Easy Valentines Day Wreath {Fun Kids Craft....!!!!}

The kids and I made this very easy heart shaped wreath in just a few minutes.

They had a great time, and the result is pretty cute!

Make your own Valentines day heart-shaped wreath by following the instructions right here.

Totally Cute Retro "Refrigerator" Magnets

I am so lucky because when we bought our house nine years ago, it came with this totally cute retro oven!!!!! Isn't it so adorable!? Since then we have totally overhauled the kitchen, but the oven stayed! I LOVE that thing! Double oven. SOOOOOO adorable! And it works great actually!
Anyway. So I made some refrigerator magnets.


I used some retro bottle caps and glued magnets to the back. I had to add a little round piece of cardboard first, because the magnet didn't stick out far enough without it and that made the bottle cap stick to the surface too flat and you couldn't get a grip on it to take it off. {Does that make any sense....???}
Anyway! I am so very happy with them!
I made LOTS....
They are so fun!
Heeheehee...
It's the little things that make you smile!

:o)
Crystelle

How to Make a Burlap Rose

Easy instructions on how to fold a burlap rose like those shown
on the Ronda Purse in Haute Handbags Spring 2010.

These and other instructions are available when you
click right here to go to Tutorial Boutique

Find the matching SO easy SEW patterns
at the Potato Boutique

Thanks for visiting!!!

Mole Day Project Ideas.....????

Mole Day is October 23. It is an un-official holiday that chemists celebrate. And in honor of that, why not make a "mole-person"!!!! Doesn't that sound like fun?

I was thinking it would be fun to make something in the style of "Temporary Folk Art by Dylan and Jo."

They are artist from Oregon who make amazing "dolls" You can check out their art right here. I think it's fabulous.


Well, what do you think? Mole ideas such as Molechael Jackson (Michael Jackson), etc...
I would like for it to be a person that I can make....

How about Mole-bama
or Angelina Molie
Or what about Larry, Curly and Mole? (the three stooges)

Any other ideas?

Selvage Edge Sewing Tips

How to make a selvage edge bag, selvage edge tote, or selvage edge handbag.

Isn't it so fun to make something out of something we would normally discard?

I think so!

It's not hard to do. This is how we at Crystelle Handbags make a selvage edge bag, and YOU can do it TOO....!!!! :) :

• Save your selvage edges {or just cut them off the collection of fabrics you already have
  

• Cut 1/2 inch into the print of the fabric. {some people do more, I like to be consistent and do 1/2 inch each time}

• Cut your purse pattern out of white cotton
  

  

• Draw parallel lines on the cotton to keep you going straight as you go along
  


• Place one strip of selvage edge on at a time, and sew it in place

  

• Be sure to overlap the unfinished edge of the previous selvage edge with the finished edge of the current one

  

I really love the way it turns out. See another view right here

• This is a very green, reused, recycled, re-purposed {all that good stuff..... :) } project for you and your friends and kids to do
  

• I used the free Aerika Purse Pattern {a Crystelle Boutique original creation} to make this selvage edge bag....

  

• Instructions on how to make the selvage edge poppy flower are right here
  

Cute Home Made Storage Basket

This storage bag is the perfect size to contain all the remotes that are always laying around in the living room. The name "CrystelleHandbags" typically denotes purses and bags to carry around, but a container that looks like a potato sack bag and just sits around, holding your precious items is JUST as useful, and just as much fun!

I know these pictures have been taken outside....but....

it looks good inside the house too...!!!! believe it or not.....

I love it....

Isn't it adorable?

Make a Burlap Rose Instructions

Easy instructions on how to fold a burlap rose,

like those shown on the Ronda Purse
in Haute Handbags Spring 2010.

These and other instructions are available when you
click right here to go to Tutorial Boutique

Find the matching SO easy SEW patterns
at the Potato Boutique

Thanks for visiting!!!

Easy Shirt for Size 10 Girl

OK, good September Monday everyone!

Here are the instructions on how to make that cute shirt that I made for my daughter's birthday.

Fun & Creative DIY Instructions  

No worries. It was about the easiest shirt I've ever made. Cute too, I thought....

• I just started out with a purchased T-shirt from a local retailer
  

• I cut off the shirt {which happens to be size 10-12 kids} straight across 4 inches under the arm-pit {for lack of a better term....}

Then I started adding strips

1. Strip 1: (2) 3 x 16

2. Strip 2: (2) 3 x 20

3. Strip 3: (2) 5 x 20

4. Strip 4: (2) 7 x 24

The seams are just to the edge of the foot.

You may want to adjust the measurements if you are using a different size T-shirt....

I really like the umbrella fabric.....

And I am also digging my "new" old fridge.... by the way...

One of my most prized possessions....

Not that material possessions are very important.... of course...

My daughter has been very creative. She put this fish on a clip-board so she could haul it with her wherever we went and she could work on it...

Isn't it fun!

And I finally figured out that the drum that was laying back behind the chicken coop made a nice side table for my bench...

Love the color.

Fall flowers are the best. September is one of my favorite times of the year. The weather is mild. The flowers are blooming...

Smells of harvest in the air....

I love a Monday in September!!!!

Potato Sack Style Window Covering

Hello there.... :-)

Well, the laundry-room has been begging for my attention for some time,

And today was his {her...? its....} lucky day.....

I finally hung a very stylish Idaho-Style valance featuring TWO potato sacks....

And the very best news....:

No sewing was involved....

Does it get any better than that...??????

I am very happy with them.... What do you think..???