Fabric Singed Flowers

Yesterday I shared with you the fun beaded necklaces that my daughter and I made. Well, today is Mom's turn to play. This is certainly more "grown up" jewelry. However, I can guarantee you that my daughter will be begging and batting her lashes to borrow them!

The fabulous Close To My Heart consultant Tresa Black shared this craft on her U-Stream class a few weeks ago. You can see the tutorial here. I'll admit that I was a bit intimidated at first and thought...."I'll never be able to do that". I was a good student though and really paid attention and now I want to make more in every color I can find!!

The first one is similar to the colors Tresa used. I stamped black Staz On ink on a light gray satin fabric. She made her flower a bracelet, but I chose to make mine a necklace. I'll be able to wear this with several outfits.

The gold flower came about from my daughter's left over school project. I did not stamp on the fabric at all and just singed them to create the petals. The best surprise was to discover that as the edges singed it turned a toasty color giving the entire flower more dimension and interest. I created a bracelet for it to rest upon. The colors of gold and cream will look gorgeous with those Holiday outfits.

Here my daughter is modeling it. It does not look nearly as large on my wrist, but with a stretchy band her or I can wear it comfortably.

Krafts for the Kids!

Halloween is almost here! We have been very busy the last couple of weeks! By "we" I mean my daughter and I. She is my little shadow and has a creative soul just like her mom. I certainly can't leave her out of all the crafts and fun this season.

For this final week leading up to Halloween night I will share all the crafts her and I have created. There will be decorations for ourselves and our home!

Our first fun project are these clever beaded necklaces. They are so easy and inexpensive. I found a giant bag of wooden beads in assorted colors and sizes. Some of the smaller beads were just a brown wood so I strung them on some thread and painted them black first. Then you just string your beads to your desired length. Leave some space between them so you can tie funky ribbons on. Finally, I used rub-ons for the "Trick or Treat" and "boo". I used some clear nail polish over them to seal it and prevent the rub-ons from rubbing off!

Here she is modeling them to give you an idea of the length.

...and here they are just laid out on a table.

So spooktacular & fashionable, all the witches are wearing them this season!