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Faerie Festival this Weekend!

Come visit Design by Night this weekend at the Maryland Faerie Festival.

Celebrate the faeries and enjoy the pageantry, magic, music, and mischief. The Maryland Faerie Festival provides an atmosphere and entertainment inspired by Faerie folklore and literature, and, of course, by the Faeries themselves. Yes, we believe in Faeries. Maryland Faeries promote the stewardship of nature, outdoor education, and sponsor faerie artists, merchants and entertainment.

When: May 11 & 12, 2013
Where: 2564 Silver Rd. Darlington,MD 21034

For more information, visit the website at www.marylandfaeriefestival.org
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Highlandtown Wine Festival

What could be better than wine and feathers! Come see me this weekend at the 10th Annual Highlandtown Wine Festival.

Drink some wine and help celebrate the tradition of home wine making. The wine festival features a homemade wine competition, wine tastings, children's activities, arts & crafts, food, and music.

When: Sunday, April 21, 2013
Time: 1 - 6 pm
Where: Corner of Conkling & Claremont Street
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Craft Faeries!

This weekend I had the privilege to teach a group of girls and their parents how to make faerie skirts and crowns at Baltimore Threadquarters.  It was a blast and all the faeries looked fabulous! I thought I would share some of the photos.








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Mom & me Fairy Skirt & Crown Class!

Join me and the ladies of Baltimore Threadquarters for a spring time Mom & Me no sew Fairy Skirt and Crown making workshop for ages 6-9. Fairy princess Kolleen (me) will be sprinkling fairy dust and waiving her magic glue gun to help transform your little girl into a crafty fairy princess!

Create a custom made colorful whispy skirt using grosgrain ribbon and fluffy tulle. We'll make a matching fairy crown to top it off!


Where: Baltimore Threadquarters
When: Sunday, April 14, 2013
Time: 1:00 PM to 2:30 PM

To sign up for the class, click here.
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Teacher Appreciation Flower Brooch Tutorial

Every time I go down the ribbon aisle at the local craft store I am amazed at the variety of cute ribbons they have. Well when I saw this measuring tape ribbon I knew I had to get it and make a flower. This flower pin would be a really cute gift for teacher appreciation day. It is easy to make because it doesn't require and sewing and the ribbon it pretty inexpensive.


Supplies
Approx 9 ft. of Measuring Tape Ribbon*
Scissors
Glue Gun
Felt 2-small pieces in two different colors
Pinking Shears (optional)
1" pin
Button for the center



*I used a spool of Offray 5/8" ribbon that I purchased at AC Moore. I did a search on the web and there seem to be a lot of ribbon options. I would suggest that you don't use anything wider than .75".
Cut a 1.5" circle out of the felt using the pinking shears. If you don't have pinking shears normal scissors work just fine.

Using the ribbon, cut twenty to twenty-four 3" strips and five to six 2" strips. Note: this can…
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No Sew Zipper Flower

This zipper flower is easy and quick to make and best yet...no sewing! It would make a great hair accessory, brooch or maybe an adornment to a purse or bag. I will leave the final project decision up to you. But if you do make any of these I would love for you to contact me and send your pictures of what you made the flower into!
Plus, if you want to make this with your child but don't want to use hot glue you could totally use fabric glue. It would just take a little longer because you would have to hold the petals until the glue dries.



Supplies:

12" of zipper in two colors (24" all together)ScissorsGlue GunFeltHeadband
Separate the zipper, pulling apart the teeth to make two pieces, you should have four 12" strips of zipper pieces now.  If you bought a packaged zipper, you will have to cut bottom end off of the zipper and remove the sliding “zipper” piece.


Out of the felt cut one 1.5" circle. Out of each color cut ONE SET of the following:
• Three 4" piece…
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Doing Valentine's Doggie Style

It wouldn't be Valentine's Day for me if I didn't come up with a anti-lovey dovey card. My husband and I aren't the teddy bear romantic Halmark card type of couple so I have to think up of a card that is "us". This year I came up with my doggie style card...it's a little romantic if you are a dog person.

Click here to download a pdf of this card.

The card should be printed at 100% on letter sized (8.5 x 11) paper. Trim the card using the crop marks and fold in half. The final size is 4.25" x 5.5". I printed my sample on red card stock to give it a little more XOXO. The cards will fit in a standard A2 (4-3/8" x 5-3/4"), however if you do not have an envelope handy you can refer to my Recycled Paper Envelope to create one.

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