Pom-Poms!!

Hey people!!

Today’s post is going to be very fun.

We are going to make……….

POM-POMS!

Yaya!

:)

You will need:

Yarn

A dinner fork

Scissors

Thread the yarn through the middle two tines on the fork. You will want to leave a nice, long tail. Mine is too short here.

Start wrapping the yarn around the tines of the fork.

Keep wrapping! Remember, the more yarn you have the bigger the pom-pom will be.

Once you have wrapped the fork to your satisfaction, take the tail and go up and over the entire bundle.

Flip the fork over to the back. Thread the tail through the two middle tines again. Flip the fork back over.

It should look something like this.

Tie the yarn in a knot and cut the extra yarn.

Take the bundle off the fork and cut the loops in half. DON’T CUT THE LOOPS OFF! YOUR BRIGHT AND HAPPY POM-POM WILL BE REDUCED TO NOTHING BUT SAD, SAD BITS OF YARN. Only cut them in half.

You are halfway there! Now cut the other loops.

Yay! Your pom-pom is done! Now for the fun part: what you can DO with the pom-poms!!

You could glue googly-eyes on to make yourself a little fuzzy friend.

You could glue several together to make yourself a rainbow of fuzzy-ness!

If you make the tails extra long you can use it as a bookmark!

To make the double pom-pom all I did was make a pom-pom like normal except before I took the bundle off the fork I just started making another pom-pom around the first one. Tie it off like you would normally and you are done!

I hope you liked this how-to! I had a lot of fun with it and I think when we finally take down the Christmas decorations I will hang these around the house. Enjoy!

P.S. this is my 20th post! Just thought I'd mention it! :)

My Pocket Quilt!

Hello people of the inter-webs!

I apologize for slacking off with posting. Hopefully I will get back into the swing of things soon!

Anyway, today I decided to show off a quilt that I made!

Here is my pocket quilt! It is 49”x 60” or big enough to cover Mom (with the exception of 3 or 4 inches.) I used a tutorial out of a book called Project Teen to make it. I recommend checking it out, it has a lot of useful tutorials!

Here is one of the pockets. I made 12 pockets in all, 6 little pockets and 6 big ones.

Here is one of the smaller pockets. All of the pockets are lined.

I used blue minky for the back. Attaching the back to the front was interesting. We used a whole lot of normal pins to secure the back to the front, then we flipped it over so the front was facing up and put a safety pin in everyone of the squares. Then I had to sew the whole thing! We did not use a lining because A) that would have meant more layers and things to pin and B) my machine couldn’t have sewn the thing together in the end. It’s still very warm and cozy anyway!

So that’s my quilt! This has been a post that I’ve wanted to make for a long time, and now I finally have! Yay! Sorry that it is a little short, I’m hoping to get a good how-to or something up on Thursday. But that’s it for now!

5 Gift Ideas

Hello!

So for today I am going to be posting gift ideas for girls!

I will not be posting gift ideas for boys because I am a girl and I don’t know what boys would like. I will, however, mention if I think a gift could be given to a boy as well as a girl.

Glad that’s sorted.

Now to begin!

Portable Charger

Now girls use their phones a lot. And because we use our phones a lot, our phones are not always charged when we need them to be. But with this portable charger all we have to do is plug this in at night and remember to keep a spare cord in our purses! This seems like something boys would like too, just not in the color pink. :)

DIY Snow Candles

Everybody loves a good candle! They come in soooooo many different scents and most of them smell amazing!! Consider buying a few small candles as a stocking stuffer, or even one big one.

Essie Nail Polish

Nail Polish!! This is one thing that most girls can’t seem to get enough of. Grab a few colors, wrap them up all pretty and you have a gift that won’t be rejected. Essie and OPI are some very common nail polish brands.

CamelBak Water Bottle

Water Bottles are something that can be appreciated by girls and boys. A fun thing to do with a water bottle is fill it up with small goodies that your person might enjoy (gift cards, nail polish, a portable charger).

Target Gift cards

Gift cards are something that’s very easy to supply and this way you won’t get them a present that they hate. I personally prefer gift cards to most presents because I enjoy picking out the item myself. You can get gift cards for any store that you shop at. This also is another gift that boys would enjoy as well as girls.

So there you have it! 5 different last minute gifts in case you are still struggling for a present. Enjoy!

Scripture Ornament!

Hey Guys!

Sorry I'm late, I was really busy! I hope you enjoy this craft!

Scripture Ornament:

You Will Need:

Paper

Scissors

Felt

A Pen

A Hot Glue Gun

A cup

A slightly smaller cup (not shown)

Yarn

Trace the large cup on the felt and cut it out.

Take the smaller cup and trace it on the paper. Cut it out (the larger circle is the size of the felt circle.)

Write your favorite bible verse on the paper.

Glue the paper onto the felt.

Cut some yarn long enough to go around the felt circle. Glue the yarn to the felt.

Cut some yarn for a loop and glue the loop to the back of the felt.

And you are done!!