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    Home » Uncategorized » Blog Swap with One Crafty Mommy

    Blog Swap with One Crafty Mommy

    Published: Apr 6, 2010 · Modified: Apr 6, 2010 by Ashley Phipps · 545 words. · About 3 minutes to read this article. · Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads and sponsored posts · This blog uses cookies · See our privacy policy for more info Filed Under: Uncategorized

    Hey Simply Designing Readers!!! I am so excited to be here today switching blogs with Ashley. She is so talented and comes up with so many amazing ideas! So I wanted to share a little about me before I show you my latest craft!

    I am Shannon from One Crafty Mommy. I'm a 24 year old SAHM to an adorable 2 ½ year old princess. I was lucky enough to marry a Marine who is wonderful and amazing and everything I could ever ask for in a husband. I started crafting, scrapping, and party planning during my husbands deployements to keep myself busy. Even though he is now out of the military I still love to do crafts and decorations for our future home! I get my kicks from crafty ideas, second-hand store & clearance sales. I love finding creative ideas from fellow moms/homemakers. I love those who are willing to share their talents & inspiration with others, so I love to share creative ideas as well. Whether I get them from magazines, other moms, or off the top of my head. I love coming up with new, cute, crafty, & most importantly in-expensive ideas to brighten your home. From decorations, to scrapbooks, to things for our kids, One Crafty Mommy is the place for you. So sit back, relax, and let's get crafty!

    Today I want to show you a different version of my rag-tie snuggle blanket that I have made in the past. This is for a friend's baby shower so I did not want to do the traditional pictures on one side. I went to the store and purchased all of my supplies:

    -Print Fleece -Plain Fleece -Stciky Back Felt -Embroidery Floss -Additional Fabric I first started out by printing out the letters onto cardstock to make a template. Once cut I traced them backwards onto the paper side of the sticky felt. Cut out letters.

    I then arranged onto plain fleece and stuck them on. Now this is "cheating" but it does make it so much easier to work with the letters having them stuck on. (If you do not like the look of the felt you can always cute out fabric letters and iron them on with wonder under.)

    Once the letters are in place you can either sew them with the machine, or use embroidery floss by hand. I opted for the floss because I love the look of it. However, because the fabric and the felt are so thick, it took me about 2 ½ hours for each letter and many bruises on my fingers. (I had to try it once, I will probably never do it again.) After that was completed I made the fabric flowers following this easy tutorial. (The only change I made was using felt centers for the flowers instead of buttons since that is a chocking hazard.) I then sewed the flowers onto the blanket.

    I then assembled the blanket following this tutorial from the blankets I have made before.

    I think it turned out so cute and the mom-to-be loved it!

    Thanks again for having me here today at Simply Designing! I hope you can all come visit me at One Crafty Mommy where each week we have Trading Tuesdays, Fashionable Fridays, and Super Crafty Saturdays!

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