"It's begining to look alot like Christmas..." DIY felt mistletoe

I saw this yesterday on pintrest and immediately drove to Micheal's to pick up the supplies i needed to make it.  I love mistletoe but my cat loves to eat everything! I am always worried she will get a hold of the mistletoe and get sick so this project is the perfect solution.  Plus it will be perfect to pack away and use every year instead of searching for mistletoe each year like I have to do right now. 

(thanks Green wedding shoes (I LOVE your blog!!!)

I got 2 sheets of green felt, 1 pack of 25 green chenille pipe cleaners and a roll of pretty 1.5" ribbon.  I had some pretty red satin at home that I wanted to use for the bow.  

First you need the template from  http://greenweddingshoes.com/diy-felt-mistletoe/ (check out her blog, lots of great stuff!!)

I cut out one of each template, just didn't have the patience to cut out more branches.....then cut pieces of the chenille stems to fit all the way down the backs of each piece.  Hot glue the chenille stems to the felt cutouts.

                                                 Here's all the pieces (branches) cut out

and the chenille stems glued to the felt

Next I cut a 12" piece of the 1.5" ribbon, folded in half and slid a small rubber band on the the cut ends. 

Then slide the felt pieces one at a time under the rubber band, in front of the ribbon.

 
 
Cut a 20" piece of the red satin and tie a bow on top of the rubber band so you can't see it.  Then bend the branches so they look more natural and your done! 
 
 

One piece of felt was plenty to make 2 bunches and I only used 3 or 4 of the chenille stems.  Looks like I will be making a few more of these......

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble...a handmade witches hat

So I have been trying to figure out what to be for Halloween for a few weeks now.  Every year its the same thing. "I don't think I'm going to dress up this year...to much money...don't know what to be..." and then right before Halloween I decide that I LOVE dressing up and have to find something to be.  This year I decided on a witch.  Cute, easy and I know I have something in the closet that I can use for a costume. So all I really need is a witches hat.  I am not a fan of the hats at the costume stores, mostly because everyone has them so I decided to make my own.  I browsed the web and pintrest (of course!!) for ideas and stumbled across a mini witches hat on a headband.  SO fun! Small so it won't be in the way all day and stylish!  So i headed to Joann's and picked up 2 pieces of black glitter felt (one starched and one not) and some hot pink feathers.  While I was shopping I noticed that all the Halloween stuff was on sale and picked up some hot pink and black striped tights.  Checked out and only spent $6 on tights and my hat! that's such a great deal!! (I did have a headband at home already)  So hear it is....not attached to the headband yet. 

Here are the templates I used to make it.  I am sorry I don't know how to make it so you can down load them but this gives you an idea.  I cut the cone out of the soft felt and the brim out of the starched felt.  I didn't want a floppy brim on my hat.