Layered Fabric Hair Clips with Silhouette Cameo

Hi there everybody!  I woke up at 5 this morning, and couldn’t breathe with allergies, so I decided to get up instead of risk waking up my family with my loud breathing sounds!  I finished these clips last night, and decided to get them posted.  I haven’t attached the hair clips to them yet because I need felt of the right color, but better to post them almost done than not at all, right? :)

I had seen this tutorial from The Thinking Closet last week, and instantly had to try it myself.  I hadn’t been successful in cutting fabric before with the cameo, but once I figured out that you peel off the paper of the interfacing, and stick the sticky part on the mat, it worked just fine!  I have used both Steam to Seam 2 and regular old Heat N Bond, and both have worked well for me.  So don’t stress too much about getting the silhouette made interfacing, although I’m sure it works great!  I just like to use what I’ve got.  I did set my blade to a 4 because it’s getting dull, and double cut everything.  I hopefully will get a new blade soon, and that should help it work a bit better!

I followed everything from the tutorial, but I didn’t sew the buttons on!  All those layers of interfaced fabric was just too think for my needle and thread!  I cheated and looped the thread around the button holes, and then tied a knot in the back to get the sewed look.  I glued them on with trusty E6000, and called it good! :)  The shapes and sizes I used are listed at the bottom of the page!

I made several of each fabric, and then I could make several clips.  I have enough to keep, and giveaway to several people!  The small ones are just a bit bigger than 1 inch, and will be perfect for baby shower gifts or little girls’ Birthdays.

Well, that’s all for today!  I promise I have been doing non-silhouette crafts lately as well.  I need to snap a few pictures and share, don’t I?!?  I’m thinking more of these clips will definitely be in my future.  I’m even thinking of using one as an applique on a zipper pouch!

Have a wonderful day, and thanks for reading!

~Lynette~

Shapes Used: 

I drew a circle in the soft ware.  Sizes:  1.5 inches, 1 inch, and .75 inch

Layered Petal Flower Sizes:  I sized the largest flower to just over 2 inches for large flowers, and just over 1 inch for the small flowers.

I found a scalloped circle I have (I didn’t save this file—whoops! so I don’t know what I used).  Sizes:  2.5 inches, 2 inches, and 1.5 inches.  The 2.5 is a little bigger than I like, so I did the others a bit smaller!

No- Sew Monday: Happiness is…

Hello there!  I hope you guys had a great weekend.  I did!  My husband was a dear and bought me a garbage disposal and installed it Friday night for me.  I helped him pick it out, and headed out for a couple errands and came home to a garbage disposal mostly installed and all my under-the-sink kitchen gadgets on the floor.  I couldn’t have been happier!  I recently switched to washing all my dishes by hand- not by preference, but by necessity.  My dishwasher is great, but since the soap regulations have changed, my dishes are always needing to be rewashed.  So, I just do it right the first time.  My husband said that if I could keep the dishes caught up with for 30 days, he would get me a disposal.  I said, “Alright!,” I went an entire month without missing a day.  And then, I waited for us to have funds to get a disposal, and Friday was the day.   I had been talking major renovations about our kitchen/home earlier in the week, and I think my husband realized I needed something to tide me over or he might come home one day to discover cabinets torn out or something! :)

Today as I’ve been doing laundry and other household stuff, I realized that today is just a happy day.   I decided to share with you today what makes me happy.  I’ll start it out with the familiar phrase from a song I learned clear back in 1st grade:

Happiness is…

Clothes that fit

Making these breadsticks

Having Clean Sheets

Blogging

Going through baby clothes handed down to me

Laughing

Making home made bread

Sunshine

Warm Fires

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lemonade- with red food coloring added to make it pink! (my mom got me a whole canister, and when she realized it was the yellow kind, she added in a big bottle of red food coloring.  1 drop in each serving, and it’s pink as can be!)

Coming up with a new idea all by myself

Having someone to love, and someone to love me

Cardigans- especially in this ‘not so cute,’ maternity mode I’m in :)

Freezer Paper stenciling (more on that later)

Bright colors

Smiles

Kindness

Sewing for fun- not because of necessity

Rain

Alright there ya go.  A few things that I’m incredibly grateful for today.  And I’m off to enjoy a glass of lemonade…with red food coloring added! :)

~Lynette~

No-Sew Monday: How I Mop the Easy Way

Hi there friends!  Mondays are usually my “get the house looking the way it should” days.  I recently learned a new way to mop from my sister-in-law who is from Brazil.  They do a lot of things the easy way down there, and this is such a cinch I just had to share it with you! 

You’ll need two things to build your mop.

1.  A hand towel.  (You can also cut a bath towel in half…that would probably work better unless you can find a BIG hand towel.)

2.  A long foamy squeegee and a handle

Not sure what I’m talking about?  Neither do I!  Here’s a link for a better picture, and about what I bought at Lowe’s.  I got a nice middle length one.

About the handle:  I got a super cheap mop from the dollar store and had my husband chop it off and install it on the squeegee, but it’s not heavy enough.  It has too much bounce, so keep your eye out for a cheap solid handle!

Now you’re ready to build your mop!  Here we go!

Wet and apply your preferred mopping solution to the rag.  I use dish soap because that’s what I have.  Set the hand towel down on the ground, and diagonally lay the squeegee (foam side down) on top of the towel like so.

Then fold one of the edges of the towel over the squeegee like this.

Flip the other side of the towel like so, and you’re set!  Scrub in places that are really gummy, and swipe that mop all around your floors and you’ll be done in no time!  Just a warning, if you use a small rag like I do, the rag will slip and slide off the mop, but it’s easy to put back on.  I’m wondering if using a larger rag will help with this.  When you’re done mopping, throw that rag into the wash and you’ll have your mop handy for next time you spill peach juice all over the floor while loading the dishwasher need it. :)

Advantages to this kind of mop:

• Easy to get out if you spill while cooking.
• The floors dry SUPER quick when using this kind of mop
• You have a towel handy while mopping if you need to wipe a baseboard or a spot on the wall you don’t normally see.

I’d love to hear if you try this.  It’s pretty inexpensive, and super handy!

~Lynette~

p.s.  What are your favorite types of mops?

No-Sew Monday: Strawberry & Chocolate Nachos by Our Best Bites

For our first No-Sew Monday, I will share another domestic love with you.  Cooking.  Easy Cooking to be exact!

If you haven’t discovered Our Best Bites, you definitely need to.  This blog teaches you tricks in the kitchen to make cooking faster and more efficient along with delicious home made recipes with simple ingredients.  They also have a cookbook which I recently purchased and love it!

(This was my plate…yummy!)

On Friday they posted about Strawberry & Chocolate Nachos.  They include their tasty cinnamon chips topped with strawberries and melted chocolate (they even give you a trick for making good melted chocolate).  I knew I needed to try them ASAP.  I made them on Saturday for Breakfast (minus the cool-whip).  Delicious.  And so, I share them with you today!  My husband liked them as well, but they should probably be a snack instead of breakfast.  Oh well, chocolate and strawberries were calling me at 5:30 this morning when I woke up and couldn’t settle back into a peaceful slumber.

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Strawberry & Chocolate Nachos
Recipe by ourbestbites.com
*Proportions are up to you- make to taste!
–Baked Cinnamon Chips (Click here for recipe)
–Diced strawberries tossed with granulated sugar and left to sit for 10 minutes.
–Melted chocolate chips (use these proportions for dipping chocolate), ganache, or hot fudge
–Sweetened Whipped Cream, whipped cream from a can, or Cool Whip
Place Cinnamon Chips on a platter and top with diced strawberries.  Drizzle with melted chocolate and top with whipped cream. 

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Thanks for stopping by today!  Hop over tomorrow to discover how to make capris out a pair of jeans.

~Lynette~

P.S.  Do you have a recipe you found online and had to try ASAP?  Share the link with me in the comments!  I love a brand new recipe and day of the year!