Holly created a new blog for the Relief Society. It has all of the projects we are doing for Super Saturday, so if you didn't get a chance to see them on display today, you can see them on the blog.
coronadoreliefsociety.blogspot.com
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Monday, August 16, 2010
My First Blog Tutorial
I've been meaning to do this post since Thursday. Here it finally is. I'm just showing how to make the flowers because they are SO EASY. The necklace is online, but you will have to go find it because I don't want to give too much away before Super Saturday. (If you are really interested in the necklace, send me an email, and I'll send you the link to that tutorial. embowman28@yahoo.com)
To make the flowers you will need: 1/8 yard of satin fabric, a lighter, a glue gun, beads.
Step 1: Cut six circles from your satin. The biggest should have about a three inch diameter, and the rest get smaller from there. The circles don't need to be perfect. The other tutorial I read on this said that the flower actually looks better with less than perfect circles. (I know I have five circles here, but I just went to the other tutorial and there were six. I don't want to redo all of my pictures.)
Step 2: Use your lighter to singe the edges of the circles. This will keep the edges from fraying and will also make your petals curl. I used matches to do this because I didn't have a lighter...
I would also suggest not using white satin fabric because on some of my petals there were black singe marks. The other tutorial suggests using a nicer satin that will burn okay. Maybe that's my problem.
Step 3: Use your glue gun to glue all the petals together.
To make the flowers you will need: 1/8 yard of satin fabric, a lighter, a glue gun, beads.
Step 1: Cut six circles from your satin. The biggest should have about a three inch diameter, and the rest get smaller from there. The circles don't need to be perfect. The other tutorial I read on this said that the flower actually looks better with less than perfect circles. (I know I have five circles here, but I just went to the other tutorial and there were six. I don't want to redo all of my pictures.)
Step 2: Use your lighter to singe the edges of the circles. This will keep the edges from fraying and will also make your petals curl. I used matches to do this because I didn't have a lighter...
...but this gets annoying, so I would suggest buying a lighter if you don't have one.
I would also suggest not using white satin fabric because on some of my petals there were black singe marks. The other tutorial suggests using a nicer satin that will burn okay. Maybe that's my problem.Step 3: Use your glue gun to glue all the petals together.Step 4: Once the petals are glued together, put a dot of hot glue in the center of your flower...
...and dump your beads on the glue.
Pour off the excess beads, and this is what you are left with.
I bought these cute white hair clips at Michael's, and glued one on the back. The other tutorial shows two flowers on a headband that is so cute. You can find that here.
...and dump your beads on the glue.Pour off the excess beads, and this is what you are left with.I bought these cute white hair clips at Michael's, and glued one on the back. The other tutorial shows two flowers on a headband that is so cute. You can find that here.Doesn't that look so easy? And once you make one flower you will realize that it really is easy. Happy cute flower making!
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Senator Harry Reid
The Mormon Business Association in Las Vegas holds its quarterly meetings at our school, and Harry Reid was the guest speaker at today's meeting.
I promise this is a picture of Harry Reid. It's the best I could get with my cheap camera.
Our principal asked all the teachers to be there, but I probably would've gone if she didn't. How often do you get the opportunity to see the Senate Majority Leader speak? I try not to talk politics with most people because 1. I get a little too heated about some things, and 2. I honestly don't like offending people, and getting into politics is a good way of figuring out how you are different from someone else. But I have a few thoughts about Harry Reid from the meeting that I would like to record, so please don't take offense to anything I have to say.
I can't say I agree with most of what Senator Reid had to say, but I will say that he is a brave man. After his short speech, he opened up the meeting to questions from the audience. He got some tough questions and a little bit of harsh criticism, but he answered all of the questions asked to him, and he graciously took the criticism. If I were a politician during a difficult economic time, I don't know if I could ask a room full of non-supporters to give me their best shot. I definitely respect him for the way he handled himself and for opening himself up to questions in the first place.
Am I going to vote for him in this upcoming election? Probably not.
I promise this is a picture of Harry Reid. It's the best I could get with my cheap camera.Our principal asked all the teachers to be there, but I probably would've gone if she didn't. How often do you get the opportunity to see the Senate Majority Leader speak? I try not to talk politics with most people because 1. I get a little too heated about some things, and 2. I honestly don't like offending people, and getting into politics is a good way of figuring out how you are different from someone else. But I have a few thoughts about Harry Reid from the meeting that I would like to record, so please don't take offense to anything I have to say.
I can't say I agree with most of what Senator Reid had to say, but I will say that he is a brave man. After his short speech, he opened up the meeting to questions from the audience. He got some tough questions and a little bit of harsh criticism, but he answered all of the questions asked to him, and he graciously took the criticism. If I were a politician during a difficult economic time, I don't know if I could ask a room full of non-supporters to give me their best shot. I definitely respect him for the way he handled himself and for opening himself up to questions in the first place.
Am I going to vote for him in this upcoming election? Probably not.
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
She's Crafty
Yesterday I made a necklace AND a fake flower. Two crafts in one day is kind of a big deal for me. I read a few crafty blogs, and I spent some serious time and money at Michael's, and I really enjoyed it! Here are some pictures of my creations:
We will be making these for Super Saturday in October, and I decided that if I can make them, everyone can make them. We (and by we I mean Holly) came up with these and some other amazing crafts that we'll be putting on display in a few weeks, so start getting excited!
with flower added
We will be making these for Super Saturday in October, and I decided that if I can make them, everyone can make them. We (and by we I mean Holly) came up with these and some other amazing crafts that we'll be putting on display in a few weeks, so start getting excited!
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