DIY Twine Vases

Happy Friday!
I have been loving everything made with twine out there in the blog world, so I decided to try something myself!

I went to my local thrift store and purchased 3 glass vases for $1 each and I already had a huge ball of twine (but if you don't have any, I saw it for $5 at Wal-Mart).

I started at the bottom and using my hot glue gun, I made a small dot as close to the bottom as I could. I stuck the end of the twine on my glue dot and then started wrapping it around.

I probably made about 5 glue dots all around the bottom wrap, just because I wanted that one to stay put. Once I made it back to where I started, I made another glue dot and then continued wrapping . . .

At this point, I only used a glue dot after wrapping it around at least once or twice. I wrapped it as tight as I could and tried to push the twine down as I went so that I wouldn't have any gaps or holes . . .

Just keep wrapping . . . just keep wrapping . . . (and gluing when needed!)

Almost done!

I did it! Once you get to the top, determine where you want to stop and cut the twine off. Glue it at the top . . .

Like so . . .

Ta-da! I made all three in less than one hour.

I added a simple twine bow on one of them and ended up liking it. If you wanted to add color, it might be cute to add a cute ribbon or fabric bow!
It would be darling to fill these with fall colored flowers or leaves . . .

Happy vase wrapping!
-The Six Sisters

Halloween Wood Candy Corn Craft Tutorial

This is Elyse from Six Sisters' Stuff! With Halloween just around the corner, we thought we would show you a cute, inexpensive craft we made!

I found these cute candy corn at Wood Creations, and made them for around $5.00!

They currently don't take orders over their website as they are a brand new business. You can see a lot of their crafts on their Facebook Page and their Website. You can order through email at

info@woodcreationsutah.com or call them at 801-731-0788.

Here are the steps:

Started with my unfinished wood.

Painted it with acrylic paint.

Sanded all the edges.

Used wood glue to glue each piece together.

And you're done! So easy, inexpensive and cute!

Spray Painted Necklace and Tulle Flowers Tutorial

I have been wanting a navy blue necklace for a while now, but just have not found exactly what I was looking for . . .

Then I saw this little number in the clearance section of Wal-Mart. I think it was $2 . . . I liked the length and I liked the wood beads, but I wasn't crazy about the color. The wheels in my head started turning . . . I busted out my navy blue spray paint and went to work! I sprayed both sides of the necklace, making sure each bead was covered. I did 3 coats on each side.

While the necklace was drying, I went to work on my flowers. I knew that I wanted two puffy flowers; one a little bit bigger than the other. So, I drew a 3" circle and a 2" circle.

Inside each circle, I kind of drew 5 "petals". It is okay if they are not perfect (do you like all my free-handed drawings going on?! I am too lazy to make sure they are perfect).

Cut out your flower shapes.

Pin your flower to your material (or you could trace the flower onto your material and cut it out instead of pinning it). I folded my material over twice so that I could cut out 4 flowers at once. For each flower, you are going to want at least 3 flower shapes (the more your use, the fluffier your flower will be).

**Side note- for this kind of flower, make sure you are using a material that has some type of synthetic fiber in it. Cotton material will not work . . . the material I used was kind of a sheer polyester blend.

Cut out all your flowers- 3 flower shapes for each size of flower.

Now you are going to VERY CAREFULLY singe along the petals of each flower. It does not have to be perfect, but just make sure that each petal is singed enough that it won't fray and the edges are curled/rounded like a petal shape. I just use a small candle and hold the flower with my tweezers so I don't burn myself. However, some of my sisters are brave and just hold it with their hands. I have also seen people use a lighter . . . do whatever is easiest for you.

Also, don't stick the flower right into the flame- just hoover above the flame. The ends of the material will just start to melt and curl. Don't stay near the flame for too long in one spot or it will curl like crazy and possibly start on fire (I am speaking from experience!). Before you start to singe the edges of flower, maybe practice on a scrap piece of material.

Here is what my flower looked like after it was done being burned.

Singe the edges of all your flower shapes.

Now cut your tulle. I purchased a large roll of navy blue tulle at Hobby Lobby for $1.50. Each piece that I cut was 3"x 6". You will need 6 pieces of tulle for each flower (so to make my 2 flowers, I cut 12 pieces of tulle).

Take a piece of tulle and tie a knot in the middle. Then take a second piece of tulle and tie a knot on top of the other knot- when you are finished, your two pieces of tulle should look like an "X" with a big knot in the middle (like the picture). Repeat this with all your tulle- you will need 3 tulle "X"'s for each flower you are making.

Now comes the gluing- start with a flower shape. Put a tiny dot of glue in the middle and attach a tulle "X".

Put a small dot of glue on top of the tulle knot and attach another flower shape. Repeat with another tulle "X" . . .

and repeat the layers again . . .

When you have repeated the layers 3 times, you will have a crazy flower like this . . .

Trim down your tulle so that it is about the same length as your flower petals.

My necklace was totally dry by this time . . . how I love spray paint!

I attached each flower to my necklace using hot glue, but to make sure that it really stayed on there, I cut out a circle of felt a little bit smaller than my flower and glued it to the back. That flower isn't going anywhere . . .

Ta da! All finished! The whole project cost less than $5 and I like how it turned out. From start to finish it took about 30 minutes . . . not too shabby!

These flowers are also darling on their own, attached to a headband, or attached to a clip to wear in your hair.

Have a great Friday!

Camille

SixSistersStuff

Easy Flower Blossom Accessory

This is Elyse from Six Sister's Stuff.
We have been seeing so many cute flower accessories floating around and decided we would just make our own and save us a little cash!

Here is some of our inspiration:

We rounded up a few items we had around the house and went to work!

Supplies: Hot glue gun, scissors, clip, felt and ribbon. (Yes, that is old, clearance Christmas ribbon!)

Cut 2 identical, felt circles. Make the circles the size that you want your flower to be. Mine were about 2 inches in diameter.

Put a dime-sized drop of glue in the middle of one felt circle.

Fold the end of your ribbon in half with the crease facing up. Glue the tip of the ribbon to the felt.

Twist your ribbon around the center point in a circle, gluing as you go.

Just keep gluing and twisting!
(sorry for the bad pictures, going through a camera crisis right now!)

When you reach the edge of your felt circle, cut off your ribbon and glue to the underside of your flower.

Glue on your second circle of felt and slide in your clip!

Easy and free!

If you didn't want it in your hair you could attach it to a top or bag! The possibilities are endless!

Anthropologie Inspired Chiffon and Bead Necklace Tutorial

Hi! This is Camille from Six Sister's Stuff. Today I am going to be sharing with you my easy tutorial on how to make this chiffon and bead necklace.

My inspiration came from this cute Anthropologie necklace that they were selling earlier this year. I love, love, LOVE Anthropologie . . . but usually everything is out of my price range. However, this little necklace went on sale for $20, but even then I didn't buy it because I knew that I could make it for less money. Way less money. Maybe even for free . . .

So here is what you need:
-5 to 7 chunky beads (I love the wood beads that Anthro used, but I was trying to make this using things around my house. I found these big beads on a necklace that my sister gave me- I really love the necklace Lu, but it was just too heavy around my neck! Love ya!)
-Scrap piece of chiffon or sheer fabric (I was even thinking that you could make this necklace with some thick ribbon and it would be really cute too!)
-Scissors

I cut (well, actually I ripped because I liked the "unfinished edge" look) a piece of sheer fabric that was 3" x 58" long. I also ended up cutting off the selvage edge.

Now you want to start with your middle bead and string it onto the piece of fabric. I realized that this sheer fabric is super hard to squeeze through a tiny bead hole, so I started looking around my house for something that I could use to push my fabric through. At first I found a skewer, but it was too fat to fit through the hole. And then . . . I found the perfect tool! This is one of the little tools that comes in an at-home hair highlighting kit (yes, I totally highlight my own hair . . . I am cheap like that!) to pull your hair through a cap. It worked perfectly!


Once you string the bead on, tie a big loose knot on either side of it. In the Anthro original, I think that they tied a couple of knots between beads. You can do whatever you feel like. :)

String a bead on either side of the first bead and tie more knots.

I ended up only using 5 beads- you can use more if you would like to. Tie a knot after the last bead.

Bring your two ends together and tie a bow (or tie a knot like I did).
Super easy- I finished the whole necklace in about 10 minutes!