Tweety in Dough Guest post

Good day readers of arts crafts n hobbies ,Today i am very happy to host my first Guest post by a very creative young Pakistani Crafter "Fairy "lets see what she has brought for us !




Hi !thanks for having me here at arts crafts n hobbies I am fairy and moderator of www.hunerworld.com. I like to make inexpensive things look fabulous! It is possible to make your home fancy and beautiful with out spending much.I love to do glass painting, pot decoration flower making ,landscape painting nylon flower making. I am delighted to be Guest here! I hope you will check out my site and be inspired to create something of your own!

Baby tweety’’




You will need:
1. Italian dough in yellow, orange and black colors
2. roller and pin
3. German white glue
4. scissor
5. red tiny bow


Method:

First of all, you have to cook Italian dough and keep it cool and use it after one day ,then knead it well and divide it into three portions, add yellow oil paint in dough and knead it well with hands
until mix completely, then add a drop of orange oil paint in small amount of dough and knead it well then add small amount of black oil paint in some dough and mix it well.If you dont know how to make Italian dough then click here for the recipe

Body
Take some portion of yellow dough and make a ball with your hands its size should be about 2 cm this will make tweety,s head. For the body make an oval shape with your hands using a large portion of yellow dough ,its size should be about 4 cm.

Face
To make the eyes take small amount of black dough and shape it like a tiny balls , make two small balls in same size .these are our tweety's eyes. Let them dry.For the beak cut a diamond shape from the orange flattened dough (shown in the 3rd picture)




Now flatten yellow and orange dough with the roller to make the wings feet and beak of tweety!



Wings
Cut flatten yellow dough shape it like a wing with the scissor,make two wings of the same size.

Feet
For the feet cut orange flatten dough into small circle of about 1 cm and then shape them zigzag on one side .make a pair of these .

Assembling
Now the fun begins ,glue the head of the tweety on top of the oval and stick the ribbon and the bow in such a way that it covers the joint of head and body.Stick a feather on top of the head and place the eyes and beak on their right spots.
Put some glue on wings and stick them to the body's left and right side . Paste feet one by one and let them dry completely,and finally your handmade baby tweety bird is ready to be given as a gift to your loving kids / friends .

Well friends i hope you like this cute and easy project from Fairy here are some more interesting projects she has done ........ aren't these lovely :)

1. Christmas wreath craft
2. Italian dough vegetables
   
3. and glass painted plate
   

You can check out these and some other very interesting tutorials of Fairy by clicking here

feel free to share your comments and suggestions with fairy @

contact :fairy4art@gmail.com
facebook:creative.fairy@yahoo.com

If you also want to do a guest post on arts crafts n hobbies then click hear or go to the get featured page above ,its simple and easy .

A Bow ,Yoyo and a Rosette Combo ,on a head band

Good day friends hows life :) over here its getting better after the end of my daughters final exams ...... Sheeewwww ,man that sure was a hard time and do you know what i do to make my self relax :) oh yes Crafting and creating new things and this is the latest out come of my relaxing

time .

OK lets talk about the PROCEDURE



you will be needing

• a YoYo
• a ribbon rosette
  
• a bead for the center of the rosette
• a scrappy piece of coordinating ribbon
  

THE BOW

double the ribbon keeping the joint in the middle take a few stitches,

pull and tie ,you made your self a basic bow.



now stitch or hot glue a yoyo on top of the bow .....I am sure by now you all must be knowing how to make a YOYO but if you dont then click hear to learn




Now stick the Rosette on top ...again if you wanna learn how to make a rosette click here :)

now stick this beautiful COMBO on to a head band you can use a plain plastic one or cover it with ribbon of coordinating color (like the one in the top most picture ).



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Upcycled Soda bottle dessert packs

Happy Eid Milad-un-Nabi every one (the birth day of our beloved and last Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H according to the lunar calender).
In Pakistan its a common practice to make or buy sweets to share with the neighbors ,friend and family on such special religious occasions .Usually people take these goodies to others either in some platters or dishes they own or in market bought disposable containers but both have some draw backs the Platters and dishes has to be returned so the receiver has to go through the trouble of emptying and washing them before returning and the disposable containers don't have to be returned but hear in Pakistan their rates are considerably high so to avoid these problems why not we up-cycle some thing that we all have in abundance and they usually end up in our trash cans YES you got me right i am talking about empty soda Bottles!

HOW TO

to make these you need 1.5 litter or 2.25 litter soda bottles remove the label and cut them app 3 inch below the the mid line .you can easily cut these with precision knives or scissors,



now cut the rim 6 times horizontally making six equal flaps (roughly 4 to 5 inches deep) be-careful with the depth of the cuts they all should be equal.



now at this stage fill up your container slightly below the lower edge of your flaps I am using the semolina desert in them (recipe available here) ,now comes the fun part start to fold the flaps inwards and create a crease by pressing it hard with your fingers


continue to do that with every next flap


in the end you will end up with a hexagon on the top of your container add some embellishment on the top like a ribbon Bow or some fabric flower ,over here i am using 3 different types of tissue paper roses is peach and light purple colour ....the camera is not doing justice with the colours in the indoor lights:(


That's it your up cycled soda bottle containers are all ready to be presented to your dear ones , so for the next time plan ahead and save some soda bottles for an occasion ,these would work great for the Birthday Party favors too :) .enjoy



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YOYO Embellished Head band tute

My kids have recently started using head bands instead of pony tails so i made some cute head bands for them i will share them one by one with you all.
Today i will share the maroon and white one which i made to go with a cute dress that my little one has .


the things you will need

• 1 large YOYO in maroon velvet
  
• 1 smaller yoyo in white silk
• two scrappy strips of white net
• a vintage button
  
• needle and thread
  
• transparent glue or glue gun
• black plastic head band
  

How to make a yoyo tutorial (in case you dont know how to make one already click on this link)



its pretty simple just stitch the white yoyo on top of the velvet one



add the button in the middle





sew running stitch along one side of the net strips ,pull and secure thread before breaking it off.




stitch the two net fan like shapes at the back of the maroon yoyo and stick this whole thing with the head band thats it friends all done :) hope you like it .a perfect match for the dress ! see how happy she is MahsaAllah:)



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Instant bag organizer Tutorial

Hi friends today i will share one of my fresh inspired creation that is my favorite so far and the amount of convenience it provides me is so so so great.


A 24 pockets changeable HAND BAG organizer (12 pockets outside and 12 inside with a large opening in the middle)
once you have done all the stuffing just pick it up and place it in side your hand bag.
OK first thing is first i have to give the credit to whom i got this idea from

The Kangaroo keeper

I saw this advertisement in one of the blogs (planet Weidknecht) i am following and i was totally mad to see this and wanted it so bad and its not very expensive either but i live in pakistan and its a long procedure to buy online stuff here:( any how here's my version and i name it the
instant bag organizer :)
hope you like it and its not difficult at all

things you need

• 1 yard fabric will be enough
  
• scissors
• sewing machine
• heavy duty machine needles

OK now to make a large instant organizer cut the fabric according to the above image (you may change the size according to your needs)

• 2 squares 15"x 15"
• 4 rectangles of 12"x 15"
• iron and fold all of these in half

iron and fold the long sides of the rectangles half an inch towards the wrong side
to create a false seem



now sandwich the larger floded piece in between the 2 smaller folded rectagles in such a way that its about 2 inches higher then the base line and about 1 inch lower then the upper edge . Keep the open sides of the smaller rectangles at the lower side so that it will come at the base of the pockets .Pin and secuer this


now mark the lines of the pockets to be sewn i made 4 large pockets and two 1.5 inch narrow pockets at each end .Its all up to you you may decrease or increase the number of pockets you need ,just be care full that the pockets on the extermities should be narrow as they will come in the width of the bag use them for thin objects as pencils lipsticks, eye pencils, nail cutters e.t.c mark one side and the back side's pockets will be formed automatically ;)



now stitch along the marked lines and at the base of the smaller rectangle to seal the lower edge of the pockets .make the other side just the same way and sew them together from the sides and the base and leave the mouth open .


stuff your fingers in the corners and make a diagonal stitch between the fingers as shown above this is the distance that will cover the two narrow 1.5 inch pockets (total length covered 3 inches between the fingers)


sew and cut off the extra corner .

turn the inside out and you are all done ,good to stuff in !well what ever you want ,you name it and you will have a pocket for it :)

it took me only an hour to make this and i love it .ENJOY

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Pillow case dress Refashion tutorial

Hi friends how are you all ,today i will show you how to reshape a simple pillow case dress into a cute ruffly frock


Well the story starts from the day when i made a long pillow case dress for my elder daughter but she some how didnt like it a bit and totaly refused to wear it :(
so i asked her that can this be given to her younger sis and she gladly agreed now the dress was pretty long for the younger one so i decided to do some thing interesting with it thats how i cut it






remember that its a prepared dress with a back so i am showing you the cutting from the front and we aill automatically get the back parts





the shourlder ruffles pieces are trimmed to have a scalloped shape



The neck line is prepared by using a bias tape and shulder ruffels are attached to the body and the lower skirt is pleated and attached to the prepared body .


thats it all done now i just added a big ribbon bow in the center of the body


mommy makes me soooooo mad with her camera at me :)



Now thats better mood :)


the back


fun with sis and cousins :)


BUT! the story does not end hear now my elder dauter is also in love with the transformed look of previously" her" pillow case dress and wants it back :( but now its too short for her .......(KIDS) .......... ! any how the fight got resolved on my promise to her that i will make a dress just like this for her in her choice of fabric and every one is happy :)



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