Show Off Your Stuff Party #34

Hello and welcome to the Show Off Your Stuff Party! The place were we all get together and SHOW OFF OUR STUFF!
This week we are changing it up just a little bit! There 2 link-ups. One for crafts and DIY projects and one for recipes. I really want people to find what they are looking for faster! : )

This week I am showing off:

My Scrappy-Braided Headband


My Paint Sample American Flag


AND don't forget that the Iron Crafter is still going on! The Secret Ingredient is Sheets and Pillowcases so go link up your projects!




Now it is YOUR turn!!
Here are the rules:
1. Link up a post that you want to show off!

ONLY LINK YOUR POST TO ONE LINK UP PARTY!

2. Add a link to your specific post, not the main page of your blog.

3. Please do not link up to something that you a just trying to sell. (If you are making it as a tutorial and selling in your shop as well that is fine.) This is not the place to advertise. Thanks :) Please don't make me be a meanie and delete these!

4. Link to this party from your post so everyone can get in on the fun. You can just grab my button!

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5. By entering your link, you are giving me permission to use any part of your post including pictures in a spotlight on Fireflies and Jellybean. (Proper credit and links will be given to you, of course!)

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Crafts and DIY Projects


Recipes

Easy 4th of July Craft {Paint Sample American Flag}

This craft could not be easier! It took me longer to write the tutorial than to do the actual project! It is great for kids too!

Here is what you will need:

Large Paint sample with reds

small single blue paint sample.

glue

scissors

Optional: Sewing machine

1. Cut your blue paint sample a little smaller to make a rectangle shape for the flag. I rounded my edges to keep it similar to the big red paint sample.

2. Glue it to the corner

Optional:

3. Sew around the edge with a zig zag stitch.

Here are some possible uses for your cute new flag!

Place setting card

Part of your 4th of July table centerpiece

A card to tell what kind of food you brought to the pot luck

It is a great last minute 4th of July craft!

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Meet The Shabby Chic Cottage

I am so excited to introduce you to one of my newest sponsors:

The Shabby Chic Cottage!

I can spend hours looking through this shop! Gina has so many things for your home in lots of wonder styles, such as: Beach, French, Shabby Chic

Here are some fun things that you will find:

Ruffle hand towels

Star fish garland

French script clothespins

Urban farm house pillow cover


Urban farm house table runner

There is truly so many cute and wonderful things that The Shabby Chic Cottage has to offer, you need to go and check it out for yourself!

Gina also has a fantastic blog: The Shabby Chic Cottage that you NEED to go and see! TONS AND TONS of great posts, pictures, parties and plain old fun!

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Coming SOON!

I am so excited to have to opportunity to review an item from CSN Stores! They literally have everything from dining room furniture to bedding to children's crafts!

check out some of the fun stuff that they have:

Be sure to keep an eye out for my review post! : )

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The Scrappy Braided Headband- {Made from Sheets!}

Here is my craft using Sheets! The Iron Crafter is going on RIGHT now and the secret ingredient is sheets and pillowcases! Hope on over and enter your projects that you made using sheets and pillow cases! (Don't worry I am not entering my own contest!)

I got this idea from these headbands I saw on Homemade by Jill.

Here is what you need:

Sheet or scrap fabric

Ribbon

elastic (I used and old elastic headband)

1. cut or rip your sheet into strips and cut 3 strips of your ribbon.

(I cut mine to be about 32 inches long)

3. Pin 3 strand together and pin to your pant leg. (Remember when you made friendship bracelets! or am I the only one who did that?) I pined two pieces of fabric with one piece of ribbon.

4. Start braiding

Continue braiding until it is long enough to fit about 3/4th of the way around your head. From just below the ear to just below the ear of the other side. My finished braid was about 13.5 inches.

5. Repeat with other fabric strip and ribbon. On this one I used 2 ribbons and one fabric strip.

6. Sew both your braids together at each end. Go back and forth a bunch of times!

7. Cut off the excess fabric and ribbon at the end

8. Cut a piece of elastic to finish the headband. I measured around the back of my head. I cut mine to be about 4 inches.

9. Sew the elastic to each side of the head band.

Optional embellishing!

10. Grab some cute buttons

11. Hand sew them to your head band

Cute cute cute cute!

I love that I now have a way to make my mommy pony tail look much cuter!

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