Baby Girl Wreath

We will be welcoming a new baby cousin into the family in just a few weeks (squeal!!!). I wanted to make something special for her nursery and I've been on a bit of a wreath-making kick lately, so.......

What You Need:

• Wreath Form
• Ribbon
• Straight Pins
• Felt
• Wooden Letter
• Needle & Thread
• Mod Podge, Hot Glue

How You Make It:

• Cut ribbon into lengths long enough to go around wreath form with a bit of overlap.
• Wrap alternating pieces of ribbon around wreath and secure in place with straight pins until entire wreath is covered.
• Apply a coat of Mod Podge to the back where the ends of the ribbon are to prevent fraying.
• Make felt flowers: Cut a strip of felt approximately 2"x12". Fold in half lengthwise and sew ends together. Once sewn, cut slits down entire length about 3/4 of the way to the bottom. Next, starting with one end, roll up into flower and sew through bottom to secure

• Paint wooden letter to match ribbon and let dry.
• Glue on felt flowers and wooden letter with hot glue.

Places I'm Partying:

http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/

http://www.lilluna.com/

 

 





 

Girls Jewelry Board

The twin girls next door just turned 8 and as their gift we bought them several pieces of costume jewelry for when they play dress-up. And for all their fancy new jewelry, we decided they'd need a jewelry board to hang on their bedroom wall.

What You Need:

• 16x20 Frame
• White Primer/Paint (unless you find a white frame)
• Small Knobs (we used wooden ones that were $0.94 at Home Depot)
• Acrylic Paint for knobs
• Corkboard backed with Cardboard (I used an old bulletin board)
• Fabric
• Hot Glue, Spray Adhesive
• Felt Flowers (see tutorial here)
• Hooks
• Small Cardboard Jewelry Box
• Embellishments (vinyl stickers, rhinestones, ribbon, etc.)

How To Make It:

• Remove glass from frame and use as template to cut corkboard to size.
• Apply spray adhesive to corkboard and glue fabric on, wrapping around sides and back. Make sure to press fabric on firmly and make sure there are no wrinkles.
• If frame is not already white, paint it with primer and white spray paint. Let dry.

• Put fabric-covered corkboard into frame and replace backing.
• Paint wooden knobs. We painted ours a lime green to match the girls' bedroom wall paint.
• Place knobs and hooks onto board and adhere with hot glue. To add strength, we drilled small holes where the screws are supposed to go to secure hooks and tied it to the board with monofilament (i.e. fishing line...some husbands fix everything with duct tape....mine fixes everything with fishing line).

• Take half of jewelry box and paint white. Once dry, line with felt (wait to glue down back side of felt so you can drill through it and tie it on) and decorate with embellishments. I used green vinyl, ribbon, and a rhinestone.

• Secure box to board by tying it on with the monofilament and with hot glue. Once secured, finished glueing the felt lining.
• Use hot glue to put on felt flowers (I put them to cover holes in hooks and on the frame).
• Embellish frame. I used green vinyl letters to spell out the girls' names and green vinyl flowers with rhinestone centers.

Places We're Partying:

http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/















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Etsy Shop

We are excited to announce Desperate Craftwives now has an Etsy shop!!! We will be selling canvas and vinyl signs, custom hand stamped jewelry, ribbon topiaries and much more! 

Come check out the signs we just listed:

 Desperate Craftwives Etsy Shop

And check back soon as we will be adding more items!