Friday, February 24, 2012

St. Patrick's Day Hair Bow


I made some hair bows for the girls today for St. Patrick's Day.

Supplies you will need:
Green Yarn (Paddy Green is what I used)
Crochet Hook (Size H)
Green Felt
Alligator  Clip
Green Ribbon
Gold Buttons (I used 7/8")
Glue Gun
Scissors


Start with you loop and hook and chain 5.
 

Slip stitch into the first loop of the chain to make a small circle.



* Chain 4

Slip stitch into center of circle making one loop.  Repeat from * until there are four loops around the original circle.




* Slip stitch into the first loop.

Make 5 double crochet in the first loop and a slip stitch at the end.  Repeat from * in the next three loops to make the clover leaves.





# When you have completed the last slip stitch in the fourth loop do one more slip stitch where the first loop connects with the original circle. You will be working on the back side of the clover from now on.


 * Chain 5 and slip stitch into the base of the second loop.  Repeat from the * until there are four new loops.



    



* Slip Stitch into first loop, 7 double crochet, slip stitch.  Repeat from * into next three loops.
Repeat instructions from #.  Increasing chain to 6 and there are 9 double crochets in the last loops to make the last layer of leaves.  When you have finished the last slip stitch do one more slip stitch at the base of the leaves where they connect to the circle.  Pull you thread long and cut it.




Turn clover over.  Pull original tail through the middle and thread a button on it.



Put the end of the tail back through the middle circle and tie it off with the other tail.  Snip the treads.


Using your glue gun cover you alligator clip with ribbon.  Cut a round circle from your felt large enough to cover up the stitch work on the back or you clover.  Cut a small rectangle of felt.





Glue the small circle of felt on the back of the clover.  Put glue on the rectangle and place on the bottom side of the alligator clip and glue it to the round piece of felt on the back of the clover.



Enjoy your festive hair accessory.  These look cute on baby head bands or just in your hair.


St. Patrick's Day hair scrunchie

A cute hair scrunchie for St. Patrick's Day.  I got the pattern at
http://www.caron.com/projects/ss_party/sspar_scrunchie.html



Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Sun Chip Bag Purse

This purse was made out of "Sun Chip" bags.  I gathered all these chip bags from a school function.  They made a really fancy evening purse.



Soda Tab Belt

I made this belt out of soda tabs and black yarn.  I got the idea and instructions from http://www.poptabbelt.blogspot.com/


Wear it around your waist on top of a t-shirt for a rocker look.

Bags made with Plarn

Here are a few of the bags that I have made out of Plarn (plastic yarn)

These first two I made out of King Soopers shopping bags and look a lot like jute.




This one is made from walmart bags.



You can really make almost any crochet pattern from plarn.  Be creative!!

Friday, February 3, 2012

How to organize your Coupons

Everyone asks me how I organize my coupons.  So.. here it is.

You will need:

A file box
File folders
Post it notes
Coupons !!!




On Sunday get those coupon packets out of the paper.  There are three main types of coupon packets.  Occasionally there will be a General Mills (GM) or a Target coupon packet.  Also don't forget to look for single coupons in Parade and the other TV packet.

Smart Source (SS) Sometimes there will be more than one SS.

Red Plum (RP)  Sometimes there will be more than one RP.


Proctor & Gamble (PG).  This packet only comes about once a month.


Don't forget that on holiday weekends there will be no coupon packets.
To see a preview of what coupons are coming out check out www.sundaycouponpreview.com

I take my coupons and write the Sunday's date that I received them on a post-it note and put them all in a file.


If you have a pile of coupons and don't know the date that you received them, there is a date on the spine of the coupon packet.  That date is the date it was delivered and the date you should put on your file post-it.


People have asked why I organize my coupons this way.  The main reason is that www.couponmom.com and most of the other coupon websites refer to coupons from this file system.  When something is on sale that matches to the coupons that I have they put it in this format.  (PG 1/29)  This means that the coupon that I am looking for is in the Proctor & Gamble coupon packet that I received on 1/29.  Happy Couponing!!