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Monthly Archives: April 2010I miss midwestern trees, how strong and sheltering they are, but if you look at the trees here in just the right way you can still find inspiration and beauty. I don’t think it’s wrong to know where you belong but I simply must find something beautiful wherever I am… it keeps you alive, it’s in the looking… Here are some of the loveliest things I have glimpsed lately… A woman making aprons in order to adopt a baby from Ethiopia Contemplating what it means to be a Mother The song The Weary Kind from the movie Crazy Heart Encouragement from Lisa Leonard to walk through pain towards joy My reading this morning reminded me that “He is altogether lovely” and that is reassuring because life is not. but there is unbreakable beauty, keep on looking friends… “Who me?” Life doesn’t get much better than stolen cookies! Hope your day is full of such simple joys!
Wanna show Mom you really love her, but not prepared get your arm inked with her name? I'll show you how to make these easy, tattoo inspired, embroidered Mother's Day cards! All you need are… Scraps of fabric and ribbon Needle, thread, scissors and your sewing machine Fabric paint, paintbrush, fabric marker or permanent marker Pre-made blank cards or card stock that is cut and folded into cards First paint some hearts on a scrap of fabric (I used muslin) At the end of this post there is a page of patterns for these cards that you can download and trace!
After the hearts dry, trim them so there is just a little square of fabric around each. (if you prefer to embroider using a hoop then wait to do this step until after you embroider them) Also cut out the little banners and sew them onto the hearts.
Then just sew the swatch of fabric onto your card. Make sure to lay the card open so you don't sew it shut. If you don't have a machine this can be done by hand…
Why stop there? The possibilities are endless! How about some ribbon? For this card let's leave off the banner, add the arrow and sew ribbon onto the card before sewing the heart on…
Now what about adding some lovely Fluffiness? Just put a pinch of poly-fill under the heart swatch before you sew it onto the card – oh that is Fun! fun fluffy goodness! sorry I am getting a little worked up… oh and it's fun to add matching ribbon, cut paper, etc to the envelopes.
Hang with me for this last one… Cut out a piece of fabric the same size as your card, and two little strips of fabric. Trim around the shape of two hearts. Sew the big piece of fabric to the card, and overlap the strips and sew along the sides and bottom so you create a little pocket. Then sew one heart on outside of the bottom of the pocket, and sew just the corner of the other heart on so it hangs down into the pocket.
hmmm… so I accidentally sewed this one shut, but that's ok – it can be a postcard! That will be fun because Mom gets to take fabric out of the mailbox without an envelope to cover up the surprise! Just draw the words and arrow on this one with your marker.
I could just keep going but then where would I stop? so I will let you do your thing now! Please share your cards in the lovely bud Flickr pool and click here to see the link-ups I share my projects on. Click HERE for the artwork I am GIVING AWAY and click HERE for the market bag I am GIVING AWAY!
I made a little photo prop that can help you tell your Mom how much you love her! Scroll down for the tutorial and links to download it free for personal use… Here is the final product – you can pick your own colors… and if you aren't into taking photos you can just print and color it and make it into a card or even frame it for Mother's Day!
Download right side Heart jpeg For my MARKET BAG GIVE AWAY click here , for my ARTWORK GIVE AWAY click here , and for a list of link ups I share my projects with click here – (Thanks Ohdeeoh for featuring this project!) |
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