower and then put tiny string beads on each open corner. These were a pain in the butt to do. It takes a lot of patience to do because they will keep falling apart. I'm a jobless military wife who has lots of time in her hands so I have room for patience. lol Its been hard trying to find a job. It took me several tries to get them right. Once the pink strips were dry I proceeded to make the roses. It took me a few days just to figure out how I wanted to place these roses on the canvases but in the end I was very pleased with the turnout. I love how they look in my desk! Here is what they look like!

I am a bit disappointed that my pictures would not come out the way I wanted them to. The light that comes into my apartment is terrible. I wasn't able to capture the actual colors of the canvases. I used the flash too and I just wasn't happy with how they were coming out. So I took them with my Ipad. lol It was the only thing that capture the true colors of my canvases. Here are more close ups of my creations

 

So there you have it! My burlap, lace rose canvases! I have other crafts I have coming up so I can blog about them. Until next time!

Nayeli

Doily and Paper Medallion Wreath

So I came a cross this blog http://www.makinghomebase.com/valentines-day-wreath/ and loved the wreath Chelsea made. I loved how classy and elegant it looked compared to other typical pink and red wreaths (My wreaths). My wreaths look very Valentine-ish. lol This wreath looks like you could use it all year long because it doesn't look so Valentine-ish. So I got inspired to do one like hers. I love how the brown paper medallions and red made the twigs of the wreath pop out. As soon as I saw her post on this wreath I went straight to Joanns Fabrics to get the materials. I was so excited to start this wreath! I didn't want to copy my wreath exactly like hers. I wanted to change things up a little. So in her wreath she has doilies with the words XO on them and the paper bag medallions have glittery red hearts in the center. She also has a cute burlap garland in the middle with glittery red hearts. I love that part. To hang her wreath she has a red ribbon in the center holding the wreath. The only thing I copied were the doilies and the paper bag medallions. I didn't have any paper bags with me. I have not seen one in years! So I  bought scrap book paper that looked like the paper bag material. So here is what my wreath looks like!

 

I glued glittery hearts to the centers of the doilies. Then for the brown paper bag medallions I put a red glittery G in the center (G for my last name) and a red heart jewel in the center of the other paper medallion. By the way those paper medallions were so hard to make! I had never done them. I looked up youtube videos and I didn't have the proper Martha Stewart tools to make them all pretty. All I used was a ruler. It took me several tries to get it right. I almost pulled my hair out because I was so frustrated that they weren't turning out. But I am a very determined person so I wasn't going to give up until they turned out decent enough.

 

Close up of the doilies and paper bag medallions

In the center of the wreath I glued a red bow that I made out of wired ribbon and glued a rhinestone in the center of it. I love bows. I think they are so cute on wreaths! I wanted to put the burlap garland with the little red hearts like Chelsea's wreath but the strings of the bow would have covered it. :/

And that's it! I am just so pleased with this wreath that I am going to have it up all year long. The colors go with the theme of my living room. Thank you Chelsea for making this beautiful wreath! You inspired me to make my own and I am happy I came across your blog. :) Time for bed. The husband is waiting for me to hop in bed. Night!

Nayeli

Valentines Day Decor

 

Its been a while since I have blogged. It has been hard for me to keep up with my blog. I am not an experienced blogger and I don't know how often people post on their blog but I will keep trying to make the effort. I do enjoy blogging and showing off my crafts. :) So on with my Valentines Day décor. A few weeks ago I posted my clothespin Valentines Day Wreath and some of my décor. I was not happy with it so I redid it. The picture above is what I did! Everything in this picture I got from the dollar store except for the two small frames. They were at Michaels for $1 each. I think I bought them last year.

Let me explain how I made my Valentines frames. They are very easy to do.

For the little picture frames I kept the paper that was inside the squared one and just put a glittery heart shape foam in the center. For the oval picture frame I printed out the words love, cute it in the shape of the picture frame and placed it in. I wanted to perfect cubed love letters but I could not find one I really liked. The one I used was perfect BUT it had some black words at the very bottom. I made the mistake by putting white out on the words and now it doesn't look that great. No matter. I am not picky.

 I just love how this little frame turned out. So simple and cute!

Here is what I meant about the white out. It looks so pretty with the words love but that white out killed it. lol I am thinking of just reprinting it and leaving the small black letters that were there. 

For the white and red heart frame I bought a frame from the dollar tree and some heart doilies. The red heart in the middle I bought a package at Target for $1. The red cardstock I bought at Joanns Fabrics for 60 some cents I think. The frame was brown so I painted it with white acrylic paint. Then I cut the red card stock to the size of the frame. Last I glued the white heart shaped doily in the center and then the red heart in the center of the doily. Now you are ready to place it in the frame. Tada! Easy right?

Ok on to the doily and heart vases!

For these cute heart doily vases all I did was cut out red hearts from the card stock I had left over. Then I glued them in the center of the doilies and glued that to the vases. By the way the vases I had from a while back but I bought them at dollar tree! The roses I also bought from dollar tree.

 Close up of the doilies

So that is my Valentines Day décor! I am pretty pleased with it. :) Above this décor I have my Valentines Day clothespin Wreath and the garlands as well. Tomorrow I will have a new post up on a wreath I made inspired from another blogger. I just love this wreath! Stay tuned! Time to get some sleep.

Nayeli

DIY Valentines Clothespin Wreath

For some reason I thought I had posted about the Valentines Clothespin Wreath I made but I guess I didn't. Well here it is now. I usually make burlap wreaths for every holiday. I just love burlap but for Valentines I wanted to do something different. I found the idea of the clothespin wreath on December when someone made a Christmas wreath out of clothespins. I thought the idea was great so I decided to make one of my own. I am pretty pleased with the outcome! Here is what it looks like!

It is rather easy to make. All you need is

wire wreath form. (Mine is a 12 inch)
Clothespins( I bought 2 packs at the dollar store.)
Heart Jewels (bought at Joanns Fabrics)
Foam hearts (Bought at Joanns Fabrics)
Red ribbon
Pink Acrylic Paint or spray paint
An Owl frame (Optional...I bought mine at Target for $1)


I did this the hard way and I sort of regretted it. I hand painted each clothespin in pink chiffon. That took forever! I suggest spray painting. One they were dried I placed the clothespins (54 of them) around the wire wreath form. I put the clothespins on the last two inner wires of the wreath form.  Then I just hot glued the foam hearts and the jewel hearts on the wreath. The Owl frame is actually being held by the clothespins. Lastly, I cut off a piece of ribbon and wrapped it on the top of the wire form and hot glued the ends. Next I make a bow and hot glued it to the ribbons and glued a heart jewel in the middle. Easy right?! Hope you like it and find it easy to make!


Here is the wreath with the burlap garland and felt heart garland I made

 

 

Nayeli

 

Burlap Garland AND Heart Garland

Today I finished doing my heart garland made out of felt. Yesterday I made a burlap garland to go with my Valentines Day décor for my little office area in my apartment. I went all out on the pink, red, and white colors. lol Pink is my favorite color. It seems like a lot but its the only place my husband will allow me to put Valentines décor. Lol. He thinks its too girly girly to have around the apartment. So here are the garlands I made.

Tutorial on the clothespin wreath will be posted tomorrow as it is late and I am tired. So on to the tutorial for the burlap garland! Sorry I did not take pictures for each step.

All you will need is
Burlap
Red yarn
Red sharpie
Hot Glue gun

1.) Start by cutting 6 triangles. If you want to make perfect triangles just make a stencil out of paper by making a triangle with a ruler. Cut that triangle and then pin it on the burlap and begin cutting.

2.) Color in some hearts in the middle of the triangles with the red sharpie. If you want to make perfect hears like me use a stencil. I'm a perfectionist. I used a precut foam heart, traced it on the burlap, and colored it in.

3.) Now glue the triangles on a long string of red yarn. I did not measure mine. I just played it by ear. What I did was I got a ball of yarn and spread the end of the string on the floor before cutting it off the ball. I then placed every triangle about 1 inch apart from each other. Make sure you leave 1 inch of yarn at each end of the garland as well. Once I had them placed, I turned them around to the other side, meaning, the back of the triangles were facing me, and then started hot gluing the red yarn on the very top of the triangles.

4.) Now you are ready to cut the yarn from the ball and put it on your wall!

FOR THE HEART GARLAND TUTORIAL
For the heart garland you will need

Packages of heart shaped felts that you can buy at Micheals or Joanns Fabrics. I bought mine at Joanns. The brand is called Craft Essentials. I bought 3 different packages of hearts. I also hand made some of my own felt hearts. Here are some pictures of the ones I bought. The very tiny hearts you see in the middle of the hearts I found them at Target for $1. They are stickers so I sticked them in the middle.

 

If you want to make your own heart felts then you can do so. All you are going to need is felt of any color of your choice and heart stencils if you want to make them perfect like I do.

1.) I started off by tracing a big heart that came in the packages I bought to the felt. Then I cut it out.
2.) I found a small heart from the packages and traced that to a different colored felt. I cut that as well.
3.) I glued the small heart in the middle of the big heart with hot glue gun.
4.) I sticked the heart shaped felts I found at Target in the middle of the little heart.
5.)Using the same process I used in the burlap garland, I hot glued each heart 1 inch apart to a red string of yarn.
6.) Now place the garland on your wall!

You can mix and match the hearts to whatever colors you want to use. It all depends on your imagination!

I really enjoyed making these garlands as it was my first time making them. ^_^

Nayeli
 

Valentines Bird House

I went to Joanns Fabrics the other day and came across these cute bird houses that were on sale. They were $1.25 if I remember correctly. I could be wrong. I saw two that had hearts on them and I thought those would look cute as Valentines Day décor. So I bought two of them and also bought red and pink acrylic paints. I love glitter so I decided why not lets buy glitter! I bought pink and red extra find glitter. I got to painting as soon as I got home! At the same time I was working on my clay pot Valentines gumball candy dispenser. I used about 3 coats of paint for each bird house. Then I let them dry out for about an hour. Next with a brush I brushed the bird houses roof tops and bottom parts with Mod Podge Matte and sprinkled the extra fine glitter on them. Here is what they look like!

  Here is where I used my little Valentines Bird houses. I have a little office and I decided to decorate a small part of my office for Valentines. I know its early but I got to start getting ready for St. Patricks Day crafts in February. I am trying to do things one month ahead so I wont be behind on my blogs. I have been crafting like crazy for Valentines Day. You can see the heart shaped boxes I made from my previous blog post! lol I also made the clothespin wreath. The garlands I also made. I will be posting tutorials on how to make them on my blog soon!

Nayeli

DIY Valentines Day Heart Shaped Candy Box

I did these cute Valentines heart shaped boxes today. It doesn't necessarily have to be a candy box. You can use it for many things. You can put chocolate covered strawberries inside, homemade soaps, or jewelry. All you need is:

1 or 2 cardboard heart shaped boxes. (I got mine at Joann's)
Fine Red Glitter
Fine Pink Glitter
Mod Podge
Paint Brushes
Red Acrylic Paint (optional)
Light Pink Acrylic Paint (optional)
Cutout Foam Hearts
Glue Gun

Here is what the outcome will look like

To make these boxes just keep on reading!

First, I painted the boxes with acrylic paint. This is optional. I painted them because I didn't want any of the brown from the cardboard showing. I painted one box red and the other a light pink. Allow to dry

 

 

 

Next with another brush, apply mod podge to the entire box. Then add the glitter. Allow to dry!

For the heart shaped foams, I bought a bag at Joann's. With the glue gun, glue the heart shaped foam onto the top cover of the box.

 

Here is what it should look like now.

 

And now you have the final product. Now you can add whatever you like and give it to that special someone!

 

 

This can also be done with children under the supervision of an adult since a hot glue gun is being used. Hope this was easy to follow!

 

Nayeli