Mixed media, embroidery, fabric painting, DIY project, Banner and handmade handicrafts
A winter themed banner with fun characters and white snow just sparkling. Perfect for kids room to brighten their days during the long, wintery cold months.
This banner is based on my Do it yourself (DIY) project which you can access here (http://bit.ly/wm9lBo) and get step by step instructions for how to make this banner with pictures. I used a floral fabric banner in the project but the technique is the same.
This DIY is a follow up to my previous blog post. This DIY is even simple and a lot more fun. All you need for this one are the following items –
You can draw with permanent marker any face or cartoon character of your choice on the Ornament ball. Use felt to create hat and beard and then glue them to the ball. I created few of them and enjoyed each one. Every time you will create something new and different.
I would love to hear about your experiences. Please leave your comments about my blog and DIY projects and feel free to share yours. Go and have some fun.
Here I’m as promised in my last post posting few more fun, easy DIY for you to get some more last minute Christmas ornaments on the tree.
Step 1: First choose your Christmas ornament design.
Step1: Material List
Step 3: Take white color Vinyl and draw your ornament design on it with fabric marker as show below in  2 or 3. Cut your design shape with scissor as in 4.
Step 3: How to draw and cut the design on Vinyl
Step 4: Â The ornament is cut in the share of Christmas tree and is almost ready now, see 1 below).
Punch a whole at the top of the Christmas tree with punch cutter (2).
Use any fabric color to paint the ornament. Obviously since this is a Christmas tree I have painted it with green color (3, 4).
Step 4: Cut and Paint your Christmas ornament
Step 5:  Decorating the Christmas ornament is the most fun step of the DIY. Look in your craft box for any  sticker, beads,or scrap book stuff (1).
Stick these stickers/beads 0n your ornament with the help of super glue (2).
Finish all decorations (3).
Take 6′ of satin ribbon and tie it on top of the ornament through the whole which we made in Step 4.2.
Step 5: Decorating the Christmas Tree
Voila.. you Christmas ornament is ready to be hung on the tree. Go ahead and do that and share some pictures.
Step 6: Finished Christmas Ornament
Merry Christmas!
It’s the time of the year when baking gingerbread cookies, drinking egg nog, non-stop shopping, watching Christmas movies with family & friends and a lot more doesn’t seem enough to hold you over until the big day.
I don’t know about you but this year I’m on an insane loop of baking and decorating cookies (and eating them too :-)). In my dreams I see myself as a baker of exotic, out of this world gingerbread cookies. Though it’s just a dream but still very fulfilling and it is so beautiful that I don’t want to make it a reality. Not sure if that makes sense but that is what it is.
Gingerbread Cookie (Credit: normanack's photostream - http://www.flickr.com/photos/29278394@N00/)
Here are some of my favorite blogs that fuel my dream.
1) What is more adorable than a bunch of gingerbread men, especially those cute ones that are missing few appendages :-)? Ashleigh of “Bee in our Bonnet” blog has a wonderful post about how to make some of these “ABC Gingerbread Men“. You must check them out if you dream to be a baker or even if you really want to bake some.
ABC Gingerbread Men by Bee in our bonnet
2) How about decorating some cookies like a real crafter, using a cookie making kit? Wow that sounds like something I can do. Ashleigh at “Bee in our Bonnet” is a pro in this and has created a kit for people like us. It’s incredible you have to try it. Now I can also claim that I made gingerbread house cookie by hand (may be with a little help.. shhhhh… don’t tell that to anybody).
Gingerbread House by Bee in our Bonnet (guest blog on Eighteen25Blog)
3) The Sugarbelle (Callye) at “The sweet adventure of Sugarbelle” blog is one of the top divas of cookie decoration. Her work is inspiring in so many ways, far and beyond cookies. Beware she is out for some serious Worldwide Cookie Domination and she just might!
Her “Rustic Poinsettia Cookies” are out of this world.
Keep baking, decorating, sharing and enjoying your gingerbread cookies!!!
Merry Christmas!
We all know “Christmas†is around the corner and just ready to knock on our doors. I have been fascinated like many other craft junkies with the desire to never stop making Christmas ornaments. So this time I have a DIY to design your own Christmas ornament and give new look to your decoration or your tree. This is going to be a short, sweet and quick project for the whole family including the kids.
I wish this DIY Christmas ornaments may festoon your Christmas tree with joy and love.
Now let’s start cranking!!
#1: First choose your Christmas ornament design.
I know choosing is hard and even harder is the question of where to find these designs/patterns? Well I think I can help a little bit to get you started there. One of the easiest and most creative way is to draw a design/pattern by hand. Of course that ain’t easy and if you are like me then you would rather prefer a pre-made design or pattern . Who doesn’t love easy, premade, free stuff? I do!
There are numerous such resources on the internet. Check out few of the awesome resources listed below –
#2: Choose a Holiday/Christmas pattern fabric
You can buy this from your local favorite craft store or from stores like Joann. Below is one such pattern-
Simplicity Pattern 2723-Christmas Decorations-One Size.
#3: You would need a Pellon Iron-on-backing (Single Sided Fusible Ultra Firm Stabilizer) and you get it from your local craft store or from Joann.
#4: You would also need Satin ribbon.
#5: Lastly you would need a Scissor or Precision Knife. If you already have one then we all are set to start creating our DIY project.
Here are some of the Christmas ornament designs.
Christmas Ornament Designs
In the following image you can see all of my 5 items – Christmas Ornament Designs, Holiday themed fabric, Iron on backing, Scissor and Satin ribbon.
List of items for Christmas Ornament Design DIY
Step1: Apply Iron-on backing on the back side of the Holiday themed fabric to strengthen it.
Apply Iron-on backing
Check procedure of using pellon iron on backing  from the picture given below.
Instructions for how to use Pellon Iron-on backing?
Step2: Trace your designs on the Pellon iron-on backing i.e. on the back side of Holiday themed fabric. See ‘1’ below.
Now cut the fabric along the trace line with your scissor or precision fabric knife as shown in ‘2’ below.
You’re done cutting the design. Your ornaments are almost ready and will look like as shown in the image below.
Christmas Ornaments
Step3: Now we just need to thread the Satin ribbon through needle, then poke lightly with the fabric knife somewhere near the top of the ornament to make a small cut. Pass the satin ribbon through the cut and repeat the same for all other christmas ornaments.
You can hang the Christmas Ornaments garland around the Christmas tree or above your front door or porch or on any wall in your home.
You can also stick single ornaments any where in your home or even hang them on the Christmas tree.
The same above steps can be repeated for any ornament design. You can create single ornaments or a garland (kind of banner bunting) of Christmas ornaments.
Christmas Ornaments Garland
For your kids room the ornaments can be made with baby Christmas fabric designs & patterns.
For this DIY imagination is the limit to what you can create, depending on what theme you want to choose. I have few more DIY projects to share  that are related to this idea only and will be back soon to do that.
Happy Crafting till next time!
