Friday, March 22, 2013

Origami Dresses

Playing with paper is fun and these dress were all made from squares of origami paper



they are easy to make and make lovely cards and invitations


I added pieces of lace, rhinestones, pearls, buttons & silk ribbon so that each dress is unique


and how could I work on any project with including a graphic from Karen's blog The Graphics Fairy
- for this card I chose a French theme because the dress is rather classic chic, don't you think?


getting married?


or"Ladies who Lunch"  - this was a custom order for place cards


There are lots of links to tutorials & videos to make these dresses -  here is the one I used

and...............for the man in your life I made this with a £20 note

and this was  a $20 note

the tutorial for folding dollar note is shirts right   here

Happy Paper Crafting

Gill

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Gift Wrapping

I have been having a busy time preparing for classes and one of the classes I enjoy most is gift wrapping. 

There are so many things you can do with paper, ribbon, tapes, jewels, lace and other bits and pieces that it is fairly easy to make something original and make yours a unique "Designer" wrap

These are a few of the wraps I have designed in the last week - I hope they inspire you

Pink metallic paper, velvet ribbon with hand made & dyed silk roses


Duck egg wallpaper with a satin ribbon Tiffany bow and vintage rhinestones from a damaged piece of vintage jewellery


for the man in your life - add a keyring as an extra little present (I used a leather boot keyring)


this would look great if you were giving a pair of Jimmy Choos!

lace & pearls on wallpaper


HAPPY WRAPPING & PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT OR FOLLOW IF YOU LIKE MY PAGE

Gill

Friday, March 1, 2013

Easy to make fork bows tutorial



I am spending lots of time preparing for classes, but still manage to fit in time to try new things - you know what it's like. Something just grabs you and you must try it!

My latest "play" is covering journals with linen and giving them an individual look

I will shortly post a link on how to do this,  but today  thought I would just share how to make some teeny weeny little ribbons bows.



 These are modelled on a fork and take less than a minute to make!

Materials:
1 x fork
20 cms x 7mm wide  ribbon (I used100% silk)

 Fold the ribbon around the fork - the lower ribbon should be about 3 cms longer than the top one



bring the bottom ribbon up and pass diagonally over the top ribbon and  through the centre tines




bring the other end around and over, & pass it down through the  centre tine in front of the other ribbon. The 2 ends will now be at the back of the the fork

 


turn the fork over and tie the two ends with a single bow (pull the ribbon as tight as you can)



 slide the loops from the fork

cut the ends diagonally and you have a neat little bow


I used  one of these cute bows on this linen covered journal, and added some vintage lace, tatting and mother-of-pearl buttons. I copied the beautiful silhouette from the Graphics Fairy - I now have a big stash of Karen's graphics that I want to use. 

The method I use to transfer the image was to copy the image on to Reynold's Freezer Paper and then burnish it on to the fabric with a spoon.



HAPPY CRAFTING

Gill