Silhouette

Turkey Pillow Cover

November 13, 2012 21 Comments

Cute pillow covers for the holidays, and just in general, have kind of become my thing as of late… Making the pillow cover itself is super easy, especially if you use this Envelope Pillow Tutorial that I always use from Marissa at Rae Gun Ramblings. I made a western welcome pillow and a team roping pillow cover for everyday, then I made puffy paint Halloween covers for Halloween of course… Which brings me to the next holiday on my list, Thanksgiving.

I initially made this turkey pillow cover last November, but missed getting around to posting it before Thanksgiving 2011.
{Thus the horrible pictures for the tutorial steps… so please be forgiving of the blurriness.}

To make your own turkey pillow you’ll need:

Turkey body stencil
Turkey feather stencil
Fabric for your pillow cover (I use half a yard for a 16 inch pillow, following the tutorial mentioned above)
A few different fabrics for your feathers (I got a 1/4 yard of four prints that I thought looked fall-ish)
Fabric for your turkey body (I used brown)
Googly eyes
Glue Gun
Sewing machine

To make the cute turkey I designed the body on my Silhouette software using ovals welded together. Then I designed a turkey feather shape just modifying an oval to have sort of a feathery point. I cut those shapes out on vinyl to make my stencil.

I cut the turkey body out of the brown fabric.

And then the feathers from the varying fabrics prints. I just laid my feather stencil on the fabrics, traced a few feathers with a pencil and then cut them out. Sorry for the blurry photo, but you get the point, right? 😉

I decided where I wanted my turkey to be (the center of my pillow cover), then pinned each of the feathers where I wanted them making sure the turkey body covered the points when laid on top. Then I sewed around the edge of each feather.

I pinned and sewed around my turkey body next adding a little orange triangle for the beak, a little red for the waddle, and hot glued on two beady eyes.

Now… that was where I stopped last year… but this year when I got it out to decorate I felt like it needed something more. An added touch of cuteness.
So I cut out a little orange bow to make it a cute ‘girl’ turkey and cut a strip of orange leaf fabric for her to ‘rest’ in. 😉 Again, I just used my sewing machine to sew around the edges.

With a good washing the cute feathers now have ‘feathery’ edges.

Tell me lovelies? Do you decorate for Thanksgiving?
I only have a few items…but I think it’s fun to decorate for every major holiday.

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Filed Under: Crafts, Holidays, Home Decor, Tutorials Tagged With: Fabric, Fall, Sewing, Silhouette, Thanksgiving, Vinyl

Stenciled Welcome Pillow

June 19, 2012 31 Comments

Hi there lovelies!

Today let’s make a Stenciled Welcome Throw Pillow!

My living room is decorated in a western theme, mostly browns and tans.
I thought a team roping throw pillow would be fun, and it was, but the space was screaming for some more COLOR! Turquoise in fact.
{Remember talking about this here…?}

Materials needed:
Envelope pillow cover – I use this tutorial for all the pillow covers I sew.
Fabric paint or craft paint (the team roper pillow was done with craft paint!)
Stencil – I designed the Welcome and the cowboy boot (purchased through the Silhouette store) on my Silhouette software then cut it out with my Silhouette in vinyl to make my stencil.
Paint Brush

I sew the envelope pillow cover to make the face of the pillow, but stop before sewing up the sides.
This makes it WAY easier to stencil and paint!

Peel and layout your stencil on the face of the pillow.

Then fill the stencil in with the fabric/craft paint, very carefully, with the paint brush!
I leave mine to dry at least overnight before sewing up the sides of the envelope pillow cover.

Viola! Your very own stenciled throw pillow!
I could make these all day! So fun!

Adds a nice pop of color to my otherwise fairly plain living area, don’t you think??

Thanks for crafting with me today lovelies!

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Clever Snack Jar

May 29, 2012 12 Comments

Hey there lovelies!!!
Did you know that one of my favorite crafting supplies is vinyl!

You can add a touch of fun to just about anything with vinyl and a cutting machine or scissors!

For the project that I’m sharing today I decided to fancy up a snack jar to hold snacks at my office.
I thought and thought about a clever saying to use that would be fun but still appropriate enough to show off at work… Finally (with a little help from Kayli) I came up with this!

Funny right!?! At least I thought so… 😉
To make your own clever snack jar you’ll need a jar or other container of your choice.
Some vinyl, I used pink and turquoise for mine. And a cutting machine. I have a Silhouette SD.
If you are really talented you could trace and cut the words with scissors too!
OR even use alphabet stickers to spell out your saying! You know… just throwing a few options out there!

Since I have a Silhouette I designed my saying, “SNACKS! Hey, a Girl’s Gotta Eat!” on the computer then cut it out using my machine.

Then I used a little transfer paper to apply the vinyl onto my jar! Easy, peasy!

The last, but most important step for this craft… Filling your jar with yummy snacks!!

Hopefully yours are more creative than mine!
Maybe something like these dessert bars I made recently… 😉

Happy crafting lovelies!!!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Organization, Tutorials Tagged With: Office, Silhouette, Vinyl

Pallet Welcome Sign

April 24, 2012 19 Comments

Today I have a fun DIY/Craft to share with you dolls.

The hubs and I made Pallet Welcome Signs for some friends of ours and I’d love to share the tutorial with you!

First, hubs cut up an old pallet into several similarly sized pieces. We decided three pieces would make a decent sized welcome sign. Next, I cut out some words in vinyl using my Silhouette SD to make some stencils.

I stenciled the words onto the pieces of pallet using the vinyl stencils, a small paint brush and some black acrylic paint.

We let them dry for several hours.

Once they were dry, we took the three stenciled pieces (per sign) and connected them using two Strong-Tie straps purchased from Home Depot, and a few well placed screws.

You can also see our sign “hanger” in the above photo. The barbed wire was the hubs’ genius idea. Adds to the rustic look, don’t you think?? We simply cut a small piece of barbed wire, bent it to our liking, then screwed each side down on the back of the sign.

So…. What do you think??

Hubs’ was a great help on this one… It would appear he’s got an eye for rustic design. 😉

Have you jumped on the pallet crafting train?? If you have I’d love to see what you made!
Feel free to share a link in the comments!

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Happy crafting lovelies!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Gift Ideas, Tutorials Tagged With: Craft Paint, Pallet, Silhouette, Vinyl

Painted Throw Pillow

April 3, 2012 25 Comments

Hello lovelies!!!

Did you know you can paint fabric?
Don’t laugh all you crafty smarties out there… I just had this revelation recently, so if it’s old news to you…
Don’t judge… haha.

With my new found fabric painting knowledge I made a Painted Throw Pillow Cover for our living room!!!

This tutorial isn’t about sewing an envelope pillow cover, but if you’re really looking for a few instructions this tutorial from Rae Gun’s Ramblings is a really good one.

To make a painted throw pillow I go ahead and hem the top and bottom (for the edges of your envelope) as well as sew the top and bottom of the pillow cover so that you’ll know where the ‘face’ of your pillow will be.

Then I used my handy Silhouette SD to cut a stencil out of some sticky backed vinyl. If you don’t have a craft cutter (Silhouette, Cameo, Cricut), you can always make your stencil using freezer paper and scissors.

I chose some team ropers for my team roping hubby and because our living area is western themed/decorated.
{Stay tuned for a full reveal of our entire made over living room coming soon!}
I centered the stencil on what was to be the face of my pillow cover. Using a soft bristle paint brush and some brown Enamels paint, I carefully filled in my stencil.

I let it dry completely overnight, then went back to the sewing machine and stitched up the sides of my pillow cover.
Note – It’s SO much easier to paint the stencil on before finishing your cover!!!

That’s it! Now you can display your pretty painted throw pillow in your home! 😉

You could do this with any shaped pillow cover, any stencil, and {it would appear} any paint…
If it’s going to be washed often, I would make sure to get fabric specific paint so that it can be washed frequently.

Happy crafting lovelies!!!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Home Decor, Tutorials Tagged With: Craft Paint, Sewing, Silhouette, Vinyl

Etched Glass Drink Set

February 28, 2012 11 Comments

Remember the I made?? Well I got a little braver and went a little bigger with this one and made an Etched Glass Drink Set for my friend!
*As first seen on The Simple Things. Thanks for letting me share, Angela!

Etching glass REALLY isn’t that hard! It just takes a little bit of time and patience…

As well as the RIGHT etching cream!

First off, you’ll need the glass you plan to etch…

For this gift I chose a glass wine pitcher and four glasses. You can etch just about any type of glass though… For example you can to see those candle holders I etched awhile back…

You’ll also need etching cream. I have tried a few different kinds, but the EtchAll etching cream has worked the best for me so far.

Please keep your hands safe by wearing protective gloves and keep your table top safe by laying down at least a layer of newspaper.

You’ll also need the shape or words you plan to etch on the glass. I use sticky backed vinyl cut with my Silhouette SD for my stencils. This time around I cut out my gift receiver’s name for the pitcher, and ‘her’ glass, and some pretty swirly shapes that were included with my Silhouette software.

Glass etching is really as easy as sticking the stencils to the glass, smoothing it down… Then (while wearing gloves) use a small sponge (I used a makeup sponge) to apply* the etching creme inside the area you’d like to be etched… And wait.

*The key is by apply I mean really glob that stuff on there!

(The etching cream does come with directions for how long to wait, etc.)

Finally, you’ll peal the stencil off, rinse in cold water, and viola!

You have pretty, personalized, etched glass.

Just so you know… Sort of a disclaimer…

Etched glass is CRAZY hard to photograph! haha.

You can click the picture to enlarge it and really get a good look if you’d like.

Happy etching lovelies!!

Filed Under: Crafts, Gift Ideas, Home Decor, Tutorials Tagged With: Etched Glass, Silhouette, Vinyl

Painted Gift Tins

February 21, 2012 17 Comments

Today I’m going to share a fun gift ‘wrap’ idea with you!!!

Painted Gift Tins!

My mom received a huge stash of those Christmas cookie, treat tins from a friend awhile back… It was actually her idea to paint the tins and add some vinyl cut outs to fancy them up! (Obviously where we get a lot of our craftiness from, thanks Mom!!!)

We laid them all out on some newspaper outside and spray painted each tin with a couple of coats of paint.

We used a few different colors and let them dry really well…

Once the tins are painted and dry, it’s time to embellish.

I made this small light pink tin into a birthday gift ‘wrap’ for my niece.

I used white vinyl cut out in her name and some flowers plus little acrylic diamonds to pretty it up.

If you use the sticky back vinyl you can stick the cutouts on just like stickers.

The little jewels were attached with hot glue.

If you don’t have sticky backed vinyl, you can just use regular stickers too! 😉

I filled the tin with several little treats tied it with a ribbon and gave it to our niece for her birthday.

She loved having her own little tin she could fill with her treasures!

We have since made several of these for different gifts… You can use any shape or size of tin and decorate with paint, vinyl, stickers, anything you have on hand to fancy it up!

Happy Crafting!!!

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Filed Under: Crafts, Gift Ideas, Tutorials Tagged With: Mom, Silhouette, Spray Paint, Vinyl

Etched Glass Candle Holders

January 17, 2012 13 Comments

Winter seems to be in full swing!
Well… as much as it gets to be winter in Arizona…
Don’t be jealous… haha. 😉

When thinking about decorating for winter…

You know that time between Christmas and Valentine’s Day? 😉

I realized I don’t really have anything to decorate with that isn’t holiday specific.

When I think of just winter I think of cold, snow, frost, ice.

Etched glass has always looked liked frost/ice to me, so to bring a touch of that into my decor, I made some etched glass candle holders.

I used three small glass bulb shaped vases (under $1 apiece at Wal-Mart).

A sheet of vinyl for my stencil.

My trusty Silhouette SD

(You could cut out stencils with scissors or an Exacto knife if you don’t have a cutting machine)

A small bottle of EtchAll etching cream

Gloves and a make up sponge applicator

Because of the ingredients in the EtchAll, make sure you wear some kind of gloves to protect your hands. Also, carefully follow the instructions on the packaging!!!

Rinse in cold water after allowing the cream to work for at least 15 minutes.

I left mine for a good half hour just to be sure.

This was my first time etching glass… so of course, I learned a few lessons I’d like to share. 😉

Glass Etching Lessons Learned:

The etching cream really needs to be layered on there to make sure it etches the entire surface inside your stencil.
Your stencil needs to be smoothed down completely. Otherwise the cream will leak under it and you’ll get weird etched shapes…
Taking photos of etched glass is hard!!! If anyone has any tips, I’d love to hear!

I had to include a picture of them all lit up…
Even though it didn’t come out very well…

And yes, that was my Christmas tree in the reflection of the TV…

We really drag out the celebrating around here! *wink wink*
Not really… I took that picture weeks ago. 😉

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Vinyl Mailbox Numbers

January 4, 2012 9 Comments

Seems like whenever a new year rolls around everyone jumps right into organizing, cleaning, resolutions, goals and the lot. Well… I’ve jumped on the bandwagon.

I finally tackled one of those pesky little things that keeps getting moved down my to do list, you know the kind that they really ought to be done, but there’s always something else that needs done first…

Adding numbers to our mailbox!

We’ve lived in our new home since May, but I barely got around to fixing up the mailbox in early December.

Maybe it was the UPS man saying, “There’s no numbers on your mailbox, wasn’t sure where to go.”

We can’t have THAT now can we!!! I don’t know about you guys, but hearing UPS pull into the drive ALWAYS makes me happy! 😉

It was the New Years push that did it too…

Felt like I needed to mark something off that list BEFORE 2012. So I did!

I purchased some of the Premium Outdoor Vinyl from Silhouette America over their Thanksgiving sale. Then cut our house number and last name into the vinyl and used transfer paper to get it cleanly onto the mailbox.

Yeah… we live on a dirt road. Awesome, right?! Ugh…

For the most part I don’t mind I guess, except EVERYTHING is ALWAYS dusty!!!

Both sides are the same. Nice bright white house numbers!

It’s been over a month and seems to be holding up nicely.

And now the UPS man can easily find my home!!!

Whew… I was worried there for a minute. 😉

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We’re participating in this fun time:

We’re giving away a LARGE ad space for February! There are TONS of awesome prizes…

Trust me… You’ll want to go enter!!! 😉

Filed Under: Crafts, Our Home Tagged With: Outside, Silhouette, Vinyl

Personalized Initial Tote Bag

December 6, 2011 8 Comments

Hello dolls!!!

Looking for a fairly easy sewing project/Christmas gift idea?

How about a personalized initial tote bag???

I made two of these for my sisters in law so far and each one was fairly easy to put together.

(They were birthday gifts that they’ve already received… so no worries on a spoiler alert! haha)

Each one was also completed in just about half an hour.

You could easily whip up several of these for your loved ones this Christmas!

First, I used some of the sew-able interfacing from Silhouette America, cut it down to the size of my fabric and ironed them together per the instructions on the interfacing package.

Then you can use your Silhouette SD, Cameo, or other cutting machine to cut out your fabric initial. Or if you don’t have a cutting machine, you can trace then cut an initial with scissors.

Once it cuts the initial out and you peel away the extra fabric, you’ll have your letter to sew on to your tote.

The interfacing is meant to be ironed on to hold down whatever you are planning to sew on, until it’s sewn of course.

So… you’ll need to iron the initial to the tote, then you can start sewing.

Be careful while sewing not to sew one side of the tote to the other… Not that I’m speaking from experience or anything… I may or may not have done that with a pillow cover recently… 😉

Once your initial is sewn on you can add some pretty embellishments like rolled fabric rosettes or ribbon around the top. For the ribbon I just hot glued one end on to hold it in place, then sewed around the top and bottom of the ribbon.

I used for my rosettes, but here’s a little tip I just figured out…

If you want an idea of how the rosettes look before gluing or sewing them on… Pin them to your tote first, then you can rearrange them to your liking BEFORE affixing them! 😉

That may sound silly to some of you, but to me that was monumental! haha

There you go!

You can now stuff with goodies or gift as is for a fun personalized gift your recipient can use all year round!

What are you hoping to receive this Christmas???

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Filed Under: Crafts, Gift Ideas, Sewing Tagged With: Fabric, Silhouette

Turkey Pillow Cover

Stenciled Welcome Pillow

Clever Snack Jar

Pallet Welcome Sign

Painted Throw Pillow

Etched Glass Drink Set

Painted Gift Tins

Painted Gift Tins!

Etched Glass Candle Holders

Vinyl Mailbox Numbers

Personalized Initial Tote Bag

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