Daisy Costume for Charlotte

My cute little niece, Charlotte, wanted to be a daisy!

I found a white tutu with a daisy waistband-

at Goodwill - a perfect start!

I googled Daisy costumes and none of them
caught my eye, so
I improvised.

I bought a white knit cap at Walmart
and a few bunches of artificial daisies.

My next stop was Jo Ann Fabrics-
2 yds of yellow felt for petals -

I gathered the yellow felt and sewed it to the underside of the tutu-
I scalloped the bottom to resemble petals

The hat was simple-
I popped the heads off the stems-

hot clued them to the rim of the knit cap

and added a gingham daisy to the top

She wanted to wear her pink angel wings

and on a trip to Goodwill,
I found a pair of yellow wings
with the added daisy- score!

The fun part began-
A 3 year old can be hard to photograph
and she was no exception!

much too interested in her dad's cellphone!

 A tired little daisy at the end!

Ahhh, to be three again!
Happy Halloween
Charlotte Maud
xoxo
Auntie Claire

Take care, gotta fly

Partying at...

Wedgewood Lookalike

Wedgewood is one of my favorite kinds of China -
When my girls were little, they received many pieces of the Peter Rabbit collection-
bowls, cups, banks and clocks-
Adorable keepsakes they will have for their own children...someday!

My all time favorite Wedgewood is

Jasper Classic white on light blue!

This is also a beauty

It's called the Wedgewood Prestige Vase and I'm eyeing this for a future project-

Anyways, I found this ceramic stone pot for $.49- it was fine- but you know me-

Change it up -

I also found this foam cone topiary

I know, I know- the answer is yes- I found it at GW too!

I started cutting out circle and flower shapes from white felt,

pinching it in the middle and hot gluing it to the topiary form-

After covering the topiary with white felt flufflets,

I covered the stem with rope and continued down to the base of the topiary-

I made circles on the base with the string too-

Finally, I painted the pot wedgewood blue with white accents-

somewhat of a blue jasper copy cat, look alike but not really pot!!

Cute, huh?

Well, take care, gotta fly-Claire

I'm partying here..

Felt flower topiary

Who says I have an obsession with topiaries?

I love them.

I have all kinds throughout my house.

I have made most of them.

Topiaries make me smile.

So, this is what I did.

 After cutting out tons of white felt circles,

 I folded each circle in 1/2 and then in 1/2 again-

glued it to the 1/2 circle of Styrofoam and repeat, repeat , repeat,

over and over again!

 After all that folding and gluing is done,

this is what you get!!

I love how the folded scraps of felt,

 give the illusion of roses,

don't you think?

This is by far, one of my most favorite things

 I've made in the new year!!

Well, take care, gotta fly- Claire

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Pillow talk

Burlap is a relatively new love of mine. Felt, I could take or leave but after last weeks heart wreath made from felt circlets, a new idea popped up!  Those bitty felts folded up into cute folds which add a bit of dimension to whatever you form with them.  I decided I needed a felt circlet heart-who doesn't?  So with just a little burlap and a couple sheets of felt, a"love" pillow was born.  Very easy, cute and simple( and I'm not talking about me!)Well, take care-

Gotta fly-

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