twisted rainbow wire rings

this is a random post about my first attempt on the wire jewelry .I found this rainbow colored wire in a craft store a few months back, at that time i had no project in my mind in which i can use these beauties. A few days ago my elder daughter wanted me to make finger rings for her and for her school friends ........... this was a difficult wish :( as i am not very good in jewelery making! I had to see a lot of videos on You-tube for this purpose and learned some basic techniques from there and then i remembered my rainbow wires.......... i was so overwhelmed with joy :)

and this is the final result .......

The most difficult of the procedure was to find a perfect cylinder shape to roll the wire on to get the perfect size for the tiny fingers ,luckily a ballpoint pen served the purpose :)


rainbow colors were perfect for the beautiful angel hands :)


I am not totally satisfied with this attempt of mine but my daughters are really happy to own their new rings :) and so long as they serve the purpose i am happy too ........ now i should be worried about my own fingers i have to twist and turn the wires for at least 8 more times to get 8 more rings for the school friends of my elder one :)

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lace brooch tutorial

Good day friends how,s life i am really sorry for such a delayed post ,today i wana share the tute of this cute little brooch with you ,i had a little scrappy piece of a very beautiful lace with me , it was so little that i could not use it on any clothing yet it was so beautiful that i didn't want to throw it away then this idea popped into my mind that lets make a brooch out of it and thats how i made it!...........



The things you will be needing

• scrappy piece of lace
  
• artificial flowers ( i am using the flowers i won in a blog candy by Theresa :) )
• stamens
  
• safety pin
  
• transparent glue

fold your lace in a cress cross manner like a fan and then tie and sew in the middle with the help of the needle and thread .



now bring together the two open sides and sew or glue them together ( i am using needle and thread)do the same to the lower end too.




and you will end up making a round flower like shape ,

now comes the fun part cut off the stems from the roses and stick them to the center of the lace flower arrange and stick the the stamens and then glue the whole thing on the safety pin. I am using plastic pin which has a large plastic surface to accommodate hand made stuff .




Once the glue was dried i also stitched the lace with the pin for a more durable bond.

hope you like it ,by the way if you dont have the patience and time to make one and interested to buy it then click hear of details .

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My first peasant top attempt

Hi guys hows life as we all know that summer is slowly stepping in our lives hear in Pakistan and the sweet sweet spring is saying its goodbyes! over hear the spring was still coldish so the children used to wear the same type of all covered up cloths but now when summer is hear light and cute dresses are back , so i decided to make some tops and frocks for my girls this is one of the first one i made for this season and followed the tutorial from indie tutes what a fabulous site ,this was my first attempt to make a peasant top but i am totally in love with it and i know i will make a few more too very soon , for this shirt i made the pattern my self but if you want you may also download the pattern from prudent baby blog that has uploaded a free printable phasant top pattern along with a step by step tutorial ,have fun ladies and enjoy making cute dresses for your princesses :)



soooo busy is destroying a leaf :)


an unwilling model :)


You can notice a joint in the center of the top please dont get confused my fabric piece was a long strip and i wanted to make an A Line top so in order to increase the width i stitched two pieces together but if your fabric is wide enough then you will not have to do that .....


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easy pillow covers tute

I had this fabric for quite some time but some how it was away from my sight so i forgot about it , yesterday i found it in a cupboard and was totally in love with the print once again and i remembered how this fabric caught my attention in the fabric store all of the sudden and i bought enough to make a bed sheet with pillow covers,



pillow covers are really easy to make
for example the length of your pillow is 20inches then that's how you will cut the fabric
double the length of your pillow and add extra 5to7 inches and width of the fabric will be kept enough to occupy pillow inside the cover easily .


now with the wrong side up fold your fabric in double, measuring it to fit your pillow(20inches) leaving the extra 7 inches on one side






now fold the extra 7inches over your double folded fabric and pin up



now stitch the sides turn the pillow cover inside out and slid in your pillow and that's it all done !








the 7 inch fold you created would automatically go inside and it will help to stop your pillow from slipping out of your cover if you want you may also add a titch button in the middle of the opening

sweet dreams :)
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The Winner of the Bead Bracelet

OK guys today is the the day to annouce the winner of the bead bracelet giveaway ,i have used an online randome number generater to draw the lucky winner .
hears the image of the result







and the winner is Monique of Naturally me creations ,Congratulations monique :)
The winner is requested to conatct me at the email artscraftsnhobbies@yahoo.com and send me her home address, if the winner does not conatact me for 5 days then i will draw another name + i would also like to thank every one else who took part in my simple little give away :) .

the bracelet has been claimed and shipped to the winner

Big day Tomorrow

Good day friends ! hows life, sorry for being so ignorent about posting but life was pretty bussy for me in the past 15 days any how tommorow is the big day for the participants of my give away of hand woven glass bead wrist band/bracelet (spring theme)so stay tunned for the results tommorrow i will accept entries till 12am today on 20th April




BEST OF LUCK :)

free hand pot painting

I painted this little terracotta pot some 15 years ago :) yup it will soon be a vintage item now ! i was studding back then and pot painting became my hobby for a while .This vase is one of many pots that i painted and it still is with me :) rest of them were given to friends and relatives as gifts, if i saw them ever i will definitely share them with you all



I drew a free hand floral design with a pencil and then painted it with simple poster paints ! shades of brown are used with a out line of darker tone ,the out line is drawn with a zero size brush .The mistake i committed was that i never coated it with clear varnish because of which the white back ground developed a bit shabby look over the time, which as a matter of fact i like now :) again a mistake that turned out great (the regular readers of my blog will under stand what i am talking about for the newbies click hear)




a bit more detailed look of the floral design and my camera just could not bare the beauty so it took a blurred pic :(

by the way now i have sprayed it with clear lacquer spray to save the shabby look from turning into a dirty look :)

100 followers Give Away

On the happy event (for me ) :) of finally having hundred followers i decided to arrange a simple give away ,OK first show you what you might win










its a hand crafted wrist band made with bright multicoloured seed beads ,elastic thread is used for weaving the beads so it will fit any wrist size easily and its really very comfortable to use it will not entangle in your clothes and you will hardly feel that you are wearing some thing on your wrist

RULES TO ENTER THE GIVE AWAY

• become a follower of the blog
  
• if you already are a follower then .... its great (just let me know by a comment)
  
• leave a comment bellow ,that i love so much to read :) .
  
• the give away ends on 2oth April and the winner name will be posted on 21st April.
  
• i will be using the online number generator to pick the winner.
• any one from any where can enter i will post to any destination.
  

lastly please help me advertise this give away in any way put the picture on your side bar ,blog about it tell your friends by email or personally in any way .
BEST OF LUCK :)



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