Fabric rolled flowers.

Hi there! I was at Target recently and was admiring their beautiful flower headbands. They really are pretty, but kind of expensive if you know how to just put them together yourself. Today I will show you how to make a fabric rolled flower and how to turn it into a pretty headband for yourself or for your little girl.

1. Cut a strip of fabric about 1 1/2" wide and about 2 ft long. You can make it longer or shorter depending on the size of flower you want to create. Fold fabric lengthwise up to the middle of the strip and glue it down with fabric glue. I used Beacons 3 in 1 glue; its a bit messy but gets the job done.

2. Do the same with the other side.

3. Now roll up the strip tightly about 5 or six times.

4. After you have made your roll (this is the center of the flower) then you can start twisting the fabric. Alternate between twisting and just laying flat. Be sure to use a bit of glue every so often.

5. Keep twisting and laying until you have about an inch left of fabric.

6. Tuck this piece under and glue onto the back.

7. Now you can either stop here, or you can make it a little extra special...

8. Cut out 2 small circles from some felt. These need to be slightly smaller than the circumference of your flower.

9. Cut out ten 4" circles from some tulle. Using 2 pieces of tulle, fold them in half.

10. Now you are going to fold it accordian style so it looks like there are 3 ripples. Take a little bit of thread and just make a couple quick stitches in the bottom to keep them in place. Do this with the remaining tulle so you will have 5 total.

11. Glue the tulle in a circular pattern onto one of the felt circles.

12. Glue the flower onto the tulle.

13. Fluff out the tulle to make it pretty.

14. Glue your flower onto your headband. Use the remaining felt circle and glue it on the bottom to reinforce the flower.

15. Glue a brad into the center of the flower.

16. And you are done!!
Now you can make flowers for just about anything! Try them on some slippers, a handbag or even try a necklace. I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial, thanks for stopping by!!
~Heather

Hi Everybody. Jenny checking in with this week’s tip. The next time you’re in the dollar store or the $1. spot at your local Target or Michaels, pick up a handful of plain (ish) notebooks. Or, when you’re in the stationary section at one of those closeout stores like Big Lots, look around for some fun little books there too.. Altered notebooks are inexpensive and quick gifts for teachers or family or neighbors. Or, if you’re a list maker like myself, you’ll put them to good use yourself! I found these black notebooks at Walmart for $3 a piece. The tall one has perforated pages with both “To Do” and “To Buy” sections. How cool is that?!?

I added some fun new and old Sassafras goodies and voila…


This second notebook has color coded index cards within. I thought this one would be perfect for writing random notes about each of my brood (one section for each of the Bigs, and one section for the twins to share).

Using some Mod Podge to adhere the base paper and The Ultimate to adhere all the rest, I came up with this…

You can also make notebooks for your kids… This one I used a Quikutz composition notebook die.


Here’s an example of a notebook to make during Teacher Appreciation Week. You know that’s just around the corner.

Well, I hope you found just a little inspiration here today at Scrap That Baby. Would love to see what you make. P.S. here’s one last bit of eyecandy for you. My very own Scrap That Baby notebook…



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Step 2. After you have paper 1 trimmed to your preferred size, trim paper 2 to frame it height-wise, allow about 1 to 1.5cm on top and bottom. Place paper 1 on top of paper 2 with the edges (short side) touching.

Step 3. Hold the two sheets of paper in your hand and slowly rip the edge towards yourself. Make it as grayed and jagged as you wish.

When you have finished ripping and you move paper 1 slightly, you will see that the ripped edges match up perfectly within the "frame."

Step 4. Decide how long you want the papers to be and measure paper 1 to your preferred length. I have added the two photos to the paper to assess how long I need paper 1. Make a small pencil mark where you want the paper to be ripped (allowing about an inch from the photos.)

Step 5. Using your paper trimmer, remove the excess paper.

Step 6. Place paper 1 on paper 2 with the torn edges about 1cm apart then measure paper 1 and add 4.5 to 2cm on the straight edges (length.)

Step 7. Line up the straight edges of papers 1 and 2 (remember to leave 1 to 2cm on the top and bottom) and repeat step 3, slowly ripping towards yourself. You will now have a perfect torn edge that frames paper 1. Ink the edges or distress them for added dimension then use these elements to assemble your page.

I have used this technique on my recent Messy, Messy, Messy page to create dimension and add layers.

If you have any questions about this technique, please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you and Happy Scrapbooking.

Our grandparents and all our extended family lives thousands of miles away. We see them every year or two - definitely not enough. To help my 2 years old to learn the faces of his grandparents, uncles and aunts I made a small mini album for him. I started with a package of small clear pockets. Mine were from a scrapbook store but clear badge holders from an office supply store will work great. I found the pictures I want to include and printed them.


I cut several pieces of cardstock to fit into the pockets and cropped the pictures to be 0.25" smaller than the cardstock. I adhered the pictures from both sides of the cardstock and added the names using small letter stickers. I decided to use minimal embellishments to keep the focus on the faces and names.






I slipped the cards into the pockets and tied them with a piece of ribbon.


Eli loved looking through the album and pointing at the faces. I hope that he will be ready to meet his grandparents in few months when they will come to visit us.