Flower/Butterfly Headbands

In this post I will be showing you how to make Butterfly/Flower Headbands.They are super cute,and the idea was inspired by my brother's pet rabbit, Maxine, because one morning when I let her out of her hutch, she spotted a butterfly sitting on a flower, and she just sat there watching it quietly and calmly.It was the sweetest thing.Anyway, these flowery and fluttery delights are just gorgeous when you place the band on your head.Try to coordinate the colors, like a yellow headband and butterfly with a peach colored flower, or if you are in a Christmas mood, combine a green headband and butterfly, with a red flower.Another reason I decided to do this quick post, is that since I live in the united states, summer is coming to an end, and I decided to soak up the last bits of summer sweetness into one more bright and sunny project.  

Here's what you'll need:

•  1 Headband (Thick)
• Aleene's glue (preferably fast grab)
• 1 fake flower
• 1 plastic butterfly

First, take your headband, make sure that the band is clean and ready to use.

Then, take your flower, and kind of figure out 

where you want it to be on the band.

After that, you take your glue, and dot it on
 the bottom of the flower.

Now press the flower to the spot 
you wanted it to be at, and hold for about 30
 seconds. By then, the glue should be
 dry enough to move to the next step.

Take your glue and put a nice dot 
in the center of
 the flower. This is where 
the butterfly will be placed.

Before you press the butterfly to the glue, take a minute to examine it. Make sure it is clean and ready to glue.

Finally, press the butterfly onto the flower. let the headband rest for the next 2 to 3 hours in a sunny spot.

Now you are done. With this headband no matter whatever the climate you will always look like a splash of sunlight. xoxo, Via

 

  

   

  

Delicious Hot Dog Dangles

For this post I will be showing you how to make Delicious Hot Dog Dangles.These delightful delicacies are adorable, and unlike their appearance, super sweet.This post is dedicated to my little brother, Xander, because his favorite food is a hot dog with ketchup, and sometimes mustard.

Here's what you'll need:

Two balls of golden clay, about the same size                                                                                  

A tiny ball of yellow scrap clay(optional)
Two relatively small balls of reddish-orangish clay
A ball of dark red scrap clay(optional)
A pair of scissors
A spool of wire(thin)
Two dangle hooks

First take both your pieces of golden clay,
and roll them into 2 balls.

Then squish down the balls to form 2 pancake shapes.

They should look like this.

Pinch both sides of one of your golden pancakes to form the 

hot dog roll.Repeat with other pancake. 

Now take your balls of reddish-orangish clay,
and roll them into 2 balls,
 if you haven't done that already.

Roll the balls out into 2 snakes each about an inch and a half long,
so they're about the same size as the hot dog rolls.

Gently slide the hot dog meat into the hot dog roll.

Repeat with other snake and roll.

If you want to make ketchup or mustard, follow the following steps very closely.
Take either your dark red or yellow balls of scrap clay,
and roll them into 2 balls.

Roll your balls of scrap clay out into 2 long thin snakes.

Next, press curves into your snake so it looks like a mustard or ketchup drizzle.
Repeat with other snake.

They should look like this.

Press the yellow or red drizzle to middle of the hot dog.
Repeat with other drizzle and hot dog.

Use your scissors to cut 2 pieces of wire from your spool
that are about 2 inches long, and thread them through your dangle hooks.

Next, twist the one side of your wire around the other.
Push the wire into the top of you hot dog.
Repeat with other wire.

Bake, and wear. These tasty trinkets make fantastic party favors
and gifts.These delicious dangles can put a smile on your face whenever and wherever you go.
Via;)

Super simple lily pad clips

For this post, I will show you how to make Super simple lily pad clips.These Flowery delights take the least amount of time out of all my posts so far.These are really simple and easy to make, and like I said, they don't require a lot of time.

Here's what you'll need: 

• 1 scraping tool
• 1 cutting tool 
• a small  ball of yellow clay
• a relatively big ball of green clay 
• a relatively big ball of white clay 
• one clip                                                               

First, take your ball of green clay...

...and squish it down to create a green pancake.

It should look like this.

Take your cutting tool and cut a little triangle on the edge of the pancake to create a pacman shape.

It should look something like this.

Next, take your ball of white clay and stick your thumb into the center of the ball, tocreate a white cup shape.

Pinch around the edges of  the white cup shape.

This is the basic lily shape.

If you flip over the basic lily shape, it should look some what like this.

Now take your yellow ball of clay,and roll it into a small cone shape.

It should look like this.

Press the fat end of your yellow cone shape to the center of the upside of the basic lily shape.

Now, take your scratching tool and gently press the tips of the scraping tool to make small dots on the yellow center of the  flower.
You might want to take the center of the flower of for this.

It should look like this.

Next, press the lily onto the lily pad.

Finally, press the lily and lily pad onto your clip. Tweezing Tip:You might want a bigger clip than the one I used for this post.

Bake and wear!
These tiny trinkets aren't as pretty as the real thing, but they are still beautiful in every respect.
xoxo
Via

Author's note: it is a better idea to bake the lilypad before attaching to the clip with your choice of glue.another option is to attach it to the clip before baking, but to attach with sculpey bake and bond adhesive.     

 

Adorable Birds Nest Magnet

For today's post, I'm going to show you how to make an adorable birds nest magnet. You can use it on whiteboards, your fridge, anything with a strong enough magnetic pull. These are pretty easy to make and don't require that much time. (Contrary to what my dad might have sad during the photography process.) 

Here's what you'll need: 

One pair of scissors
One relatively big ball of golden clay
A magnet
A ball of white clay
A ball of light pink clay
 A quite big, ball of green or blue clay 
A scratching tool (To make scratches on the birds nest)

First, take your  ball of golden clay...

...and press your thumb into the center of the ball,then pinch all the way
around the edges of your bowl shape.

It should look something like this.

Now, take your scratching tool,

and scratch the outside and the inside edges at random angles
with it.

It should look sort of like this.

Put your birds nest aside, and take a ball of pink clay about so
big, and roll it into an egg shape.
Then repeat the last 2 steps with both the white and some of green.

It Should look like this.

Now, take a ball of green clay slightly bigger than the ball you made for the
egg...

...And roll it into a cylinder, but make the top slightly thinner than the   
bottom.

Pinch the edge of  the fat side to create the bird's tail.

Take another ball of green the same 
size as the ball you made for your green egg, and
 press the one side in to create a flat edge.
This is where you're going to put the beak.

Next, you're going to pinch the top of the opposite side to the one you flattened to create a crest on the top of the bird's head.

Now take a relatively small ball of pink clay, and press all three sides to create a triangle shape.
This is your beak.

Now, press your beak to the flattened edge on the bird's face. 

Then, take a ball of pink clay slightly smaller than the previous
ball of clay,and make it into a small eye shape.
Make two of these balls.

Press the eyes on either side of the bird's head.
It should look like this.

Next attach the bird's head to it's body.
It should look like this.

Next, take a ball a ball of white clay, and roll it into the shape of a Tick Tack.

Squish your Tick Tack shape to create an oval pancake looking thing.;).Take two small balls the same size as the ones for the eyes of the bird, and flatten them to make his feet. 

Press your oval pancake to your bird's tummy and push the feet to the bottom of his body.
It Should look like this.

So now you are going to put all three of your eggs in a ring, leaving some space for mama bird.

Next, cut one third off of your magnet.

Then, put your bird into the nest with her eggs encircling her, and push your small piece of magnet to the back of the nest, so it looks like they're looking out from a tree. 

Now bake and use! These tweety treats will make you want to sing every time you see them,and they are guaranteed not to drive you cuckoo;)
XOXO
Via  
Authors note: When making the nest, you might want to add some snakes of  gold clay to the edges to represent  twigs.