DIY Heart Wreath

I am also going to have a new segment on the blog. Tutorial Tuesdays- where I share something I have made during the week.

Remember this picture that I showed you on Saturday? I turned two old sweaters and a straw wreath into.....

This beautiful wreath!

 Here's how I did it. I cut up the sweaters along the seams in the bodice and the arms. Leaving me with two bodice pieces and two arm pieces. 

Then I started cutting circles, and cutting, and cutting. Until I had used up every bit of fabric.

Next I just folded the circle in half, then in half again and put a pin at the end and stuck it in the wreath. I wanted to have a striped effect in the pink and red but you could do any pattern.

After folding and pinning and more folding and pinning I finally finished. Phew! 

I absolutely LOVE how this turned out. It was really simple to make just time consuming. In total this project cost me about $10. I love having it up on my mantle where I can admire it during the day. 

Book Page Decor Tutorial

Every time I got to my Sister in laws I always notice these cute book page decorations. Last time I as over I finally asked her how to make them. 

Just in case you want to make some too I made a quick tutorial. 

Book Page Tutorial

Supplies: A paperback book ( I just used one I had lying around the house no one reads)

Scissors

Glue Gun

Now, let's get started! Use your scissors and cut off the books covers.

Then you take a few pages in your hand....

 and fold them over. Repeat.

 The pages will get really poufy. Just smash them a bit with your fingers. 

Like so.

Keep folding and squashing until you've finished with all of the pages. It will look like this when you are finished.

Just use a bit of hot glue along one the end pages and glue them together. Then do some more smashing, moving, and fixing until you get it how you would like. 

Voila! You are done. Super easy and really quite cute. You could also tie some festive ribbon around them. I just didn't have any on hand. 

 Now go and find a book and get started. You'll be glad you did. :)