Upcycled Scrap Fabric Wreath DIY

I have all of my daughter's baby clothes that I need to do something with.  I have sorted the ones I want to keep and donate, but I have been struggling what to do with the extra loved pieces, that are in too bad of shape to give to anyone.  I did not want to throw them out, so I found this little item that I thought would be fun to do.  I took all the clothes that had been really loved and I made this.......

I thought I would show you how to make one of these lovely upcycled wreaths.

Here's what you'll need:

Fabric
(I used old baby clothes as well as a few other scraps of fabric that I had around)
scissors
wire wreath ring

Instructions: 

Cut fabric into 2.5" by 6" or 7" strips 

I would not go any shorter than 6" because it will make it too hard to tie onto the ring.

You are going to need a lot so keep cutting.  I used fabrics that were all around the same shade but in different hues (colors).  But I also used a few darker and brighter fabrics to make it pop. 

I ended up using about 220 strips on the 14" wire wreath.

Once all your fabric is cut you are ready to start assembling your wreath. 

Side note: I organized my fabrics in order on how I was going to place them on the wreath.  I did not want any one color clumped together on the wreath.  This is purely a personal choice.  You can choose to do this or place them randomly on the wreath.

While this is an easy task it is time consuming.

Take a strip of fabric

Then fold it in half length wise. 

Take it and tie a knot around the wire wreath ring.

 I tied the cross bars first.

(I am going to number the rings starting with the very outside ring being 1 and the two middle rings are 2 & 3 with the inside ring being #4.) 

Tie scraps onto rings 2 & 3

I reversed my pattern that I did on ring 2 for ring 3 in each section.

Photo shows rings 2&3 with all scraps tied on and 1 & 4 are empty. 

Finally I tied on rings 1 &4

Here is what the back looks like

Here are a few images of the final product. 

Good luck in making your wreath.  Please post a comment if you have any tips on this project or any other project you would like to learn how to do.

I listed it on ETSY so if you don't feel like making your own....

Upcycled Scrap Wreath

Love is in the air........

Well we are a month away from Valentine's Day.  It think Valentine's Day is such a fun day.  I loved it as a kid.  My favorite part was decorating my Valentine box!!!  Imagine that, something creative.  Since I no longer have a Valentine box to decorate and my daughter would prefer to do it on her own.  I like to decorate my house instead.  So in honor of getting in the mood......

Coaster Crazy!!!

It's all coasters over at VaVa's Vintage lately!  

That is all I seem to think about these days.  

Maybe because they are my number one item or the fact that I am working on 

designing a beautiful new package for them.  Since I have had coasters on the brain. 

I thought I would take a quick minute and share with you the new designs I have.

Here is a photo of my temporary packaging.  Much better than the ribbon I was using before.  But still not quite what I want.  

Here's a sneak peak at some awesome new paper I picked up this week.  That I will be using for some new coasters this weekend.  

Thanks for stopping by and reading what I'm up to.  

Thanks for reading and as always

have a wonderful day full of life and color!

DIY Winter Decor From Items Found Around The House

So it's been a while since my last blog and I have been slowing taking down all of the Christmas decor in the house.  I love my Christmas decor, it is so full of memories.  But that is for another day.  Today I wanted to share what I made from things around the house for my table centerpiece.  Here is a photo of my table.

Winter centerpiece on my table.

What I would like to show you today is how easy it is to make the bird display in the center of the table.  

Here is what it looks like when it is done. 

This is so easy it will shock you!

Here is what you need and hopefully you will have most of it around the house. 

Cake stand

Large vase

Make sure when turned upside down the top of the vase can rest safely on the cake stand.

A couple of sticks or twigs from the yard and a twist tie.

birds

I used 3 birds in my arrangement.

fake snow

This is what the bag looks like but any fake snow will do,  I found this at Lowes in the holiday section.

Ok I had to buy the birds and the snow but since it is post Christmas I got them for super cheap the snow was $1.74 and the birds (6 of them) $1.50.  So I spent a total of $2.24 for my center piece. Not bad!

This is so easy that anyone can do it.  The kids can help too.

Step one clean your glassware. 

Step two fill your vase with snow. 

I filled mine half way but you can add as much as you would like. 

Next

Take you sticks and twist tie them together in an X at the bottom.  

This will help them from falling all over the place in the vase.  

This step is completely optional but I found it helped to keep my sticks from clumping together.

My birds came with clips so it was very easy to attach to the sticks.

If yours did not come with clips you will need to hot glue the birds to the sticks.

Clip the bird on the tops of the twigs.

Arrange to your liking.

I forgot to take a photo of the birds on the sticks. oops.

Place the sticks into the vase like this. 

With the bottom of the sticks facing up.

Gently push your sticks and birds into the snow.  You might need to dig in the snow a bit to do this.

I accidentally broke one of my sticks when doing this.

Now take the cake stand and place it on the top of the vase like this.

  

Hold your cake plate and vase together and carefully turn over.  Be careful not to let them come apart or your snow will fall out and you will have a giant snowy mess.  Also it might be heavy, mine is!

It took me a few times of going back and fourth to get it just right.

But here is how mine ended up.

I just love it.  I am thinking I might make a spring one with grass and colorful birds and maybe a nest.  That would be so cute!  

I placed it on the table and added a few things I had around the house. 

Thanks for reading and as always

have a wonderful day full of life and color!

July Sweet William Market

The day before each market I have a ritual.  It is a ritual of doing way too much in a small amount of time and thinking I can absolutely with out a doubt get everything done!  

Of course I can, I am wonder woman after all!  Kellie means warrior woman, so I am up for any battle. 

So I get everything done that I realize I can and come to terms with the things that will have to wait until the next market.  I settle into bed around 11:30.  My dear husband is out of town and he is in charge of the alarm on a normal basis.  So being totally on top of everything I check the alarm. It is set for 4:00 and I think great I am all set.  I am usually so wound up before each market I have a hard time sleeping.  I decide to listen to my deep sleep mediation and I drift away into dreamland.  After being awoken several times by the dogs and their needs.  I climb back into bed for a few hours more of much needed sleep.  

Only to be awaken once again by a barking dog. 

 I say "Maggie shhhh" trying to quite the 8lb guard dog protecting me on the bed.  

I roll over and slowly open my eyes and think OMG THE SUN IS UP!!!!!!!!  

I quickly glance at the clock and it says 5:45!!!     

OH  *@$#%*!&^()_!!!!!!   

5:45 is the exact time I should be pulling down the street on my way to the Sweet William Market!!!!!  

Here is a lovely drawing of me at that moment.  

Here are photos of the four legged babies in the house.

Sam all partied out during my daughter's birthday party.

Miss Maggie the 8lb watch dog.  Yes she is asleep in a doll stroller.  

Well after a quick shower I am headed out the door about a half an hour late.  I arrive at the market 30 minutes after my set up time and thankfully it was not a problem!  That was a close one for sure.  

As for the alarm that never went off, I checked it when I got home and it was set for 4:00PM.  

There is a reason why I am not in charge of these things!  

We are all good at certain things. I clearly am not good at alarm setting.  

Anyway, I get all set up and have a wonderful day at the Sweet William.  I had some lovely ladies come by and show me how they were using the yard cozies without the yard.  

Totally love it!

It was a wonderful day on the green.  I had a lot of new items and sold some awesome pieces too.  

Here is a drawing of me at the market with my torn pocket smile.  

(My grandma used to say Kellie you have the biggest smile just like a torn pocket. She had four boys, I'm sure she saw her fair share of big torn pockets. I always took it as a complement.) :o)

Oh my I almost forgot!!! A big THANK YOU to all of the wonderful people that stopped by and said hello again at the market!  I love chatting with everyone, I think it is the best part of the day!!!

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful day full of life and color!