Tutorial: No Sew Fabric Rosette Broach

It's official, fall has finally arrived in the Alaskan interior.  The leaves are yellow and covering the ground.  The temperature has been consistently below 60 degrees and its been raining a lot.

The upside to all of this is that it's time for the cardigans that I love oh so much! I'm especially digging the ones I've been seeing in stores these days.

My closet is already full of cardigans, but they are all rather plain Jane.  So my wheels started turning...why not just spice them up a little? Armed with inspiration I set out to remedy this "situation".

 

Fabric Rosette Broach

What you will need:

6 - 1" strips of fabric of varying lengths

1 piece of felt (about 10x10) cut in half

2 safety pins

hot glue gun

1. Start by creating your rosettes.  Make a few different sizes.

**Little Birdie Secrets has a fantastic tutorial**

 

2. Place your newly created rosettes on one piece of the felt. I like to lay them out the way I'll be gluing them down.

3. Glue them down using your hot glue gun.

 

4. Cut away the excess felt with some scissors.

5. The other piece of felt is used to add stability to your broach.  Cut two sets of small holes in the second piece of felt so that the back of your safety pins will slide through like the image below.

6. Glue your second piece of felt to the back of your broach (safety pins facing out) and cut away the excess.  Take care not to accidentally glue the safety pins down as they need to move freely for pinning ease. 

And WA LA now you have a super cute broach!

  


I intend to add a little spice to the rest of my cardigans and already have plenty of ideas up my tiny sweater sleeves:~)

Little Miss Momma: Magnificent Metal GIVEAWAY ***{handstamped awesomeness}***

via littlemissmomma.blogspot.com

Love this!

In a Yellow House: On The Water

Challenge: On the Water

My Entry...

This is a picture of the Baltimore Inner Harbor. I love how the lighting worked out in this picture.

 

Here are a few of my other favorites:~)

 

 

Shutter Love - Outtakes & Bloopers

This weeks theme is Outtake & Bloopers. 

Over the lovely long weekend My hubby and I went 4-wheeling/camping with a friend.  While sitting around the campfire I decided to play around with my camera a bit.  I set my camera on a log and took some long exposure photos of the campfire. During one of the shots I bumped my camera by accident and this is what I got.....

 

Not quite what I was going for...but kinda neat non the less.  Here are a few that actually turned out.

 
 

 

My All -Time Favorite Cookies

Cooler weather always makes me feel like baking. And cooler weather has most deinfinatly arrived in the Last Frontier. We are already down to the mid 30's at night.  YIKES!

Today I wanted to share my absolute favorite cookie recipie with everyone!

Frog Commissary Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter

1 cup sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 tablespoons milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp salt

1 tsp cinnamon

2 1/2 cups oats (rolled or quick)

2 cups chocolate chips 

Preheat the oven to 350 F.

With an electric mixer cream together the butter and the sugars. Mix in the egg, then the milk and the vanilla extract.

Stir the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together.

Gradually stir the flour mixture into the sugar mixture until it’s incorporated.

Stir in the oats and chocolate chips.

Drop dough, making 1 inch rounds, onto the cookie sheet, placing about 1 1/2 inches apart so they have room to spread.

Bake on center rack for 10-13 minutes, until golden brown at the edges and light golden at the center.

Cool on baking sheet for at least 1-2 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.

Makes 4 dozen

ENJOY!

Frock by Friday: ANDA

I have been wanting to participate in A Frock by Friday over at Grosgrain ever since I discovered her blog, but I have always had too many other projects on my list.  This week I finally got time to sit down and join in:~) It was super simple and I really love the style of the Anda pattern.  The best part about it is that it is so versitile.  I'm already planning some alterations for a future frock....eventually I'll get around to trying them out.

Here is how my Frock turned out.... 

It took me forever to pick out a fabric I liked.  In Alaska we are pretty limited and I just hate ordering fabric without being able to feel it or see the true color.  Surprisilgly once I found this burried on the shelf at JoAnne's I was pretty happy.  I love that it still has that "little black dress" feel but with a little more character:~)

Yoga Mat Bag

College classes start again on Thursday.  This year along with my academic classes I have decided to take a hot yoga class as well. I'm hoping this will help keep my energy/spirits up during our cold, dark, alaskan winter (which is already peaking around the corner) and get my butt back into shape:~)

Since I will be lugging myself and my mat downtown twice a week I decided a bag was in order.  I used the fabric I had left over from my ironing board cover and to get started I used Amy Butler's free Nigella Yoga Bag pattern. I made my bag a bit bigger. The material my mat is made of is rather clingy and the larger bag helps keep it from getting hung up on the material and it fits my water bottle:~)  I also did not add the pocket, I mixed up my fabric a bit by adding a panel down the front, and I changed up the top so that it could be cinched closed. 

 

I had intended to make a tutorial, but I ran out of time.  If anyone is interested in a tutorial with the changes I made let me know:~)