Showing posts with label ornament. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ornament. Show all posts

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope your day is spent with friends and family and chocolate and Easter egg hunts!
 Made this little Easter diorama jar. The flocked bunnies are adorable! I love this idea, think I'll make some more jar dioramas in the future.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Owl Collection #2

Two more shelves of owls that I didn't show last time.
Don't judge me, I'm an owlaholic.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Owl Collection #1

I don't think I've ever shared a picture of my owl shelves on this blog before. You can't even see half of them, they're hidden behind one another.
Now believe me or not, but that's not all of them...

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Littlest Shelves

With my littlest ornaments.
$1.00 each, best littlest find ever!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Owl always love Felt!

Felt is my favourite material to work with when sewing. I found rolls of it on special in Spotlight recently and celebrated my bargain purchase by making a few little softies, mostly owls, from my new stash.

Saturday, December 24, 2011

12 Days of Aussie Christmas

On the last day of Christmas my true love gave to me -

12 parrots prattling, 11 numbats nagging, 10 lizards leaping, 9 wombats working8 possums playing, 7 koalas climbing, 6 platypuses, 5 kangaroos4 kookaburras, 3 jabirus, 2 pink galahsand an emu up a gum tree!

All made with felt and a permanent marker, I've been trying to make these for years but could never find the time. This year, I was determined!

Also, our decorated bottle tree out the front, shimmering with water droplets after a thunderstorm.Simple beading on clear plastic thread, so easy even the kids would enjoy doing it, and it looks wonderful!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Little Houses on the Hillside

I have finally finished my little cardboard houses! Aren't they cute?
I made two.One redand one Blue!The little candy canes and snowman are made from clay, but the snowman's arms are real twigs.I had to wait for the bottle trees to arrive from the UK. I can't find them for sale anywhere in Australia.The ric rac sets off the blue house wonderfully!Displayed inside, the glitter twinkles like Christmas lights.I might make a few more next year and start building a village!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Little Felt Deer Pattern

I drew a pattern for a little deer awhile ago, and have managed to make them just in time for Christmas!I think they've turned out quite cute, really. They're easy enough to make, each deer took me about 2 hours to finish (in between watching TV).Here's the pattern, I hope it's easy enough to understand.I chose not to add antlers as I wanted Bambi type deer, but they're included in the pattern.
You can embellish them however you want. I've used buttons for eyes, thread for the nose and a ribbon with a bow around the neck. Hang them on your tree as ornaments! Their little legs are pose-able too.If you get stuck with the pattern, let me know in the comments with a way to contact you and I'll try and help.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Snow Ball Ornament Tutorial

Gather your supplies -
  1. Wool, preferably white or cream
  2. Cardboard or pom pom maker
  3. Glue
  4. Glitter
  5. 2 matching buttons
  6. small amount of thread
  7. pink blush makeup
Make a pom pom the traditional way using circles of cardboard, or a pom pom maker you can buy in any craft shop.Lightly paint glue onto the pom pom using a paintbrush, then sprinkle glitter onto glue. Tap off excess glitter and allow to dry overnight.Add a piece of wool for hanging.
Glue the button eyes and thread mouth into position.Lastly, gently brush some pink blush onto wool where cheeks should be. Blow off excess makeup and you're done!

A cute little snow ball that will never melt!

Friday, December 16, 2011

Holiday Inspirations

Another Friday, we're getting closer to Christmas Day! *freak out* Still so much to do!I love these gorgeous trimmed trees by Gingercake.Here's an idea. Turn your bauble ornaments upside down, attach a handmade basket and another string on top for hanging and voila! Hot Air Balloon Ornaments!I love this tree!For your daughter's hairdo either on the big day or for the local Carols!Instead of stockings (most QLDers don't have a mantel to hang them on) use buckets to store presents in. Grab a cheap 60cent bucket from Bunnings, paint it whatever colour you like, then add embellishments and a name (or name tag around the handle) and display them around the TV cabinet or other central family room "mantel". Then on Christmas day the kids have their own bucket of presents!Time to rifle through the recycle bin for toilet rolls to make these pretty ornaments!Easy for the kids to make and so sweet, pipe cleaner trees!I need to hang a copy of this somewhere every Christmas!!How cute is this snowman?Now, where in the tropics can I find me some pine cones?I just adore this wrapping paper!!Simple card, just paint different hues of greens around the rim of a plastic or styrofoam cup and press to the corner of a blank card, then add a bow once the paint's dry.I am making some of my own little "putz houses" this year. Granted they're not as good as these but I'm very happy with them!Stay tuned for the big reveal!

Pictures via Pinterest