Tuesdays always need a little brightening up. I’m not sure what it is, but Tuesday is always my most lethargic day. Mondays are fine… I’m always up and ready to go. But on Tuesday mornings my alarm goes off and I think, wait, I have to do that again?

So here’s a quick, happy little project I came up with. It’s free, bright, and easy. Your Tuesday just became instantly less bleak.

All you need are some paint chip strips and a pin! Or lots of pins, if you get excited like I did. I used strips that were about 1 3/4″ long and between 1/4″ and 3/8″ wide. With this size I found 6-7 strips per flower was a good amount.

Arrange the paint chips in a pleasing order: there are no real rules for this one, of course, but you probably don’t want 2 of the exact same shade touching. You also won’t want the first and last ones to be the same, because they’ll end up beside each other.

Insert the pin into the approximate center of your first strip. be warned! this step is not always finger-friendly! Be careful! I had best results with resting one edge of the paint chip against the edge of a table to hold it flat and reduce the number of fingers I needed to put in harm’s way.

Continue adding paint chip strips until you’ve reached the desired amount – you can always add or remove some later. Line them up so you can trim the edges until they are all close to the same length.

Spiral them around until the petals are distributed nicely, and you have yourself some brightness for your Tuesday!

They’re daisies, maybe, or starbursts, or even snowflakes! Whatever they are, they’re pretty and bright and they’ve taken over my tiny bulletin board. I’m okay with it.

Enjoy!

quick creative fix is a post from: Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog

Well, the cloudy skies have not dissipated, but I tried my best to get a decent picture of my dolly… here he is!

I’m really pleased with how he turned out. Corduroy pants, cotton shirt, lycra face and fleece hair. He’s got simple button eyes and his mouth is just painted. The variety of fabrics led to a bit of difficulty, since they are completely varying in stretch, but it all worked out. I’m sending him out in the mail on Friday to Craft Hope so he can be sent off to an orphan in Nicaragua who might even love him more than I do. I’m glad I had this chance to make something with love to send to someone who needs as much love as he can get. :)

And, guess what! I’m offering the pattern up for free download… Download the Dolly Pattern here!

dolly is here! is a post from: Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog

Click here for the Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial!

Starburst Wrapper Bracelet Tutorial is a post from: Fluffyland Craft & Sewing Blog