Mother's Day Wreath

This is my mom's wreath. G is for their last name and I think it needs one more bunch of flowers. It will look great on their door! Also needs a new hanger, the plastic one broke. :/ Oh well, it's cute! I got all of the items at Hobby Lobby. The G is made out of a thin wood which was painted, there are three bunches of flowers (soon to be four). I hot glued the G on, though I may put some string around it just to keep it from falling off in windy conditions. The flowers had bendable stems so I just wrapped them around. Pretty simple! And cheap, I think I spent just $20 on the wreath, "G", flowers, and door hanger. I'm going to try to take off the G and see if it's good or not, maybe I can raise it up a bit. Thanks for checking it out! Happy crafting!

Mothers Day Approacheth

So I'm moving next weekend but Mother's Day is coming up fast! So I better get on creating my presents. Mom is getting a wreath, Grandma D is getting a cute little mug that I'm going to write on (hopefully that turns out cause I've heard it doesn't sometimes), Grandma H is getting a recreation of a mirror I gave to her last Christmas that fell and broke this past Christmas (lol), and my best friends mom is also getting a wreath. Stay tuned for the tutorials and pictures! :)

Vintage Iron Part 4

Hear no evil, speak no evil, see no evil! Aren't these owls adorable?! We also have them in white. :) We've also been redecorating, come check it out sometime! Thanks for looking!

Vintage Iron in Cedar Falls, IA #3

Vintage Iron part 3! I am a mug nut. I have so many we had to put them out on our island at home because they no longer fit in the cupboard. :D There's a lot of Batman. That being said, I would like to introduce the hand warming mug!

We have some for left hand and right handed people. You get to stick your hand right in there and feel the warmth spread. These are hand made and incredibly beautiful, as you can see. A gift for the special lady/fella in your life! We also have butter plates, dip bowls, tumblers, pie plates, and cookie plates from the same company if you're looking for some variety. Can't wait to see you here! ;)

DIY Sock Snowman

You can make this guy an ornament or just a little guy who sits somewhere. :) I made this guy a girl since I couldn't find a red sock for the hat. And I also had some flowers laying around, so I put that instead of a pom pom on top. Either way, it's super cute!

What you need:

White toddler-size tube sock and matching thread

Polyester fiberfill (or cotton balls, which is what I used)

Buttons (small, two black, three others)

Fabric glue

Red child-size ribbed sock and matching thread for hat

Pom Pom

Black pipe cleaners for arms (I used white because that's what I had and I just wrapped it in black yarn)

Ribbon or a scrap of fabric for the scarf

Large embroidery needle

What to do:

Turn the tube sock inside out and stuff with fiber fill/cotton until full. Gather the sock at the top and sew closed. To form the head, tie off the ribbon/fabric. If you want to make his head larger, just tie of farther down the sock. Glue on the buttons to make the face. To make the hat, sew on the other sock, rib side down. To make a smaller hat, cut off the top of the sock and sew back together. Glue the Pom Pom on top of the sock hat. Thread the pipe cleaner onto the embroidery needle and push through, cut pipe cleaner and twist to make fingers.

Ta-da! All done! To make it an ornament, just thread through on the top to make a loop. :)

Pumpkins, pumpkins everywhere

We made some pretty pumpkins! The one on the left is mine. I used glitter and metallic crayons to create quite an effect. The one on the right is my boyfriend, Joe's. He used sharpies to make that cute little face. :)

Of course we had to carve some too! I did Tinkerbell and Joe made a storm trooper. We plan on making more so stay tuned!

Cheap DIY Halloween Wreath

I know it's only the middle of September, but Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. And it's not because of the candy. Decorating for Halloween was something that was instilled in me since I was a young girl...aka, my mom decorates a lot too. Here's a tutorial on how to make a super cheap, kind of creepy, mostly pretty wreath. :)

What you'll need:

A wire hanger

A pool floatie (I call it a noodle)-$.97 from Wal-Mart

Black yarn-$2.00 from Wal-Mart

Black bird with wire in the feet-$1.00 from Dollar Tree

2 pairs of black flowers with spiders-$1.00 from Dollar Tree

Gray creepy wrap-$1.00 from Dollar Tree

Step 1: Unfold wire hanger and untwist the top so it's open. Make it's as straight as possible. Grab your noodle from the past summer. Hold the hanger next to the noodle to get a measurement. Cut a little longer, just in case (I used a ceramic knife to slice mine). Push the hanger inside the noodle and adjust the noodle, if needed. Twist the top of the hanger back together.

Step 2: Wrap your noodle with the yarn. To keep it stuck to the noodle, I used double sided tape. I'm not sure how long the yarn needs to be, I cut all the pieces a little short so it was easier to wrap around. 

Step 3: Put the creepy wrap around the top to cover the ends of the noodle. Add the bird to the inside.

Step 4: Cut up the flowers and stick them into the side with the wrap. I used all six flowers that came on the stems but you can use less, or more if you got more than two pairs. Cut two spiders off (or more) and stick them in in random spots. When you hang it on your wreath holder, bend the top of the hanger over so it doesn't fly away so easily in a gust of wind.

Ta-da! You're all finished, it's looking great! And you don't feel like you broke the bank. ;) Thanks for checking out my first tutorial! Please come back for more! ^_^

9/11/2013 look of the day

God bless America! In honor of today, I wore some stripes. :) The dress is from Kohl's, the shrug is from Vanity, the scarf is from my job (Vintage Iron), and the shoes are Avon.