as meg ryan says in You've Got Mail, “daisies are such a happy flower”. Daffadills are pretty fabulous too. nothing's better than a colorful gift from a loved one to welcome any day. speaking of giveaways… my blog, happy owl, is doing a hand cozy giveaway this weekend. good luck. xo
I have a large growing pile of fabric scraps. I refuse to throw them away because I am sure they can be used for something. I have been seeing different types of interesting necklaces made of buttons, beads, and fabric. Then, I figured why not make one out of my scraps...
I think it made my white shirt a little less boring. This was so quick and easy to make.
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How to make a recycled scraps necklace (which is very similar to the straps on my braided tablecloth bag):
1. Take your scrap fabric, I cut a .5''-1'' snip and tear the rest of the fabric down for a nice frayed edge. Used 3 different fabrics for each strand.
2. Take 3 of the torn pieces and tie the ends together with a rubber band.Â
3. Braid the 3 pieces together and tie ends together with rubber band when done.
4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 for more strands. Remember you can make the strands any length you want, if run out of fabric, just weave more into the braid.
5. Once all the strands you want are braided, gather one end of each strand together and straight stitch together with sewing machine. Repeat for the other ends of the strands. Snip off any excess.
6. Gather ends of the necklace and sew together (snip excess) or a ribbon can be sewn at the ends to be able to tie the necklace closed, but I just sewed both ends together.Â
7. Voila! A nice way to make use of all your lovely scraps.
Sorry if the directions get you a little lost, but it really is easy. I promise. Maybe I should put some in the shop. Please share any other good ideas you may have of things that can be made with scraps. I would love to hear (read) them!
I just posted my own happy flowers!!
http://mommyinthemaking.tumblr.com/post/428364540/traderjoetulips
i love getting pretty things just because! especially if they are flowers!
That's so sweet! I love it when husbands do things just because they love us and not just for special occasions! 🙂
Daffodils are so happy looking! I actually just posted my own first ever giveaway on my blog. Check it out!
My Spring giveaway is at http://punkinandbean.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-giveaway.html
that's so sweet. i cannot wait to have my own husband. sighh.
ooohh daffodils! So happy! I cannot wait until they start popping up & spring is really on its way!
~Emily
Oh you are so blessed! They are beautiful 🙂
those are happy flowers! so pretty.
So very lovely and so very sweet!
Love the flowers and love your post's label :0)
They are so pretty! They look like spring. Ahhhh….
as meg ryan says in You've Got Mail, “daisies are such a happy flower”. Daffadills are pretty fabulous too. nothing's better than a colorful gift from a loved one to welcome any day.
speaking of giveaways…
my blog, happy owl, is doing a hand cozy giveaway this weekend.
good luck.
xo
He's a catch alright 🙂
I love the flowers and the way you show them! gardening is one of my biggest passions Iflorist.co.uk
my fav spring flowers
OH! that totally says “Spring!”