Beautiful and Quick Handmade Gifts

I wanted to share the last of my Christmas Handmade Gifts

these are very easy and 

SUPER CUTE!

You should keep them in mind for any gift giving opportunity.

Trust me.

First on the list were these adorable rosette bracelets.

I had first seen them via this Pinterest pin from Sew.Craft.Create.

She has the best tutorial for sewing these babies.

I opted for and different assembly technique.

And out came the hot glue gun...

I cut a circle of felt about the size I wanted the final rosette to be. 

Mine was about 2 inches.

I chose a complimentary color to the 2 fabrics I was using.

I love Green and Baby Blue.

Yellow and Baby Blue isn't bad either.

I then cut a strip of fabric approximately 14 inches long

I decided to leave the edges frayed since I liked the look.

Tie a knot at on end and then hot glue it to the center of the felt circle.

Then twist and glue until you cover the felt.

I then cut a rectangular strip of felt then width of the circle

I ran hot glue down both of the long lengths

and attached to the circle.

Take a length of chain and measure your wrist.

Cut to length.

Add a Toggle Clasp to either end of the chain with jump rings

Thread through the felt rectangle

Find where you would like to attach your charm.

Attach with a jump ring.

I made two for my friends. 

They both loved them.

The fabrics were bother very much "them".

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Next up were another two tee-shirt scarves.

I've made one for myself earlier this year and love it.

Two of my friends commented on it so I figured they may like their own.

I used the same technique I saw on this great video.

The only difference is that I sewed my seam for the scarf.

I just like the finished look.

Just place both sides of ruffles together,

measure the length you want

and sew the seam.

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Last up were more kiln fired bottles.

A blue cheese dish with glass beads and matching spreader.

A mini Corona bottle that makes the perfect spoon rest.

The guys LOVE these.

Turns out Corona paints the labels on their bottles,

so they stay intact after firing in the kiln.

Everyone loved their handmade gifts.

Or at least said they did...  :)

Make something from the heart.

XOXO

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Fresh out of the kiln - Recycled Bottle Dish

In my last post you saw me fire up my kiln.   I wanted to show you all what came out!

It is always so exciting to open up the kiln 8+ hours later to see what you created.  I feel it's like Christmas morning. 

Here we are all done and cooled down to room temperature.   If you were wondering, the kiln went up to 1495 degrees F to slump the bottle.

Taking a peek at my surprises!

Everything came out looking good!  The blanks will need some tweeking, however the bottle is PERFECT!   Glass is a finicky medium and it likes to do whatever it wants.  Which is why opening the kiln is always a surprise.   Here is the final project.

All that is left to do is add the finishing touches (aka BLING).  I move up to my craft room/office for this part.  I love the light in this room.

First add some clear bumpers to the back of the bottle/dish.   These are the ones I normally use (the smaller ones on the side.)

Here that are all placed.  You can even still read the "Luna di Luna" logo on the back of the bottle.

Next up is flipping over the bottle and adding a the bling.  You can emblelish the bottle with lots of things; wire, glass beads, paint.    For this bottle, who a friend asked me to make, I'm adding a dichroic glass cabachon that I also made.   Dichroic glass is so cool, it is extremely sparkly (which I loooove), but it also changes colors.  Here is the cab.

I added it to the neck of the bottle with a bit of E6000 and wait for it to dry.



Last up is adding a cheese knife and ribbon. 

Tada!  I normally make these as gifts, and they make great cheese or hors d'oeuvre  plates at parties.   As and added plus, I thoroughly enjoy the first part of making these, drinking the wine. :)

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What I'm cooking up...

in the kiln, of course.  

If you know us, you know that Jaime does the cooking and is amazing at it.  We gave him a house dress to formaly induct him into cooking greatness.  You know, like he cooks just as good as grandmom.  We also got him matching house slippers. Insert evil giggle here.  For what it's worth, I can cook, I just prefer baking. :)

When it comes to crafting, my first love is glass, so let's take a look at what I'm cooking up...

Here's my baby, my Paragon Glass Kiln (please excuse the messy basement).  I was lucky enough to win this baby in a National Stained Glass Contest (I came in 2nd place).   Shout out to Warner Stained Glass, woot woot.

All prepped and ready for loading

The ingredients; a wine bottle and clear glass blanks.



  

All set and ready.

OOOh, that is hot. :)

I'll be posting this weekend the results!