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Fairfield World Poly-fil® Poly-Pellet® Christmas Ornaments

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Ornaments are my favorite thing to make at the holidays and these Poly-Pellet® Christmas Ornaments were so much fun! I usually don’t get to make ornaments for my own tree, as I am always making them to sell and they are usually made from all wood. But I love how these Poly-Pellet® ornaments turned out and they will definitely be hanging on my tree.

Materials:

  • Wood ornament cutouts (I cut mine out on my Glowforge, but you can buy them at a local craft store)
  • Plain and Dyed Poly-Pellets (You can see the YouTube video below to see how I dyed mine.)
  • Ribbon and string
  • Hot glue gun and hot glue sticks
  • Paint Pens

How I dyed my Poly-Pellets:

How I made my ornaments:

For my snowman ornament, I used plain Poly-Pellets®. I glued the Poly-Pellets® to my wooden snow man. I left the arms so that I could paint them brown. TIP: I glued in sections so that the glue didn’t dry too quickly.

Once the first layer was dry, I glued on another layers.

Once the glue was dry, I used a paint pen to paint the arms of my snowman.

I did the same thing with my Christmas tree ornament. I used the brown paint pen to color the stem of the tree.

I wanted my ornaments to be thicker, so layering gave it the thickness I was looking for.

I used small bits of the dyed Poly-Pellets to add details to my ornaments. The snowman got buttons, eyes and a nose. I added a ribbon for the scarf. The tree got lights or small ornaments.

I love how these turned out. You can get Poly-Pellets online at www.fairfieldworld.com.

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Home For The Holidays Pillow

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Today is the kick off of the Fairfield World Pillow Party and I made this Home For The Holidays Pillow to celebrate! I joined other crafty friends in making a pillow for the party. And believe me, they are all cute! I’m all about Home and being home for the holidays so I thought, what a great pillow idea. I even made it festive colors!

Materials:

  • Fairfield World Poly-fil Premier Lumbar Pillow
  • Kunin Felt: Premium Felt on the bolt: Smoke, Classic Felt: Red, Apple
  • Glowforge (not necessary.
  • Home For The Holidays SVG
  • Scissors
  • Cutting Mat, Ruler, Rotary Cutter
  • E6000 Fabri-Fuse
  • Sewing Machine
  • Pins

How I made it:

I started by cutting my felt. The pillow measures 14″x28″ so I cut my grey felt at 15″x19″. I then sewed that together with a 1/2″ seem, leaving a gap big enough to put my pillow in once the case was flipped right side out. Speaking of that, once I was done sewing the three sides, I flipped the right side out.

Next, I inserted the pillow into the pillow case.

With pins, I closed up the gap so that I could get ready to sew it up.

Carefully, I sewed the gap closed with my sewing machine.

I know that not everyone has a Glowforge, but I do and I love to use it to cut felt. It cuts so easily and it’s quick. TIP: You could also print and cut the pattern out or you could use a Cricut.

I laid out all of my pieces in place on my pillow before I glued them down.

I’m obsessed with E6000. I seriously use it daily. This Fabri-Fuse is awesome.

I let the pillow dry flat and then I added the pillow to my couch for a quick festive project!

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Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Hello Pumpkin Sign featuring Fairfield World’s Oly*Fun® and Project Foam

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Pumpkin season is here and this Hello Pumpkin sign made with Fairfield World’s Oly*Fun® and Project Foam is perfect to add to your decor! It can be hung on the wall, the door or set on a shelf or table. I love it as a door hanger!

Materials used:

How I made it:

I first started by drawing a pumpkin and stem with a marker on the Project Foam. I knew that my sign was only 14″x14″ so I needed to make it smaller than that. I cut it out with my scissors.

I laid the foam pumpkin and stem shapes on the orange and brown Oly*Fun® and traced around them, adding about a 1/2″.

Once everything was cut out, I sewed the pieces together with a 1/4″ seem and leaving an opening for inserting the foam.

I flipped the sewn Oly*Fun® so the seam was inside and them inserted the foam.

I sewed the openings closed. I then sewed a curved line on each side, giving it a more realistic pumpkin look.

Then I glued the stem to the pumpkin.

Using my Glowforge, I cut out the Hello Pumpkin letters and painted them orange.

Then it was time to glue everything down to the sign.

I love how the sign turned out! Fall decorations are my favorite decorations! I hope you like it too! You could make lots of different size pumpkin signs and make a collage! There is a variety of Oly-Fun® colors!

Until next time….Happy Crafting!

Easy No Sew Kids Rainbow Costume featuring Fairfield World’s Oly*fun

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Halloween is around the corner and an easy no sew kids rainbow costume is perfect for a pop of color on October 31st. Rainbows are all the rage this year so I knew this little cutie would be a perfect model for this costume.

Materials:

  • 1/2 yard of Fairfield World’s Oly*fun™: Cherry Pop, Orange Crush, Lemon Drop, Clover, Sky Blue, Jelly, Bubble Gum
  • Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Fiber Fil
  • Cutting Mat
  • Rotary Cutter
  • Ruler
  • Scissors
  • Elastic
  • Hot Glue Gun & Glue Sticks
  • Adhesive Velcro

How I made it:

First, I started by cutting the Oly*fun™ into five 2″ strips using the cutting mat, rotary cutter and ruler. I later trimmed them down once I knew how long I needed them to be to fit the child.

Using my hot glue gun, I glued each of the colors together so that they were layered but not directly on top of one another.

Then I glued the groups of five strips together in the order of the rainbow with bubble gum being the last color.

Next, I glued Fiber Fill to the top of the strips where I glued the layers together, creating a cloud for the rainbow. This was a great way to hide the glue! I added more Fiber Fill to make it a full cloud so that you couldn’t see through it.

I cut a piece of elastic at 12 inches and glued it to one end of the rainbow.

I added the adhesive velcro to the other side of the rainbow. I wanted to make sure that the costume fit the child, so I put it on the child and then adhered the elastic to the velcro. That way it fits her perfectly and it will be in the right place in the case that it needs to be taken off.

Once all of the glue was dry and cooled, it was ready to be put on the cutie!

I love how this adorable little no sew kids rainbow costume turned out. It was so fun and easy to make and could even be made it an adult size! I hope you like it as well!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Poly-Pellets® Bird Bath Bowl

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Lately I’ve been playing around with resin and Fairfield World’s Poly-Pellets® to see what all I could possibly make with the combination. One idea I came up with was to create a bird bath bowl! It could also be used as a bird feeder bowl.

Materials used:

  • Fairfield World Poly-Pellets®
  • Two Part Resin (I use Envirotex Lite®)
  • 3 Mixing Cups (2 small and 1 bigger)
  • Mixing Sticks
  • Plastic Wrap
  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Mixing Bowl
  • Heat Gun
  • Sharpie marker
  • Scissors

How I made it:

First, I mixed my two part resin. I measured out equal amounts of the resin and the hardener in two separate cups. I then poured both into a larger cup. Following the instructions, I let it sit for a few minutes before mixing it so that the bubbles could rise to the top.

While I let the mix sit, I wrapped plastic wrap around my cutting mat. I used the mat to protect the table. You don’t have to use it. I used a marker to draw out my bowl pattern.

With the hot glue gun and glue sticks, I went over the marker line with the hot glue, building it up so that I have a wall to keep the resin and poly-pellets® in.

Once I was done building the wall of glue, I mixed up the resin and hardener until it was completely mixed, about 2 minutes.

To measure how many poly-pellets I would need, I poured them out onto my plastic wrap, within the walls of the glue. I then poured them into the mixed resin and then mixed them in, coating the poly-pellets® with the resin.

Using a mixing stick, I spread out the mix until it was all the way to the edges and even.

With my heat gun on high, I waved it above the resin to help pop any bubbles that had developed. Then I left it alone to harden.

After it has started to harden for a few hours, I covered a mixing bowl with plastic wrap and turned it upside down. I then picked up the almost hardened resin with poly-pellets® and turned it over onto the bottom of the bowl. I molded it around the mixing bowl creating an upside down bowl.

Then I left it alone to completely dry overnight. The next morning, I pulled all of the plastic wrap away from the bowl.

After I pulled all of the plastic wrap off, I used scissors to cut away the hot glue from the edge.

I used an old flower pot as the base, but the bowl could just sit on the deck or the table.

The birds love it! I’m thinking about making another one just for bird seed!

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Burlap Sun Welcome Door Hanger Using Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Fiber Fill

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Anything related to the sun makes me happy lately, so I decided that a burlap sun welcome door hanger on my front door would be the perfect touch of happiness! I’m a big fan of painted burlap door signs!

Materials used:

  • Burlap
  • Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Fiber Fill
  • Wire
  • Wire cutters
  • Needle Nose Pliers
  • Paints (I used yellow and black paints from DecoArt)
  • Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
  • Scissors
  • Paint Brushes
  • Permanent Marker
  • Pencil
  • A round object to trace a circle
  • A work area you don’t mind getting paint on (I used a plastic container lid)
  • Ribbon (I used sheer yellow ribbon and black raffia ribbon)
I did end up adding additional supplies after this photo was taken.

How I made it:

With my burlap folded in half like it came off of the bolt from the store, I cut about 30 inches for my sun and kept the burlap folded so that I would have 2 pieces of the same pattern after it was cut out.

Using a frisbee and a permanent marker, I traced a circle. TIP: You can use any round object to do the circle or you can just freehand one. This frisbee just happened to be the perfect size that I wanted. I freehanded the triangles of the sun.

Using my scissors, I cut the sun out leaving about half an inch around the lines.

I separated the two pieces of burlap and set the one that does not have the drawn sun aside. This one will be the back piece.

Using a bright sunny color yellow paint, I painted within the lines. TIP: I used an old plastic bin top that I didn’t care about anymore to paint my burlap on top of. Since burlap has holes in it, the paint seeps through and it’s easy to pull the burlap up after it dries.

With a pencil, I wrote out Welcome and then painted it with black paint.

Once the sun piece was dried, I put the two pieces back to gather, making sure to align them correctly.

I then hot glued the edges together, leaving one of the triangles open so that I could stuff it.

Then, I stuffed it full of Poly-fil® Fiber Fill, making sure to stuff the triangles as much as I could. I wanted the triangles to be stiff so they wouldn’t flop over.

Using wire cutters, I cut my wire to the length I wanted.

I pushed the wire through the back of the burlap, up through the front. Using needle nose pliers, I curled the ends so that it doesn’t back out of the burlap.

TIP: I hung my sign on my front porch and wasn’t happy with the length. It was too long, so I trimmed it with the wire cutters and curled the end again. It’s better to cut it a little longer, so that some can be cut off!

Using my marker, I retraced the circle and the triangles so that it gave it more of a whimsical sun look.

I also trimmed off all of the ragged edges to give it a cleaner edge look.

I actually went back and added a small layered bow!

Then it was ready to hang up!

Did you know Poly-fil® is made with recycled material that is re processed into Polyester and then extruded and expanded to make the Poly-fil® we all know and love!

Until next time….Happy Crafting!

Weighted Desk Sitter

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I’ve been really into making desk or shelf sitters lately, especially if it’s words of wisdom or kindness or a word of the year and these weighted desk sitters are perfect!. I created these two desk sitters, one for business and one for fun using Fairfield World’s Poly-fil® Poly-Pellets®! I can even use the one for business at vendor events by sitting it on my table; that way everyone will know how to find me on social media! They can even be placed on a shelf!

Materials used:

How I made it:

Step 1: Cut the pieces needed to create the boxes. Two for the front and back, two for the sides and two for the top and bottom. You can make the box any size that you’d like.

Step 2: Using pins, pin the pieces together at the edges. For the green one, I pinned all of the pieces together except for the back. For the pink one, I pinned all of the pieces together except for the sides.

Step 3: Sew the pieces together. I did my stitches on the outside. You could do the stitches on the inside and then turn it right side out after you have stitched it. A two inch gap needs to be left opened so that it can be filled with the poly-pellets® and fiber fill.

Step 4: Once all of the sides are sewn, except for the 2 inch opening, pour the Poly-Pellets® into the opening. I filled it about half way.

Step 5: I filled the rest of box with Poly-fil Fiber Fill. I used the handy little stuffing tool to push the Fiber Fill to the sides and corners.

Step 6: Once it is stuffed to liking, the two inch gap gets sewn closed.

Step 7: Using either scissors or a dye cutting machine, cut letters to put on the box. I used my Glowforge laser to easily cut my letters. TIP: You can print out your letters on printer paper, cut them out and use them as templates for your felt.

Step 8: Use Fabric or Felt Glue to adhere the letters to the box and then let it dry flat.

When it’s completely dry, put it on your desk or a shelf and enjoy!

Be Kind A Sweet Berry Designs Desk Sitter

Hope you liked this little tutorial on how to make a felt desk sitter filled with Poly-pellets®!

Felt Rainbow Ornament featuring Fairfield World Poly-fil

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Fairfield World is celebrating their 80th birthday, so I’m celebrating with them by making a felt rainbow ornament filled with Fairfield Poly-fil Fiber Fill! I absolutely love Fairfield World products and I have been using the fiber fill forever!

Materials used:

  • Fairfield World Poly-fil Fiber Fill
  • Kunin Felt Classic Felt 9″x12″ craft cuts: (1) Red, (1) Orange, (1) Yellow, (1)Apple Green, (1) Peacock, (1) Fuchsia, (1) White
  • Scissors
  • Felt Glue (I use Beacon Felt Glue)
  • Sewing Machine
  • Embroidery Floss
  • Needle

How I made it:

I began by cutting my red felt into to half circles at a length of 5.5 inches. I then cut the orange, yellow, green, blue and fuchsia into the same size half circles using the red one as a pattern.

Then I arranged them in the order of the rainbow and then cut each one a little smaller, creating a rainbow look. Then I cut two white half circles at six inches, slightly larger than the red one.

Using my sewing machine, I sewed the two white pieces together, leaving just a quarter inch seam and a two inch opening at the bottom. I then stuffed it with the Fairfield Poly-fil Fiber Fill and sewed it up!

I glued together the rainbow using Beacon Felt Glue. Next I glued the rainbow to the stuffed white piece and let it dry completely.

Once it was dry, using the needle and embroidery floss, I put the floss through the seam of the white pieces and tied the ends together so that I could hang it on the tree!

Happy 80th Birthday Fairfield World!!!!

Happy Crafting. Until next time…..

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:

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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Layered Words of Love Hearts featuring Fairfield World’s Oly*Fun

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There are lots of words of love that I can think of that remind me of Valentine’s Day. A few in particular are love, hugs and kisses. I created these adorable little hearts with words of love and Oly*Fun.

Materials needed:

  • Fairfield World Oly*Fun
  • Wood hearts cut from a Glowforge or cardboard hearts cut from a Cricut
  • Heart SVG file
  • Scissors
  • Multi-purpose glue (I love Beacon!)
  • Pen or Marker

How I created them:

I created an svg file of the hearts with words in them and then a heart without words to use on the back. With my Glowforge, I resized and cut the hearts. This can also be done on the Cricut with balsa wood or cardboard.

Using one of the hearts that is made for the back , I placed it on a sheet of Oly*Fun and traced it.

Once I had 4 hearts traced, I folded my Oly*Fun in half and cut two hearts from each color. TIP: I cut the hearts smaller than the trace lines so that they would be smaller than the wood heart outlines.

I used Beacon Mutli-Grip glue to first attach both layers of Oly*Fun to the back piece of the heart. Then I applied glue to the back of the heart with the word on it and layered it on top of the Oly-Fun.

I let them dry. They can be given to someone as a Valentine, strung onto string to create a banner or just displayed together as a Valentine’s decoration.

I also resized a love heart and a back piece to about 10 inches and added a hole to the top so that I could create a door hanger. I followed the same directions for the big one that I did for the smaller ones. And then I added a ribbon to hang it up.

Hope you like these adorable little love word hearts. They were fun and easy to make! The kids could even help to put them together! Happy Valentine’s Day!

Until next time….