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Creating Christmas Joy

December 4, 2013 By Erica Deuel 6 Comments

DIY_felt_garlandChristmas joy is here! We have been hanging out in front of the fireplace, playing games, and singing songs loud for all to hear. It can be a crazy busy time, but I hope you are able to unplug and enjoy the little things that make this season such a special time.

I want to share this simple Christmas joy garland that I made in a matter of minutes. You too can make this. Follow these simple steps and you will make a stunning decorative banner (and all who see it will ask how you cut such amazing snowflakes out of felt :)).

The first thing I did was cut three triangles out of burlap. I then placed a foam sticker on each burlap triangle and sprayed painted lightly over both of them.

Joy_burlap_bannerOnce the spray paint was dry, I peeled up the foam sticker. The light layer of spray paint had created a stencil for me to see my letters. I carefully painted the letters in red. Note: the spray paint barely changed the color of my burlap. It just got a little lighter.Painting_lettersOnce the letters were dried, I cut two slits at the top of each of my burlap pieces to allow for the string to be strung through. I used red and white cloths line from the Dollar Tree to string my joy banner. I liked the color combination of this option, but any ribbon, string, yarn, or rope would work.

Christmas_garlandThe last step was to string everything alone the clothesline. I bought two packages of red, felt coasters at the Dollar Tree. I opened both packages and simply strung my clothes lines through one of the outer holes of one of the coasters to begin. I strung four coasters, then my letters, and then the remaining four coasters onto the clothesline. I spaced them out evenly and hung it up! My Christmas joy garland was complete!

Felt_coasters

Christmas_joy_garlandThis was such an easy DIY and fun way to add a little Christmas joy to our home. If you like the idea of adding Christmas joy by simple “joy” crafts, you would probably like this one too.

I think the felt coasters used in this post would be cute as a garland all by themselves. There are lots of ways to use this idea. White coasters would look cute as “snow” too.

I hope you are having a great week and finding some peace and ways to imagine in the midst of a season when so much is thrown at you.

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Love Crafting {DIY Wood Magnets}

October 9, 2013 By Erica Deuel 18 Comments

craft_magnetsDo you love crafting? Why not display it for all to see!?

I had some scrap pieces of Purebond wood leftover from our planked wall and decided to put them to use. I love this wood, and even when it’s cut in about two-inch pieces, it is still strong, straight wood. It’s good stuff. I came up with these little wood magnets as way to use the scraps, so they didn’t go to waste.

I’m going to show you how to make them, but if you don’t want to do the labor of creating, I will let you in on a way to get one of mine at the end of this post.

First off, I cut a bunch of pieces of wood into about 2″ squares with my Ryobi miter saw. Some ended up to be more rectangular, and that is ok. The important part is to not cut your fingers on such close cuts. The exact size does not matter in this project.

Next, I sanded them to make the corners curved and smooth.

raw wood scrapI then cut a bunch of hearts out of card stock paper, put a slight drop of glue on their back, and placed them on my wood pieces.

painting_heartsNext up is to have an amazing collection of Rustoluem spray paint to choose from. Rustoleum is my favorite spray paint, and it doesn’t hurt they have the best colors to choose from as well. My collection of colors is continually growing. Someday, I just might be lucky to have them all ;).

I used a bunch of pretty colors and just sprayed right on top of my wood pieces. Be careful to spray at least 10″ away and to do light sprays (even if you have to do several coats to fully cover your piece). The wetness will leak under your heart, if the paint goes on too heavy.

Rustoleum_spray_paint_colorsNext, I peeled up the heart paper, and I had a nice canvas to paint my hearts on. The spray paint created a slight raise as it dried against the paper. This created a little wall to paint within. I painted slowly within each heart, and my brush slid along the raised wall.

painted_heartsI then sanded the wood pieces to get rid of all the raised brush marks and to make the magnets look more finished.

sanding_painted_projectsOnce the wood pieces were sanded, I hand painted the word “crafting” across the heart. I then used Rustoleum’s gloss clear paint to spray my magnets and give them a finished look.

Clear_gloss_protective paintThe last step was to add a little magnet on the back, and they were then complete! I love how each magnet is a little different, yet they are all colorful and fun!

love_craftingAren’t they cute!?!

If you don’t want to create one, I have some good news for you! You can get one of mine!

I have had some questions about my upcoming Spoonful Lab, and I decided to share some more details with you all. On October 26, I will be hosting a girl’s craft night in Roswell, Georgia. We will be making a wood sign and a fun fabric garland. On top of the two crafts, I will be giving each attendee a little swag bag of some of my creations. One item in the bag will be one of these magnets!

handpainted wood signscreate_banner_for_craft_nightI am so excited about this night.

I will have door prizes that you could win throughout the night.

We will have dessert and drinks.

It will be a laid back atmosphere.

You don’t need to be crafty or a blogger to attend.

It’s a great avenue to make a holiday decor or present!

It will just be a group of girls-crafting together.

I may even wear pajama pants. No promises :).

girls_craft_nightPlease grab a friend and head on over to my events page and register! There are a few slots left, and I would LOVE to fill them all!

Thank you so much for all your support, and I hope I get to hangout/meet a few of you soon!

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DIY Fabric Bunting

May 13, 2013 By Erica Deuel 7 Comments

how to make fabric bunting

When I was designing Reagan’s room, I knew I wanted to have some fun pops of color throughout it. I thought fabric bunting would be a fun way to do this without costing a lot of money or creating something to dominate. I want to quickly show you how I created it, so you can do it too. I believe the way I did it might be one of the easiest sewn ways.

Materials

  • Fabric
  • Pinking Shears
  • Jute Rope
  • Thread
  • Sewing Machine
  • Ruler
  • Pen

I first went and got a few fabrics that I loved and were colors that I was incorporating in her room. I got 1/3 a yard of each of the fabrics. You could easily get more (depending on the area you want your bunting to wrap) or just use a bunch of different scrap fabrics you have on hand.

picking out coordinating fabricsYou then decide how big you want each of your “triangles” to be. I didn’t want mine to be too large. I decided I wanted them to be about 5″x6″. I measured my fabric and cut out a bunch of rectangles this size.

measuring fabric to cutI have seen a lot of ways of creating bunting to have the fabric double-sided with a nice sewn edge. I didn’t want to spend that amount of time on this project. It would have been like making a ton of little pillows as each triangle would have been sewn inside out than flipped right side out and iron pressed to go flat. In my opinion, the difference in look is not worth the extra time spent to have something that gives the same effect. I simply used my pinking shears to cut my fabric. The pinking shears allow the raw unfinished edge to not fray as bad and created a nice added look in the mean time.

cut fabric squaresOnce all my rectangles were cut, I start cutting them into triangles. I simply folded each rectangle and used a pen to mark the center of that rectangle and then cut from that point to one of the opposite corners. As I went on, I even stopped measuring for the center but just eye-balled it. It doesn’t have to be perfect. No one will be able to tell if you are a few centimeters off.

cutting triangles out of fabric

One tip to consider when cutting your triangles: Take a minute to think about which way the “fat” end of your triangle would look best (depending on the print of your fabric). In the triangle cut above, I would have cut right across the pretty green flower if I have cut my triangle from the other end.

After all your fabric is cut, you are ready to sew your bunting together! I sewed my triangles onto a thick jute rope because I wanted a more rustic look. You could sew yours onto ribbon, yarn, or just about anything!

fabric banner suppliesIf you decide to use jute rope as well, make sure your fabric hangs over the rope edge just a little as you sew. The rope will want to roll and you don’t want to create “holes” in between where your rope and triangle meet (as shown below).

sewing on rope

hole in banner

Another tip is to pull your rope tight as you sew, so it does not turn around.

pull rope tightI knew I was going to wrap my bunting around clear outdoor lights to hang in my daughter’s room, so I left a bigger gap in between my triangles (for room to wrap around the bulb-ed wire and hide it a little bit). It depends on the look you are wanting to create how far apart you space your triangles as you sew them onto your rope/ribbon.

making fabric buntingOnce you have sewn all your triangles, you are done! It is easy to go back and add more on, if your bunting ends up to be shorter than you would like. My bunting was a little short and didn’t cover the electrical cord like I wanted, so I just made another small strip and sewed it on.

The final step is to hang up your bunting and enjoy it! I love the simple yet fun look it creates!

fabric bunting

DIY Fabric Bunting

For more pictures of Reagan’s room, please go visit her Minnie Mouse Bedroom Reveal! Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope I just gave you a quick DIY that you want to do!

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Happy Thanksgiving Banner

November 17, 2012 By Erica Deuel 3 Comments

Yesterday, I whipped up a quick Happy Thanksgiving banner.  I wanted to share it with you all, so you too could make one!  I started by printing two letters per a piece of paper.  I simply picked a font I liked and picked a size that allowed two letters to print per a page.

I cut each letter out by cutting a triangle shape around it.  I didn’t measure or worry about each triangle being the same.  I think the difference and variety adds character!

I have been holding onto our old bed skirt from when we upgraded our bed to a king and got new bedding.  It is a dark corduroy skirt, so the use of it on my Thanksgiving banner was perfect!  It adds a fun fall touch.  I simply cut out enough triangles (also not measured or exact), so that each letter had a corduroy triangle to go behind it.

I had some fun trim that I used to sew the letters to the corduroy triangles.  I love the gold contrasting on the creme paper and dark fabric.  After I sewed them all together, this banner was done!  It was so quick and cheap, and it will add a fun festive decor element to our thanksgiving celebration this next week!

I love how it came out, but I decided to add some turkeys we created this week in our homeschool.  The kids stamped their hands, cut out their hands, and painted eyes and legs to make their hands turkeys.  They then went back and glued feathers onto their hands to create a more artsy/realistic turkey.  They had a blast making them, and I thought they added a special touch to our banner.  I used clothes pins to attach the turkeys to our banner, so the banner can be recycled next year, and we can replace the turkeys with “new” turkeys.  These turkeys can retire to my kids’ scrapbooks.

I loved how it looked outside hanging in the trees, but we opted to hang our banner in our kitchen where we can enjoy it all week long.  Have you made a thanksgiving banner?  We are hosting Thanksgiving for the first time ever this year.  Would you rather host or go to someone’s house for the holidays?  I hope you are having a good weekend!

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