DIY Fabric Flower headbands with Jenifer Cowles

Fabric Flower Headbands
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

You know the expression "April Showers bring May flowers," here in Georgia we are have been getting loads of rain - we are even under a flood watch today and tomorrow. So I hope this means when it stops we will be surrounding in beautiful Spring blossoms.

Though I dislike the awful weather, I do love this time of year as many of my customers are preparing for weddings and other special occasions. It is the season for our fabric flowers. Jenifer shares with us today a quick and easy way to incorporate them in your hair. These headbands would be lovely for new baby photos, flower girls, and big birthday bashes. Our fancy blooms use no glue so sewing them on as embellishments is easy peasy.

Here are her easy 1-2-3 instructions:

1. Pick your elastic - it comes in tons of colors now a days
2. Measure your wearers head, cut elastic and tie a know 1" from the ends.
3. Sew on a Curtsey Boutique fabric flower with a few hand stitches.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Yellow Fabric Flower - Curtsey Boutique	Tulle Ruffle Flower - Curtsey Boutique	Orange Fabric Flowers - Small
Yellow Shabby Chic Flower	Small Red Fabric Cabbage Rose

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To see more of Jenifer's lovely artwork just click on her image below:

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Quick and Easy Christmas Gift Wrap with Jenifer Cowles

Quick and Easy Christmas Gift Wrap
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Jenifer Cowles

Has the hustle and bustle of holiday shopping worn you out? Have you asked yourself - what are you going  to do with all the wonderful gifts you've accumulated?

Our shop has a great variety of bags, boxes, and envelopes for a wide assortment of gifts. Jenifer shares a stress free combination of tags, ruffle flowers, baker's twine and kraft boxes that will bring a bit of perfection to your parcels with little effort on your part.

Don't forget to take a moment to enjoy the Christmas lights and a bit of hot cocoa - only 8 days left till Christmas morning!

4x4x4 Kraft Pinstripe Boxes - Curtsey Boutique	Jumbo Fabric Ticking Tag	Tulle Ruffle Flower - Curtsey Boutique
Large Kraft Boxes - Curtsey Boutique	Small White Shipping Tags - Curtsey Boutique	Blue and White Baker's Twine - Curtsey Boutique

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Thanks for taking a peek today!  To see more of Jenifer's work, please visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

Shabby Chic Snowflake Ornament Tutorial with Andrea Amu

I love to mix in little bits and pieces of Shabby Chic décor amongst my favorite pieces of vintage and primitive fixins as I decorate.  The fresh white and glitter aspects that are common with each make it a very good style combination to pair up!  Ornaments are especially fun to decorate with this time of the year plus they make the perfect little gift too.  So, I started this project off by purchasing an unfinished wood snowflake ornament at a craft store. 

Here are the steps:

1.  First I coated the wood snowflake with several  generous layers of spray color mist.  I used a combination of Hot Chocolate Chalkboard Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels and Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold mist by Ranger.  Allow this all to completely dry.  Now spray the ornament with a heavy coat of Spray adhesive.  I used "General Purpose 45" by 3M.  You will want to cover the entire surface of the wood ornament with glitter of your choice.  I used one of my favorites, Fairy Dust glitter in Pralines & Cream by Donna Salazar Designs (Clearsnap).  Make sure to fix all the glitter to the ornament by spraying the surface with a clear coat fixative spray. 

2.  The rest of this project involves lots of embellishing... with lots of gorgeous Curtsey Boutique goodies!  First up, I layered on a pink heart paper doily from the shop.  Apply it to the top of the snowflake ornament using some strong adhesive glue-dots. 

 

3.  Next I selected some white glittered mini snowflakes to add in.  I layered each of them to the ornament having them peek beneath the pink heart doily and attaching them to the ornament with smaller glue-dots. 

 

4.  To finish this ornament and to really give it a boost of shabby chic-ness, add a fabulous Curtsey Boutique glass pearl and fabric tulle flower embellishment to the very top.  Adhere with a dab of hot glue.  Last, tie off a piece of jute twine through the hole at the top to use as the hanger. 

 

The result is a perfectly Shabby Chic Winter snowflake ornament to adorn your favorite holiday display!

 

Curtsey Boutique supplies:

 

Tulle Flowers

Christmas Glitter Snowflakes

Heart Shaped Doilies

 

Other supplies:

 

Unfinished Wood Snowflake Ornament

Color Mist Spray
Glitter
Clear Coat Fixative Spray

Jute Twine

Glue-Dots

Hot Glue

To see more amazing projects from Andrea, visit her blog by clicking on her photo below.  Thanks for stopping by today!

Shop Update: New Shabby Chic Fabric Flowers

Burlap, Tulle and Lace Flowers
Curtsey Boutique

 This past week I've added a bunch of new Shabby Chic flowers to the shop.  They combine some of my favorite things - burlap, lace, pearls, tulle and ruffles - lots and lots of ruffles.

They would be perfect on layouts, cards, packaging as hair clips or on headbands. They can be made in a wide variety of fabrics or custom ordered to match the outfit or occasion of your choice.

Lace and Tulle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Shabby Chic Ruffle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Shabby Chic Ruffle Flower
Curtsey Boutique

Thanks for stopping by,

CarrieAnne