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Handmade International Envelope Clutch III

22 Nov

Handmade International Envelope Clutch III

Bonjour!Here is the 3rd envelope clutch I made recently! If you missed the tutorials of the first and second envelope clutches, you should check them out and see how I sew the basic pieces together. For this one, I made it literally look like an international envelope. Clutch available here. See the process Before you [...]

Gift Wrapping ideas for holidays

22 Nov

Gift Wrapping ideas for holidays

Anthropologie has some really cool substitutes for traditional wrapping paper this season, Spotted Indigo pictured above. Need cards go with your gifts? Share the holiday cheer this year with colorful and adorable hand drawn letters printed on texturized cards. Available here.

Stay In Budget – Make Your Own Holiday Decor II

17 Nov

Stay In Budget – Make Your Own Holiday Decor II

Felty Christmas tree Sew them together. Great idea from Julia Crossland. Choose your color palettes first. Arrange them in to the order you want. Draw circles on paper as the tree patterns. Then transfer the shape to your felts. Pucker up Wrap a 4-inch Styrofoam ball in a 14-inch fabric square; secure with a rubber [...]

Handmade Fabric Frame

16 Nov

Handmade Fabric Frame

As much as I like to lose myself in a fabric store, I always pick handful of fabrics. Started my Etsy store as making fabric letters, I had more and more small pieces of fabric left from cutting. Believe or not, from all fragile I saved, I made the frame. I love looking at people [...]

Handmade Envelope Clutch II

14 Nov

Handmade Envelope Clutch II

If you haven’t read the 1st post of handmade envelope clutch, here is the 2nd one. Hot finished with handy magnetic snap! I used canvas fabrics which gave the clutch a bit stiffness. For the previous experience, in order to make the clutch look thicker, I ironed interfaces for both wrong sides of the fabrics. [...]

Stay In Budget – Make Your Own Holiday Decors I

10 Nov

Stay In Budget – Make Your Own Holiday Decors I

Colorful acorns Materials – Acorn (pick few under pine trees), Folk acrylic paints and brush. Instead of using felt, just paint over the bottom part of the acorns and let them dry overnight. Don’t worry if acorns fall apart,just use hot glue or hot glue gun to stick them back. Looking for holiday decoration ideas? [...]