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Visit my picture gallery on my Paper & Twine Facebook page to pick out the color you'd like! Email me at: paperandtwinecraftydesign@gmail.com and I'll mail you a handmade hair clip (bottle cap, sparkles, stickers and lace) for a nice little gift for that special lil' girl in yr life! ;-)

Got some t-shirts with stains or holes? Alter them!

I keep finding SUPER EASY, FAST tutorials to salvage our "old" stuff or worn stuff and to create something new and super cool!!! Reduce, Re-use and Recycle! Yaaay!!!

Just click on this image and zoom to read/print out the super EASY instructions!



(tutorial from Jennifer Juniper)

Zipper flowers! I love EASY tutorials and here's another one!

Easy! CUTE CUTE CUTE! Here's the link to watch the tutorial online, or you can read it below:

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/zipper-flower-pins


Tools and Materials
36-inch Zipper
Scissors
Hot-glue gun and hot-glue sticks
Scrap of felt
Brooch or hair clip
Needle and thread

Zipper Flowers How-To
1. One zipper makes two flowers. To begin, cut the zipper stop and plastic reinforcement off the ends of the zipper. Open the zipper to divide it in half.

2. Place a dab of hot glue onto one end of the zipper, on the fabric part, and close to the teeth. Fold in cut edge; press down to secure.

3. Roll end of zipper into a very tight "bud," securing with another dab of hot glue, and spiraling downward so teeth do not overlap each other.

4. Roll three more times, tacking down each roll with a dot of hot glue.

5. Continue rolling, making looser coils. Once the bud is about the size of a nickel, make a petal by forming a loop perpendicular to the bud; secure with hot glue.

6. Make your next petal by swirling the zipper to create a figure eight; secure with hot glue.

7. Repeat until you reach the end of the zipper. Sew a heart-shaped piece of felt to a brooch pin or hair clip. Hot glue to back of flower.

And the winner is....

Today was the free pair of barrettes drawing, so I had my stepson draw the name and it was my lovely art teacher from High School!!! The irony...;-) Haha!

Here's the pair of owls I'll be sending her! Thank you to my friends/family for visiting/posting on my business FB page! http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Paper-and-Twine-Crafty-Design/110941588942342