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Archive for January, 2010

Happy Kansas Day!

posted by cindylouh on January 29th, 2010 | Gift for women, handmade gifts, Kansas Day, sewing |

Some special ladies and my sweet sister in law will be wearing these fabric sunflowers today to celebrate Kansas Day.

It took some cutting!  We used Wisecraft's tutorial, but changed the shape of the template. (I will put up the templates later)

Stack the two large flower shapes on top of each other.

Next fold one of the smaller flower shapes in half and place it on top of the larger flower shapes.

Take another small flower shape and fold it placing on top at a 90 degree angle.

Place another small flower shape on top at a 90 degree angle.

Place the last small flower shape on top at a 90 degree angle.

Sew a button on top, making sure you catch all of the folded layers. Next, sew a pin back on the back of the flower.

You can sew clusters of buttons, single buttons or stacked buttons.

Happy Kansas Day!

If you want more ways to celebrate Kansas Day you might be interested in:

Candy Sunflower Cupcake Picks

Sunflower Cupcakes

Sunflower cake made from Twinkies

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Sponsor Giveaway

posted by cindylouh on January 28th, 2010 | Giveaways, sponsors |

Today I have a groovy giveaway from one of my sponsors, Mad Hippie Natural Skin Care.

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Printable Valentine Treat Bags & Favor Boxes

posted by cindylouh on January 27th, 2010 | valentine's day crafts, valentines |

From one of my very favorite blogs, Twig & Thistle, comes these fabulous free printable Valentine treat bags and favor box.

Print the download on white paper sacks to make the most darling DIY Valentine Goody Bags.

These DIY Brownie Bags make the perfect packaging for heart shaped brownies.

And for the apple of your eye a little DIY Sweetie Pie box to hold an apple hand pie.

...such sweet goodies.  Enjoy!

DIY Thank Yous

posted by cindylouh on January 26th, 2010 | kids, kids crafts, Uncategorized |

My daughter is really into writing letters. She wants to write all by herself  and told me that I could just say each letter and then she would be able to write her own thank yous. Well... I worried that process might take a very LONG time so I came up with this...

I found this great font called Quicksand. It can be downloaded for free here.

I printed two thank yous on a page. On the inside she dictated what she wanted to say and I printed the cards again with the messages on the inside and then cut the cards in half and folded.

She was busy and felt so good!

Here is a round-up of printable thank yous from around the web.

Made By You

posted by cindylouh on January 25th, 2010 | Made By You Mondays |

Okay it is time to show us what you have! Let's link up some fun Valentine's Day Crafts!

How about next week lets share ideas for classroom Valentines. What are your kids taking to school to give out to all of their friends? No worries if you don't have kids, you can still share a clever idea for a fun Valentine!

So please  link up your crafty Valentine tutorials below!
Leave a comment if you have an idea for a specific theme.

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