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I have Regina Spektor stuck in my head.

Felt Flower Name tag Tutorial

I made these fun name tags for a blogger meet up for I Heart Salt Lake last week.
I wanted something different than the usual name tags & the felt flower name tags were really easy to make.
Here is how I made them.

Supplies
Felt
Glue gun
Scissors
Cardstock
Pin backs

Step 1:
Cut 7 felt circles. Mine were 2 1/2" diameter.

Step 2:
Prepare the petals by taking one felt circle and fold in half.

Step 3:
Place a small dot of glue in the middle of the felt, near the folded edge and fold in half again.

It should now look like this.

Repeat with 5 more felt circles so you have a total of 6 petals. 

Step 4:
Place a small dot of glue on the corner of the petal and place on the remaining felt circle, as pictured below.

Step 5:
Repeat step 4 until you have 4 petals on the flat felt circle.

Step 6:

Place a generous amount of glue in the center of the flower as pictured below.

Step 7:
With the point down place the remaining 2 petals in the hot glue in the center of the flower.

Step 8:

Cut a felt leaf and glue it to the corner of a strip of cardstock, then glue the end to the back of the flower.

I pre-printed names on the cardstock and cut the end in a V for extra detail.  

Step 9:

Glue a pin back to the backside of the flower.

You can also leave the paper plain and let guests write their own name.
These little flower pins are also fun for Mother's Day.
Write world's greatest mom or #1 mom. There are endless possibilities.

Sneak Peak

Tomorrow I will be showing off my felt flower name tag tutorial.
I made them for a blogger event we had with I Heart Salt Lake and RubySnap last week.

 Here are a few pictures of some of the bloggers who attended the event.

Ashlee.Nicole.Heather.Victoria.Lisa.Becky.Julie

Carly.Rosie.Tami.me.Beth

Missing from picture: Brittany.Maria and Josh.Susan. Melissa.Brooke

 Heather.Susan.Melissa

You can read all about the RubySnap/I Heart Salt event here tomorrow.

It's Just Another Stylin' Sunday

My Latest Reading List

I finished reading.

I absolutely loved this book! I try not to buy books (I use to have a big book buying problem) but after I finished reading gifts from the sea I had to buy it. This book was able to sum up and explain so many things I having been thinking but haven't been able to form into words. 


I am almost finished reading.

I have been reading grapes of wrath for what seems like forever. It has been painfully slow. 


I am going to read.

I am going to read.

What have you been reading?
Have you read any of these books?

Despicable Me Treats

We are big fans of  Despicable Me at our house. I think it would be fun to have a little Despicable Me party, especially with these cute minion cupcakes from  Emilie Handmade.

I also love these little fondant minions from The Party Animal.

 

Brody's Chopper Suit

I just have to show off some of the details on Brody's Easter suit.
I love the classic herringbone fabric and the double pleated pants. 

Brody's grandma Beth made the suit for him. It's amazing right?
There were 27 pattern pieces for the jacket. I don't even want to think about how many pieces she cut with the fabric, the lining and the interfacing.

The jacket was even personalized for him with a little chopper (Brody's middle name is Chopper) and now Brody calls it his chopper suit.

 Thanks Beth for making this awesome suit for Brody! He is lucky to have such a great grandma.