Monday, November 15, 2010

Some girly things to fill those stockings...

This weeks Design Team post for Artfull Crafts is Christmas stocking stuffers/uses for your scraps.
As a mother to two girls (10 and 15years), it can get expensive buying girly things for their hair. My daughter wanted to buy a hair clip for $4.95 during last weeks shopping. Instead, I bough a 10-pack of clips for a dollar less and made my own using some material scraps and a bit of bling from my stash.

I cut the fabric and held it over a tealight candle to seal the edges with the heat (do this near your sink, just in case). This works best on synthetic materials, and all react differently. You can get some cool ruffled effects if you experiment. The trusty hot glue gun stuck it all together, but you could easily sew it onto the clip.



I also grabbed some combs



...and some headbands. My girls are fighting over the white one, so I will have to reproduce that to avoid dramas on Christmas morning.






If you use pinking shears, it will stop your fabric from fraying, otherwise you could use some Stickles or Kindyglitz around the edges.



I also made a cute vintage pincushion using ribbons and laces from my stash, and a bit of calico that I had. It honestly took about three minutes in total to make, and would be a lovely gift for someone who sews.





Tomorrow I'm lucky enough to be attending a class with Jane Tregenza at Print Blocks. Jane is on Graphic 45's design team, and an extremely talented scrapper.

I'm also madly sewing costumes for my daughter's dance concert next Saturday, so may be pulling a few all nighters! Pretty sure I won't have time to post (or create), so I hope you all have a great week.

13 comments:

  1. Oh WOW! I love these! They are the perfect stocking stuffers

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  2. Beautiful hair accessories, and yes, great stocking stuffers. I especially love the hairband with the flowers with pinked edges.

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  3. very cute I make alot of my own hair accescories as well!

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  4. These are beautiful, so creative and colorful.

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  5. What fabulous ideas. Bet your girls are thrilled.

    Enjoy your class.

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  6. These are adorable! Those headbands are fabulous...I secretly want one for me! :) What a great gift idea this would make. That pin cushion is gorgeous, too!

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  7. WOW Tina, gorgeous ideas any girly girl would adore :)

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  8. These are so fun! I think I have 2 little girls in the house that would go ga-ga for them!

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  9. these are all just lovely...you're very a very clever & the girls are very lucky indeed to have such a talented mum :) can I be your daughter too LOL I do hope you enjoy every minute at Print blocks xx

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  10. Yes, you can be my daughter Mazz! The class at Printblocks was great, will show you some pics once I complete it all! Still busy sewing costumes at the moment.

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  11. These are beautiful! I think you could sell them for twice as much!

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  12. Oh my gosh, you are a sew-scrap rockstar! These are all so beautiful, I couldn't possibly pick a favorite. Plus you get bonus points for being thrifty. I'm in total awe!

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