End of summer freshness- Interactive Blogging Team treasury

Hello everyone,

One of our team member, Amanda Jo from

has made this beautiful treasury called 'End of summer freshness'. The treasury is made up from items from other team members' shops. Lovely to see what items our team members' shops have to offer and a massive thank you to Amanda Jo for curating the treasury.

'End of Summer Freshness' by amandajocrafts

Fresh, summer-y finds from the Interactive Blogging Team! Let's celebrate the final month of summer :)

You Are My Sunshine Embroide... LilyandEveStit... $35.00	Anchors Nautical Scrapbookin... pipersplace1 $6.25	Retro Hair Accessory, Aqua D... ChatterBlossom $22.00
Kitchen Art Typography Art Q... FlourishCafe $25.00	Hey There, Sunshine - Robin&... HopeForBinati $4.00	ORGANIC Diaper Clutch, light... RedstuffDesign... $20.00
Baby headband with felt hear... CUTIFULbaby $14.00	Light Blue Earrings, Guitar ... HausofAriella $8.00	Emerson Quote Print - In the... LitPrints $15.00
Typewriter Print: You're... Vividplease $12.00	Split Log Tealight Candle Ho... DeerwoodCreekG... $20.00	Vintage style earrings, cott... TheDorothyDays $4.00
Greeting Card - New Baby - A... KristenReneePh... $2.50	20% OFF - Whipped Soap - Coc... LillyQueenBath $4.80	Beaded Leather Bracelet - Vi... beadsandbrass $26.25
Landscape Photo, Fairy Ring,... AncientEchoesA... $16.00

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Amanda also made second treasury (again from team member's items).

Please be sure to check out Amanda's shops as well as the shops of those featured :). There are some beautiful items.

  

'Everything Stops for Tea!' by amandajocrafts

An actblogteam treasury focused on dressing up and going out to tea!

Vintage 1990's Pink Moha... PaperdollVinta... $24.90	Pink Champagne Earrings Greenstar9 $25.00	Knit Cord Bracelet with Wood... melissahager $20.00
I Love Books & Tea Print - K... FlourishCafe $35.00	Vintage Girls Pink Satin Qui... WhatGirlsLike $8.95	vintage tea cup, english tea... TheDorothyDays $11.00
Hair Accessory, Orange Flowe... ChatterBlossom $27.00	Wirework faux pearl daisy ch... ScatteredDesig... $15.00	Red Sari Scarf Summer Scarf ... MiriTextiles $19.99
Hair Pin Red Lily Flower Wom... DeonandDionFas... $5.00	Flour Sack Towel Kitchen Dis... NeedlesnPinsSt... $8.00	Leg Warmers Knit Leg Warmers... AutumnAndAmber $44.00
Pink, Orange and White Coffe... ArtSimply $12.00	Vintage Red Babydoll Dress L... j2vintage $70.00	I Love You A Latte Keepsake ... Vividplease $4.00
Houndstooth Cupcake Wrappers... pipersplace1 $5.00

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Our member's shop items- Purple Theme

Hi everyone,

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to read Ariella's fabric flower tutorial and to all of you who have followed this blog.

Our team has many wonderful sellers who sell a whole range of beautiful handmade and vintage items on Etsy. Chrissy-Jo  has put together a lovely selection of some of the items for sale in our members' shops. Please be sure to check them out and to take a look at what our team's sellers have on offer:

Spring tulip print by Kees and me

 

Storybook bunny by wonderlaneart

 

Vintage violet tea set by The Dorothy Days

Plum beanie by Autumn and Amber

Violet brooch by Siret

Bracelet by Janabolic

 

 We are looking for more blog articles so please get in touch if you can offer one.

The Dorothy Days

Tutorial- How to make fabric flowers

Hello!
Welcome to our first team blog post. To kick off the team blog we are starting with a feature by Ariella from North Carolina who is going to be teaching us how to make fabric flowers with her step by step tutorial. The Interactive Blogging Team is open to anyone who is a member of Etsy; buyers, sellers and browsers but the majority of members are sellers as blogging is a great way to connect with customers and give them an insight into your world and your craft.

Ariella is a law student by day but an avid crafter by night and runs her own Etsy shop called Haus of Ariella which sells a variety of geeky, music and wedding items.

She also runs a really great blog and blogs about just about everything from Etsy finds to recipies and bridal themed posts to hilarious posts about her cats! Really worth a look and a follow :) !

Here is her wonderful tutorial:

How to make a fabric flower  (great for putting on bags, hair clips etc)

One of the ways in which the fabric flower can be used

Materials:
-Fabric - light to medium weight fabrics work best; I used satin for this tutorial
-Needle and matching thread
-Large button for the center
-Hot glue gun
-Scissors
-Paper for the template



Step 1:

Step 1

Decide what size you would like your flower to be. The one I made was about 4 inches across and the inner petals were about 2.5 inches across. Measure two circles - one for the large petals and one for the smaller ones - on a piece of paper with the diameter you'd like your flower to be as the large petal template and about 60% of that size for the diameter of the small petal template. Cut them out.

Step 2:

Step 2

Step 2

Fold one of your templates in half over your fabric and cut around the template so that you end up with a circle of fabric. Cut 5 of the large circles and 4 of the small ones.

Step 3:

Step 3

Step 3

Take one of the circles and fold it in half with the right side of the fabric (the side you want showing) on the outside. Thread your needle and put a knot in one end of the thread. Make a line of fairly small stitches close to the rounded edges of your circle, going through both layers. Pull the thread tight to gather the fabric and tie off the other end of the thread as well. Repeat with all of the circles.

Step 4:

Step 4

Take your 5 large petals and sew them together in a circle with the petals slightly overlapping. Do the same thing for the small petals.

After completing step 4 your flower should look like this

Step 5:

Step 5

Take your circle of small petals and sew it on top of your circle of large petals.

Step 6: 

Step 6- The final finished piece!

Take your button (which should be large enough to cover the hole in the middle of the petals) and put hot glue on the edges, then place it in the middle of the flower.

Congratulations! You now have a cool fabric flower to put on purses, hair clips, or whatever else your heart desires!