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Play Food: Tea Box and Tea Bags

April 5, 2012 by Ashley Hackshaw

Boo loves to have her own toy version of things we do in the kitchen for her playroom……and recently making tea came up. So today we made some tea bags and a cute little box to store them in. Super simple project!

First, I cut out 2 pieces of white felt, 2 pieces of purple felt and 1 pieces of ribbon for each tea bag:

Next, I sew three sides of the tea bag leaving the top open:

I filled the tea bags with wild rice so that it actually resembled tea in color:

As I sewed the the top of each bag shut, I slipped one end of the piece of ribbon inside:

I sewed the top part of the bag together and inserted the other end of the ribbon inside:

Finished tea bags!

I found this cute little wood box at Micheal’s for $1.00:

I made a vinyl shelf paper stencil using my Silhouette Machine to say “TEA” and masked out the areas I didn’t want to paint. A little fan of the spray paint over the stencil is all I needed:

The finished set. I love toys that have their own storage container:

Time for tea!

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Easy Heat Transfer Applique (A Tutorial)

April 4, 2012 by Ashley Hackshaw

Have you tried out Silhouette’s heat transfer material yet? It’s a super easy way to add some decoration to a piece of clothing! I started out with the heat transfer starter kit which has heat transfer paper samples, a pick tool and a package of template downloads:

I decided to spruce up this cute little skirt that I bought for Boo. Boo chose the free bicycle graphic that comes with the starter kit.

If you are doing an image with text make sure to mirror it on the screen so that the text looks backwards. Insert the the heat transfer material into the Silhouette with the clear plastic side on the bottom. You don’t need to use the cutting mat….although it doesn’t hurt either. Make sure to select “flocked” or “smooth” transfer material in the menu before cutting. The clear side of the transfer should be face down.

Once the image has been cut, peel off all the negative space from the clear backing:

Use the pick tool to pull off small pieces.

The finished cut out:

Place the design face down on the surface you want to iron it onto. I placed it on the side of the skirt so it would wrap around:

Place a cloth over the design and place a heated iron on top of it (cotton setting). Press firmly for 45 to 60 seconds.

Gently peel up the clear transfer sheet. The transfer should be adhered to your surface now. If the transfer still sticks to the clear sheet, replace the cloth and iron again making sure to apply more pressure:

An easy heat transfer applique!

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Alternative Easter Eggs (A Tutorial)

April 2, 2012 by Ashley Hackshaw

A few fun alternative ways to decorate Easter eggs that we’ve done around here recently! I used wood and paper mache eggs to make our own lasting eggs: