Coming Soon to ScrappyLove

I pretty much took a break from making and adding anything new to the Etsy store over the summer, but now that fall is on us, my mind is going back into crafting mode. That always happens to me! I'm excited to start crocheting and sewing again! I currently have orders for 7 Christmas stockings and 4 woman's sized crocheted hats. I better get busy!

These curtains were made so quickly out of scraps to put in the our tree house, but I thought they were cute enough to put in my house. Thinking I'll make up some of these in various styles to add to ScrappyLove

Signs are fun to put up around the house to add to your decor!

Also hoping to add Baby Quilts (one already one in the works), more hats, headbands, baby blankets, burp cloths, stockings, and maybe some stuffed owls!

Fabric Scraps Project #1

I'm going to start a series on "what to do with scrap fabric". It's one of my favorite things to do...make something out of leftover fabric from another project. A lot of us make some sort of fabric craft and are then left over with scraps. Instead of throwing them away, keep them for a later project! They can be really little pieces too by the way. It also makes you feel like you are doing a new project for free since you don't have to go get more materials, which I LOVE. (hence the name ScrappyLove)

Project #1 Scrappy Strips Banner

If you are having a party or little gathering of some sort and want to decorate but not spend a lot of time or money, go check out your fabric scrap stash and see if you can whip up a Scrappy Strips Banner. All you need is to cut strips in whatever widths you want and then tie them onto some sort of rope. I used twine here, but you could use ribbon or yarn too.

This one was for a Fourth of July cookout so I went with reds, blues, and whites. Classic! It also served as a gift for the host!

 

You can tell from the picture that my widths are all different and also different lengths. It's pretty Scrappy, but that's my style. If you like a much more put together look then just make sure all your strips are the same size and maybe iron your strips as well before you tie them on.

I've made these before for baby showers, as Valentine's decorations for the mantel, and to drape up the stairs during the Christmas season. Another good idea is if you are going to have a family photo shoot and want to add a prop, just make one of these and hang it behind your during your photo session.

If you would rather not make one, there is currently a Valentine's Day one in the Etsy shop if you are interested.

How do you use your scraps?? I'm always looking for new ideas!

DIY - Plastic Flower Pot Facelift

I planted some wild flower seeds I was given in these plastic pots that once held perennials that I planted into the flower bed in front of our house

 But I thought they were really ugly and boring, especially because there weren't any flowers in them yet, so I added fabric to them! Easy and simple fix!

I just tied them on just incase I changed my mind and wanted the fabric back.

I think once all the wild flowers bloom in them, they will be really pretty, if they survive the chickens and the 2 year olds!

A simple touch

To me the tree house just needed something and I couldn't figure out what! We repainted it the blue color after I tried to mimic a picture I saw in a magazine, but it still wasn't doing it for me. We had replaced the stairs and railings to make it sturdier/safer for the kids and then there was the wood for the coop. It seemed to me like there was too much going on with old/new/painted/unpainted wood.

Then I got the idea to add a banner, and it seemed to fix all my problems! I kinda really love it now!

I would still take any suggestions on painting though if you have any. Like should I paint the new wood white? change the tree house color? change the trim color? paint the coop the same color as the tree house or a different one?????

Scrappy Banner

A few weeks ago I posted these blankets to the Etsy store and shared them on FB.

 Soon after I got a special order request from a friend to make 2 banners, one boy themed, and one girl themed, to use as a photography prop. I quickly got to work with fabric I already had from past projects and mailed them out to her. Thankfully, she loved them!

In my opinion, adding a banner to anything makes it look better! I'm planning on making more of these and adding them to the Etsy shop soon. Let me know if you are interested!

DIY Birthday Banner Invitations

This is the twins birthday month so naturally I am starting to think about a party for them. I came across their invitations from last year and thought I would share them with you. They were a really fun DIY project I thought up after seeing that people actually sew on paper! I LOVE that idea. That's how these Valentine's cards in the Etsy shop evolved too.

  
Materials
Card stock/envelopes
Printer
Fabric scraps
Sewing machine

Directions
1. Type and print out what you want your invitation to say making sure to leave enough space where you want to sew on your scraps
2. Cut out your scraps into small triangles
3. Line them up on your paper and simply sew right where you want them attached

I made this version at the same time b/c I knew we would be celebrating their birthday again with family after we moved to MI but I didn't know any of the details yet. This was a perfect way to just fill in the information as I decided what we were going to do.

It would be a great idea to make up some of these generic cards and give them as a little gift set to someone, maybe as Thank you cards or "Just to say Hello" cards. Really the possibilities are endless!!!

Time to start really putting some thought into this years party. I'm about to have 2, 2 year olds running around my house. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!

Twins Quilts

The quilts are finally done!!! (thanks to lots of help from my mother-in-law)

As soon as I came across this picture on Pinterest, I knew I wanted to make something like it for the twins.

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My goal was their 2nd birthday, so I'm ahead of the game. Yes! My idea is their bed will have a big fluffy down comforter with a white duvet and then their individual quilts. I decided once they no longer like it (growing up, having their own style, etc) I'll tuck it away in my hope chest to keep for my grandkids.

So here it is. If you click on the above picture it will give you an exact tutorial of how to make the above quilt if you like it. The ones I made are different. I only used squares and it is bigger as well. Like I said, It was just my inspiration for what I decided on. I have to say, I LOVE how they turned out!!!

Cork Board Facelift

I had one of those plain ol cork boards a friend was throwing away hanging up over my desk. I just kept thinking I wanted to do something to it to give it a little life, so I did. 

There is the boring cork board in the back. Please excuse my lack of decorating...this was soon after we moved in. 

I spray painted the brown wood, white, and covered the cork with fabric I had in my stash by hot gluing it down.

There, that's better!!! 

Scraps

Have lots of scraps but don't know what to do with them or how to store them for later projects? How about use them as a way to give a room some color while they sit waiting to be used?