College Girl is quite a crafty person in her own right; did I mention she has her own scrapbook page gallery and likes to sew, knit and make jewelry? She shared this YouTube video she discovered with me, and I thought you might enjoy seeing it too. A side benefit of being a scrap booker is that I have lots of 'raw' material at hand when inspiration strikes or we stumble onto a fun idea.
Within 20 minutes of watching Ingrid 'glam' up simple wool felt collar necklaces, we were well on our way to creating our own magical Peter Pan style accessories! Following Ingrid's instructions, we gathered felt, scissors, glue and a paper pattern. The link for the pattern is at the bottom of the video tutorial, but you can easily draw your own on scratch paper.(www.sendspace.com/pro/r2c9ho from)
Fold the felt in half and place the collar on the fold. Cut out the collar. At this point, College Girl quickly stitched sheer ribbon to the narrow tips of the collar piece. In the video tutorial, Ingrid simply glues the ribbons to the back, but we wanted to make them doubly secure. Now comes the part where you brush the glue onto the front surface and cover with your choice of product - glitter, pearls, or seed beads. You can also use metallic brads, and in that case you will not need glue. I love using my Judikins Snappy Tray for applying glitter, embossing powder or flocking because it makes it so easy to pour the remaining glitter, etc. back into the bottle.
When we finished the cream collar necklace we made a black one. Oooh! It looks so nice in person! It looks expensive ~
I want to try pearls and silver brads next. These are inexpensive and simple to make, and I bet you know a teen or adult that would love one! I'm thinking one of these would come in handy on Christmas or New Years Eve. If you make one let me know. Meanwhile, we are expecting rain tomorrow and I plan to stay indoors and get crafty again :)
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