Paper Doily Shamrock or Clover Tutorial ~ White Cottage St. Patrick's Day Crafts

Hello,

As promised in an earlier post

here is a tutorial for making 4 leaf clover's or shamrocks 

using left over heart shaped doily's from Valentine's Day. 

Materials Needed:

Heart shaped paper doily's

Lollipop Sticks

Stapler

Glue Gun

Start by folding just the bottom of the doily

in an accordion type manner ... 

hard to describe but like this...

Once folded staple the bottom at the fold.

Make 2 or 3 more...

((Yes I didn't know this but apparently there is a difference))

A Shamrock Ain't A Clover

Once you have enough "leaves" made

staple them all together at the bottom.

Then slightly bend the lollipop stick

and attach it to the bottom of the doily 

with a bit of hot glue.

I stuffed mine between the folds to hide the glue.

And that's all there is to it :)

So easy and they look pretty in a vase

or you could use them to make a banner

or add to your potted plants or whatever use you can find for them!

A pretty white cottage St. Patrick's Day decoration!!! 

I also went out into the field and dug up some

wild clover and planted it in an urn vase

to add to my decorations this year!

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial 

and have fun decorating!

love,

Beverly

I will be linking up with

The Vintage Farmhouse ~ Creative Things Thursdays

Vine And Lace Gingerbread House Ornaments ~ Prim Cottage Style

Hello,

I would like to share some 

vine gingerbread house ornaments that I decorated.

I added lace around the outside edges,

greens, a bow and little resin gingerbread man♥

Gingerbread Man Line

Looking for a free cute prim gingerbread 

blog background and buttons???

You can find it at Colleens Craft Shed

Also here is a free Gingerbread Annie printable...

♥would make a super cute garland♥

You can find this at Penniwigs

Thank you for stopping by and hope you enjoyed these!

Love,

Beverly

Antique 1908 Paper Household Journal Autumn Fashions ~ Free Printable ~ Altered Art, Scrap Booking

Hello,

I have been going through my "stash" of old magazines and papers

and I came across this antique magazine from 1908!

The magazine itself is not in the greatest shape 

but it is one of those things that I saved ... with plans to use it for something one day! 

I am sure everyone has a collection like that! 

But I found this great ad inside for Autumn Fashions

and wanted to share it.

You are welcome to use this for altered art projects, scrap booking or whatever idea you have.

Please do not add this to any collections for sale this is for personal use only!

I loved the style of clothing from way back then... 

but I could never imagine wearing those tight corsets!

Thanks for looking and Happy Autumn.

Love,

Beverly

Halloween Ornaments Made From Vintage Post Card Images

Hello,

I would like to share with  you these cute ornaments

I made from vintage Halloween post card images.

These are so easy to make and you can follow

my tutorial for my vintage post card image magnets to make these.

The only difference is I added some black lace and a black satin hanger

that I hot glued onto the back of the cards.

The lace that I used was actually white lace that I "dyed"

using black paint diluted with water. 

I just dipped the lace into the paint mixture and then hung up to dry.

These are an adorable and inexpensive way to decorate for Halloween.
Here are some links to find some great vintage post card images:
Vintage Holiday Crafts
Silver Collect Blog
Antiques About.com
Scraps Of Time
These are just a few and if you do a google search of
vintage halloween post card images there are a lot more sites that offer free images
to use for your personal use.
Thank you for looking and I hope you enjoyed these!
Hugs,
Beverly

Free Fall Printables and CraftTemplates ~ Acorns, Leaves and Pumpkins

Hello,

I was searching for a sewing template when I came across

some really great ideas and free printables that I would like to share.

First are these really cute free pdf cupcake collars.

These can be found at Chica and Jo

They also have others like the ones pictured below

that can be purchased in a pdf download for only each

at Cupcake Collars

I also found this beautiful and easy brooch.

They are simply made from paper, glue and glitter.

Directions and the free template can be found at Glue Gun Crafts.

I think these would also be so pretty in a bowl or made into garland for fall.

You can find these free applique templates at About.com Sewing.

This free pumpkin carving stencil can be found a BHG.

Look at these absolutely beautiful fall material acorns and leaves place settings.

Instructions for these can be found at There's No Place Like Home

Instructions for this cute squirrel and Acorn Bag can be found at Make It Do.

Any of these templates would be great to use to make table runners, placemats, gift bags, gift tags or many other projects.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed these.

If you have a link to share please feel free to post it in the comments.

Beverly



Canning Season ~ Free Printable Canning Jar Labels

Hello,

This week me and my Mom are going to start canning tomatoes, green beans and corn.

I was looking for some free printable canning labels

and thought I would share some that I found.

These are so pretty and colorful and can be found

at A Sonona Garden

Grandma George has some really cute free country gingerbread, crow, raggety ann, and bear labels.

These lovely red labels are from Poppytalk

Have a canning party! 

You can find invitations, recipe cards and labels from Paper Crave

And last but not least are these pretty labels from Rainbow Graphics

I simply LOVE the roses!!!

These are also great to use on homemade gifts.

I hope you enjoyed these.

Love,

Beverly

Christmas In July ~ Sharing Some Craft Tutorial Links

Hello,

I apologize for the lack of posts in the past few weeks I have been very busy.

But the month of July I am going to try to post some links of

Christmas craft, decorating and recipe links.

This adorable and easy stocking is made from brown craft paper.

You can find this tutorial at Sweet Tidings

This cute and easy salt shaker ornament tutorial can also be found

Sweet Tidings

You can find directions for these oh so cute recycled ornaments

at Our Big Earth

These shimmering stacked trees are by no other than

MARTHA STEWART

These adorable snowmen and elf tutorialls can be found at Childmade.

Snowman Hot Tub

Snowman Treat Bucket

Lightbulb Elf

And this pretty dove made from a recycled lightbulb

is also found at Childmade Blog

A tutorial for this adorable softie tree

can be found at Lucky Kate's Crafts Blog

And last for tonight is this adorable jingle mouse ornament.

The tutorial can be found at Pimp Stitch

Thanks for looking.

Love,

Beverly

~~~If anyone would like to share please add your links into the comments~~~