{DIY} Confetti Garland

Do you ever have left over confetti?  I always do, and most of the time I just don't have the heart to throw it away (does that make me a packrat?...oh well..).  So, I was digging through my Halloween decorations the other day and I came across a bag of old Halloween confetti.  It is probably about 6 years old - yikes.  So, I decided to put it to good use and create this sweet little bat garland.  

Simply thread your machine with two different colors of thread - I used silver and black - and then feed the confetti through as you sew.  

Obviously this works best with the larger pieces of confetti.  You can make the garland as long as you like, just keep feeding the confetti through.  I suggest using a new needle - and then throw it away when you're finished, this process will make it dull. 

I found that adorable printable at The Graphics Fairy.

This garland was the perfect addition to this little corner -it's starting to feel a little spooky in here!

Happy first few days of fall!

xoxo

jessica

{DIY} "Stained Glass" Heart Garland

 

Feeling the need to catch every winter sunray?

This sweet little heart garland will help you do just that!

It's a simple kid's craft - melted crayon shavings in between wax paper 

- that I then cut into heart shapes!

You can get the full instructions for melting the crayons from Martha here.

Once you melt it, it will look like this:

not too pretty.  

But just use a heart cookie cutter and trace heart shapes onto the wax paper and cut out.

Then sew the hearts together on your sewing machine.  

Take a few stitches between each heart to create some space.

Then hang it wherever you like!

I hung mine on this frame that I put on my front door.

You can get the tutorial for the frame here.

Happy crafting, and I hope your winter days have a ray or two of sunshine!

xoxo

jessica

"Love"ly window garland

Browsing around on One Pretty Thing the other day, I found this window garland over on Noodlehead.  She used solid pom poms for hers, which was super cute, but Charlotte and I thought we would add felt hearts to ours.  This is what we came up with:

I just used light colored thread and slid the hearts and pompoms onto the thread, then taped each strand to the top of the window.
It brightens up the window on a dreary day!

jessica

Enchanting Whimsy

There's something magical about sparkly flower garland.