There’s no danger of losing this one in the airport.
Just look for the girl with the flower pin in her hair, jeans-tucked-in-boots, various colorful bags, bohemian layered clothing, taking photos of EVERYTHING.
That, my friends…..
is my mini me.
Do you have one too?
It’s almost that time!
I can hardly wait til Monday. We’ve had a few glitches but I don’t function well unless there’s a healthy amount of controlled chaos.
Thank you for your prayers. We’re enjoying time with our family after the passing of Steve’s 95 year old grandpa—who lived a long, wonderful life and died with faith in Christ as his Savior.
This ‘preview’ tutorial is brought to you by Emme, our energetic and crafty ten year old. She’s our official rosette maker and loved making this tutorial for you.
I helped a little but I’m thinking pretty soon those little girls will be able to run this blog for me.
Maybe that’s how Pioneer Woman does those 12 posts a day!
Materials:
long strips of 1 inch fabric (it doesn’t really matter how long they are because the longer they are, the larger the rosettes)
hot glue gun
willing and able 8 and 10 year olds
We lucked up and found huge bolts of premade bias tape at our fabric store. I think this store custom-makes their won bias tape to use on quilts.
Just keep wrapping and wrapping until it’s the size you like. You can turn the fabric with every 1/2 twist around the rosette or fold it in 1/2 as you twist it. Folding it in 1/2 (which is how emme makes them) results in thin rosettes.
I turn the fabric first one way and then the other as I twist, which makes them ‘poof-ier’ and less perfect (which is what I like).
(i just realized I don’t have the last 2-3 pics with me at present so I’ll just explain it and upload them later—and we made a very long video but i don’t have it with me either 🙁 i’ll have to upload it later this week)
Then cut our felt circles that are slightly smaller than your rosettes and glue them to the back of the rosette.
Add a pin or a hairclip with a dab of hot glue and you’re done!
or you could make a smiley face pumpkin
P.S. You could be fussy and take the time to remove all the glue that shows through. Or you could be fussy and glue mostly to one side so that it doesn’t show through. But we’re not fussy crafters. We’re a little chic and a whole lot of shabby.
This is my favorite song of the week. Just thought you might wanna know.
Our family could use your prayers today.
Which bring me to my last point:
if you’re participating in the 12 days tutorials and I haven’t talked to you in a week or two, do you mind to shoot me an email to assure me your tutorial is-a-comin’.
pretty please and thank you 🙂
and the winner of the dishmat is Deb from NotInadequate !!!! Yay for you Deb! And you can email me too with your address and I’ll make good on my promise.
Have a grace day!
in my hand…..
on my nightstand….
on my desk…..
on my camera strap…….
on my sewing machine…..
off my sewing machine……
on my sidewalk…..
on my cakestand…..
in our art class (we did art first today because—-well, it’s monday) rainbow leaf painting found via whatever……
from my deck…..
on my thighs…..
the end.
i’m sitting on the deck this chilly morning.
enjoying the cool weather, the warm coffee, the gorgeous view.
finding so many reasons to be thankful.
for the gift of vocation, where the sacred intersects the mundane.
for the gift of teaching these children to love beautiful things.
for the gift of marriage, where we see the sacrificial love of Christ on display.
and for the gift of leaves—whose acceptance of their changing colors inspires us to
embrace our own.
i hold each moment still with my camera.
i savor the way things are, knowing that they’ll
never be just this way again.
so, why did october give a party?
and invite all the leaves to come and dance?
because he knew that we must celebrate every day.
every season.
even every trial.
for every day is a gift from God, who’s Word renews the face of the earth.
happy birthday stevie. you’ve given me so many things to be thankful for.
and now the girls will recite for you ‘October’s Party’ among other things. if you have time, stick around to the end where you’ll hear elea do a fantastic rendition of ‘Jabberwocky’. it only works if you say it in your best british voice 🙂
i must go inside now, the cardinal and the chickadee are both impatiently waiting for me to move so they can get to the feeder!
and i’m going to bookclub today at patty’s. we’re doing poetry this term and patty is a skilled writer with a contagious love for poetry. and she’s making butternut squash soup. i can’t wait.
hope you join ‘October’s Party’ and splash around in some leaves this weekend.
October’s Party by George Cooper
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came-
The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,
And leaves of every name.
The Sunshine spread a carpet,
And everything was grand,
Miss Weather led the dancing,
Professor Wind the band.
The Chestnuts came in yellow,
The Oaks in crimson dressed;
The lovely Misses Maple
In scarlet looked their best;
All balanced to their partners,
And gaily fluttered by;
The sight was like a rainbow
New fallen from the sky.
Then, in the rustic hollow,
At hide-and-seek they played,
The party closed at sundown,
And everybody stayed.
Professor Wind played louder;
They flew along the ground;
And then the party ended
In jolly “hands around.”
My favorite project from last years’ 12 Days was Darby’s dishmat.
I’ve made one or twelve.
And despite the fact that my sewing machine is currently demon-possessed, I made one for you today.
All you have to do to be in the running to win it is help me spread the word about the upcoming 12 Days of Handmade Christmas Tutorials.
Just post the large button into a blog post….
or post the small button somewhere on your blog
and you may then leave a comment on this post telling me that you obeyed the instructions like a good little girl and I will enter you into the giveaway for the dishmat.
Handmade for you with love (and occasional curses).
Here’s the large button.
Here’s the code for large one (400×369)
<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/livinglifeingrace/4296754960/” title=”ediexmasbutton by lifeingrace, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4296754960_38408b2ef0_m.jpg” width=”125″ height=”130″ alt=”ediexmasbutton” /></a>
And the wee one.
here’s the code for the small one (240×221)
<a href=”http://www.flickr.com/photos/livinglifeingrace/4296004671/” title=”ediexmasbutton by lifeingrace, on Flickr”><img src=”http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4064/4296004671_f1ed4440d1_m.jpg” width=”240″ height=”221″ alt=”ediexmasbutton” /></a>
Oh and if you don’t have a blog, just friend me on Facebook and post a link to this post there. Then you can enter the giveaway too.
Speaking of Facebook, I decided to start a Facebook Fan Page. It seemed like a fun thing to try. An easier place to chat it up. And a place to put all the things that don’t make it onto this here blog like links and recipes and cute boots and such. So check it out, become a friend or ‘fan’ as they call it. And let’s chat it up.
FYI, if my sewing machine gets ill right before the 12 Days, I will NOT be a happy crafter.
One more thing!
My friend Julie is giving away a free custom canvas to everyone who sends her a pic by tonight. Hurry!
