Projects — Pattywack

How To make PomPom Easter Eggs! Are you decorating Easter eggs this year?  Step out from the tradition of dyeing your eggs and try these sweet wrapped creations!  There's even a little pom pom on top to up the cute factor!  What you need: – Aleene's Tacky Double-Stick Sheets (available at Michaels) – Aleene's Jewelry and Metal Adhesive Tabs – Plastic Easter eggs – Variegated embroidery floss – Scissors – Mini pom poms (make them yourself or purchase from the store)  Cut your Tacky 2-Sided Adhesive Sheet in half. Now peel back one side of the paper.  Wrap the sticky...

4th of July - DIY Pom-Pom Fireworks Centerpiece and Swizzle Sticks Here it is almost the 4th of July, and we certainly can't have a holiday without a cute centerpiece, now can we?     I'm that girl who simply must have a centerpiece with fresh flowers on holidays.  Don't hate me!  I used to work in fresh flower shops back in the day, and it's just the best thing in the world to come home to that sweet smell of freshness.   So, I ran to the Trader Joe's and grabbed a bundle of fresh flowers and plopped them...

I have just been dying to make a frame with pompoms, and when I saw this adorable canvas quote art in the Michael's store, that was it.  I grabbed it up the minute I saw it.  Plus, my daughter Tricia always signs her cards with "Forever and Always" so it was the perfect gift for her new home in Iowa.  When you make this pompom frame, just know that the Aleene's® Super Fabric Adhesive™ is truly one of my favorite glues, and it has been for a very long time.  I always keep it in my designer tote when I go to...

This adorable little felt banner at Michael's store was just sitting on a shelf waiting for me last week and I grabbed it up immediately.  (Click here for a link to the banner)  I didn't know where I was going to put it, but it didn't matter at the moment because I was in love!  I mean, it is such a great color combo, it's that rich thick wooly felt, and such a cute size, I knew I could find a place for it somewhere. Here's all you need: I wasted no time getting to my yarn stash to make the...

All the tools are super fun and easy to use.  For this California Dreamin' market bag, grab your PattieWack™ Mini Tassel Maker and yarn to match your crocheted bag.  Wind yarn around the 4th section of the mini, which will make a 1-1/2" mini tassel.  Tie the top, and bind the neck with a contrasting yarn.  Cut the bottom of the tassel and slide it off the tool.  Make at least 2 more mini tassels and tie them to the handle for a dreamy market bag to take to the beach, farmers market, or anywhere!

It's summer-time, and this girl's really lovin' the boho style that I'm seeing everywhere.  So, I went to Hancock Fabrics and bought several fun prints to make my own blouses and then I just felt like they needed something else.  This one has such great colors, and I thought it would be fun to match up the turquoise, lime, and lemon colors that are super vibrant with cotton embroidery threads. I did fudge a little by starting out with a necklace on the sale kiosk at Nordstrom's Rack.  Then I got busy making tassels in each of the colors.  To...