Design by Night

These pretty paper pansies are a cheap alternative to store bought scrapbooking flowers. They are made from recycled paper bags and pages from old books and magazines. They are a great addition for most paper crafts including, cards, invitations, scrapbooking and gift tags.

I used my final flower by gluing it to a bobby pin and placing it on a gift tag to add a little something extra to a present.

What you will need:
Recycled brown craft paper bagA page or two from an old book or magazine (newspaper is too thin)ScissorsPencilPaper GlueButtonTeaspoonDish towelPaper towelsDownload pansypattern.jpg and print it out full size (a scale has been placed on each jpg to help with printing at the correct proportions).

Cut out each flower pattern. Using the large pansy flower pattern trace three flowers on the brown paper bag and book pages. Then take the small flower pattern and trace two small flowers on the book pages.



Cut out all the flowers. Referring to the dotted lines on the original patter…

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious Etsy finds…

Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore."

Nevermore will you not have a perfect accessory to wear with this morbidly magnificent necklace from Art Under Glass"It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee..."

Like Edgar Allan Poe, true love can be yours if you purchase this Wrist Cuff from Ghost Love Jewelry



“TRUE! - nervous - very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses - not destroyed - not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily - how calmly I can tell you the whole story.”

This altered HeART Trunk by …

What you will need:
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors
Sheet of black felt (cheap stiff kind)
2” Black Pom Pom
2-Googlie eyes
Headband
4-black pipe cleaners



1. Cut out a 1.5” circle out of the felt.


2. Glue the circle to the underside of the headband placed somewhere along the top. It doesn’t have to be centered.


3. Take a pipe cleaner and glue the center of the pipe cleaner on top of the felt circle running horizontally with the headband. Two pipe cleaners will go on each side of the headband. Refer to fig. 3 for placement.


4. Hot glue the googlie eyes onto the pom pom.


5. Glue the pom pom to the top of the felt, sandwiching the headband and pipe cleaners between the two.

6. Bend each pipe cleaner leg roughly in half facing down. Then take a small tip on the end of each pipe cleaner leg and bend it up, see fig. 6.

Often when I need cards, I find myself making them from paper and scraps of supplies I have around my office instead of purchasing them but for some reason I usually purchase envelopes for these cards. I have plenty of paper that usually gets put in the recycled bin, why am I buying more paper in the form of an envelope? So I worked up a template to make easy envelopes from a standard size piece of paper, therefore envelopes can me made from most magazines that would usually be placed in the recycling bin.

This template will make an A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4") envelope but keep in mind that you are hand making it and the dimensions might be slightly off.

What you will need:
2-3 pieces of magazine or newspaper approx. 8.5” x 11”
Scissors or and Exacto knife
Paper glue
Printer (to print templates)
Pencil
Bonefolder or butter knife
Ruler

InstructionsDownload Envelopetemplate.jpg and print it out full size (a scale has been placed on each jpg to help with printing at the correct proportions).

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The forecast for Saturday, September 11 is supposed to be a beautiful 82° so get outside and visit me at Hampdenfest 2010.

Saturday, September 11, 2010
10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
On the Avenue, 36 St. between Falls and Chestnut

My table will be in front of Kiss and Makeup (and after the festival Kiss and Makeup will sell Design by Night Accessories!)

HampdenFest is a neighborhood arts festival that draws visitors, as well as local residents, to enjoy the community of merchants on and around West 36th Street. Sponsored by the Hampden Village Merchants Association, in partnership with The Hampden Family Center, HampdenFest features 3 stages of music and art performances, an activity area for the kids, an emerging artists exhibit and a film festival, as well as four blocks of arts and crafts vendors, antiques, and other wares from a wide range of merchants and artists.

I was very excited this morning when I browsed some of the blogs I read regularly and found out that I am the featured blogger on Crafting a Green World!

You can check out the post by clicking here.

Instructables is a great website that features instructions of everything from making meatloaf on a stick to a boomerang. For years I have used the site as plentiful resource for all sorts of DIY projects but have never contributed any myself. Well yesterday I did and my Ruffled Headband Tutorial became one of the featured "Instructables" for the day so I thought I would share.