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Neighbor Gift Idea — Make Burlap & Chalkboard Gift Bags!!

Jen — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 00:32:00 +0000

I have a fast, inexpensive, easy project to share that would be really fun to make as neighbor gifts this year.

These little bags can be customized to fit any size gift that you can image:

Wine or Sparkling Cider with a little tag that says “Wishing you a Sparkling Holiday Season!”
Chocolate Covered Pretzel Sticks.
Dollar Store Peppermints.
Even gift cards.

And the painted chalkboard labels that you make are great because the bag can be used again and again!

My project was chosen by Krylon to featured on the front page of Your Holiday Style – one of their sites dedicated to sharing cool spray painted holiday projects. So fun!! You can click below to go over and check out my tutorial. They also have some other great holiday projects you can download and save for later submitted by some of your very favorite crafters from a little group that I am part of called Crafterminds.

Heather from Dollar Store Crafts: Sweet Apothecary Jar

Amy from Mod Podge Rocks: Holiday Gift Card Tin

Beckie from Infarrantly Creative: Time Capsule Ornaments

Check out Your Holiday Style and see all of the easy, inexpensive, quick Christmas ideas.

And upload YOUR spray painted projects!!!

XOXO

I hope you are having a great week!!

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Guest Project — Make Burlap Christmas Trees!

Jen — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:46:00 +0000

Hello all!! I am Angie with The Country Chic Cottage and I am BEYOND thrilled to be here on Tatertots and Jello!!

The Country Chic Cottage is all about decor, transformations, crafting, and tutorials…all while on a budget! I started blogging after a new year’s resolution to spruce up my home decor. The twist? No budget to do it with!
Come on over and follow along with my adventures!
It is time to start Christmas decorating!

What better way to decorate than with
Burlap Christmas tree!

Wanna make your own? Gather two different colors of burlap, some glue, and some poster board. If you want one of those little sheet music trees you can gather that up too!

Cut your posterboard into patterns…like this…I used a plate to cut into circles then folded into fourths. Remove one of the fourths.

Use this to cut out your darker color burlap.

Wrap your poster board into a cone to make your tree form.

I just used a staple to secure. Wrap your burlap around your form and secure with a clothes pin.

Mix 1/2 glue and 1/2 water. Now…that same paint brush…the day before…I used it with some glitter paint….yep…glitter ended up in my glue. I actually liked it after I finished it! So maybe add a touch of glitter to your mixture. Apply your mixture generously all over the burlap.

Cut the lighter burlap into a long thin strip.

Wrap it around your form securing on both ends with two clothes pins.

Apply more glue mixture…liberally. And let dry. Yes it will take a looong time to dry. Then just remove the inner form by crushing it and pulling it out.

Want to make a sheet music tree too? Just wrap around into a cone, secure with scotch tape, and cut off the bottom to be level. So easy!

That other tree? It is a Martha Stewart folded magazine tree…google it. Martha does the instrutions much better than me!

Thanks so much for having me Jenn!!
~Angie~

What a fun project Angie! I love that you used posted board instead of foam – so much cheaper!!

I love Angie’s blog — she has tons of fun ideas and tutorials!
Some of my favorites are:

{Dictionary Ornaments}

{Ballard-inspired Finial Knock Off}

{Shabby Rose Fall Wreath}

{Monks Cloth Pumpkins}

There are so many fun ideas – it’s hard to choose just a few! Be sure to stop by
The Country Chic Cottage
and say hi!

xoxo

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A little Project to do this weekend — Make a Burlap Scrabble Wreath!

Jen — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 22:39:00 +0000

Can you believe that next week is THANKGIVING???

Gah – where did the time go??There is so much to DO! If you have an hour to spare, here’s a little wreath that will add a little Thanksgiving cheer to your front door:

{Click on the Read More button for the full tutorial}

Here’s what you need:

A wreath form
Burlap — a 36″ square piece should do
A few fabric scraps
Some Scrabble tiles**
Hot glue and gun
Two types of coordinating ribbon

**Here’s a fun tip — if you want to make one of these and don’t want to destroy your Scrabble game, you can buy “lots” of Scrabble pieces on ebay or etsy. Or, if you contact Hasbro, you can order a complete replacement set of tiles. It was around $6 for 100 pieces last year.

Here’s what you do:

Cut two pieces of burlap about 4 inches in width by 36 inches in length. Or, if you have a long piece of burlap you can use a 72 inch strip. Hot glue one end of the strip to the back of the wreath. Then wrap the burlap around your wreath. My wreath form was 12 inches wide, so if you are using a bigger form, you will need a longer piece of burlap.

Once the form is wrapped in burlap, set it aside. Now you will make some rolled flowers. I made 18 flowers in different sizes. For each flower, you will need a strip of material about 1 inch in width by either 32 inches, 24 inches or 18 inches, depending on how wide you want the flower to be. Fold the material in half width-wise and then roll it tightly about 8 times. Then add a dab of hot glue and twist the material around the rolled center, adding glue as you roll. The flower will continue to get bigger until you reach the end of the material. Then add some hot glue to the back and glue down the end of the material underneath the flower. For more in-depth instruction, check out my Rolled Flower Tutorial.

Now that you have the flowers made, lay out the scrabble pieces to whatever saying you want to display on your wreath. Then hot glue the tiles onto a piece of paper. Then cut out the tiles, trimming very close to the edges so no paper is showing.

Hot glue the Scrabble tiles to the wreath.

Now lay out the rolled flowers on the wreath. Once you are happy with the placement. Hot glue the flowers to the burlap wreath.

Cut the two coordinating ribbon for the top of the wreath. Make a loop of ribbon for the top of the wreath to hang on the door or wall. Then cut another length of the two ribbon and make a bow. Attach the bow at the top of the wreath to the loop.

Hang up and enjoy your new wreath!

**Here’s another fun idea — use Scrabble Holders and letters to spell out your family’s names at the table!

{image via Style at Home}

Thanks to Amy at Living Locurto for letting me share this wreath on her blog a few days ago. Check out all of her fun printables. She also just came up with these adorable free

Cookie Exchange printables

that I am going to use this year.

xoxo

PS — Only 2 more hours til WWU!! See you then!!

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Guest Project — How to Make the Easiest Project Ever!

Jen — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Hi all you Tatertot and Jello readers!

I am Katie from Impatiently praying for patience.

I am so excited to be here today to show you how to make the easiest project EVER!!!

Seriously, all you people out there that are too scared to do a DIY project…

This is the one to start you out.

Here is all you need.

A glue gun

spray paint

a butter knife

picture frame with glass

fabric of your choosing
dry erase markers

I know the butter knife is weird but it will make sense in a minute.

I found this picture frame of my now 4 year old when he was 3 month old.

I call him Wild Man.

Take the picture and glass out, then spray paint that frame to whatever color your little heart desires.

Then while the frame is drying take the back of the picture and get whatever fabric that tickles your fancy.

I used burlap, just because that is what I had laying around.

Get your glue gun and glue the baby on the picture back or in my case a piece of cardboard.

Then admire you work thus far.

This is where the butter knife comes in, To put the glass and board back into the frame.

Those little pin things drive me crazy.That is unless you have beautiful long and strong nails. I sadly can’t top picking mine… so I use butter knives.

Now my friends… you have made a DRY ERASE BOARD!

You see the glass works as a dry erase board!

You can use it to keep up with your schedule so you just may remember to take those dern library books back.

Or you can use it to write notes to your boys.

That says, “Hands belong on the OUTSIDE of your pants.”

I am sure I am not the only mom of boys that has this issue.But later on it hit me.

You can do make any picture in the house a dry erase board!

So glad I got to spend some time you guys.

Please stop by my blog and see all the projects that I have working on.

Thanks Katie!

That is a cute and handy project!

Here’s a button for sharing your tutorial with us.

Katie has great ideas and she has a real knack at fantastic furniture transformations and wood projects!

Be sure to head over to Impatiently Praying for Patience for a real treat!

XOXO

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Guest Project: Monogrammed Burlap Garden Flag Tutorial

Jen — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000

Hi! My name is Kelli, and most days you can find me blogging over at Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM! I love to be crafty, bake yummy stuff, and take pictures of my three ~~wild and crazy~~ boys. And then I love to share about all of those things on my blog.

I am SUPER excited to be posting at Tatertots and Jello today! Jen is such a crafty inspiration, so it is a little intimidating to post one of my projects after all the great things she has shared about. But, I knew that I had to attempt something made out of burlap. I also wanted something for my yard, because the grass here is finally starting to turn green! So I came up with a Monogrammed Burlap Garden Flag that is SUPER easy and SUPER inexpensive to make.

Thanks so much to Jen for letting me share a little bit of my craftiness today! Hop on over to Random Thoughts of a SUPERMOM! to check out some of the other things I have been working on lately.

Thanks so much for guest posting, Kelli!

Kelli is so talented and such a wonderful bloggy friend.

Check out her blog to see all of her great ideas!

And, here’s a button for your blog if you would like to take it Kelli!

Thanks for stopping by!

XOXO

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Get Organized with Burlap!

Jen — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:33:00 +0000

Here’s a little project I made when I did my closet redo. I made a few more the other day. This is a stylish way to keep your jewelry or other small items organized. It would also be great in an office to keep small things like — paper clips, staples, push pins or rubber bands organized.

I used the same technique that I did when I made my burlap magnet boards, but I cut the boards narrower and then attached magnetic containers I found at IKEA.

I added a little bling with sparkly buttons. I also cut out circles of scrapbook paper and attached it to the back of the tins to coordinate with my closet and office. I used glue dots so if I ever want to change out the paper — it will be easy to do.

If you want to make some, just follow my tutorial HERE.

I am linking up to:

Have a Great Day!

XOXO

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Spring Project: Ruffled BURLAP Runner Tutorial!

Jen — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 19:04:00 +0000

I have had a few people ask me to post a tutorial for my Spring burlap runner. So here it is!

{Spring Ruffled Table Runner}

Materials:

Burlap

Fabric scraps or fat quarters

Fabric for back of runner

Ribbon or quilt binding

Quilt batting

Sewing machine and thread

Pins

Here’s what you do:

First decide how long you want your runner to be. I wanted mine to be 60 inches in length by 17 inches wide. Then cut your burlap to that size.

Once the burlap is cut, cut your fabric for the backing. I used two different fabrics that I alternated for the back — two panels of each fabric. If you are making panels for the back, sew them together so they are the same size as the burlap piece.

Then cut your quilt batting to the same size. Lay all three pieces together, with the quilt batting in the middle. Pin it in place, then sew around the perimeter — sewing the three layers together. Then lay the runner out on your work surface. Decide where you want your big ric rac to be on the quilt. I measure to the center of the runner, and then I measure the middle of that total and put the ric rac in that space — 1/4 of the way on each side. Pin it in place, then sew it.

Now take your ribbon or quilt binding material and fold it in half, fitting the edge of the runner in the fold of the ribbon. Start the ribbon on one side of the runner — not at a corner. Pin in place all the way around the runner. At the corners, make a 90-degree fold and pin in place. Make sure to fold the end of the ribbon under so there are no fraying edges. Now sew the ribbon in place.

Now it’s time to make the ruffles. I made mine 3.5 inches in width. I double the length of each fat quarter — 36 inches. I cut each fat quarter into two 3.5 inch wide sections, then I sewed the two pieces together. Then I sewed around the edge of each fabric strip. This keeps the fabric from fraying too much. Once I sewed around each fabric strip, I then sewed a wider strip down the entire length of each strip — making sure to back stitch at one end and not the other. Then I took the exposed ends of thread and pulled, creating a ruffle. Then I took each ruffled strip over to the runner and fit it to the width of the runner — making the ruffles uniform. I did this for each fabric strip. For a 60 inch runner — I had 13 ruffles plus the two strips of big ric rac. I spaced each of the ruffles about 3/4 of an inch apart. Once all the fabric strips were ruffled, I laid them out on the runner and then pinned them in place. It takes a little bit of patience, because you might have to rearrange the spacing so that it is all uniform.

Then I sewed each of the ruffles onto the runner. Once the ruffles were sewn, I frayed the edges of each ruffle for a little interest.

And I was done!

Now I have a fun, ruffly runner to brighten up my kitchen! And, it matches my ruffly burlap banner!

I am linking up to these fabulous parties:

Thanks for coming over and have a Fantastic Day!

XOXO

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Spring Project: Ruffled BURLAP Runner

Jen — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 06:01:00 +0000

I’m so excited to be guest blogging over at Kristine McKay Designs today!

She has an amazing blog and is so talented!

I am sharing a the tutorial on how to make this fun Spring project to brighten up your kitchen.

Will you come over and say hi?

Thanks!

Have a Wonderful Monday!

XOXO

PS – A new giveaway is coming up in a few hours. I think you’ll love it!

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Ruffled Burlap Easter Wreath tutorial

Jen — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 10:00:00 +0000

I finally made an Easter project. I don’t know what my problem has been lately. I didn’t make anything for St. Patrick’s Day, but I’ve finally got my Easter groove on. I also got my Easter boxes out today and decorated – yay!

This was a really quick and easy wreath to make. I think the total time was around 1 hour — including decoupaging the eggs (but not drying time).

If you want to make one, here’s what you need:

Wreath form: I used a 14 inch form.

Burlap — one 3 inch wide by 4 foot long strip, plus one 8 inch wide by 6 foot long section.

Fabric scraps

Glue gun and glue sticks

Sewing machine — or you could use hot glue

Mod podge

3 plastic Easter eggs

Ribbon

First I took the wreath form and wrapped the thinner strip of burlap around the form, covering the entire form. I hot glued the edges down. Then I took some fabric scraps and covered each of the edges of the larger piece of burlap with material down each side — 3 inches in width — I folded the fabric in two and butted the edge of the burlap against the fold of the material.{I sewed the fabric onto the burlap, but you could hot glue the material on also.}

The next thing I did was sew a really wide stitch down in between the two sides, about 1/3 of the way closer to one side and 3/4 away from the other side. I backstitched on the beginning of the stitch and then left the stitches open at the other end. Then I gathered the burlap up by pulling on the exposed thread at the open end of the burlap section. I pulled it very slowly and carefully so the thread wouldn’t break. Burlap is hard to ruffle because it is so heavy, but if you are careful you can do it.

If you don’t have a machine, you can ruffle the burlap by hot gluing folds together and creating the same look. If you want to do this, hot glue the ends of the burlap together — creating a circle. Then lay the circle on top of your wreath form. Hot glue one section on first, then take the opposite side of the circle and hot glue it onto the opposite side of the wreath form. Do this at all four points of the form. There will be a lot of fabric left over between. Then carefully make folds in the burlap between each of the glued sections, until it looks ruffled.

Once you have ruffled your burlap material by pulling on the thread, take it and measure it next to the wreath form. Make sure it is about the same size. Then hot glue the ends of the material together, making sure the seam is to the back side of the material. Then hot glue the material onto the wreath form. The take some ribbon and hot glue it onto the ruffled burlap to cover up the stitching.

After that is done, take some fabric straps and cut them into very thin ribbons of material. Take half of the strips, tie them in the center with some string or one of the strips of material and hot glue that onto the form, making sure that some of the strips hang on both sides off the wreath. Then take the other strips of material, and make it into a ball and glue that ball on top of the long strips. It should look messy. Then take some burlap scraps and glue that on top of the fabric ball.

Now decoupage some strips of material onto your plastic eggs. I cut my material into 1 inch by 3 inch section and then I put a layer on the back of the material and smoothed it onto the egg. Then I took the next strip and smoothed it overlapping the previous strip. Do this until the egg is covered. Then add a coat of decoupaging medium over the whole egg. Let the egg dry on wax paper. Do this with all three eggs. I used different material on each egg for more color.

Once the eggs have dried, hot glue them on top of the burlap and fabric ball.

Then add some ribbon to the back of the wreath and hang it up.

I have another rufflier burlap project coming up later in the week. Plus, another Easter project!

And, if you would like a chance to win a beautiful, custom soldered necklace, click HERE.

I am linking this up to:

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

XOXO

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Repurposing Old Jewelry — with burlap!

Jen — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:21:00 +0000

I got to go back to Studio 5 again today to do another segment. This time we talked about burlap bracelets. It was so fun! I thought I would share the bracelets and instructions in case you want to make them!

You can use any bangle or cuff that you have lying around. This is a great way to repurpose old jewelry. You take your bracelet and cut a length of burlap or any other sort of fabric that is wide enough to wrap around the bracelet and meet in the center of the inside.

I found some old bracelets and some new ones in the Dollar Section of Target. Run a line of hot glue in the inside of the bracelet, then gently press each of the two side together so they meet in the middle. The glue is hot, so be careful. I also gave the glue a few seconds to get tacky. Keep doing this until you get all the way around the bracelet and are meeting the other side of the burlap. Trim the burlap so that it overlaps just a little. Then run a line of hot glue under the flap and press down. Now go around the whole inside of the bracelet pressing as hard as you can to make the glue flat and give the bracelet as much room as possible. After that glue has dried, put another line of glue on top of that inside seam of burlap — all the way around. Then attach a ribbon to the inside. This makes the inside smooth and the burlap will not be able to irritate your skin.

If you are recovering a cuff, see the instructions below. And if you are doing a very thin bangle, you can use a thin strip of burlap or ribbon and wrap it around the bracelet — the same way you do with a wreath.

Once you have the bracelets covered, now the fun begins! You can pick out the brooches/embellishments/buttons and ribbons. Have fun with it! There is a great selection of brooches at Michaels right now. Some are even on clearance for $1.99. And the regular priced $3.99 ones can be bought for less if you print off a coupon before leaving to use.

Organza bracelet:

Apply the ribbon to the inside of the bracelet using hot glue. Take two pieces of rectangular organza in two different sizes. Make cuts around all sides of both pieces. Take a lighter or hold each one over an open flame until the organza shrinks and makes petals. Layer the larger piece on the bottom and the smaller one on top. Put a dot of Hot glue in between each layer. Apply the brooch by putting a big dab of super glue on the bottom of the brooch, and a layer of Gorilla Glue. Do the same thing to the bottom of the first organza piece — this will stick the brooch embellishment to the burlap bracelet. Let dry overnight.

Paris Bracelet:

Apply the ribbon to the inside of your bracelet. If you are using ribbon that will show above the bracelet, make sure it is applied very straight. Take some thin ribbon, approximately 4 feet. Wrap the ribbon around your hand, all four fingers. Then take a small, 3 inch section of the same ribbon, tie it in the middle of the loops you just made. Then fan the ribbon circles out. Put some hot glue on the back of your Paris brooch (Michaels) and attach your ribbons — make sure the center tie is lined up with the center of the brooch. Let cool. Apply a large dab of hot glue on the burlap bracelet, surrounded by a circle of Gorilla Glue. Attach your embellishment to the glue mixture. Let dry over night.

White Flower Bracelet:

APply the ribbon to the inside of your bracelet. Then cut out a 4 inch burlap circle. Attach the burlap circle to the bracelet using a glue gun. Take another circle of burlap and layer some off-white material on the top of the circle, followed by a couple layers of tulle. String some beads in the middle of the circles, going through all the layers. Then hot glue the flower onto the bracelet. Another option is to make the flower into a pin and then just pin it onto the bracelet. That way you can use the flower for other things like wearing it on a coat or shirt.

Silhouette bracelet:

Attach a ribbon to the inside of the bracelet. Take two 4 inch circles (I cut them out with scalloped scissors). Fold the circle in the middle, so the circle becomes an oval. Take the other circle, cut it in half and trim the sides so that it is a little smaller than the first oval. Put a small 3 inches of thin ribbon in the little opening at the top of the brooch. Attach the silhouette brooch (Michaels) with hot glue and Gorilla Glue. Once dry, attach hot glue and Gorilla Glue to the underside of the embellishment and attach it to the bracelet. Let dry overnight.

Art Deco Bracelet:

Get a length of decorative ribbon or trim. I used upholstery ribbon about 3 feet in length. Make loops in the center of the bracelet. Hot glue one end in the middle, then make a loop – coming back to the same spot. Hot glue that and make another loop, continuing until it goes all the way around. Then attach the art deco brooch (Michaels). This is a pin, so just pin it on the bracelet. Then if you want to use it on a jacket or something, you can take it off.

Burlap and Silk Cuff:

If you have a cuff you would like to cover, take a piece of burlap and a fabric pen. Trace the edge of the bracelet, and then trace the bracelet all the way across the burlap – tracing it with the pen. Then cut out the pattern. It should fit the cuff exactly. If it is a little big, you can trim it. To make the burlap stick to the metal, use super glue — I used Gorilla Glue’s super glue because it takes a couple minutes to dry and gives me time to make any readjustments. Run a line of the super glue all the way around the edges of where the burlap is going to go. Immediately press the burlap onto the cuff. Press for a few minutes. It’s also useful to roll the cuff on a hard surface to make sure it is sticking.

Now you can make your embellishment. You can do anything you like. On my cuff, I made a flower using silk. I cut a 3 inch section of silk, approximately 20 inches in length. I used my iron and pressed it at the center INSIDE OUT. Then I opened it up and folded each of the side of a\sides so they met at the center. Then I pressed it down flat. After that I folded the sides back in so that the edges were tucked up inside of the silk material. Then I sewed a button up through the inside of the material on one end — so the button is sticking up. Then I folded the material around the button one turn and hot glued it. Then I wrapped the ribbon around the button, turning the material 90 degrees as I turned the flower and hot glued it all the while. At the end I tucked the end underneath the flower and hot glued it in place. I attached it to a 3 inch circle that I cut out of the same material. And did this two more times — so there are a total of 3 silk circles. I hot glued each of the circles together and hot glued the flower to the silk circles. Then I used hot glue and Gorilla Glue to attach the embellishment to the cuff. Let dry overnight.

XOXO

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