Whacha Work-up Wednesday - Weekly Linky Party #3

 

 

 

Welcome to the party- Thanks for joining :)

I will be hosting on Wednesdays for now on. I will have them run through the weekend so you can add as you can. Please stop back buy & vote for your favorite.

Please post Button, just somewhere on your blog. I prefer the side bar, But if you have a separate page with your link parties, that’s fine too, or the actual post is great.

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I'm also working on my list of parties to join. I have them listed by days. I will work on a button to that page so you can use that for all your parties. If you have any to add to the list, Please share. :)

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Whacha Work-up Wednesday - Weekly Linky Party

A huge Thanks to everyone who came to my 1st linky party last week. All in all it went pretty well. 98 links for the first linky party :).  Sorry I didn't get a chance to respond to everyone. Thanks for all the nice comments & links  left.

I will be hosting on Wednesdays for now on. I will have them run through the weekend so you can add as you can. Please stop back buy & vote for your favorite.

I finally got my link back button done. Please post Button, just somewhere on your blog. I prefer the side bar, But if you have a separate page with your link parties, that’s fine too, or the actual post is great.

<center><a href=" http://diycraftstomake.blogspot.com/"target="_blank"><img alt="Manic Mother"src="http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee458/peggybanks1/1138227_scrapbook_paper_1.jpg "/></a></center>

I'm also working on my list of parties to join. I have them listed by days. They are on the side bar & have a separate page. I will work on a button to that page so you can use that for all your parties. If you have any to add to the list, Please share. :)

Mummy Vases was the most visited link from last week. So cute & simple. Click through for more info on them.

mummy vases.

 
On to the party:

-Anything goes. Just post what you have made & show some love to the others.
-Vote for your favorites. 

Don't forget to sign up to be a follower! I have lots of great things planned, You won't want to miss anything :) hehe!:)

Whacha Got - Weekly Linky Party

Current Linking Party

Anything goes. Just post what you have made & show some love to the others.

I don't have a button for you to link back with yet. Hopefully by next week... 

 

Don't forget to sign up to be a follower! I have lots of great things planned, You won't want to miss anything :) hehe!:)

Erie Eyeball Wreath

Erie Eyeball Wreath

To create this eerie embellishment, you'll need about eight dozen glow-in-the-dark rubber eyeballs ($7.99 for 12; amazon.com) and a 12-inch foam wreath form ($2.59 for three; createforless.com). Wrap the form in black crepe streamers and secure with straight pins. Poke a hole in the back of one eyeball with the sharp end of a flat-headed pin; then insert the pin's flat end into the hole. Using a thimble to protect your finger, press the pin halfway in. Push the sharp end of the pin into the form. Repeat until the wreath is full and hang as desired.

Halloween Blog: Erie Eyeball Wreath

Tissue Paper and Tulle Flower Tutorial.

Well, here it is - a tutorial on how to make a tissue paper flower (with tulle). Good luck and please feel free to ask any questions in the comments section if anything is unclear.
First of all, assemble your stuff - tissue paper (2 colors if desired), tulle, string and scissors.
Cut two rectangles of each color and two rectangles of tulle. The flower I have made used 38cm x 25.5cm sheets but it doesn't really matter, just so long as the pieces are all rectangular and of the same size.

Lay the six sheets on top of each other. If you are using colors, I tend to put the darker sheets on the bottom, lighter ones in the middle and tulle on top however, living in the creative world we do, don't let me stifle you. Line up their edges and begin to fold them back and forth in a concertina. My folds were about three centimeters wide but once again, don't let me rain on your parade.

Once the folding is complete, bend it in half like a fan and tie it tightly (so that it gathers) in the middle with string

Snip the ends with scissors to make a petal shape.

Fan out one side into a half circle.

Then, delicately begin separating the layers, taking care not to ruin the pleats or tear the tissue paper (when this happens, don't cry... I sort of just shove it back in and hope no one notices).

Continue separating and

Lifting and zshoozshing (an extremely technical term that may or may not have or have originated in 23BC China... or maybe just two minutes ago).

Unfurl the other side and continue in the same way, separating, lifting and zshoozshing.

Finally, use your hands to gently scrunch (I am now just thinking what... use your hands as opposed to your mouth... as though you need advice to prevent you from making your tissue paper soggy and unusable) and zshoozsh to manipulate it into a pleasingly floral shape (but once again, don't let my need for a chaotic symmetry suppress your inner urges - if you want it to sprout in one particular direction, don't let me tell you it is not regular enough).

And then you are done!!!

Now you can go crazy with any color you like. The above two have eight layers of tissue rather than six... there are all sorts of crazy ways you can go so get folding and have fun.

p.s. Can you tell that I have been at home with two little boys today, none of us very well. Maybe I have been just a little too excited communicating to the outside world, but you know, some days are long and the good bits have to be savored (the writing and taking photos bit... not the explaining why you can only have antibiotics when it is prescribed to you and it is not favoritism that Archie (bronchitis) gets to have pink liquid and the other one (sore throat) gets to have none. It really doesn't smell very nice anyway.

Lots of love, Kate xxooxxooxx.

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Greedy For Colour: Tissue Paper and Tulle Flower Tutorial.