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Teach Love Inspire Wooden Apple Ornament

Teach, Love, Inspire is something our teachers put their heart into and this adorable Teach Love Inspire Teacher Ornament is a perfect gift to start the new school year! Many children are headed back to school or have been in school for a little while. One of mine is in year round school so he has been in school for the last month. My other child is headed back to school in a week! Teachers love gifts, especially ones that are made at home.

Materials:

Glowforge or other laser cutting machine.
Computer with Laser Cutting Software (Glowforge software is web-based)
Teach Love Inspire Apple Ornament SVG
Scissors
Twine
Wooden Beads
Wood (I used 1/4″ thick maple)
Masking tape

How I made it:

I created the apple file in Illustrator. I’m providing the file for you for free!

I opened the file in the Glowforge software and resized it to the size I wanted it. And then hit print!

I love watching the Glowforge at work. It engraved the words and then cut the design out.

Here is the apple after removing it from the Glowforge and removing the masking tape.

Then I added the twine and the beads, creating the ornament!

I love how this turned out! It can be hung in the classroom, in the rearview mirror of the car or on the Christmas tree!

Add an apple and give it to the teacher you love! It could also be added to a gift.

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Quick Be Mine Valentine Banner

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Woah! Valentine’s Day is coming up quick and an easy Be Mine banner is the perfect addition to your decor. You can get heart cut outs of wood or even felt and make this banner! I just happened to make my hearts on the Glowforge and I’m using Therm O Web’s deco foil® to decorate it!

Materials I used:

Wood Hearts that I cut on my Glowforge. You can get wood heart cutouts at a craft store or Amazon!
Wood Dye but you can use paint. I used Plaid® Folk Art Hot Pink Ultra Dye.
Therm O Web deco foil®
Therm O Web deco foil® Liquid Adhesive
Twine or ribbon long enough to attach the hearts
Sponge Brush

How I made it:

I painted the hearts with the dye. And let it dry. TIP: I used a heat gun to help the drying process go a little faster!

2. Once the dye was dry, I used the deco foil® Liquid Adhesive to draw out the letters for BE MINE. This adhesive does have to dry before you can apply the foil. So, let it dry about an hour.

3. Cut the foil into pieces that would fit on your adhesive. Cutting it to size helps cut down on waste of the extra foil. Apply the foil over the dry adhesive and smooth down making sure to get the sides of the glue as well. Remove the waste.

4. String the hearts on the twine. TIP: If you are using hearts from felt or store bought hearts that don’t have holes in it, you an just hot glue the hearts to the twine or ribbon.

5. Then hang it up and look at your quick, easy and cute project!!!

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Cozy Porch Reading Corner featuring Fairfield World

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Disclosure: I was provided product from Fairfield™ for this blog post. All opinions of these products are solely my own.

Creating a cozy porch reading corner featuring Fairfield World products is fun and easy. I’ve joined several crafty friends to create summer patio areas using products that we received from Fairfield World. Check out below how I created my cozy porch reading corner.

First off, I wanted to post a Before photo! And then show you individually what I created using the different Fairfield World products. Then I will explain how I created each one!

I started by creating a pillow and a cushion for my cozy Adirondack chair.. I used a simple envelope pillow case for both for easy removal for washing the fabric.

Poly-fil® Poly-Pellets® are so versatile. Here, I used them in a vase to hold my flowers in place. They are fake flowers and I didn’t want to use actual water, so the Poly-Pellets® made a great filler.

I also created epoxy coasters with the Poly-Pellets®. They are fun and durable and can be used inside or outside.

Here is a list of the materials I used and how I made each of them!

Materials:

Fairfield™ Foam Cushions (I used 2 pieces of the foam)
Fairfield™ Poly-fil® Weather Soft Pillow indoor/outdoor pillow insert
Fairfield™ Poly-fil® Poly-Pellets®
Fabric (I used 2 different patters)
Envirotex Lite® Pour-On Epoxy (measuring and mixing cups and a popsicle stick)
Coaster mold
Heat gun or torch
Scissors
Sewing Machine
Cutting Mat, Cutting ruler and Rotary cutting tool if your fabric needs to be cut
Pins
Vase (and flowers. You could use real, but I picked fake)

How I made it all:

I started with the cushion.

I cut my fabric to 21″ x 44″. I pinned and hemmed the 21″ edges so that they didn’t unravel.

I laid the fabric out, inside up and placed my 2 cushion pieces stacked on top in the middle. Nows the time to figure out where you want the flaps of your envelope pillow case. I put the top flap closer to the top. To do this, fold each end of the fabric up and over the cushions. Shift the fabric as needed. Remove the cushions and then pin the edges in place. Sew them closed. I sewed it 1 inch in on both sides.

Flip the fabric inside out and add the cushions.

Once I tried the cushions in the envelope pillow case, I tried my pillow insert inside the cushion pillow case to gauge what size pillow case I needed for the Weather Soft pillow insert. It fit perfectly, so I made my pillow case the same size as the cushion pillow case.

For my Poly-Pellets® Coasters, I used a coaster mold and Envirotex Lite® Pour-On Epoxy. I filled the mold with pellets.

I mixed up the epoxy following the directions included and poured it into the mold filled with Poly–Pellets®.

Using a heat gun, I allowed the heat to pop the bubbles, per the instructions for the epoxy.

Let it sit and cure over night. Make sure it’s in a place where it won’t get bumped or that no dust or pet hair can get in it!! Once it’s dry, you can remove it from the mold.

I love how it turned out. It almost looks like frozen water!

The vase was super easy.

I just poured the Poly-Pellets® into the vase and put my flowers in!

Easy Peasy!!!

My little reading space came together nicely and it’s such fun space to sit and read.

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Laser Cut Harry Potter Bookmark

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Harry Potter’s birthday is soon approaching. He’s going to be 40 on July 31st! In honor of his birthday, I’m joining other creatives this week to create Harry Potter crafts. Since my main focus lately has been wood, I create a laser cut wood Harry Potter bookmark.

Materials needed:

1/8″ or thinner wood. I’m using Baltic Birch.
Glowforge or other laser
Masking tape
Embroidery floss (I picked colors that matched Harry’s house colors.)
Harry Potter font
Harry Potter Clip art
Illustrator or another designing software

In Illustrator, I designed my bookmark and saved it as an svg file.

I prepped my board, covering it with masking tape to keep the give it a clean look once the laser is done.

I then uploaded my design into the Glowforge software (it’s a web application).

I changed my settings to engrave the text and clip art at the depth that I wanted it and set it to cut the rectangle and circle.

I love sitting and watching the Glowforge do it’s thing! It’s so fascinating!

Once the Glowforge was done, I removed the masking tape.

I cut my embroidery floss into ten 8″ pieces.

I gathered the pieces and folded them in half. I then threaded the folded end through the hole, moving from front to back. Then I threaded the ends through the folded piece and pulled tight to create a knot.

Then the bookmark was ready to use! I love how it turned out. I’m thinking about making more with other characters with their quotes from books!

Hope you like this laser cut Harry Potter bookmark!

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From Icing Container to Gratitude Jar

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Do you ever think of ways that you could recycle food containers once you are done with them or do you just throw them in the recycling? I am always thinking about ways that I can reuse items like that. For instance, I sometimes save empty icing containers because they make great storage!

Today I am showing you how I made an icing container into a gratitude jar!

Materials needed:

An old icing container with a the lid or any container would work
Paint (I am using DecoArt’s Americana Decor Chalky Finish Chalk Acrylic)
Paint Brush
Box Cutter or Scissors
Paint pen or smaller paint brush and a different color paint
A mar for cutting the hole in the lid
Small pieces of paper to write things you are grateful for

How I made it:

1. Take the lid off of the container and paint both pieces. I did 2 coats of paint. Let them dry.

2. Using a paint pen, write Grateful or Gratitude on the outside of the container.

3. With the box cutters or scissors, cut a hole in the center of the lid. Be careful though!

4. Place the top on the container and get to work writing out what you are grateful for. You could do this once a day or once a week or as often as you would like!

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Dance Party Cups featuring Cricut

Fairfield World Pillow Party 2019 Let It Snow Pillow

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The Fairfield World Pillow Party has been so much fun and these Let it Snow! pillows were super fun and easy to make. My friends over at Fairfield World, Laura Kelly Designs, The Hedgehog Hollow put together this fun Holiday Pillow Party blog hop.

What’s needed:

Fairfield Poly-fil Premier Ultra Plush Pillow
1.5 yards of Kunin Premium felt cut from a bolt: Charcoal
9″x12″ Kunin Premium felt: Candy Pink
9″x12″ Kunin Coordinate felt: Silver Dot on White
pins
Snowflake Pattern
Let it Snow! Pattern
Scissors
Beacon Fabri-Tac Premium Fabric Glue
Cutting Mat, Cutting Ruler and Rotary Cutter
Sewing Machine

Fairfield has great pillows to add to any pillow case. They provided these awesome Poly-Fit Premier Ultra Plush Pillow Inserts. I created my very own pillow cases to go over them. Here is how I made them!

The pillows were 20″x20″ so I cut my felt at 21″x21″. I cut 4 squares and then cut 2 of them in half.

Each pillow should have 3 pieces of Charcoal fabric, (1) 21″x21″ and (2) 10.5″x21″. Pin the two smaller pieces to the bigger piece. This leaves an opening in the middle of the back of the pillow.

Leaving 1″ around the edge, sew all the way around the pillow case.

Once the pillow cases are all sewn, remove all of the pins and put the insert in the pillow case.

Print out the patterns and pin them to the felt.

Cut the snowflakes and the letters from the felt.

Once everything is cut out, lay the pieces out on the pillowcase to make sure you have it where you want it.

Using Beacon’s Fabric-Tac Premium Fabric Glue, glue your pieces in place.

Let the glue dry and then your pillows are ready to use!

Hope you like these adorable Let it Snow! Pillows that I created for the Fairfield World Pillow Party 2019. Be sure to check out the other pillows that were created!

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Felt Beach Ball Coasters

Simple USA Banner

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Craft Lightning is here and the theme this time is Patriotic! I’ve created this super simple USA banner that can be left as is or it can be jazzed up with whatever decorations you’d like!

Materials:

Kunin Felt: Red, White and Blue
Scissors
A wooden dowel
Ribbon
Hot Glue Gun and Hot Glue Stick

How I made it:

With a 9″ x 12″ piece of blue felt, fold it over a wooden dowel and glue it done on the ends.

Using scissors, cut the letters USA from the red and white felt. Glue them in place on the front of the banner.

Tie a piece of ribbon to the dowel on each side of the banner.

Now it’s ready to hang up! You can hang it on the wall or on your front door!

I hope you like this super simple USA banner.

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Will You Be My Gumdrop? Valentine

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Craft Lightning is here again and this time it’s to celebrate obscure holidays! I picked National Gumdrop day, February 15th, which just happens to be the day after Valentine’s Day! So, why not make a Will You Be My Gumdrop Valentine! I’ve created this cute card using my Cricut Explore. Here is how you can make your own, even if you don’t have a Cricut!