This Week's Party Highlights

There are some fabulous ideas and yummy treats linked up to this week's Whatever Goes Wednesday party. If you haven't already check out the party, you definitely should!!

 

 

 

We just recently moved and my living room is in desperate need of a face lift. I love these tips from Julia Kendrick to give your Living Room a Face-Life - on a Budget!!

 

 

 

 

Style Oyster turned her catch-all closet into this well organized closet. I love the cute bins and labels! Go see how she turned her Cluttered Closet into a Pretty Pantry.

 

 

 

 

I haven't used the double-sided adhesive from Silhouette yet, but this Initial Button Art makes me want to go order some right now! I love that Holy Craft used it for something other than glitter!

 

Great projects, right?! Go check out the rest of them at our Whatever Goes Wednesday party and add your own links to the fun!

Button and Twine Bracelet

How fun is this button and twine bracelet?   Just take a few buttons and a little twine and you have a funky piece of jewelry like Rad Rag Designs.

See the button and twine bracelet.

Button Earrings

Ruffles and Stuff turned some beautiful buttons into some beautiful earrings!   She just used some paper clips and glue!  Such a great idea.   If you only had one button, it could be used as a charm for a necklace or a bracelet.

See how to change buttons into earrings.

Button Pumpkin

Use a bunch of complimentary buttons to make a fall button pumpkin! This cute idea is brought to you by Every Crafty Endeavor.

See the framed button pumpkin.

Guest Blogger - Binge Crafter - Apple Tree Applique Shirt

Hey! This is Angela from

Binge Crafter

and I am so excited to be guest posting here on Someday Crafts!

As my blog name states, I am a binge crafter- I do a little bit of everything and generally in one big binge crafting session. I love paper and fabric crafting especially.

Some of my favorite things to do include:

I absolutely love making cute tee shirts for my daughter- tie dye, fabric paint, appliqué, you name it!

For my Someday Crafts tutorial, I decided to do an early fall project- an apple tree appliqué!

For this project you’ll need:
-An iron and ironing board
-A t-shirt
-Brown and green fabric, prewashed and ironed
-HeatnBond
-Apple tree template (download here)
-Red buttons
-Embroidery thread and needle

Let’s begin!
1. Print the template and cut out the shapes. Cut two pieces of HeatnBond approximately the size of the templates.

2. Iron the pieces of HeatnBond onto the fabric using the silk setting for just a few seconds.

3. Cut out the pieces of fabric and trace the templates onto the HeatnBond. Then cut out the pieces of fabric.

4. At this point, I like to lay things out on the shirt just to see how cute it’s going to look!

5. Peel the paper off the back of the pieces of fabric. Lay them on to the t-shirt.

6. Iron the fabric onto the t-shirt.

7. Using your embroidery thread, sew a running stitch around the edges of the appliqué and sew on the buttons.

Ta-da! You’ve got a cute apple tree appliqué shirt just perfect for fall and apple picking! I hope you enjoy this tutorial and template and stop by Binge Crafter to see more of my ideas! Happy Crafting!

THANKS, Angela! Apple tree applique would be perfect for back-to-school too! I love the addition of the buttons and embroidery thread! So adorable!

Visit Binge Crafter today and see what ideas you can binge on with her!

A few Highlights!

Busy summer day!!!!! Here's a few ideas from today's party I looked at quickly. Don't you wish you had more time to sit and look through every link? Hopefully, you've taken a look at a few!

Sun Scholars has 17 amazing ideas for making very cool and creative family trees. This is a great blog to get so many ideas from (especially if you have younger children.)

I've always loved the look of quilled projects! Suzy's Artsy Crafty Sitcom made this "Starry Night" pictures using quilling. AMAZING!!!!

Don't you love this tiny jewelry box turned pin cushion from Cat on a Limb? I do!

Papercrafter Thoughts has a great way to use buttons and an embroidery hoop . She made a button clock. Darling!!!!

Do you have a sofa that rests up against a wall? Or do you want a little table to go behind a sofa rather than just the back of a sofa. I love this idea from Sara Plus to make a little table to go behind the sofa to place decor. See how to make a behind-the-sofa table.


Check out more ideas from the Whatever Goes Wednesday party!!!!

Button Rings

Big rings are all the rage right now! Its Sew For You shows you how to turn a button into a ring in a few minutes. This flower button makes an adorable ring.

See how to make a button ring.

Button and Thread Storage

I see quite a few ideas on how to store ribbon and fabric, but rarely do I see a button or thread storage idea. These organization and storage solutions at Made It On Monday are brilliant (especially for buttons). It makes me want to run out and buy a lot of buttons.

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See the button and thread organization and storage idea.

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Button Egg and Soft Fabric Bunnies

There are two cute crafts for Easter to do in this picture. First, make the adorable fabric bunnies with directions a template from Sandy's Creations .

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Then make that fun button Easter egg with Aunt Lolo Crafts.

Yeah for cute Easter decor!!!!!

JUMBO Buttons

These jumbo buttons at Sew Many Ways are so dang cute!!!! What a great accent piece to have with your decor. You've got to see how the jumbo button was created!

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See jumbo button tutorial.

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Magnetic Snowman

Brassy Apple has a neat winter decoration with magnetic snowman.. She made the snowman out of burn covers and magnetic buttons. Make a variety of buttons and accessories so it's interchangeable! (Brassy Apple is the queen of burn covers. She has so many great ideas for these dollar store items!

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Check out the magnetic snowman!

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Disney Buttons and Ornament

Stay At Home Mom's Quest For Her Bathing Suit Body!!!

shares with us this button and ornament idea today.

August is a big month in our house. Big Sister was born on Breadwinner's birthday- August 16th, and Little Sister came along 2 years and 3 days later- August 19th.
For the past two years we've celebrated at Disneyland.
I already shared our birthday Mickey Ears, but wanted to show share another fun tip.
Did you know Disney has free souvenir pins?

You've probably seen the Happy Birthday button type pins if you've been to the park in the last couple years, but did you know they have pins for every occasion? First trip, Happy Anniversary, Celebrating, Happy Ever After, you name it-they have it...and they are FREE at the information stations.
Last year we discovered these button pins make the perfect photo ornament to remember our special birthday trips each year. What a fun way to watch our girls grow around our Christmas tree!

Here's how:
Start with your pins (ours were for their birthdays, but of course any button will work!) and your favorite trip pictures.

Grab your circle cutter- mine happened to be Creative Memories.
The back of the Disney buttons is 3 inches- if you are using buttons from a trip somewhere else you might want to measure before cutting.

Cut your 3 inch circle

(yes, this is a different pic- Big Sister and Little Sister each needed an ornament)
Pop the bottom of the picture under the lip of your button

make sure the pin part is at the top of your picture

Use the pin to add your ribbon holder.
You can loop your ribbon through before or after you put your picture in place. Before is definitely easier, but when I made them last year I did it after.

As far as I'm concerned when it comes to ribbon, wider is better (the same does not apply to my thighs, though after having these girls that seems to be the case, ugh!)
I like to use a small bead of hot glue between the ribbon and the button back to keep the pretty bow (or knot) at the top from spinning.

I also use a small bead of hot glue to hold the bottom of the picture in place.
Because of the pin in the back your photo will bow a little. I didn't mind the gap at the top. In fact, the more I tried to push it down, the more the picture wrinkled, so I recommend leaving it this way. You can't even tell when the ornament is hanging.

I also like to cut another circle from a transparency sheet and slide it in on top of the photo to protect it. This step is pretty tough to photograph since the transparencies are, well....transparent! Run a bead of glue around the inside lip of the photo to hold it in place. You could add glitter to the bead for a little more sass.

We went with pink and black ribbon this year to emphasize the birthday hats.
Conveniently, the numbers on their hats remind us of the year, otherwise I would recommend writing it on the front of the ornament.

If we keep up the tradition of a Disneyland birthday trip, we may need a separate tree each year just for Disney ornaments!!
They made great gifts last year for family who went with us on the girls very first trip to Disney World, too! It helps when everyone in your party gets a button- more buttons=more ornaments!
I also made these little autograph books for the girls before we left.

I used the thin cardstock found inside a few fat quarters I purchased at Joann's a while back, covered them in fun, coordinating paper, stapled some printer paper cut to size and viola!

Oh- and how easy is it to make Mickey Ears with 2 different circle punches? Quick and easy peasy. We tied a few coordinating ribbons to the end of a pen for each of the girls to go with their books.

If you make your own Disney button ornaments be sure to leave a link in the comments on her blog. Thanks for looking!

Thanks Bathing Suit Body Mama!!!! Really fun ideas!