Mason Jar Pin Cushion

Hello! I trust everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving!!! I know I did. Ours involved our son, Taylor, returning home from a two year mission for our church. He served the great people in the Jacksonville, Florida mission. We had both sides of the family with us for Thanksgiving....45 people for dinner!!!

 

 

Trust me, after 733 days, I was truly grateful for this hug!

 

 

Now onto the pin cushion. I am going out with some friends for our own little Christmas celebration. We are each to bring a gift for the others that represents something we love, and keep the cost at $10.00. I love to sew. So, I thought I would make a sewing kit for my girlfriends.

 

Here they are all done. I think that they are sweet! Now, I would like to show you how to make one for yourself, or for your friends.

 

First off, gather all the supplies that you would like in your kit. My container is a mason jar.

 

For the pin cushion part start by cutting out a piece of cardboard 1/4 inch smaller than the circle part of the lid. Then cut the fabric that you would like to use 1 inch bigger than the cardboard.

 

Then, layer the fabric, stuffing and the cardboard circle. (I know, green stuffing...who knew?)

 

Using a glue gun, pull the fabric up around the circle.

 

So, after it is all glued it should look something like this.

 

I then glued the cushion to the lid with hot glue.

 

Screw the lid onto the jar.

 

Stick your pins in and the cushion part is done.

 

I completely forgot to put some buttons in the jar, so I made up these cute button cards to go into the jar with the other sewing supplies. I also made up a tag for the outside of the jar.

 

So, as you can see ~ super cute when done!

 

I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving and now are ready to move onto Christmas!!!

Just a little scrub.....

Tonight I went to a craft night at my church and got to visit with a bunch of great gals, eat good food and make some fun crafty stuff! One of the things that I learned how to do was to make an exfoliating hand scrub. It was so fast and so easy - I thought I would share it with you. I think it would make a quick and fun gift for a friend or even as a hostess gift!

Exfoliating Scrub

 

1 1/4 Cups Sugar

1/2 Cup Olive Oil

1 Tbsp. Essential Oil

 

Mix all the ingredients together

 

Put into a jar

 

Tie off with a cute bow or tag...and that's it!

 

I made 24 jars of the scrub tonight and it took 1 hour.

 

The scrub actually makes your hands feel great! Think of the people that you could give this to! I know 24 people that are going to get their own jar tomorrow! ;)