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DIY Last minute Halloween Accessory

Posted by Tahira on October 24, 2011 1 Comment

Do It Yourself Last Minute Halloween Accessory

I have always loved belts and they look cool in every season and occasion. We are just few days away from halloween and I’ll help you to create a last minute accessory (belt) that is fun, makes you look pretty and is darn cute.Â Let’s get started –

You can make this “last minute dress accessory” in any size you want. According to the waist you can change Â the length of the belt to whatever size you want.

Material List for DIY Last minute Halloween Accessory –

Artificial Leather or Vinyl.
Satin ribbon
Rotary cutter or Scissors
Super Glue
Punch cutter
Yarn Needle
Fabric markers or Fabric paints
Design print
Measuring tape

Image1: Material List for Last Minute Halloween Accessory

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Banner Necklace

Posted by Tahira on October 20, 2011 Leave a Comment

DIY (Do It Yourself) Halloween Banner Necklace in under 30 mins

I have been creating banners and bunting for halloween and other occasions. But that was only half the fun and if I can convert the banners into wearable jewelry, would that be cool? I’m going to design a wearable banner necklace and you be the judge if it’s any good or not. Let’s roll!

Material List for DIY Halloween Banner Neck Garland
Youâ€™ll need:

Artificial Leather or Vinyl.
Satin ribbon
Rotary cutter or Scissors
Super Glue
Punch cutter
Yarn Needle
Fabric markers or Fabric paints

Step 1.Â Cut a strip of Vinyl 2 ” wide and 12 ” long.
You can choose a vinyl in your choice of color or you can paint the Vinyl with any color you want.
Hint: I chose to paint my Vinyl strip with Orange color (BOO) :-)

Image1 - Cut a strip 2" x 12" of Vinyl

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DIY Halloween Neck Garland in under 30 mins.

Posted by Tahira on October 18, 2011 Leave a Comment

Do it Yourself Â (DIY) Halloween Neck Garland

Inspiration:Â It’s all around but sometimes it can play hide and seek with us. All I need to do is look closely into things that people do and make. Whenever I need inspiration I go to Etsy or Notcot and try to follow people whose work is so incredible and amazing that you not only get motivated to do something but it makes you get up and start doing it NOW!

In the last few months I have been creating banners and buntings for Halloween. During this time I have come across some epic creative banners, buntings, home & party decor, gifts etc. on Etsy. Later when I created banners I wondered how would somebody else make these if they have to. I take classes every now and then at McLean Country Art Center and teach young girls and women ethnic art work like Batik and Tie & Dye. I always enjoyed those classes since I had to put some order and process to my chaotic work-style of doing things and that was challenging but fun too.

So today when my friend’s daughter Meg asked me how can she create some Halloween party favor, I came up with the idea of Neck Garland or Necklace with a hand-painted leather/vinyl pennant strung in a satin ribbon. So here we go –

Material List for DIY Halloween Neck Garland
You’ll need:

Artificial Leather or VinylÂ
Satin ribbon
Rotary cutter for cutting or Scissors
Super Glue
Punch cutterÂ
Fabric markers or Fabric paints

Image1 - Material List (DIY Halloween Neck Garland)

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More fun craft ideas!

Posted by Tahira on November 30, 2010 Leave a Comment

Last week I had a great time creating fun jewelry/accessories like holiday forehead bands, jingle bells bracelet and Christmas stockings with custom names on them.

toolsofthetrade

I have been thinking that may be I can take this idea a step further and can make something similar for babies and pets so that they can also say and share the spirit of Christmas. With that in mind I have started to work on hair clips for babies and scarves for pets. How does that sound? Here is the picture of all my tools of the trade that I am using. Pretty simple, right? Well tomorrow I will post a Â picture of the first finished item. I hope it comes out good!

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Thanksgiving is fun!

Posted by Tahira on November 25, 2010 2 Comments

I have been playing with many ideas since last few days and wanted to create some artwork in the spirit of Thanksgiving and the Holidays.Â Every time I would sit on my desk, draw some new designs and then would drive up to Hobby Lobby to find items that I can use to create these designs. My good friend Morgan has helped me so much every time I am there, answering all the silly questions I have with the same enthusiasms and happiness on her face. I realized then that I should come up with something that reflects and states loudly “happiness and fun”. Something that you can wear and show it to all. Like a headband, bracelet or jewelry. Like Morgan’s smile!

: Jingle Bells Bracelet

: Christmas Stockings

: Holiday Headband

: Jingle Bells Bracelet

: Holiday Headband

: Holiday Headband

: Holiday Headband

: Holiday Headband

: Jingle Bells Bracelet

: Jingle Bells Bracelet

: Christmas Stockings

This has been a fun project and specially because Morgan and her gorgeous cousins came over to my place and modeled with all the items I had designed. They are so much fun and so cute. I had a great time shooting their pictures and thanks to all of them for making this a truly fun project.