Placemat Flower Vase - ( Eco-Friendly Craft Idea )

bamboo placemat vase + tropical flowers

I am very excited to share my super frugal flower arrangements with you. I love how this Eco-Friendly Craft Idea looks so simple, yet so elegant. Yes Folks, this was made with recycled items like empty water bottles and a bamboo placemat. If you would like to know how I made this Placemat Flower Vase, please continue below for the tutorial. 

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This project is very inexpensive, super easy and fast. Just collect empty water bottles depending on how many vases you would like to have.Then assemble your flower vase as per instructions in the above tutorial. And please, do not forget to add your flowers. You will surely end up with a beautiful flower vase like the photo below. 

This was a cultural event last week that I attended and decorated.  I was asked to do the decorations but the problem was there's wasn't much of a budget allocated for the décor so I came up with this idea - A flower vase out of recycled water bottle + a bamboo placemat. I think it is beautiful and  it coordinated well with the theme. 

There you go.  Another super easy and Eco-friendly craft idea. Please stay tuned for more surprises to come. Yes, I will be finally giving freebies..like something you can hold and play with. Please SHARE this good news , LIKE and FOLLOW me. 

Ruffled Crepe Paper Flower Tutorial

"Spring has Sprung" finally in the Blogosphere even though some parts of the world are still freezing. I have seen many Spring themes on blog postings for the past 2 days so I decided to blog about flowers too. I don't have a garden so I thought of making flowers with -- what else...PAPER !

These flowers hanging into my wall are made of Crepe Papers. It is pretty easy to make and a tutorial on how to make Ruffled Crepe Paper Flowers is provided below. I just made a bunch and tied them using fish line to hang them onto my wall. Voila! A cheap and easy project this Spring season. 

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I saw this online,  I honestly do not know who to credit. 

Here's another idea how to use Ruffled Crepe Paper. 

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Please come back soon for more Spring Paper Flower Tutorials . 

Handmade Fabric Flowers Slipper Clips

I got this idea for Handmade Fabric Flowers Slipper Clips in some Bridal Magazines. The magazines actually featured Bridal Shoe Clip Accessories for Wedding Shoes. I just thought it will be neat idea for house slippers too.  

From Martha Stewart Wedding

The Pink Flower was actually made out of felt. Since this is a clip on accessory, I can always change the color or style of flower I would like to use. I think that's neat!

I will be posting the tutorial on how to make this Felt Flower soon. It so happened that I could not find the file of the step-by step instructions I prepared before. So, you have to come back and check out the Felt Flower tutorial. Meantime, you can check some of my Fabric Flower tutorials here. 

House Slipper without the Clip On Fabric Flowers

Looking at a plain house slipper is so simple and boring. But having the Fabric Flowers clips on it makes this ordinary slipper extra ordinary.

These Fabric Flowers are made out of a Yo-Yo. Please find my free tutorial on how to make this Yo-Yo flower below. 

Basic Yo-Yo Fabric Flower Instructions

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Now that you know how to make a simple Fabric Flowers. Go Yo-Yo and have fun!

Valentine Exploding Box and Card

Happy Valentine's Day Everyone!

I have been meaning to post this project since this morning but our power keeps going out. I just hope everyone enjoyed following my 14 Days of Handmade Valentine Crafts.Thank you very much for supporting my blog.  Today, is our last day and we have to look forward for Easter and Spring projects again. 

Finally,  Day 14 project of the 14 Days of Handmade Valentine Crafts is here. It is a Valentine Exploding Box. I have written a step-by-step tutorial for this Exploding box  on my older postings and I also have received lots of good comments and custom orders. I don't know about you, but I love this box because when you open it, it explodes like a magic box!

My Valentine Exploding Box was decorated with floating hearts + butterflies + flowers and the 3 tier cake is the focal point. All the 4 panels was also decorated with some sentiments cutout from my Cricut Holiday Cake Cartridge

Below photo is my Exploding Invitation Box. 

 Exploding Quinceañera Invitation Box

Here's my Day 13 of the 14 Days of Handmade Valentine Crafts

Valentine Greeting Card Rosettes

I saw this beautiful card on Etsy and even ordered it for my brother so he could give it to his wife today- Valentines Day! I was disappointed to learn that it had not arrived yet. All I know is that it has been 2 weeks since I placed the order.  And I was told it would be shipped the same day. I don't know where it is at this point. I am in Latin America right now, and I thought that buying someone else's work from a fellow Crafter in North America would be faster to get to my brother in Canada.  I was wrong! 

So, I decided to replicate her card. The only change I made was the flower. I had rosettes and she had different quilled flowers. Oh, I just wish I could just hand this over to my brother now. 

Well, this Valentine Card is very simple to make. I used my Accent Essentials Cricut Cartridge in making the hearts and Holiday Cake Cricut Cartridge for the swirled flowers. The flower rosettes is not new to you, I already post a tutorial on my previous blog, check it here. 

Hope everyone is enjoying their Valentine's celebrations and hope you enjoyed looking into my Valentine projects too!

Valentine Pillow Gift Box

You might be wondering what's on my platter.  Obviously, these are not sushi. These are Valentine Pillow Gift Boxes - my Day 12 of my 14 Days of Handmade Valentine Crafts . I decorated them in 3 different ways. Aren't they gorgeous? 

Pink & Brown combo Pillow Box w/ Butterfly

I just Googled for the template of these cute Pillow Boxes. I used the smaller version. These boxes measures 2½" x 3½". 

Pink & Green combo Pillow Box w/ Paper Flower Rosettes 

Fun and charming Pillow Gift Boxes will make statement for any themed party. These are great Wedding or  Bridal Shower gift favors. 

Pink & Green combo Pillow Box w/ little Butterflies

Adorn your Pillow Gift Box with cute sentiments, ribbons, paper flowers or even your own monogram.

Make sure to check the other projects of 14 Days of Handmade Valentine Crafts and SHARE it with your crafty friends!