Fabric Flower Hair Clips

      

        The fabric flowers are called yoyo's. I learned how to make them when I was little and I have always loved them! You can put them on everything and embellish them further with buttons or beads in the center.

Supplies"

Blank hair clips (available at any craft store)

Fabric scraps

Needle and thread

pen

Hot glue gun

A circle to trace that is approx. 4'' in diameter

Scissors

1)   Trace circle onto fabric and cut out.

2)   Double thread your needle and knot it at the end. Sew a running stitch 1/4'' away from the edge of the fabric (your stitches should be approx. 1/4'' long)

3)   Pull the thread to create a flower shape. Before it is pulled all the way tight, tuck the raw edge of the fabric to the inside. Pull the thread tight.

 

4)   Take a few stitched through the middle of the flower then pull to the back and knot it. Cut off excess thread.

5)   Repeat...

6)   Hot glue the clips to the back of the flowers.

Cardboard Victorian Playhouse

 

I started with a bunch of boxes and just started cutting.

 

      I used a big box as a base and went on from there....

      The bay window is a smaller box with one side cut off and flipped inside out so the brown side is showing. I used a knife to cut out the windows after drawing the placement on the back side with a pencil. I used the cut of piece to create it's roof then traced it's shape onto the big box and cut it out. 

     The front door is also an add on of a smaller box with two sides and the top cut off. I traced the shape of the smaller box onto the main box and cut that part out. I used the flap from the main box to come down to be it's roof. The door was from another piece I cut to size. I used a knife to cut out the door details. 

    The roof is made only with the original flaps of the main box (3 of them) I cut the edges of the longer flaps at an angle and taped the remaining flap to it.  (so the top is open)

    I attached all the pieces with duct tape! Lots of duct tape. I tried to tape from the inside when I could. 

    Both to add detail and hide some tape I put shingles on the roof. I made them with fleece I cut out a bunch of rectangles (with out being worried about exact measurements or neatness) and I hot glued them on from the bottom up.