SAS Interiors

Tutorial: Felt Flowers

Yesterday, I shared with you my newly created Valentine Burlap Wreath. When the burlap was complete, it looked a little bare, so I added some pretty red felt flowers to {dress it up}

Supplies

Felt (any color you choose ~ I chose red for Vday)
Scissors
glue (I prefer and recommend hot glue because it adheres fast)
buttons (optional)
And, of course, your crafty little fingers!

Let's begin with the petal flower

1. Cut out 6 petals that are about 1" wide by 1-1/2" long (follow the shape above).

2. Cut out 6 more petals that are slightly smaller.

I created a template on a piece of paper, which I cut out and traced it onto the felt to create the petals. Then I trimmed the paper to create a smaller template and proceeded to step 2.

3. Using glue (hot glue works best), dab a little on the end of the larger petal.

4. Lay the smaller petal on top. Put another dab of glue, and pinch it together. WARNING (just kidding, it's not that bad): this step might burn a little.

5. Proceed with steps 4 and 5 till all your petals are DONE!

We're not done just YET....

To keep the petals together, cut out a circle from the felt and glue it onto the back of the flower. (From this pic, you can also see my tracing marks...they're in the back, so who cares!)

Done...A beautiful felt flower is perfectly created for this lovely holiday!

Onto the Felt Rosette

1. Start out with a 6" x 6" square

2. Draw a continuous spiral on the square

3. Cut on your line

4. Starting with the point from the center of the square. Starting wrapping the felt round, and round, and round. Dab a little glue after every few wraps.

5. Finish the rosette with a dab of glue once you get to the end.

Make One, Make Many...

These simple creations can be used anywhere...add them to any wreath to {dress it up}. Or how about for your next gift arrangement, or hairclip?! Enjoy!

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Labels: DIY, Holiday, Tutorial, Valentines

Valentine Burlap Wreath

Even though I said goodbye to the Christmas decor days after the 25th of December, I only took down my Christmas wreath from the front door last week . The wreath didn't scream {CHRISTMAS}, but it was time to say 'See you next year'! So the entrance to our home was naked. My bare apple-green colored door just wasn't cutting it till Springtime, so I adorned it with a crafty, handmade Valentine Wreath.

Ta-Da...the new and improved front door, dressed for V-day! It's beautified with the newly created handmade wreath using burlap and a few pretty flowers!

Supplies

Wire hanger (from any ole' laundry mat or cleaners)
Scissors
Burlap
Florist wire (optional)
Plyers
And some crafty lovin'

{Here's the Process}

Start with a wire hanger...everyone has them, right? NO...not I. I actually had to get one from my friend, Paula (thanks Paula!). I am SOOO against hanging clothes on wire hangers and the only way to prevent my husband from hanging his clothes on them is to TOSS EM'.

Total diversion...here's the next step...

Round the wire hanger (you may need two hangers depending on the size wreath you want to create), to look like this.

The wire hanger is probably too difficult to bend with your fingers (unless you're the Hulk), so a pair of plyers or two, will definitely be helpful!

1. Cut your burlap (I used 3/4 yard for the whole project / 1 yard was $3+/-) into 4" wide strips.

2. Fold the burlap strips into an accordian style (as shown). The fold should be about 3-4" wide.

3/4. Poke and feed the wire through the center of the new accordian bunch. Just keep on doing this until you create you wreath and you've used enough burlap to cover the wire. I would actually recommend using at least one yard so the wreath is dense. (I only had 3/4 yard at the time).

5. This step is optional. If you have to attach two pieces of wire hanger, then follow this step. I had to piece-meal two pieces together and attached the wire hanger with thin wire (florist wire) is good.

Done....

Well...NOT YET!

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How about pretty little flowers?

{Welcome to my Home}

The flowers are made of felt and I attached them with a safety pin to the burlap, so I can use the wreath for other occasions throughout the year.

Do you love these little felt flower beauties?

Check back tomorrow for a tutorial on how to create your own!

What have you adorned your front door with for Valentine's Day?

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Labels: DIY, Holiday, Valentines

Valentine's Mantel Decor

This week has been very busy and I took on WAY too many projects! One positive result = I have LOTS to share with you. My main focus was to decorate for Valentine's (didn't I just un-decorate from Christmas??). To be honest, I'm really not into Valentine's Day (doesn't everyone say that) and I don't usually change my decor for this somewhat minor holiday, but I had fun styling my home with a few homemade crafty creations!

Earlier this week, I posted pics of some Valentine's ideas from other talented bloggers and I gave you a preview of the pillows (and now the mantel) that I pulled together for this LOVEly Holiday!

These cute pillows were super easy to make, especially using my all time favorite stand-by, Stitch Witch! I own a sewing machine (thanks to my mom), but do not sew (YET!...it's on my resolution list for 2011). The other day, I picked up some fun V-day fabrics and accessories (ie: colorful buttons and iron-on appliques) and my creative juices started to floooow.... I had an idea in my head of the kind of pillows I wanted to create and here is the result:

The heart shape pillow is adorable, especially donning some colorful pink, orange, and yellow buttons!

And what about the L-O-V-E pillow ~ What do you think?? I used ~~cheap~~ inexpensive Muslin fabric ($2.50/yd) to create this vertical beauty. I cut out the letters L, V, & E from felt and ironed them on, along with the heart applique for the O. SIMPLE!

The other two pillows are basic sizes ~ the pink is 16:" x 16" (which I'll put in my daughter's Honeysuckle colored room after V-day) and the black pillow is 8" x 16". And of course the little mini....4" x 6"

{The LOVE Mantel} 

Mostly everything on the mantel is repurposed from other places in my home.

The candle pillars I purchased awhile ago from AC Moore ($5-$8). The two taller pillars hold candles and the smaller version has newly made yarn balls. They are so stinkin' cute!! Many of you knitters out there probably have a ton of 'real' yarn balls, but these are fake using styrofoam balls with yarn wrapping around (shhhh...). Jenn just did a tutorial on how to make them ~ check it out.

Standing in front, is my latest LOVE plaque that I bought from AC Moore for less than $1. It's actually a picture frame, which I removed and added a little love heart.

Adorable Valentine Subway Art ~ Get it for Yourself.

And of course, our tribute to Philly: a mini LOVE sculpture.

I dressed up the candles on the candelabra (from Willow House) using some burlap strands.

That's my wedding bouquet from 7 years ago....how nice to incorporate into my LOVE mantel!

LOVE the garland on my newly retiled fireplace? I cut out hearts from white construction paper and hung it with two layers of red yarn (used from the yarn balls).

This was a really fun project to work on...I hope you've enjoyed it!

Have you decorated your mantel for Valentine's Day?

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Labels: Holiday, Mantel, Valentines

Red, White, and PINK: Valentine's Decor

The colors of Red, White, and PINK are in the air with V-day less than a month away. I've been working on a few creative crafts myself that I will be posting later this week, but in the meantime, check out some of the awesome, creative ideas in the blogosphere....