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Special Guest – Michele From The Scrap Shoppe!!

22
Sep 2010

Hello Friends!! Have I got a treat for you!

Today we have the super talented Michele to show off her necklace making talent.

I can’t wait for you to see it.

(I know. If I’d stop talking you could. :) So with no further blathering by me . . .)

Hi! I’m Michele from The Scrap Shoppe.

I’m so happy Bev is letting me guest post today! I love the crafty inspiration I find here at Flamingo Toes.

I use my blog to to share craft projects that catch my eye, interesting craft techniques, show off my scrapbook-themed t-shirts (T-Shirt Tuesday!), and give you some fun freebies that you can download and use in your own crafting. I also share a creation of my own each week.

This is what we are going to make today:

A button bib necklace!

Since Bev is always showing us her stunning necklaces, I thought I would jump in the game and make one of my own! This is a project I’ve had in the back of my mind for a long time. So now seemed like the perfect opportunity to bring it to light!

My main 2 supplies for this project were the shell buttons (1 pack) and some crochet thread.

Aren’t the shell buttons beautiful?

And did I mention that I got them for half off? Even better!

Gorgeous, right?

Okay, okay… I’m done with the gratuitous button pictures. For now!

I love the texture of the of the crochet thread over plain sewing thread.

First things first, I grabbed a scrap piece of white felt and did a dry run arranging my buttons how I would want them on the necklace. I stacked some of the buttons for more dimension.

After deciding where I wanted the buttons to go, I started threading the crochet thread through them, adhering the thread to the back of the buttons with Fabri-Tac.

I started resetting up my necklace as I laced the thread through the buttons.

Eventually I had them all laid out and promptly adhered them to the felt with more Fabri-Tac.

Next up was trimming the felt so it wouldn’t show on the front of my necklace.

I left two pieces of long felt in each corner so I will have something to work with when I attach the chain to the necklace.

I trimmed the excess felt so that it was skinny enough to slide a jump ring on it. Then I simply folded the felt back on itself and glued it down.

Attach the chain of your choice and…


Tada! Completed necklace!

I have to say I really love this necklace! It turned out even better than I had pictured it in my head.
The white crochet thread keeps it casual, which is what I was going for. You could easily add other colors of thread if you had a specific outfit in mind for this piece of jewelry. If you wanted to glam it up a bit, you could use similar colored thread or no thread at all.

Thanks, Bev, for having me over! It was so much fun to share this project!

Wow – isn’t that adorable?? The blue shells are so sweet and I can think of so many great variations. I’m so making this.

In fact, I’m thinking Christmas presents. LOVE IT!

Make sure you stop by The Scrap Shoppe and check out all of Michele’s great projects. :)


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Blog Swap with Scraps N’ Strings!

17
Sep 2010

I have something special for you today – I’m so excited to share with you my first Blog Swap!!

I’m swapping blogs with the talented gals over at Scraps N’ Strings. I’m over there showing off my fun new apron . . .

And I can’t wait for you to see what they’ve got for you.

So get ready to meet some new friends . . .

Scraps N' Strings

Hello to Flamingo Toes readers! This is Ruth and Sammy from Scraps N’ Strings and we are so excited to be doing our blog swap with Bev!  She has so many great ideas!! We figure we had better introduce ourselves a bit before we start.

I’m Ruth and I am a stay at home mommy of 2 (3 and 1) and a part-time photographer, you can see my work here. I enjoy making “stuff” and taking pictures of them! I especially love to sew and like to break out the Modge Podge. I love anything that is quick and simple! After I got married, I started crafting with my sister-in-law Sammy as a way to make our homes cute without spending a lot of money.

My name is Sammy and I have 2 darling little boys, 2 1/2 and 1 year. I’m a stay at home mom and I like to spend my zero amount of free time trying to be crafty and beautifying my home. One of the first things my husband said to me when we bought our home was, “You want to put crafts up, don’t you?” So that’s what I’ve done. And now we’ve decided to share some of our ideas with you! We’ve got a little bit of everything on our blog, from baby and home tutorials to recipes!

So on to the tutorial…
I’ve been seeing elastic thread all over the place lately and I really wanted to find a project to try it out.  After much debate I decided that I wanted to make myself a scarf. I love scarves. I have about a billion of them, and I could have a billion more and still be wanting. This one is really fun and can be worn loose in the summer or can be wrapped tighter in the winter. I love it!

To make this scarf, I started with some plain white knit fabric

And cut a strip 14 inches wide. It was probably about 5 ft long, though I didn’t measure, you can make it as long or as short as you want.

I used the Dritz brand elastic thread. I was about $1.50 a spool and can be found with the elastic at Joann’s.

Hand thread the bobbin with the elastic thread and use plain thread on the top of your sewing machine. I used a straight stitch at a 2 1/2 length and set the tension on my machine to the highest setting possible. Starting at the bottom of my scarf, I started sewing an S shape through the length of the scarf.

And sewed clear from one end of the scarf to the other.

Next I folded it in half hotdog way, right sides together, and sewed along the edge.

And flipped the scarf right side out.

Next I took the two ends and sewed them together.

And that’s it. Super easy and way fun. I love this plain but just think of all of the different fabric options and colors and patterns you could do!

Make sure to check out our blog for a ton more fun projects including baby gifts…

and more…

You won’t be disappointed!

Thanks again Bev for letting us visit! We had a blast!

 

Ok Wow. How amazing was that??? I am so in love with that scarf. It’s definitely on my to do list!!
I’m thrilled with my first blog swap – aren’t you?
Make sure you go over to Scraps N’ Strings and follow along so you don’t miss out on any of their great ideas!

 


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