Heres a cute handmade Valentine's day bookmark from Thityhandmadedays.com
Web Finds: Make a Bookmark Valentine
Web Finds: Heart Nail Design
http://www.sellzcutethings.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-get-perfect-shapes-on-your-nails.html
If you are a scrapbooker you may already own some tiny punches. All you do is punch the shape onto tape and you have an instant nail design. A fun seasonal idea.
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Web Finds: Kids Photo Valentine
Here's a fun valentine from martha Stewart. Have your child make 3 signs and photograph holding them. Print them out and use tape runner (or double sided tape) to attach to a piece of folded card stock. Great for sending to the relatives!
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Web Finds: Valentine's Day Sock Cozy
Check out this cute Valentine's Day coffee cup cozy's made by nestofposies.com. Just click on the link to head over to the site:
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Free Valentine's Day Printables
Here are some fun Free Valentine's day Printables. I resized and printed a few of the sayings, popped them into my 5x7 frames, and displayed. Easy, and free holiday decorating.
Sew a Reversible Headband
Todays project is made by my good friend Barb Nesbett. Barb is one of the nicest people on this planet. I was lucky enough to have met her when we were both in the process of adopting our Daughters from China. Our Daughters were from the same orphanage so we were thrown together, along with 12 other families, to journey across the Pacific to become instant parents. That was a little over 8 years ago...time flies! Over the years I have received some wonderful homemade gifts from Barb whose favorite hobby is sewing. She recently gave my Daughter a pair of reversible headbands she had made so I asked her to share the how to's with all of you. It is such a fun way to use up those smaller pieces of quilting fabric!
For this project you will need:
Plain metal headband
Fabric
Sewing machine and thread
Muslin, or other fabric to make your headband pattern
Air erasable sewing pen
To start:
Create a main pattern piece for the headband by cutting a piece of muslin, stabilizer fabric, or pattern paper: 15 1/2" long by approx. 2 3/4" wide.
Keep 4 inches at the 2 3/4" width (the top middle part of the headband where it is the widest) but then trim the sides evenly tapering to approximately 3/4" width.
Pin or use quilters tape to hold your pattern in place and cut two different pieces of fabric.
Place the two pieces of fabric right sides together and sew using a 1/4" seam allowance. Make sure to leave one 3/4" end side open for turning.
Turn fabric right side out by using a chopstick to gently push the closed end through.
Flatten and press.
Turn your open end in 1/4" and press.
Now you need to sew two lines with a 5/8" opening down the middle of your fabric headband. Pick a side to sew on thinking about the color thread you use. This created channel is where you slide the metal headband into. You can do this by measuring and marking 2 lines centered 5/8" down the middle of your headband piece using an air erase pen.
My friend found it easier to create a second pattern piece as a template for the 5/8" channel lines. To do this copy your first pattern piece but make it 1/4" smaller all around. Now cut a 5/8 seam down the middle of the pattern. You then lay this pattern on top of your fabric headband and use the cut opening to trace your 5/8" line with an air erase pen.
Sew along the marked channel lines using a small stitch.
Slip your metal headband in and sew the 3/4" open end closed.
You can buy the plain metal bands at the dollar store, or here:
http://factorydirectcraft.com/catalog/advanced_search_result.php?keywords=5213BK&submit.x=0&submit.y=0
When you want to reverse the fabric on the headband you can easily flip the fabric over. You do not flip the metal headband.
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Valentine's Day Web Finds
Here are some fun Valentine's day Web finds.
Crochet some valentines.
Cute heart sequin clip ons and pin.
Printable valentine tags. Perfect for treat bags.
Gotta love this.
Put cookies in a mailbox.
Adorable valentines banner.
Add some love to your sweater.
http://onesheepishgirl.blogspot.com/2012/01/sweater-makeover-duplicate-stitch-heart.html
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Here's a lttle video about Nerium:
If you'd like more info just click on http://craftingrebellion.theneriumlook.com/cp/129 and drop me an email.
Or try it worry free. If you don't absolutely love your results at the end of the month, just return it! Click on www.craftingrebellion.nerium.com and select purchase NeriumAD.
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
Here's a lttle video about Nerium:
Or try it worry free. If you don't absolutely love your results at the end of the month, just return it! Click on www.craftingrebellion.nerium.com and select purchase NeriumAD.
Archetypes, who are you?
I recently read a fun book Archetypes, who are you? by Caroline Myss. The basic premise is that we are all born with a certain fingerprint characteristic. It is in our inherent nature to gravitate toward certain things. The book is a modern take on Carl Jung's theories. The problem is sometimes we lose our fingerprint as we grow older, trying to be, and live, like someone we are not. I thought the book was a great reminder to celebrate, and nurture who you really are.
There is also a fun sister site www.archetypeme.com where you can take a little quiz to discover your Archetypes. Once you take the quiz you have your own personal archetype page where they post daily articles based on your interests. It's a very creative, and visually interesting site, and it's free. Check it out and take your archetype quiz!
XOX,
The Rebel Crafter
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