Holiday Craft Source

I would like to share with you a couple of neat summer craft ideas I found over at Crafts by Amanda: Bendable Fabric Flower and Denim & Fabric Scrap Pots.  You can use up some of your scrap material to make both these projects.

She provides detailed instructions, with photos, for both the Bendable Fabric Flower and Denim & Fabric Scrap Pots

Happy Crafting!!.

I was thinking I would like to make up some flower pins to give as a gift for some friends. I have never crocheted or knitted flowers before, so I started searching the internet for some patterns.

Crocheted Flower Patterns:

• A Crochet Flower Tutorial from Echoes of a Dream .
• Crochet Flower Patterns from My Lifetime.  There are 3 flower patterns: Fanciful Flower, Bold Bloom and Sunny Flower.
• There are many more free Crochet Flower Patterns at Crochet Pattern Central.

Knitting Flower Patterns:

• Flower Power Brooch from Knit on the Net.
• Knit Your Own Flower Corsage from iVillage.co.uk
• Knitted Posies by Peggy from Blue Bell Knitting Guild
• There are many more free Knitting Flower Patterns at Knitting Pattern Central

I think that a handmade flower pin or brooch would make a lovely gift for mother’s day.

Happy Crafting!!

Today it is cold and snowing here in Pangman, Saskatchewan.  I can not wait for Spring to arrive.

If you can not wait for Spring here are some bright colored flowers you can make up with your children.

• Egg Carton Flowers and Toilet Paper Roll Flowers from Ramblings of a Crazy Women. To make these flowers you will need egg carton, play dough, Popsicle sticks, paint, toilet paper rolls, and construction paper.  Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Spring Blossoms from The Tulip Lady.  If you have some paper scraps, foam craft shapes, glue, and popsicle sticks around the house you can make up some of these bright colored blossoms.

• Heart Flowers from FamilyCorner.com. Cut out hearts from red or pink construction paper and glue together to make a flower and glue onto a Popsicle or Craft stick. Click here for supplies and instructions.

• Paper Tulip Garden from Our Big Earth.  Using some bright colored paper cut out some tulips, glue the tulip to a popsicle stick and then put the tulips into an egg carton. Click here for supplies and instructions.

After you have made up some of these bright colored flowers be sure to take some photos for your family scrapbook to treasure forever.

Happy Crafting!!

I was looking through my craft magazines last night and found some flower and bird cross stitch pictures that I thought I might like to stitch.  Then I decided to check out to see if I could find any on the Internet. I checked out AllCrafts.net and found quite a few links to free cross stitch designs.

• Butterfly from Black Swan Designs (need Abode Reader to print this patten).
  
• Hummingbird from Crossed Wing Collection.
• Hummingbird in Flight from Bird Cross Stitch.
  
• Texas Bluebonnet from Bird Cross Stitch.

Stitch up some of these bright colorful designs to decorate your home this Spring.

Happy Crafting!!