Jewelry Display

On my recent trip to Santa Fe and many hours spent jewelry shopping, I became inspired to make one of these.  What an easy way to display your jewelry and to have it all there to see when you get ready each day.  I've had this dilemma for years now.  My jewelry lives in about 5 different locations and I have to dig through each vessel before I find what I want.  I don't want to use travel cases unless I'm TRAVELING.

So I went to Michael's for the unfinished frame and craft paint, Lowe's for the dowels, and used some sand paper, wood glue, and a saw from home.

Don't you love it?  I do.

My mom gave me a few little paperclips with cute birds and yarn flowers from Anthropologie (love) and I wanted to use them as barrettes for Sophie (or me) so I took the paperclips off and glued them to some barrettes covered with ribbon (so the glue would stick to something besides the metal barrette).  They turned out SO cute and they get worn almost every day.

Oh, the chicken isn't from Anthro.  It's just a silly button I had lying around.

this belongs on a tree

Just finished an adorable skirt for Sophie.  I had the holidays in mind.  I bought this fabric from the clearance section and didn't realize how hard it would be to work with until I got half way through the project and didn't want to throw out my work.  The fabric is home decor fabric so I knew it wasn't made for what I was using it for.  But I persevered and I love the end result.

I used Sophie's Christmas skirt for a pattern and winged it from there.

I decided I might as well make a matching hair flower while I was at it.  Cute, eh?

Happy December and Merry Christmas!

inspired flower

I went to lunch with my dearest sister the other day and she had on an amazing flower headband she made.  She inspired me to try the flower thing again.  I like this one.  I think I'll wear it.

Fabric Flowers

My dear sister got me started on these. She found this link and started making some adorable versions of this cloth flower. I decided to try my hand at it and they're so easy! They're a great alternative to the typical flowers you find on head bands and barrettes these days.

Here is my version:


And here is one that I created by winding up some cute fabric, just twisting and turning it as I went. There really was no rhyme or reason to it. I sewed it as I went along to keep it in place. I love the vintage look it has. Then I added a red button for the center. I'm definitely going to be making more of these. I think they'll be adorable for some shoes or hairbands or clothes, etc:

Do any of you have ideas for other kinds of flowers? I'd love to hear them!!!