(Fairy) Wands

This is a project that was really truly a complete joy to work on.  I found the idea here, on 'heartmade'.

I didn't add a pocket to my wands as they do in the tutorial. 

I started making just a few of these for Miss A's 6th birthday....but couldn't stop!  Here's when I knew I was in trouble...

"Oooooo they're so pretty!  And I have so much more felt...and so many more sequins.....I should just cut out a few more....."

And then there were the sticks (dowel rods).  I didn't have any glitter glue so I just combined a bunch of glitter to my Mod Podge and went to town.  It took about 3 coats to get them as sparkly as I wanted them.

And so, I ended up with SEVEN wands.  For 3 little girls.

And then you KNOW Miss A wanted to make a wand.  Since she has decided to be a 'rainbow flower fairy' for Halloween, we made hers a rainbow wand.  She sewed on the sequins and I sewed the layers together.

I did want to say, I loved the idea on the tutorial where they glued a bit of stuffing to the end of the dowel rod to keep it in place inside the star.  That worked great (I used hot glue).  But when I got all the way around the edge of the star, I found it easiest to use a dab of hot glue to keep the ribbons and star firmly in place around the dowel rods.  THEN I finished with the last few stitches to close the star completely around the dowel.  Sometimes I had to sew a few stitches through the hot glue....that's what thimbles are for, people.

It's raining crowns...

I love, love, LOVE these little crowns....

I just think they are so sweet.  I tried a few new things this time.  A doily...

And, some ribbon...

I love how they both turned out.  And, who knew, but JoAnn Fabrics carries colored elastic!!!  I picked up some of that for the next batch of crowns I make so it won't just be a normal white elastic on back.

Crown

For a special little girl on her birthday:

Ever heard of a 5 year old not loving rainbows?  Me either.

Happy Birthday Willow!

Crowns

A few weeks ago, I was in charge of VBS.  And to be sure I was easy to spot in a crowd full of strangers (and kid-friendly), I thought I'd wear a crown.  I have been loving the felt crowns I've seen people make for kids' birthdays, and figured I'd make one for myself.  For fun!

And you know, crowns are the bread and butter of 4 year old girls...

I had Miss A design her own crown and cut out all the embellishments herself.  She did a great job!