Guest Post: Kam (Campfire Chic) - Felt Tissue Holder Tutorial

Hi! I'm Kam, aka Campfire Chic, and while Carol is busy moving I'm popping in with a little DIY. I like being able to make crafts in the time it takes to watch Modern Family. You can make a handful of these puppies during one episode! I hope you enjoy it :]

This craft is quick and easy. In fact, it is a perfect craft to do with kids (adult supervision is recommended) or as a last minute gift!

Felt Tissue Holder
Materials Needed:

• Needle


• Felt (I used Eco-felt, which is made from recycled plastic bottles, in green)


• Embroidery Floss (I used DMC 420)


• Travel pack of tissues


• Scissors


• Buttons/Badges/Pins whatever you want to call them! You know you have a few laying around looking for a home
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  I am excited to see what you come up with!

Thank you, Carol, for allowing me to do this guest blog while you move into your new home :)

xo, Kam
P.S. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (blog, twitter, e-mail, etsy)

Pretty Pincushion

A quick project to use up some scrap yarn I had. Pattern is here if you would like to make one too. You may have to translate it but it is pretty self explanatory. Sometimes I just need to do small projects like this to keep me motivated and not burn out!

Happy Birthday Seth!

Today we were really bored so Seth drew a picture of this alien-looking boy and asked if I would embroider it and make a pillow with it for his birthday tomorrow. I really hadn't done embroidery or sewing before so I wasn't sure but why not try? So I went to our local yarn shop and got some embroidery thread and started working on it. I just finished making the pillow. It looks pretty pathetic. And the embroidery isn't all that great either. That is what happens when you try to make things up as you go. However Seth really loved it. (I gave it to him early.) That's all that matters right? Good thing he has another small gift coming in mail!

A couple parts of the embroidery kind of came loose as I was stuffing the pillow. It's also lopsided. And you can see the loose threads from the other side of the fabric so if anybody can give me advice for next time let me know in the comments! I would really appreciate some advice! Like I said I pretty much made everything up as I went! ha!

Anyway in about an hour and 15 minutes Seth will be 26 so Happy Birthday Seth! <3

Tomorrow = blackberry cobbler and ice cream... yum!