Design by Night

About a month or so ago I was approached to be reviewed on ShesSmart.com . Free publicity? Heck yeah! So today I was checking in and there are my pins! Go check out the review on ShesSmart.com !

No I don't have the blues personally, actually I am super happy because I have been featured in another great treasury! If you have the blues check it out and I guarantee it will put a smile on your face.

I have been included in a registry on Etsy! Please check it out and let the curator know if you like it.

So I am a little behind (sometimes I am so far behind I think I am ahead) but I just realized that my Paper Towel Roll Flower Tutorial was featured on two blogs so far this year! First on Green Your Way . It is featured with eight other great recycled paper towel/toilet roll ideas. And again on Cynchronicity . Each have listings of other clever ideas on how to use this abundant household waste.

When I was a kid, I remember my family getting corsages or flowers for my grandmothers to wear on Mother’s Day. To this day I always stop and get my mom flowers but I thought that maybe this year I would do something a little different. Since I am obsessed with making flowers, why not make my mom a flower corsage? So after some research I found instructions on how to make ribbon leaves, so I took those instructions and built on them turning those leaves into this lovely flower. Supplies: Scissors Glue Gun Felt Needle Thread Pin back 1/8” of a Yard of 45” wide Fabric (I used 2 different fabrics, satin and organza) Large button center or old jewelry Pin back Ruler Compass Cut two circles out of the felt. One 2.25” and the other 2.5” round. Cut 15-3”x3” squares out of the fabric. Thread your needle and knot off. Take one of the squares and fold it in half length wise with the good side of the fabric facing outward. Hold in place with your fingers. Take the upper right corner and fold it ...

My tutorial was featured on Crafting a Green World today!

Every time I buy furniture that requires assembly I always left over hardware. I take this hardware and put it in a jar thinking that one day I will need that extra nut or bolt. Well today is that day! Below is a tutorial on how to take those extra washers and make them into a cute necklace. Supplies: Scissors X-acto knife or hole punch Pencil Small piece of scrapbooking paper (you can use the left over scraps for this project) Modge Podge (or something similar) Washer Aleene’s Paper Glaze 36” of ribbon or cord Use the washer to trace a circle on the paper, don’t forget to trace the inside circle as well. Using your scissors cut just inside of the traced line on the outer circle. Note: you want to cut inside of the line and not on it so it fits on the washer and does not overlap the edges. If the hole for your center is close to the same size of a hole punch, simply punch out the center circle. If not use the X-acto knife to cut out the center area. Modge Podge the paper to the washer ...