Belt

Merona Color Skinny Belt - Cobalt (see more skinny belts)

Rosette Flower Headband

The rosette flowers have been around forever and they 

are so easy to make. I've added them on shirts before for some 

added details but haven't made a headband from them yet! 

My little sister (who's 12) came to stay with me for a night and wanted

to do some craft projects. There was no way I could say no to that! 

First up was the rosette flower headbands. 

photo courtesy of tipjunkie

There's so many variations you could do with this headband. 

I did my first one on a headband like the one above, my second one

on an adult elastic headband and my third one on some
dollar bin headbands (70%off!-Score!)

The best part of this headband is that it's no sew and simple!

It's so easy my little sister could make them, and they turned out cute!

Tipjunkie has a full tutorial on how to make your own. 

It really is simple and turns out so cute. 

I made some for my daughter and for my sister. 

These would even be a cute & simple gift for any little girl!

Hannah has the perfect hair too!
So jealous....

A headband made of corduroy and jersey knit fabric!

Sophia modeling a headband. Edited the pic with Instagram...
get the app if you have an iphone! It rocks :-)

I really love how they turned out...and how easy they were!

DIY Embellished Shoes

I love shoes, what girl doesn't? But being a stay-at-home mom

means I don't get to spend as much $$ on them as I used to!  

When I saw this picture pinned on Pinterest, I knew I had to

make myself a pair! 

Photo courtesy of Starsforstreetlights

Stars for street lights has a great tutorial on how to make

your own pair! They were really easy to make. I used 

some hot glue on mine too, just to make sure the material

was on there really good :-) 

I bought a pair of flats at Target on clearance for $7.48. 

I used some scrap fabric and got to work! It was really simple

and instead of a bow I opted for just a knot with tails. A little less

frilly and bulky, more my style! 

Pure awesomeness for under $8. 

$5.00 Infinity Scarf

I've been seeing all these adorable infinity scarves on Pinterest.

This flannel one caught my eye...very simple and cozy.

Plus she uses an old pair of flannel pants, genius!

Photo courtesy of Brittanymakes.com

Scarves are honestly the best. Pair them with jeans, 

flats, stud earrings and a plain tee and you've got a simple,

comfortable outfit. Perfect for any mom on the go!!

Now I'm in love with the pink & cream sweater scarf...

I need to find material like that!

Back to the tutorial....

I, however, didn't have a pair of old flannel pants so I hit up

Joann's and got 1yd of flannel fabric for about $5 (with coupon). 

Here's a short tutorial on how to make your own!

1.) First lay your fabric out flat and fold it over, hot dog style, 

right sides together

2.) Sew along the longest edge. 

3.) There are two sides left unsewn, so right now it's a tube.

Take one edge and bring it through the tube to the other edge, again

right sides together. **Leave a 3 inch gab at the end, so you

can turn your scarf right side out.

4.) Turn scarf right side out through gap.

5.) Slip stitch or machine stitch the gap closed. 

And....you're done!!

So simple, so easy, so cute. 

It even can be worn as a hood on those frigidly cold winter days!

If you love this, but don't want to make it yourself. I'll be selling

some, on request, for $12-$15. Just email me at

giarosedesigns@gmail.com!

Felt Flower Clips

Gianna is getting a bit of a mullet. I always have to pull her bangs 

back so her hairs looks a bit more 'tamed' (if that's even possible!)

A crafty friend of mine, Lindsey, at My Handmade Gifts

crocheted these adorable little flowers for me! I love them, 

and best of all they are so inexpensive (6/$8)!! Plus, they 

don't slip out of fine/thin baby hair because of the felt!

(Can you tell I'm just a little bit excited about this)

Here's a little tutorial on how to make your own. 

Supplies:

felt

crochet flower

embroidery floss

needle

hot glue

hair clip

First trace your hair clip onto the felt, twice. And cut them out.

Then you'll cut a little slit in one of the felt pieces, because

you'll slide the top part of the clip through it. 

(See picture for better explanation!)

Next glue the top piece onto the barrett. Try to 

stay away from the edges where the embroidery floss will be;

the glue makes it harder to stitch through.

Also, do not glue the felt onto the widest part of the barrett.

(again, see below)

Don't glue that part down yet!

Hair clip closed....

Hair clip opened, after gluing. 

Next you'll take your needle and embroidery floss.

Thread your needle and stitch around the edges, through both

pieces of felt. This is just decorative stitching for looks. 

Next you'll take the ends of your embroidery floss

and glue it between the felt and the wide part of the barrett.

This will just keep the floss from unraveling. 

Take the ends and hot glue it to the felt and barrett.

After gluing!

Next you'll glue your crocheted flower to the top of the barrett! 

And your done!! Tada!!

And don't forget to order your flowers from 

My Handmade Gifts! If Lindsey doesn't have any available

in her Etsy shop, just email her! She's so great 

and so fast at completely orders!

(And no, she did not ask or pay me to do this review!)

(I just love her stuff so much, I had to share!)

T-shirt Upcyle

A friend of mine from our playgroup gave me a box full of plain colored knit tees 

to upcycle into something amazing. I was so excited! 

There were a few plain white tees in there that looked a little 'dingy'

(we all know we have them...the white tee that turned off-white

from spit up stains or has arm pit stains from chasing around

our kids in the backyard...ya I'm sure you have them too!)

I almost threw them out when I realized I could make a scarf out of them,

and then dye it an amazing color!

 
I took two old white tees that were about the same size. I cut off the bottom portion

(from the arm pit down). I cut along one side seam on each shirt and then sewed

the to shirts together-length wise to make one long piece of fabric.

Next I filled a pot with teal Rit Dye and placed the whole scarf in the pot.

After about 5 minutes I took out one end the scarf and continued taking more the scarf

out every 5 minutes until the whole scarf was out of the water. This caused a gradual difference in

color from dark teal to light teal! I like how it turned out, a cheap and easy way to dress up an outfit!

(You can't really tell the difference in color in this pic. The more it dried, the lighter the colors got...)

I also cut and knotted the ends to add some flare :-)

You could easily make an infenity scarf by just cutting off the bottom of a tee and 

dying it. No sewing needed!! I'm going to try that next....

Ruffled Scarf Tutorial

Do you see a pattern here? I'm addicted to ruffles! And scarves, especially in the winter. They always seem to be the best and easiest accessory to my wardrobe. However, scarves can be expensive! Well, not really, but $15 for a simple scarf seems a bit much to me.

 Then I saw an awesome (and incredibly easy) Ruffle Scarf tutorial from Made. I whipped one up in less than 30 minutes....and for $2.50! I will never buy a scarf again-you ladies better not either! Even if you are a beginner at sewing, you can do this!!