Spring Sewing Goodies Giveaway!

It's the start of May, so I thought a great way to celebrate the new month & spring being in full swing would be to give away a sweet sewing goodies bundle from my store, 

Heavenly Fabric Shop!

My shop is known for its faith-based fabrics, craft supplies & gifts, but I also have inspirational and whimsical items too. I've assembled some of my favorites into a giveaway for you.  These are all the sweet things up for grabs:

One winner will receive the entire sewing bundle, which starts off with a yard each of these two fabrics:

The aqua sky print is Serenity Bird Toss:

and there's the vibrant inspirational Our Nest Is Blessed:

Besides fabric, there's this big assortment of adorable notions to get your spring projects moving:

Including a silicone flower pincushion ring:

some coordinating button sets of whimsical Believe in Fairies,

and ultra cute Fairies Welcome.  The fairy doors & enchanting mushrooms are so charming for all sorts of projects:

Last year I made a fun little fairy garden bowl with these:

I'm also including these really cool UV Solar Color Change buttons.  The Color Change Flowers Buttons set turns from pale pink to deep purple in the sun.  They are gorgeous on any project and little girls LOVE them!

There are also two Color Change Large Round Button Sets. Both start off white, but 3 turn blue and the other 3 turn magenta.  These will kick any sunny weather project up a notch!

And to top off this sweet sewing bundle is one of my most popular shop items, the Rainbow Unicorn Thread Scissors.  Not only are they great little scissors, but they are so fun and look adorable in your sewing space.  I've gifted several pairs to loved ones and they've always been a hit:

Now, grab your chance to win them all!

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Easy St. Patrick's Day Decorative Celebration Candles

Saint Patrick's Day is coming up and we wanted to create a fun decorative item for our house that was festive & functional.  What better project than some St. Patrick's Day Celebration Candles?!?

This quick & simple craft is inexpensive, but practical too.  It also makes a great project to do with a group of kids. 

This was easy to do and ends up being so much more useful that cheap paper & plastic decorations that will just get tossed out the next week.  Put them on a shelf, as a centerpiece or wherever you want to add a little Irish flair.  I used some themed embellishments from my shop that are just perfect for gluing onto things.


These candles still feature all the quintessential Irish holiday symbols like shamrocks and four leaf clovers:

Celtic crosses and knots:



And of course the reason for the holiday itself, Saint Patrick:

The pillar style makes a great devotional candle for those that love St. Patrick the rest of the year too:

☘️ Now let's get to the making!☘️ 

Materials:
- Pillar and votive candles (dollar store)
- Celtic Buttons (Erin Go Bragh set)
- St. Patrick glass dome cabochons
- Grosgrain or satin ribbon 
- Glue (I prefer E6000)
- Lighter 

Start by cleaning the glass of the candles with rubbing alcohol for best adhesion.

Cut a length of ribbon that will wrap around each candle with one inch of overlap.  Heat seal the cut ends with a lighter to prevent fraying:

Add small dabs of glue along each end and the center of the ribbon.

Apply ribbon to the center of each candle.




If using shank buttons like, my solid shamrocks, you can snip the shank off with a sharp pair of scissors, craft knife or pliers to get a nice flat back.

Add some glue to the backs of the buttons, cabochons and flat backs.

For the open shapes like these shamrocks, we use a toothpick to spread the glue:

We glued a Saint Patrick to the center of our pillar candle...

and  surrounded him with shamrock and Celtic cross flat backs:

For our votives we used some Celtic knots and shamrock buttons:

Allow glue to dry for 24hrs with candles on their sides to prevent slippage.  Enjoy your new Saint Patrick's Day Candles!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️ 

Quick & Easy Mini Fairy Garden Bowl

Love fairies?  Love gardens?  Love things in miniature?  Then today's project is for you!  It's a super Quick & Easy Fairy Garden Bowl!

There are a thousand kinds of fairy gardens out there.  Some very simple, some very elaborate.  All should be cute and relaxing to make.  Even when free time is scarce (like when you have an erratically napping baby and 3 active kids).  Enter my version.

The materials are easy to get together and pretty inexpensive.  The basics are from the dollar store or easy to get at the craft store with coupons.  

A little mushroom house with fairy door adds some crafted whimsy and, since there are no live plants, it'll always stay green and indoor-friendly, which will be a big help when it's a gloomy winter day (or month).

Let's Make A Fairy Garden!

Materials:
- Glass bowl 
- Glass marbles 
- Dried moss
- Wooden mushroom 
- Baker's twine
- Craft glue
- Craft wire 
- Fairy buttons 
- Hot glue (optional)

The fairy buttons are from my shop.  I fell in love with these beauties the moment I first saw them.  They're so cute & cheery.  Especially the fairy doors & welcome sign.  I've used a few for this project and plan to use others from the sets for some hair clips and jewelry for my daughter!

Start by filling the bowl halfway with marbles.  I used clear so the blue "water" would just be on top:

Fill the the rest of the bowl with moss at the back half and blue marbles at the front:

For the garden mushroom, take the wooden mushroom and put a thin layer of glue on the stem.  Beginning at the bottom, wind the bake's twine around snugly and closely to cover the wood.

Do the same with the cap, starting at the bottom and then winding upward and cutting the twine at the top center.  It's easier to do the mushroom as two steps so you've one part to hold onto while the other is covered in glue.  Hot glue fairy door and smiling flower buttons into place.

For anchoring the button decorations, cut a piece of craft wire a few inches long for each button and the fold & twist around the shank to create a stake that will help them stand in the moss.  

Hot glue into place to permanently affix.

I'm all about the easy projects to feel accomplishment and contentment, rather than stress and disappointment trying to attempt time consuming items and then being frustrated I can't get them done, or worse, make big mistakes while rushing.  This little garden is the perfect solution!