Cricut Vinyl Letters

I love the vinyl letters and all the wonderful saying that are out there. I love that they are getting so common place that Target and Walmart are starting to sell them. The only thing is I'm cheap. There I said it.

I bought the cricut brand vinyl at Robert's, used their 40% coupon and got a roll for only $5. I made a sign for my little sister. And the remaining vinyl I made this...


The Cricut Cartridges that I used are:

Opposities Attract
Cuttin' Up
Storybook

The other frame is waiting for my youngest's picture which I haven't gotten taken yet... ugh!

The frames I got during the 50% sale at Roberts so they only cost me about $12 a piece. So all together this project costed me roughly $26.

Satin Sunflowers

I found this tutorial on how to make sunflowers out of Satin and Organza (I oringially found it on this website). I couldn't wait to give it a try. But I don't have a little girl to dress up and I really don't wear flowers in my hair or on my clothes so I needed to find a fun excuse to make these.

I'm a teacher for the Mia Maids and Laurels during Church on Sundays and I LOVE making handouts. I found this idea for a handout but instead of using the house I wanted to use the sunflowers. It was perfect especially with all the growing sunflowers in our area and the changing seasons. I think it worked perfect. I added a clip to the flower and the girls can use them for hair pieces, on their clothes or attach it to a bag.

I followed the tutorial pretty much step by step as this was my first time ever making flowers. I didn't want to mess them up. But now that I know how to do it I can make them any color that I want and definitly personalize them.

I'm also not a professional photographer so hopefully you'll get the gist of how to make these as well.

First I cut the satin and organza into squares. You pick the size, it's up to you.
I cut them did 4x4 and 3x3.

Next cute the squares into circles. It's okay if it's not perfect as you can tell mine aren't.

Then cut lines into the circle. Again it doesn't need to be perfect.

Then the fun part. Burn it. This took me some trial and error and a few got singed more then I wanted them too. But that's what makes them fun, they look great with the singed edges. I did learn to make sure to have the satiny side facing the fire. Or you'll get the curl going the wrong way. The Organza curls quickly so don't get it too close to the fire.

To make the middle part I just used a cute ribbon. I rolled ribbon so mostly what you'd see was the dots. Then I glued it into a circle swirling as I go. Again this was all done by trial and error. Some look better then others.

I glued some felt to the barrette or whatever you'd call this. Then I glued the felt to the flower to make it more sturdy.

Tada you have a beautiful flower. And I got a ton of compliments from it. But don't forget to check out the LINK to see the original creaters of this wonderful flower.