ZIPPER COIN PURSE

Thanks to my cousin Daisy for sharing this zipper idea when we were in college. When I was experiencing financial difficulty in college, I made zipper coin purses to sell to my classmates and teachers so I could earn money to buy second hand books. I made zipper coin purses but I never had a chance to use one. So, today, I made a zipper coin purse for my self. =D

For my materials, I made use of available zippers at home. These are 8 inches nylon zippers.
For the procedure, first, I sew the zippers together on their wrong sides using back stitch. I made sure that the bottom stops of the zippers are aligned.

Then, I folded the zippers and sew below the top stop.

 Next, I cut the excess portion of the zippers and hid the edges using a bias tape.

The zippers' teeth are a little bit hard; I can't sew neatly, LOL

Lastly, I inverted it and sew small buttons for embellishment.

Can be opened on its sides

Can be opened at the middle

I love my coin purse! =D

This reminds me of my college days (*-*)

KIND-HEARTED

What kind of heart did you give last Valentine's Day? 

I made three (3) kinds of heart from materials that are readily available in our home. I used 3 different colors of fabric (red, blue, and gold), thread and needle for hand sewing, ribbon, big black beads for eyes, small beads for lip.

 First, I cut 2 heart shapes from fabric (widest width is 4 inches) and sew them together leaving a small opening where I inserted the fiber fill. I also placed a ribbon so it could be hanged. Next, I glued the eyes. Then, threaded the lip. But of course, I don't want to end there; I also embellished using a blue bow for the red heart, a small red cap for the blue one, and beads and wire to form a small tiara for my gold heart. I sew the ribbon and the cap; and the tiara, I strung beads in the wire.

bow, cap, tiara

This is the final outcome:

Romantic Heart

(The color red symbolizes romantic love; and the ribbon makes the heart sweet. The bow is blue but it appeared green in the photo; it's a two-tone fabric, actually)

Unconditional Heart

(Blue symbolizes unconditional love like a parent's love to his/her child. I chose to put a cap on it because like caps, parents protect their children)

Treasured Heart

(Gold is treasure; and the tiara makes the heart a royalty.) 

Some uses of the hearts

My daughter likes the blue heart.

My original plan was to give these hearts to friends but my daughter took them and hid them somewhere. Valentine's day had passed but until now I am heart hunting. Where are they, Orange?

PAPER MACHE CARD BY THOUGHTFUL TOT

My little girl is feeling thoughtful this Valentine. She wanted to make a card for her day care teacher. To keep her fixated on this project while I attend to my school papers, I chose the paper mache card. I was rushing when I prepared her paper mache paste. I put pieces of torn tissue paper in warm water and added Elmer's glue; and mashed it using my hand. I gave it to her and told her to smudge the paste on the card. Hurry-scurry me but I still manage to take this photo. Look at how intent she is with smudging, lol.

paper mache paste

But of course tots are tots; she was not able to finish it. She complained that the paste feels sticky and yucky. So, I end up helping her. I just asked her to pick dried flowers and grasses to embed on the card as I complete the smudging. This is the card's outcome.

After embedding the flowers, we dried it under the sun. She checked on it from time to time. Out of curiosity, I think, she tried to peel the paper mache from the card. Again, I end up patching it. She drew inside the card and we rehearsed the line, "Happy Valentine's Day, Madam!" with a wide smile =D.

HEART ATTRACT

I'm really heart blogging this February! (*-*)

Do you remember this heart art from grade school? A classmate in second grade taught me how to make these hearts when we were asked to make Valentine cards. My 3-year old daughter also enjoys making them.

MATERIALS:

• cardboard
• crayons
• scissor

PROCEDURE:

1. Cut heart shapes of different sizes from cardboard.

2. Color hearts.

3. To put heart art on card, place heart cut-out on your card and wipe or scratch its edges towards the card using the tip or pad of your fingers.

My daughter's little crafty hands doing the heart art

After learning this art, I tried to put a twist on it. I made different colors, and my favorite rainbow heart. I literally overused this art when I was a kid; I had Heart Attract ! LOL.

Brings back childhood memories. =)

RING A HEART

It's February; and I'm feeling heartsy craftsy this month. I saw this small piece of glittery red fabric lying on my mom's cutting table yesterday then I suddenly thought of making something out of it for Valentine; something that could be made in one sitting. So, I came up with this:

Pardon my hardworking hand, lol =D

MATERIALS:

• glittery red fabric
• garter thread or ordinary thread
• beads
• fiber fill
• pelon
• glue

PROCEDURE:

1. Cut two small heart shapes from the red glittery fabric. Sew together leaving a small opening.

2.  Through the small opening, insert fiber fill. Sew to close.

3. Cut a small circle from the pelon. (See size below)

 heart and pelon

4. Knot thread on one point of the pelon's circumference then string beads onto the thread according to the size of your finger. Afterwards, knot the string again on the side parallel to the first knot.

5. Glue heart on the pelon. 

6. Lastly, wear it! =)

My heart ring

Simply done; beautiful outcome! =) Happy Hearts! (*-*)