Tuestorial: Sweetheart Conversation Garland

Happy New Year, SF Etsy! December was quite the whirlwind, but we survived and ready to focus on 2015. Just in time for Valentine's Day, here's a "sweet" garland that will get you in the mood for love!

Materials Needed:

• Felt in various (love) colors
• Embriodery thread
• Embriodery needle
• Stuffing
• White paint
• Paint brush 
• String
• Scissors

Step 1:

Cut your hearts. To save time, I took two pieces of felt and folded in half. I cut the heart shape on the edge. This creates uneven hearts, but reminds me more of the imperfect sweethearts! 

Step 2:

Paint your sayings on the front of the heart. Get sassy or get romantic. The weirder, the better. 

Step 3:

Once the paint dries, embroider the edges of the heart. Leave an inch and a half to stuff.

Step 4:

Stuff that baby and watch your heart grow! Once it's shape is made, sew up the open end. 

Step 5:

Use your needle with the string to make your hearts into a garland to hang. Put it on display and let your Valentine know you made it with love!

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Inspired by Handmade Tutorials on Pinterest!

A couple weeks ago I decided I was long overdue for a craft night at my house. Must of been right around while I was at Renegade - we saw all these amazing crafts that mostly made me sad I didn't have the funds to cash in on all the cute to be had there.

So I decided to pull my all of my embroidery thread and scraps out of the dust pile they have been living in - invite a few friends over from SF Etsy - and play around with a tutorial from Pinterest that Lisa found.

In Attendence:

Lisa from TickleandSmash

Rebecca from OodleBaDoodle

Stephanie from SinceSass (our new tutorial blogger!)

Katy from KatyAtchisonIllustrations (the host)

Brandi from Urban Bazaar (where our Holiday show will be in December!)

Materials Used:

1. Fabric from the SF Etsy Day at Fabmo --> Read about that Day Here!
2. Felt & hair clips from Diaso
3. Embroidery Thread from the bottom of Katy's closet

Here's the step by step instructions we found on Pinterest & were inspired by:

HOW TO MAKE FELT FLOWER HAIR CLIPS

Here's a look at all the fun we had!

materials everywhere! This is what happens when everyone you invite loves crafting, too!

I started by cutting out the pattern and then the felt

wine from Napa, the flower pattern and fabric craps in flower shapes by SinceSass

Tuna, Katy's cat, had to get in on on the fun. Notice her guarding the Fabmo finds

Lisa of Tickleandsmash looking adorable with her new hair clip!

We would love to see what projects you were inspired by on Pinterest!

SPEAKING OF PINTEREST & SF Etsy - CHECK OUT OUR TUTORIALS ON THERE
Most all of our current Tutorials from the Tuestorial column are on there! Re-Pin and show some SF Etsy love.

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