Fall Table Decor Ideas......

I have always loved decorating with things that are easy to come by.  Twigs, leaves, fruit, glass plates and cotton fabrics.  This fall table setting was created with things you probably already have or can easily find.  I love altering dollar store glass plates the most.  Last year I used butterflies and birds.  This year I'm decorating with leaves from my back yard.  Make sure to watch the video to see exactly how it's done, OK!  Happy Fall, everyone. 

FALL TABLE DECOR IDEAS

How-to video

DECOUPAGE CANDLE HOLDERS

DECOUPAGE PLATES 

You'll need:

Glass Plates

Krylon Gold Leaf Pen

Copies of leaves

Scissors

Minwax Polycrylic

Paintbrush

1. With a Krylon Gold Leaf pen, edge the underside rim of a 99c store glass plate 

and let dry.

2.  Make copies of real or silk leaves on your home copy machine.

3.  Carefully cut them out.

4.  Add Minwax Polycrylic to the face of the cut out.

5. Glue it to the underside of the plate and coat the rest of the plate with the

Minwax Polycrylic.

SIMPLE NAPKIN RINGS

You'll need:

Wooden rings

Hot glue gun

Printed names (from your home computer)

Thin, matching ribbon

Hole punch

1.  Hot glue leaves to a wooden ring.

2. Print out the names of your guests on card stock.

3.  Cut out the names, punch a hole in each one.

4.  Tie the names to the napkin ring with a ribbon.

LEAF VASES\

You'll need

Real and faux leaves

Minwax Polycrylic

Paintbrush

Glass vases

1.  Press your real leaves so that they're flat (or you could iron them between wax paper)

2.  Using the Minwax Polycrylic, adhere them to the glass vases and let dry.  

Safety Pin Feather Jacket DIY

A few years back I was snooping around at a flea market and someone was selling a 10 lb. bag of safety pins for 5 bucks.  How could I pass it up?  Well, they sat in my work room for quite a while before I decided that I had to use them for something....ANYTHING!  This is what happened.  I love safety pins on clothing but it's really hard to find something truly unique to do with them.  This fit the bill for me and it's one of my favorite projects in THE BIG ASS BOOK OF BLING!  What a terrific way to spruce up a jean jacket, blazer or even a skirt.  Have fun fashionistas and let me know how it goes if you make this project.  I always love hearing from you.

Safety Pin Feather Jacket DIY!

Here's the fun how-to video!

You'll need 

Safety Pins (about 100 per feather)

E-6000 glue

12" of rhinestone chain per feather

Pencil

1.  Position the rhinestone chain on the back of your jacket.  This will be the spine of the feather.

2.  Draw a line where you want it to be.

3.  Add a thin layer of E-6000 glue to the line

4.  Place your chain on the glue and let it dry for about 1/2 hour.

5.  Starting 5" from the bottom of the chain, start adding safety pins  evenly up each side.

 6.  Continue at an angle so that it looks like a feather.

7.  Create a point at the top.

8. Add smaller safety pins at the base to create "fluff".

I added 3 feathers to this jacket

Here you go!  

T-shirt Tank Dress DIY-Chanel Inspired

Coco Chanel is one of my favorite designers, hands down. Sadly, she's gone now, but her label lives on and has continued to be one of the most sought after designer labels of our time.   If she were alive, I would stalk her.  Crazy, but true!  I love that she was the first to use knit fabrics in every day wear and that she weighted her suits with chain inside the hem so that they would always look perfect.  This week I've created a Chanel inspired tank dress with chains and pearls to honor Coco Chanel.  I'm also giving away a Singer ViVO sewing machine if you comment on my video!  Enjoy the project and make sure to leave a comment, OK.

The how-to video 

 Here's what you'll need

Sewing machine

2 tank tops

Scissors

Straight pins

4 pieces of 18" long 3/4" wide ribbon

Matching thread

Chains and pearl trim

Sewing needles

1.  Cut the tank top that you're using for the lower part of your dress in a straight line from underarm to underarm.

2.  Cut the hem off of the tank top that you're using for the upper part of the dress.

3.  Turn the lower half inside out, stuff the upper half inside and match the raw edges together.  Match the side seams if there are side seams.  Many tank tops do not have side seams.

4.  Pin all the way around.

5.  While you stretch the fabric, stitch the two tanks together using 1/2" seam allowance.  Stitch around twice! 

 See how stretchy it is now!? 

 6.  Cut your upper tank across the shoulder seam.

7.  Cut 3" off the front straps of the tank.

8.  Cut 1/2" off of the back straps of the tank.

9.  On the front of the tank, place the ribbon on the cut strap. 

10.  Fold the sides of the strap over the ribbon and pin in place.

11.  Repeat on all 4 straps.

12.  Stitch over the folded strap using 1/2" seam allowance.

13.  Pull the ribbon out of the strap to expose a finished seam. 

 

 Stop here if you want a simple dress with ribbon ties......OR.......

14.  Stitch several rows of chain and pearl trim right under the ribbon strap. 

You're done!

Sexy-Smart!  Great with a blazer, too.

Rockabilly Necktie with Lesley Riley's TAP!

I love a good heat transfer project and this one rocks!  I made it in honor of my dad who had vintage 1950's pin-up calendars in the back of his car shop when I was a kid.  He even had a necktie with a pin-up girl printed on the inside!  For this project I used the BEST product around for home printer heat transfers......It's Lesley Riley's TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) from C&T Publishing, and it's amazing.  You can heat transfer on to anything!  BTW, if you want to win some, just leave a comment on my video in the comment section and you'll be entered, OK!  Good luck!

Here's the how-to video

My dad had these all over his office wall! 

Today's Rockabilly looks inspired by the 1950's

You'll need:

Lesley Riley's TAP (Transfer Artist Paper)

Pin-up images

Light color necktie

Scissors

Iron

Home printer/copy machine 

Load a sheet of TAP in your copier 

 Print out your pin-up

 Place the tie on the image and trace around it

Cut out your tie shape 

 Make sure it fits on the tie.  Cut it a bit smaller than the tie so that none of the edges are hanging over the edge of the tie

 Trim off any excess white and around your image

Position it on the tie 

Press and peel according to the directions on the TAP package