DIY Hair Accessories

Tomorrow is my students graduation from 6th grade, so I wanted to do something special for them. They have always complimented me on my hair accessories so I decided to make some for them. I made a felt bow & heart hair tie and a fabric flower hair clip.

For the bow I was inspired by the Little Inspiration blog. You can get the tutorial HERE!

With these hair ties you can really do whatever you want with them and they are so easy to make. Add some studs, pearls, sequins... whatever your heart desires!

For the Fabric Flower I found this tutorial HERE from Little Miss Momma.

These make great gifts and great hair accessories for yourself.

Happy Crafting!

Tulle Bow Headband

For New Years I wanted to make something special, so I decided to make a cute statement headband. It went really well with the vintage look I was going for. It can be a great headband for a night out on the town with a cute dress and your favorite heels or a cute little headband paired with some jeans and a cardigan. It is super simple to make and only requires a few supplies.

Materials:

*Pearls
* Jewelry wire
* Tulle
* Elastic
*Hot glue gun

Instructions:

Take your piece of wire and string all the pearls onto your wire. Form the beaded wire into a bow by creating two loops and wrapping the wire ends in the middle. Here is a great photo tutorial to look at from NBeads HERE.

For the headband take a piece of tulle and cut it so that it is long enough to wrap around your head just past your ears. Take your elastic and glue the ends of the tulle and the elastic together. Hot glue the bow on to your headband and now you have a very cute and simple hair accessory.

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Party 2013

The most wonderful time of the year has come and gone and it was full of holiday cheer! I hosted a christmas party for all of my friends over here in Korea and it was a success. Here is what my party looked like:

Stocking Garland:

For the stocking garland you will need red and white felt, string, hot glue gun, and clothes pins. Use a stocking template (I found one on google images) and trace it onto the felt. Cut out your red and white pieces and glue them together. Hang them around the house with some twine and clothes pins. Cute and simple!

Fa La La Banner:

For the Fa La La sign you will need white card stock paper, glue and glitter. Cut out the letters Fa La La on the white card stock paper. Decorate with gold glitter for that cute holiday look.

DIY Christmas Bows:

For the bows I used gold and red metallic wrapping paper. I found this great tutorial by Smile Monsters for step by step directions on how to create these simple bow. Check it out HERE.

Doily Christmas Trees:

I was inspired to make these after seeing a picture on Pinterest HERE. I added gold glitter to mine for a little more pizzaz.

Cardboard Christmas Trees:

HGTV has great Christmas craft ideas. I used this one HERE for the cardboard Christmas tree centerpieces. I painted mine using red, white and gold acrylic paint. It was simple to make and turned out great!

 For the food I made a Christmas Tree Vegetable Platter and Chocolate Chip Banana Bread.

Advent Calendar:

Here is an advent calendar I made last year. It is made out of felt. To start, select a large piece of felt (or attach a different color to the top and bottom like I did using glue) for the base. Cut out 25 Christmas trees and glue them to the base. Number and glue 25 clothes pins to the Christmas trees. For the stars I used yellow card stock paper and put down bible verses on the back for each day leading up to Christmas.

Doily Stars (or snowflakes):

I found this really simple and cute tutorial for doily stars from The Happy Home Blog. You can find the tutorial to make them HERE.

DIY Felt Ornaments:

For the felt ornaments I used red and white felt, white sting, and stuffing. To make them first trace and cut out 2 circles. Sew them and stuff them with pillow stuffing. Create as many as you would like to make a beautiful tree.

DIY Ribbon Bow Ornaments:

I really like the look of Christmas bows so I used the same tutorial that I used for my paper bows above. Instead of using paper replace it with ribbon and add string to make a fun and cute ornament for your tree.

Gold Glittery Pinecones:

To make a fun and cute centerpiece for your Christmas table add a little glitz to some pinecones. I painted half of them with gold paint and have of them with glitter. To make just paint or glitter the tips of the scales and let them dry. 

A party isn't a party without a photo booth! For this background I just used wrapping paper and added a few paper christmas bows to the top. Super simple and fun!

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. Until next time. Happy Crafting!

Halloween Party 2013

Halloween has come and gone and was a spooktacular time. My Halloween Party turned out great and I am happy how everything turned out.

Showing Off My Display

For my drink table I decorated it with diy spiders, fake spider webs, wire pumpkins, and tin can candle holders.

Drink Table Decorations

Witches Brew Anyone? 

For the "Witches Brew" I used:

• Equal parts Sprite and Orange Juice
• Pineapple Juice (I used can pineapple and even put the chunks of pineapple in it for a little more flavor)
• Green food coloring

Mix it and then you have a very simple and delicious Halloween Drink

Wire Pumpkins

For these very cute simple wire pumpkins, I followed the tutorial from Hello Lidy. You can find the tutorial HERE.

DIY Spiders

In my previous post, I talked about these fun little diy spiders. You can check out how to make them HERE.

Tin Can Candle Holders

I decided to make these very simple candle holders with a tuna can. I measured out orange paper to fit the tin can. I decorated it with a fun print and glued it onto the can. Very simple to make and a very cute little addition to my table.

Food Table Decorations

Bat Silhouettes

To take my wall decorations from everyday decoration to Halloween, I added bat silhouettes to give that spooky feel.

You can find the bat template from HERE from Martha Stewart.

Table Ghosts

For the cute little table ghosts I used Styrofoam balls, white cloth, ribbon, and an empty coffee bottle (Starbucks bottled drinks from any convenient store.)

1. Take your empty bottle and put the Styrofoam ball on the top of the bottle. 
2. Next, put the square piece of cloth on top of the Styrofoam and bottle. (To add a little bit of texture rip the cloth and fringe the ends.
3. Tire a ribbon around the neck of the bottle. 
4. Add some eyes and you are finished!

Halloween Bouquet 

I already had cute jar candle holders so I decided to revamp it a little bit and add a Halloween Bouquet to them for a nice Halloween touch. I found these cute flowers from Saved by Love Creations. You can find the tutorial HERE.

For the food, I made Hershey Kisses Cookies, Banana Pudding Dirt Cake, and Gummy Worm Jello. It was a great hit, my guests loved it.

Happy Halloween Banner

Paper Spider Webs

To add a little bit of a Halloween feel of this wall I made paper spider webs out of black paper. I found the tutorial for them HERE from Omiyage Blogs.

Hanging Ghosts

For the hanging ghosts assemble it the same way as the table ghosts except do not add the bottle. Attach fishing wire to it and hang it on a tree branch or around the house.

Party Booth Props

No party is a party without a Photo Booth!

Photo Booth Backdrop

 

Photo Booth Backdrop

For the Party Booth Backdrop, I used the same template for the Paper Spider Webs and added different color spider webs.

We had lots of fun with the photo booth!

For Halloween I decided to be Minnie Mouse. I already had the dress and bow so it was very easy for me to create the look.

Minnie Mouse Ears

I made the ears out of felt and attached it to my bow headband. Here is the tutorial for it from One Creative Housewife.

 

Minnie Mouse Makeup

For the makeup I found a great tutorial from Youtube HERE.

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween. Happy Crafting!

DIY Halloween Spiders

This year I am hosting a Halloween Party at my place. I have been busy crafting trying to turn my place into a "Spooky" Haunted House for the party. During my many hours of searching for the perfect decorations to craft up, I found this inspiration that was made from black hot glue and wire. You can find the tutorial and inspiration from HERE from the Sweetest Occasion. I decided to make mine a little different so here is my design.

Materials:

* Styrofoam balls
* Black paint or Black markers
* Wire
* Hot glue gun (optional)

Instructions:

1. Color the Styrofoam black. If you want to have glamorous little spiders go ahead and use black glitter to give it a little pizzazz.
2. Cut the wire into little strips. The size of it depends on how long you want your legs to be. I used 6 for each spider.
3. Stick the wire into the sides of the Styrofoam and bend it to look like spiders legs.
4. This step is optional. I wanted to give it a little more security so I hot glued the legs to the Styrofoam.
5. Place your spiders on a fake spiderweb and you have an easy and quick Halloween decoration!

Happy Halloween and Happy Crafting!