Pretty Pedals w/o Sewing

My crafty friend I mentioned earlier started obsessing about making all of these different flowers we've been seeing in blogland. I'm so glad she did! I've been wanting to make some, but didn't know if they would really turn out cute.

They ARE so cute though!
I'm putting a note on how to make them under each picture.

She made these...Take a thin piece of material and twist it. Start curling the twisted material around itself and hot glue it as you go. Add a little jewel in the middle and attach all three flowers to a piece of felt and then to a clip of choice.

Use a strip of material folded in half longwise and hotglued on the open edge. Start in the center of the flower and fold over the material until it looks like this. :)

and I copied ones she had already made and did these...
Use a strip of material (about 10-12"). Fold lengthwise and hot glue open end. Start rolling from the middle. Gather and scrunch around and around...hot glue as you go. Make 3 flowers and attach to a felt circle.

Cut different sizes of circles and burn edges. Hot glue the layers together in the center of each circle. Add a jewel and clip on the back.

I love how feminine they are. I put them all on alligator clips so I can attach them to headbands or crocheted hats or whatever else I want to put them on.

She also made some flowers out of zippers...I'll have to get a picture. Then I'm going to make some!

Framed Bow Holder

Have you ever broken something and just wanted to scream?!
I had spray painted a frame and was putting the glass back in and it busted!
I wasn't too happy, but found something else to do with it.

I spray painted it again...to brown this time. Then I hot glued ribbon in the back from top to bottom. And done.
I now have more room to hang bows for my little girlies. My other bow hanger was getting cramped and I didn't want to add any length to the ribbon that already existed.

I'm getting ready to make some more bows for my girls, so I will need all of this space soon. I am going to have 3 girls, so it'll be ok for the bathroom to be decorated in bows, right?

What I've Done In 1 Year

I thought I would share some things I've done this past year. It's a little of everything.

I added flowers to my shower curtain to make the hall bathroom a little more feminine.
Then I painted some wooden plaques for a bow hanger to match the shower curtain.
I found these little plates at Michael's on the dollar aisle.
Of course I planned on painting them. This is what they look like now...
Speaking of a dollar...I found these at the Dollar Tree. I've always wanted some of these stone thingies, I don't know the correct name for them obviously, but they were an ugly orange around the edges.I rubbed red paint over the orange, but still didn't really like them.I went over them again with black and they turned out better.They hang above my kitchen cabinets so you don't really see them up close. For me it's a lot of sayings in one spot, but I'll keep them there for awhile at least.

I found these at the thrift store down the road for $1.
And, yes, painted them too.The candles could be a little shorter still, but otherwise they turned out great for a little narrow space on my living room wall.

Then one morning I was getting ready to leave to go garage saling when my daughter dropped her piggy bank and busted it. She loves her piggy bank...who wouldn't when you get to put money in it that you don't even have to work for.

Anyways, I found this later that morning at a garage sale for $1!She was this ladies' when she was a kid, so a little old, but she just needed, what else, but some PAINT!I sprayed her black and then finished her up with my little brushes. I went with these colors because she will one day match my girls' room. Oh, someday...and then on that monumental day I'll show you pictures of that too.

And my daughter loved it...she just mentioned it tonight actually. :)

I should leave it at that for now. More to come on the past year of thrifty buys and redos.