I {Love} Embellishments!

First: some awards I recently won!!!

I received the Sunshine Award from 2 lovely ladies:

Melissa of The Zookeeper's Diary and

Malika of Fearless and Faithful.

Thank you!!

Thank you!!

I also received the Lovely Blog award from Kelly of The Miller Mix.

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AND NOW...


Today's Project:

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Let's Call it: I LOVE EMBELLISHMENTS

I'm crazy for them! I love to add a little flower, a ribbon, some sparkle to...just about anything.
This project is all about fabric.

I wanted to share a little something I just recently discovered. Maybe you know about it already? I don't know how this product had escaped my watchful eye, but it had.
Then again, I used to think I was crafty till I saw some of the projects some of you all are doing!
Holy Moly! You humble me.

Here is a picture I took the other day:

Note the embellished pockets. Simple, but cute!

and a close-up:

I started this project in September of 2008! (you read that right)

I got bored of hand-sewing the ribbons, so I stuffed it in a drawer

(it was too big for her then, so I wasn't in a hurry.)

Last week, I pulled it out, thinking it would be perfect complement to the pettiskirt. I sewed on ONE ribbon and realized the project would never get finished at this rate...

That's when I remembered this: my newest secret weapon. I discovered Fabri-Tac when watching a tutorial on making those adorable rolled flower embellishments. {love}

This stuff is so awesome!

Notice the first line: Fast grab, quick dry.
Why, that is music to a crafters ears! :)

And it is PERMANENT. Meaning: you can wash it!



And now, my bloggy buddies, I will reveal something I NEVER reveal: the backside of my work.

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Are you ready for this?  

It literally took minutes to attach the zebra-striped ribbon!  And isn't it cute? There are probably going to be a lot more cute "customizations" going on around here now that I know about this stuff!



PS. I got mine at Wal-Mart in the craft aisle.

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