Ruffles and Wine Class

I had such a great time last night teaching a "Poppy Ruffles" class at Simply Beautiful Boutique in dowtown Frederick, MD.  Seriously what could be better...girl time, jewlery making, laughs and wine at a beautiful boutique located in the heart of downtown.  It was really cool.  Here's the necklace and earring set I created while teaching the class, I think I'll wear it tonight!  The class made some beautiful ruffles too, I hope they love them!  We're planning to do more classes and I'm totally ready with some fun new ideas for summer...bling anyone?

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Fabric Wrap Bracelet Tutorial

My first tutorial is here!  These cute little bracelets are super sweet and fun to make too.  Whenever I wear one people always ask where I got it... well now you know!

Gather some scarp fabric, 1 metal bangle (thin) scissors and a little sparkly button with a shank.

Cut a 2 inch by 18 inch strip of fabric

Now to start wrapping your bangle leave about 2 inches as your starter the neatly wrap the fabric around the bangle

Keep wrapping the bangle giving a little "tug" ever once in a while to tighten the wrap...

Tie the remaining fabric in a secure double knot and even up the edges...

Use a hot glue gun or fabric glue to put a drop of glue into the crevice of the knot (this is where the shank of the button will push into)...

Add your sparkly button and hold in place for a few seconds...and YOU'RE DONE!

Play around with different fabrics, you can make them a bit longer 2 inches by 26 inches) to tie a bow at the end too.  Be creative, it's a sweet thing!

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