Fun Crayons and Coloring Book

 I have seen these fun crayons in a lot of different places and have really been wanting to do them myself! I found this silicone baking pan at JoAnn's. I used a 40% off coupon so it was a little less expensive.

I bought 2 boxes of crayons and tore off all the paper and then broke them up and put them in the pan.

I used a cookie sheet and covered it with wax paper in case anything fell off. 

Preheat your oven to 250 degrees (I swear this took forever, but it could have just been my oven). Then once your pan is full of crayons put it in the oven for 5-10 minutes. I peaked in every 5 minutes to make sure things were going well. I didn't realize that when I did it the crayons would be very liquidy. So I'm glad that I put the cookie sheet under since the silicone pan is very flexible.

 After the crayons were done melting I put them in the freezer for 15 minutes and they hardened up super fast. The pan is perfect because getting the crayons out was super easy!

 I also made a little coloring book.

I simply took white computer paper and cut it into 4ths. Then I took a piece of cardstock and cut it to the same size. I used my Cricut to cut the letter of the child's name I was giving this to and glued it on!

To put it all together I used my sewing machine and sewed the top! It was awesome! This way I figured they could be as Creative as they wanted to be!!

 I'm so excited about how easy, cheap, and fun these turned out!

Earring Holder

 I made an earring holder quite a while ago. Well...I liked it...but it didn't work as well as I would've liked. So I've been trying to figure out something that would work the way that I wanted. Well last June I was up in Logan for Summer Days and at one of the booths they had this idea. I really liked it and almost bought it....but for a teeny tiny little one it was....well....let's just say a little out of my price range. So I've been thinking for 9 months how I could make this work. 

And I finally did!! My dad has the tools needed to do woodworking...so I waited till I was up for a visit and asked my dad for some help. 

We used pine detail molding for the middle and 2" oak for the sides. We used a table drill to drill holes into the oak just barely big enough for the molding to slide into. Then we used a scroll saw to cut into the molding....then....we used the table drill (with a smaller drill bit) and cut along the same line (just to make it a little bigger). We glued the molding into the oak....let it dry....sanded it down.....spray painted it brown...then covered the back with fabric. Then just to make it more finished I added ribbon to the outside edges.

To hang it I simply used 5 tacks (like you'd use on a cork board) at the top and 2 on the bottom by the edges. It's pretty light so it held up perfectly!!

If I were to do this again, I would do less space in between. But I'll be using this one for a while since it holds 55 pairs of earrings! And it also holds both kinds of backed earrings....even better!

I'm so incredibly excited about this!! I love how it turned out and was definitely worth the effort....and wait!!

Yo-Yo Bobby Pins

I can't take the credit for this totally. I saw it at some store....but figured I could figure out how to make them pretty darn simple. First you make a fabric Yo-Yo using THIS tutorial. I normally don't iron down the edges before sewing the edges because I like the more tattered look.

Then you'll Need:

~Bobby Pins
~Felt
~Hot glue gunCut thin strips of felt and put through the bobby pin on one side....so you'll be able to fold the felt in half. Put a dab of glue on top of the bobby pin and on the side then fold felt in half!

Then put another dab of glue on top of that...then add your Yo-Yo!

It's as simple as that!! And look how cute and easy they are!

Burlap Valentine's Banner

Here is another way fun way easy Valentine's project!

Items:
1/2 yard Burlap
Hemp rope
Glitter scrapbook paper
White spray paint
Hot glue gun
white paper
scissors

1. Cut out of white paper the size and shape you want your banner to be. This will be your template.

2. Cut out burlap.

3. Spray paint each triangle with the white spray paint.

4. Cut out glitter scrapbook paper heart.

5. Hot glue each heart to burlap after the paint has dried.

6. Hot glue each triangle to a long sting of hemp rope by folding the top over the rope. Then trim the edges.

Enjoy!

Conversation Heart Pillows

I saw this idea HERE and thought it was so fun! I've been loving the whole Valentine day decor this year! Sweetie Pie Bakery has a great tutorial for these. I just printed out the letters using word and then cut those out to make the template. It took a while, but I think they turned out super fun!

Conversation Hearts Blocks

I found this idea HERE at Brown Paper Packages. I love that Home Depot will cut 2X4's for you! I also love that they have the wood scrap bin! Cheap and easy!!

We first sanded the wood down, and then painted them the colors we liked. On the website they painted to different colors on each block to have a fun tint to it, but we just decided to do the one color. Then we cut out the letters using our Cricut and vinyl. Once the paint dried we sanded the edges down and then placed the vinyl on. It was a super easy and fun Valentine craft!

Enjoy!

Valentine Wreath

I found this one at HERE at The Idea Room with the tutorial. I thought it was so fun and cute that I had to make it! Here is the final product!

My New Laminator!!

For Christmas my parents gave me this laminator! I really wanted one for my recipes, but in using it today I've decided this is my long lost craft best friend!! I not only laminated all the favorite recipes that I use all the time, but I. . .

made luggage tags for an upcoming trip!

Made a "Need" refrigerator thing for all those other things I need when we go to the grocery store! (This has been on my "to do" list for a while, but haven't come up with a way to make one. This made it 1000 times easier and way less expensive!!)

Laminated my recipes!

And laminated my pictures for teaching songs in Primary!

I have already loved this, and can't wait to come up with more this laminate! I'm going laminating crazy!!

Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Doggie Toy

My husband and I just adopted a cute little Chipin (Miniature Pincer Chihuahua mix). We didn't have many toys for him, so one day while I was making something else I decided to make a little tug toy for him out of some scraps.

He is a boy, but since I just used scraps I didn't care that I used pink and purple!

The scraps are about 12" X 28". I twisted all three pieces up and tied them together, then I braided them really tight. I only used thread to tie the ends up, but I used a ton. He's only a puppy so it holds, but once he's older I'll have to come up with something more durable.

Thus far he's loved playing with it. He loves playing tug of war with Brian. It's pretty darn cute!

Head Bands

Here are a few headbands I made with a friend. I got some good practice making the rosettes. And I always love making the yo-yo's! But I burnt my finger quite a few times trying to hot glue the flowers to the headbands. Oh well, I think they turned out great!

Flower Ring Tutorial

I love making these rings! They are super easy, and super cute! I love them. Here's a step by step picture tutorial on how to make them.

Material needed:
Silky fabric
cord elastic
felt
small beads
a lighter
a hot glue gun
fabric scissors
needle and thread

The first thing you need to do is make a template for your circles and decide how many you want to do. I've made these with 3 circles and with 5. Both ways are really cute, but this tutorial I chose to do 5 different sizes of circles. I made my templates using Word and making circles with the Shapes option. This way you can make them as big or little as you'd like. I made a few extras just to make sure it wasn't too big or too little (just more options). Then cut out your paper circles.
Once those are cut out you place the paper circles on the silky material and cut them out. (You can pin these down, but I don't because the pins get in the way. Besides it doesn't have to be cut perfect, it almost looks better if it doesn't.)

Then you slightly burn the edges of each of the circles. Keep the flame of the lighter below the circle so the edges turn upward. Oh and make sure the shiny side is facing up.

Then just stack them on top of each other with the biggest on the bottom and the smallest on top (so it looks like a rose).

Take your thread and needle (I double threaded) and tie a knot. Then stick your needle from the bottom through all the layers and place one of the beads on. Pull your needle all the way through and then go back through the top of the material in the center so it will pull the bead tightly. Repeat this with 2 more beads. (Hopefully that makes a little bit of sense).

This is what it will look like.

Once all the beads are on, tie some knots through the bottom layer of fabric, then you're ready to clip the thread.

Take your felt and cut a small rectangular piece. You don't want it too big or else it will show. You just need it big enough to cover the elastic.

Take your elastic and wrap it around the finger you want your ring on and measure where to cut, then cut it.

Then take your felt and elastic and make a loop with the elastic and place the ends on top of the felt piece. Put a dab of glue on the other side of the felt then fold over the felt on top of the elastic and press together. Make sure to be careful cause it can be really easy to burn yourself with the glue (trust me, I've done it before).

This is what it should look like.

Put a dab of glue on top of the felt, then put the flower on top and press it down.

And Voila!! You have a very hip and beautiful add to your outfit!