Fabric Pinwheel Ornament

An cue the holiday projects! I'm bringing readers dozens of seasonal, DIY, crafty goodness over the next couple weeks.  This idea comes to us from our design team member, Mae Armstrong.  Mae used her Gigi Monogram Peel & Stick stamps by PSA Essentials and holiday fabric to create beautiful monogram ornaments.  These make great gifts for teachers, neighbors, Secret Santa gifts or are just fun, DIY additions to your own tree. 

Want to learn how she did it? It's fairly simple. First she stamped the "A" onto wooden discs to be the center of the ornaments using her PSA Stamper & Gigi Monograms.

Using her Big Shot machine, Mae selected a circle die to help her with the fabric pinwheel production. It was a truly a great way of cutting all the fabrics she needed.  You'll need five circles to complete one pinwheel.

To assemble the pinwheel start by folding the circle in half.  

Then fold into a cone shape making sure the edges meet. Secure with glue and begin with the rest of the of the remaining pre-cut fabric. Mae suggests cutting all the circles in one batch and the rest of the process gets really easy.

Arrange the folded pieces to make a circle. Glue the stamped wooden disc.

 Attach a stretchy gold string and that's it! 

Try making different sets for friends, family, teacher gifts or a fun gift tag for the Christmas! 

Handmade Ornaments

Our design team member Ginger of Ginger Snap Crafts made these handmade doily ornaments and created a fantastic tutorial that I had to share just in time for the Christmas!  There's still plenty of time this weekend for this easy, DIY craft.  My daughter Molly would just love it, especially coloring in all the stamps!  Look how beautiful, easy and fun!



Ginger started by stamping from PSA Essentials various Peel & Stick stamp sets. She used stamps from Smirk, U.B.U. and Rudolph.   Then she created the doilies.  Head over to her blog for a complete tutorial on how to create these. (Hint: you create a paper fan first!)








I just love how they turned out! Don't you?

Kids Snowflake Ornament

Krissy always has great projects for her kids and today is no exception!  She was a guest designer and blogger for the popular blog, Naptime Creations last week.   She used her PSA Essentials Fancy Flakes Peel & Stick stamps, her PSA Stamper, and Royal Blue ink by PSA Essentials for the snowflakes in this project.   You can see how beautifully the snowflakes are stamped and really pop in this project!

Head on over to Naptime Creations to check out this tutorial.   Krissy of B-Inspired Mama gives step-by-step instructions and a supply list.  Oh, and the best part?  You'll have these ornaments done in no time.  They make great gifts for family members as well as keeping the kids entertained after preschool.

DIY Ornament

I've noticed that when one of our talented designers (Ashley from Cherished Bliss) does a project, she almost always has multiple uses for it.  An Ashley project has several uses or several purposes.  First case in point, her advent calendar which also was a tree decoration, ornaments, and a game.   New case in point, her DIY Ornamnet.   It's also a wish list and a decoration to display around the house.


She's used her PSA Essentials Fancy Flakes Peel & Stick pack for this one!  I love how crisp the stamps turned out.


Her kids have written their wish list on the red paper! She cut a strip of scrapbook paper and used washi tape to secure it to the spool.   


Head on over to her blog to see her full tutorial and more great pictures.   Another thing Ashley is great with: pictures!   I have to admit, this is one of the more out of the box ideas I have come across in the last few years.   Very creative!

Glass Christmas Ornament

Ginger Bowie at Ginger Snap Crafts created this amazing 2012 ornament.   For this project, you'll need the following supplies.  

Head on over to Ginger Snap Crafts for the full tutorial, step by step!

DIY Fabric Pinwheel Ornament

Last week I shared Mae Armstrong's Embroidery Hoop Christmas Wreath.  In doing this project, she realized that she had a lot of extra fabric, so she came up with idea to also do some ornaments.  This project is festive, fun and personalized:  she used her Gigi Monogram Peel & Stick stamps by PSA Essentials. 

The fonts on these Monogram sets really are fun!  She stamped the "A" onto wooden discs to be the center of the ornaments.

Using her Big Shot, Mae selected a circle die to help her with the fabric pinwheel production. It was a truly a great way of cutting all the fabrics she needed.  You'll need five circles to complete one pinwheel.

To assemble the pinwheel start by folding the circle in half.  (This is exactly the same way she assembled the pinwheels for the embroidery hoop!) 

Then fold into a cone shape making sure the edges meet. Secure with glue and begin with the rest of the of the remaining pre-cut fabric. Mae suggests cutting all the circles in one batch and the rest of the process gets really easy.

Arrange the folded pieces to make a circle. Glue the stamped wooden disc.

 Attach a stretchy gold string and that's it!

Try making different sets for friends, family, teacher gifts or a fun gift tag for the Christmas!