Holiday Happenings

Hey everyone!  Back today to share with you some more Christmas Decor I have been working on.  Today I want to share some fun pillow covers.  These are great because I can just slide them over existing pillows, making storage of the pillows over the holidays easier, and not taking much space when I pack all the decorations away.

These were so quick and easy to make.  I had plenty of holiday files available in my Cricut Design Space to choose from, and had purchased some Cricut Glitter Heat Transfer Vinyl at Joann when they had a sale.  Lucky me.

My original plan was to sew some pillows, but I found some 20 inch pillow covers with zippers at Ikea for $4 each...there is no way I could have made these for that so...into my cart went a dozen or so.  hee hee

It was so quick and easy to cut the vinyl, and after a bit of hesitation I went ahead and committed, following the directions for use with my iron and....voila.  I probably spent more time being nervous than I spent actually making the pillow covers.  lol

I may make a couple more for Christmas and then the wheels are turning for other holidays....Valentine's Day anyone?

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugs.

How to Make Your Wedding Sparkle

Hi everyone!  Happy Monday.  Today I want to share with you a ring pillow I made for a friend's son's upcoming wedding.

Wedding Pillow Supplies:

• Felt
• Lace and Trims
• Ball Trim
• Paper Flowers
• Rhinestone Sticker Sheets from the Buckle Boutique
• Rhinestone Slide from the Buckle Boutique
• Sizzix Steel Rule Flourish Die
• Pillow Stuffing
• Beacon Fabri-Tac

Step 1:  Cut two hearts from felt.

Step 2: Glue hearts together, leaving a small hole for filling.  A thin bead of Fabri-Tac should do the trick.  

Step 3:  Stuff pillow lightly, you don't want your pillow to be too poofy.

Step 4:  Begin cutting and layering your laces and trims to run across the pillow.  Don't worry too much about the edges as we will be placing another layer of lace around the edge of our pillow.  I was very fortunate to receive some beautiful laces and trims from Decorative Trimmings.

 

Step 5:  Place a layer of trim around the outside of your heart.  You may need to cut your trim a bit to make it go around the curves.

Step 6:  Glue ball trim to the back side of the pillow.

Step 7:  Die Cut The Buckle Boutique Sticker sheet into flourish shape.  The exact flourish I used is one that has been in my stash forever.

But Sizzix has many beautiful options for flourishes, and the steel rule dies cut the rhinestone sticker sheets perfectly.

Step 8:  Glue Buckle Boutique Slide to the center of large rose.

Step 9:  Embellish the heart pillow with paper flowers, rhinestone flourishes, and large embellished flower.

Thanks for stopping by today, and be sure to check out all the beautiful bling at The Buckle Boutique.  Right now the rhinestone sticker sheets are on sale!

Hugs.

A Quicky?

Hi everyone!  Oh goodness...so much going on and so little time.  I have had plenty of paper ideas swimming in my head, but nothing yet I am ready so share.  I even have a few finished projects waiting to be posted...but again, not yet.

So, I thought I would just stop in today for a quick.  Back in February I took a Gilded Valentine's class over at Christy Tomlinson's site.  Tons of fun.  One of the projects we did was a sweet little heart pillow.  In then end, I made three.  One pillow didn't get stuffed but became a purse for my darling niece, Lili.  One shabby pillow is hanging here in my scrap space....

And this one, these lovely bits of lace and trim....it is for Ainsley.

We cut and dyed and used gobs of fabri-tac.  Oh what messy fun.  Ainsley of course has plans for her American Girl dolls to sleep on this.  I am not so sure how comfy a shabby pillow really is to rest your head, but.....

OK, well....back to the grindstone.

Hugs.

Nancy