Quick Crafty Round-Up

Alabama Chanin Inspired Pillow from Artsy-Crafty Babe.

Boy’s Kite Themed Birthday Party from Tracy Lau (via One Pretty Thing, via Kara’s Party Ideas).

Dip-Dye Lamp Shade and Pillow from Design Sponge.

Organizational Fabruckets from Etsy’s How-Tuesday.

Bias Tape Pillowcase Dress from Prudent Baby.

Refashion Roundup Series from Whip Up (photo from Craftopia).

Flower Sashes from Sydney Albertini for The Purl Bee.

Paper Cut Owl from mmmcrafts (guest post for Skip to My Lou).

Sewing Notions Sun Prints

Looking for some simple artwork for a sewing room? The kids and I made these quick and easy sun prints with photo-sensitive sun print paper.

Simply choose your favorite objects from the sewing room and arrange them on the paper indoors. Two-dimensional objects can be covered with a clear piece of plexiglass to hold them in place. Then move the paper and objects outdoors in direct sunlight for about two minutes, being careful not to bump around the objects. Rinse the paper and let it dry. That’s all there is to it.

Here we used scissors, eyelet trim, buttons, thread, safety pins and burlap and mounted them to a linen-covered board.

Starfruit Prints for Fourth of July

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My five-year-old and I made these star prints using starfruit. We’re dipping everything in paint around here these days. I also think these starfruit prints would make nice starfish in shades of blue and light green and would be lovely on tea towels or other linens.

Check out the tutorial over at Alpha Mom.