2 Minute Handbag

2 MINUTE HANDBAG

Need a carry bag in a hurry??  This will take under 2 minutes to make!! You could even make one each day to match your outfits.

All you need an old scarf or a scrap piece of material.

Lie it down flat.

Now pick up two opposite corners.

Tie these corners together with a basic knot. (the first step in tying your shoelaces!!)

Slowly pull those corners out to meet the untied corners.

You should now have 2 corners in each hand.

Tie all 4 corners together securely.

DONE!!

You couldn’t get any easier than that!

One stylish handbag in 2 minutes.

Beach Towel Skirt

Beach Towel Skirt

We are loving this skirt as we no longer need to take a towel to the beach or pool because we are wearing them!!

These are again SO easy to make.

For Serenas towel skirt we folded and cut the beach towel in half lengthways (we have enough towel left over to make another one)

The next step was to round off the edge. I used a dinner plate for a template, then folded it in half to do the same on the other side.

Now we simply overlocked the raw edge.

To jazz up the skirt we sewed on this pom-pom trimming.

After Serena tried on the skirt we worked out where to place some darts to help it fit better around the waist and hips.

Now for the buttons and button holes.

Viola!! Done!!

I even made one for myself

 

Dream Fairy Bottles

Dream Fairy Bottles

These are cute little dream Fairy bottles that can be worn as a necklace. You can also make them in a bigger bottle too just to keep and admire!! They are like snow domes as when you shake them the glitter looks like snow falling.

What you need for this craft is – little bottles, glycerine, glitter, little craft/glitter stars, charms, jump rings and necklace cord.

 

The first step we did was put a little bit of glitter and the stars into the little bottles. I made a small funnel by rolling up a piece of paper

Then we put a few drops of glycerine, followed by water to the top of the bottle.

After we corked/sealed the bottle Serena threaded a silver jump ring through the top then added the necklace cord and a charm.

DONE!!

 

 

 

HEART CHAINS

HEART CHAINS

Serena made these cute little heart chains for her Dad for Valentines Day.

The first step that Serena did was choose some colour paper and fold it in half then quarter.

Now she cut them into the strips.

The first strip of paper she loosely folded in half then placed another strip either side of it. Making sure that the colour/patterned side is facing inwards. Then staple them together.

Loosely fold down the flaps to make a ‘heart’ shape, then again place another strip of paper either side of it and staple.

Keep doing the above step until you have your desired length.

 

How easy was that!!

How great do they look too!!

UPCYCLE/UPGRADE FAVOURITE SKIRT!!

UPCYCLE/UPGRADE FAVOURITE SKIRT!!

 This is a very very quick and easy DIY upcycle project to upgrade your favourite skirts to something more modern.

In the first step I tried on the skirt and measured and marked where I wanted the length of the front of my skirt to be. (Just above my knees)

The next step was to lay it down so the centre front is at the side. I pinned a ‘S’ shape line from my centre front mark to slightly passed the side seems, then I cut along the pinned line.

 

 

The final step I used a ‘rolled hem’ stitch on the overlocker and sewed around the hem line.

 

DONE!!  How easy was that. I have now put new life back into my favourite old skirt!!

WANDS

WANDS

 We think that these wands look supa cool!!

All you need is wooden spoons (we used the ones with round handles), feathers, little glass stones and marbles, string, glue, beads and felt pens.

In the first step I drilled some holes into one of the wooden spoons using a big bitt. With the other wooden spoon I used the jigsaw and reshaped the end. I then sanded the ends smooth.

 

Using Araldite I glued a red marble into the big drilled hole and some of the little glass stones onto the other spoon. We then waited patiently for the glue to dry!!

 

For this step using the hot glue gun we ‘tacked’ some feather onto the wooden spoon handles. Using the string we left a long piece hanging down towards the bottom of the spoons handle then wrapping the other end around the top firmly (periodically using the hot glue gun to keep it in place) making sure that we cover the feathers ends. When we got it to the desired length we tied off the string ends together and added some beads!!

 

 

Now we simply decorated the wands with the felt pens.

 

 

 

Look!! The wands work with a ‘puff of smoke!!’ lol!!

 

We even made some potions with them too!!