Tutorial: origami box with lid

Recently I found the perfect piece of jewellery for a friend of mine at a table top sale - problem was that I felt a bit cheap giving it in a small plastic bag!  This tutorial allows you to take any paper and turn it into a gift box with a lid.  the size of the box you end up with depends on the size of the paper you start off with, simples!

Tutorial:Origami Gift Bag for Kids parties

These days I don't get to do little kids parties more is the pity but as part of the PTFA at my kids primary school over the last year we have had a few activities were we have needed small bags that were not Disney and a little more grown up.  This tutorial allows you to take any paper and turn it into a little bag for say a handful of sweets.  you can use gift wrap, paper printed with images from the web, scrapbook paper even paper decorated with original artwork from you little ones to make it really personal.  

Tutorial: How to make an eight page mini book from a single piece of paper

Here is the tutorial

Works brilliantly and as B is now into writing (finally) we now have hundreds filled with scribbles thus saving me a fortune on notepads, and of course I'm more likely to have a spare piece of paper than a pad so its more convenient for when he suddenly decides he wants to do it too.

Tutorial: Satin Flowers

I have seen these all over (including youtube) - how to make  a flower from polyester satin.  The secret is to singe the fabric with a lighter - although I used a wood burning tool with greater success (less likely to get burn marks on as well); this gives the curl to the edge of the petals.  The tutorial is for a three and a half inch flower but if you want it larger or smaller just adjust the size of the circle templates you use.

click here to go to the tutorial from Sister Stuff.

Tutorial: Denim rosettes

Proving that nothing should ever be thrown away click here for how to create these rosettes from a hem plus a little extra fabric.

The tutorial shows them made into a brooch but would also work for a headband or clip or as a decoration on something like a bag.

Tutorial:Fabric headband

How to make a reversible headband from fabric, interfacing and elastic.  It even comes in wide and narrow versions. Click here for instructions.

Tutorial: Loopy Puff Bow

More hair bows - this time one of many from the Ribbon Retreat - this one is simple enough for the kids to make if you seal the ribbons.

Click here to go to the tutorial.