Craft Time: Flowers & Magnetic Calendar Cork Board

I have been able to spend a few days with friends this past month doing fun crafts. I am so lucky to have talented and crafty friends to teach me how to do such fun things! Brynn taught us how to make these cute flowers that can be used for hair clips, head bands, or pins for shirts or sweaters. They are so easy and fun to make! I made these cute guys for my soon-to-be-born niece Quin!

The week after, we made these cute calendars using cork boards and covering them with fabric. Jenna was so awesome and got us some sheet metal from her hubby's work that we glued onto the cork board and voila!

Burp Cloths

I am so excited because there are two cute babies that are going to be born coming up in the next few months - one of my best friends, Heather, is having a cute boy in January, and my sister in law, Laura, is having a cute little girl in February. So... I decided to attempt to make some burp cloths that I found on a blog a few months ago. All I had to do was sew four straight lines a few times, so I thought that I could probably handle that!

The blog suggested using a chenille-type fabric for one side (which is sort of a rough towely fabric) but I couldn't resist using this minky fabric that was soooo soft. Then it was so much fun looking around a picking out cute boyish and girlish fabrics for the other side.  I really had tons of fun whipping out the old sewing machine and making these!

Ghost candle holders

Total time: 5 minutes
Total cost: $3
Materials: foggy white candle holders from the dollar store, permanent marker, tea light candles

Love it!

Flower Hair Clip

I did another fun craft today! I found this adorable headband and it looked easy enough, so I thought I'd give it a try. I don't wear many headbands, so I decided to glue it onto a bobby pin and make it into a clip instead.

It turned out pretty cute!

Halloween Craft Time

I've had my fair share of spare time lately and have needed breaks in between applying for every job I can find. Cue... craft time! I have been finding so many cute Halloween crafts on blogs and such, so I thought that I would give one a try. I found THIS cute candy corn decor and decided to whip out the old sewing machine to give it a try. It was surprising easy and cheap, and it really turned out to be a lot of fun!

All I needed was:
3 squares of orange felt
2 squares of yellow felt
7 pieces of white felt
ribbon
clothes pins
jewel embellishments
a sewing machine

Here are the results!


It's fun to have some extra time on my hands, but I am definitely feeling a little stir crazy and really hoping to find a job soon. Until then, I'll be channeling my energy towards applications and more creativity!