Maya in the Moment Teen Craft: Floppy Spring Hat!

 Today's confession: I designed my project but my mom made it for me. You see I made my first version and well.... let's just say it didn't quite turn out how I wanted. My mom is out of town (she is actually at ilovetoCreate in California this week) and she is always my go to person to help me make my project look good. When I called her about what I should do, she told me not to worry and to send her a picture of what I made. She remade it for me exactly the way I wanted, only better!

                                      You need a Beads in a Bottle and Stones, plus a big floppy hat.

 Make the dots in slanted rows across the brim of the hat. Lay the hat down flat and do one side at a time. Add the stones in between. TIP for the Beads in a Bottle......you have to squeeze the tube and then lift it up really fast, and you can't put the dots too close together or they will glob together. It looks best if you space them out as even as you can.

Keep going all the way around the brim. Add as much as you want! Let one side dry for a few hours and then flip the hat over and do the same thing on the other side.

 There you have it! Perfect for protecting your face from the sun rays, yet looking gorgeous at the same time! (Thanks mom!)

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May the Fourth be with you: Star Wars Craft Roundup

It seems like we keep seeing this phrase "May the Fourth be with you" all over the web today and heard in the office! We thought it would be fun to round up some of our fave "Star Wars" crafts using iLoveToCreate products!

The adorable finger puppets above were made by Heather Mann of Dollar Store Crafts for the Make and Takes site! Fun, easy, and oh-so cute! Great job Heather!

These simple Star Wars Tees from Cheri Heaton would be great for kids and adults alike!

These R2D2 Tom's, also by Cheri Heaton, would be a big hit with your favorite Star Wars fan!

Passport and Pickles made this awesome Puffy Paint desk name tag! Look at all the fun detail. Love the personality!

Seriously, this is one of the cutest things we've ever seen! CraftZine had a feature on how to make Star Wars costumes for your dog using Aleene's® Original Tacky Glue®. Princess Leia cracks us up! Wonder what a gold lamé bikini costume would look like on that dog!

This R2D2 quilt block by Flickr user xperimentl is so rad! They have some other great Star Wars quilt blocks in their Flickr stream as well you need to check out!

We also love the these great stencil designs by Grrl.com to use with your Tulip Soft® Fabric Paint and freezer paper!

For more Star Wars craft ideas check out the Star Wars Craft Book by Bonnie Burton!

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Glitter-toed Flats

Have you seen those glittery heels that are popular right now?  While they are SO cute and very glamorous, they just aren't something I'd get to wear a whole lot.  I spotted THESE shoes the other day and I thought they were adorable.  So, I decided to marry the two and make some glitter-toed sparkley shoes for myself.  They are casual enough for jeans and dressy enough for a dress.  They were fast and easy to make, too. 

I bought some inexpensive black flats.

I taped off the area I wanted to add glitter to. I used painter's tape.

 I spread over the Tulip Glitter Bond and then sprinkled on my Tulip Fashion Glitter.

I peeled off the tape and voila!  They were done.

I think it would be fun to make some bolder ones for a little girl - like purple with bright kelly green toes or something kind of wild.

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