Halloween Goodies

I got my Halloween Goodies out to inspire me to make Halloween projects.  I love Halloween colors ... black, orange, green, purple and yellow.  Now it's time to create!

Felt Fringe Flowers

Felt flowers are all over crafty blog land.  I especially love the fringe flowers.  I saw a die that's used to make one and it looked easy to make by myself.  I cut regular 9"x12" felt lengthwise into strips with different widths (about 1.5" width) and folded it in half.  I rolled it and inserted a safety pin at one end (not the fold side) to hold it.

I snipped the felt at the fold to create the petals.

It unravels into these fringe flowers.

To create a little variation I snipped at the fold of some of the flowers to double the number of petals.

Here's all my felt fringe flowers waiting to be used.  You can use a glue gun to keep the felt together at the back and remove the safetypin or sew it.

Check it out ...

I got our last year's Chrsitmas card published on Holiday Cards & More Volume 6 magazine =D.

Clothespin Magnets

I found these bamboo clothespin at a local hardware supply store (it's also sold online at Walmart).  It's pretty sturdy than the regular wood clothespin I've seen before.  

I cut some regular felt with various Sizzix flower dies (Daisies and Flower Layers) and stacked them.  I added a large button and tied it with rustic twine to the clothespin.

Finally, I glued a magnet at the back.

Now I have some pretty fall theme flower magnets to hold my kid's school papers.

Boo! ... I'm Back!

Hopefully I'll get back to being crafty and share it with you.  I switched my shelf display for Halloween, I got the subway art printout from eighteen25, check it out they have a lot of cool ideas.  The web-like fabric is from JoAnn's, I was going to get the regular $1 ones but opted for this fabric (so I can reuse it over and over =D).  It's a bit too white for me so I'm thinking of distressing it a bit ... we'll see.