Embroidered Felt Bookmark Tutorial

I’m a craft leader for our local MOPS group.  I love it, but in my 4th year, it gets a little harder to come up with ideas for our next craft.  I’m so happy that they created Pinterest. I’m a Pinterest addict!  I saw this pin and thought it would make a great craft.  I changed a few things and love how it turned out.

Supplies: felt, white or black elastic, embroidery floss, needle, hot glue

1. Cut 2 circles out of the felt. I cut circles with my Sizzix. Hand embroider your design on one circle.

2. Cut your elastic to the length that will fit around your book.

3. Hot glue ends together to make it strong.

4. Using your hot glue gun, make a line down the middle of one your circles and attach your elastic to it.

5. Next, put a ton of glue on so the bookmark doesn’t come apart when stretched.

 

6.  Place your top circle on immediately before the glue dries. And it’s done!

My girls had a snow day last week so we turned it into a craft day.  My 7 and 5 year olds are starting to learn how to hand sew and this was a perfect craft for them. I did a lot, A LOT of threading needles and tying knots.  I did put the bookmarks together for them. Here is a picture of their finished bookmarks.

I also made some bookmarks with cutting out shapes with my Sizzix and attached them to the front instead of hand embroidering. Here are two examples of ones that I made.

These make great gifts and are easy enough to make. Hope you Enjoy!

Door Hanging Initial Tutorial

    Hi!  I'm a total Pinterest addict!  I love everything from DIY, recipes, crafts, etc.  I also co-lead crafts for our Moms group (like MOPS).  My friend Stacy and I love to come up with fun crafts and Pinterest has made it much easier to get ideas from.  I had pinned this and we thought it would be perfect for our next craft day. It didn't have a tutorial so I came up with my own and want to share it with you!    Things you will need:  A 13 inch mdf or wooden letter  burlap muslin or linen acrylic paint floral berries, flowers, buttons for embellishment hot glue sandpaper

Most of our items were purchased at Hobby Lobby (♥ that store)!  

Take your Letter and paint the front and sides.  I used acrylic paint.

Next, you need to figure out how you want to hang it.  Some letters are easier than others :)  Having a last name with a "J" was a little tricky but I think it turned out nice.  Some letters you can simply wrap the burlap around the top.

 

I folded a piece of burlap and hot glued the ends on the back of my letter.  Then I took a piece of muslin and put it through the loop on top.

Then came the fun part, embellishing! 

I made a simple bow (just tied a knot) with a wide stripe of burlap and then hot glued it to the burlap attached to my letter.

Next, I hot glued some floral berries to the burlap and made sure that my rosettes would cover the bottom of them.

Then I made rosettes and hot glued them on.

I sanded the edges to get a distressed look and then added a few more rosettes to the bottom of the J also.

 

  Here's the finished craft!