As promised, here is my entirely unorganized tutorial on how to make a banner.
You may remember these banners.
I had to make one more, for my little angel Audrey.
She is such a sweet baby.
She hardly ever crawls quietly over to the corner and gets into things she should not be getting into.
But I digress.
I start out by choosing a template.
Colton was a triangle. Parker was a square.
Audrey is a flower petal round curvy thingy.
Then I choose what *fabric I am using, grab some scratch paper, and then all the crafty tools you would normally use when being crafty.
Ya know. Crafty stuff.
For Audrey's I wanted a font that was soft, romantic, and little girl princess like.
The font I ended up with could not be further from it.
I just printed off her name... I think it was 300 font size... on regular paper.
Now...this was the easiest way for me to do it. You may know of much easier ways, in which case I wish you had called me three banners ago.
I cut out the letter.
Put some glue on it.
Stuck it to the fabric.
Like this. Then I just cut it out.
Remove the black paper letter and there you go!
I know this picture does not do it justice, but I covered my template in a soft, suede like paper.
I cut out a circle from a thick piece of pink felt.
Now we have everything we need to assemble our letter 'e' template!
Put some glue (I used fabric, but I think any kind will do) on the felt.
Viola! A pretty flower. Now just grab that little ole 'e' and we're all done...
So?? That's easy enough right? And its not terrible looking. Lets see it next to the rest of the letters.
There is our 'e'!!
And there is the final product.
*For my fabric, I just went to Walmart, picked out every single fabric I kinda liked, then bought one third (1/3) yard of it. It usually ended up being less than a dollar. This whole project was less than $10!
love LOVE LOOOVEEE! Audrey's banner! So girly and pretty. Great Job! (I write thing with my glue too...)
Posted by: BJ_Mama | October 11, 2009 at 01:07 AM
So, so cute. And it is not unorganized. :)
Say a prayer for our family today would you? Thanks.
Posted by: Bethany | October 11, 2009 at 07:43 AM
Those are cute! Are your flower cut outs fabric or paper? If they are fabric are they all 'stiff' fabrics?
Thank you! I could so do these!
Posted by: Erica | October 11, 2009 at 08:03 AM
Cute idea.
Posted by: Tricia | October 11, 2009 at 08:06 AM
I used cardstock... I just drew a design out then cut it out. Then used that design to trace and outline and cut out 5 more!
If you make one, you better send me pictures!! :)
Blessings-
Amanda
Posted by: Amanda Rettke | October 11, 2009 at 08:27 AM
Super cute!
Posted by: Kami Rude | October 11, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Looks wonderful! You did a great job, per usual!
Posted by: Dea | October 11, 2009 at 10:19 AM
I think I might have to try this...I'll send photos of course.
Posted by: CFMama | October 11, 2009 at 12:45 PM
Thanks for sharing. I love this. Great job!
Posted by: He & Me + 3 | October 11, 2009 at 01:58 PM
Awww! That is so cute! You sure are talented.
Posted by: sheri | October 11, 2009 at 02:29 PM
Great idea! I am SO lacking in creativity, but your tutorial makes it seem like MAYBE even I could do it!
Thanks for stopping by my site! And thanks for the heads up on not needing cereal. I was beginning to worry that the munchkin was trying for baby Atkins (you know - kids and their fads... ;)).
Posted by: My Baby Sweetenss | October 11, 2009 at 07:00 PM
Ack! Now YOU scared me with your craftiness! I find it super duper scary, yet motivating. How bout I run for you and you craft for me? Deal?
Posted by: sara @ domestically challenged | October 11, 2009 at 09:18 PM
Yes, I accept that deal!
Can I feed you cupcakes right before the race? No? What do you mean you cant eat cupcakes before the race? What if I make them cute with a little Nike shoe on them or something? What do you mean that doesnt make a difference. It would be a super cute little motivational runner cupcake. What do you mean that's even more frosting... whats wrong with more frosting? I know there's a lot of sugar and hydrogenated corn syrup in frosting and maybe even some Red Dye 40 in the swoop... you mean that's not good for you??
huh.
interesting.
I'll just stick to crafting.
Posted by: Amanda Rettke | October 11, 2009 at 09:26 PM
So, so super cute!!
Posted by: Pineapple Princess | October 12, 2009 at 12:05 AM
I think it turned out super cute!
Posted by: Jamie @ Six Bricks High | October 12, 2009 at 01:08 AM
I love the banners, Amanda!
Just curious. Does writing love notes with the glue make the felt stick better? Cuz I used to apply ketchup and mustard to my kids' sandwiches in heart-shapes, and I was always convinced that made them taste better. *grin*
Posted by: Karen@SurvivingMotherhood | October 12, 2009 at 05:31 AM
Ok, so, I was so completely going to make that same stinkin cupcake and bring it to your house and make you eat it. But then I got on here and while I shouldn't be surprised at your confection perfections, you had already out cupcaked me.
Hmpfh....
Posted by: Jessica | October 12, 2009 at 08:06 AM
it's 8am and i am planning on going to work out. i haven't gone to the gym in 3 weeks since i've been so busy. just finishing some coffee, reading some blogs...getting pumped to go...and then i see that ham and swiss sandwich!!!! i guess my stomach saw it cause now it won't stop pestering me! "EAT! EAT! EAT THAT! FEED ME!". to which i say, "amanda doesn't live here. you can't have that sandwich."
now....off to finish my peach, banana, cherry, spinach smoothie (that seemed plenty satisfying until i saw something toasted in butter!)
grrrrrr!!!!!
Posted by: olivia | October 12, 2009 at 10:11 AM
terrific job! I swear you are a regular Martha Stewart!
Posted by: carma | October 12, 2009 at 01:05 PM
Adorable! I think I now have an idea for one of the Christmas presents for my girls now! Cool!
Posted by: Val | October 12, 2009 at 01:23 PM
oh, and i linked to this in my "not me!" monday blog. enjoy!
Posted by: olivia | October 12, 2009 at 01:47 PM
I love this! And will attempt to do it.
When my girls saw the banners on your blog they were like Ohh, Can I have that in my room.
So I will try it.
If I am successful, I will blog about it;)
Posted by: Christina | October 12, 2009 at 03:28 PM
Love it! I marked the post.
My question....when do you have time?
Posted by: Tina Fisher | October 13, 2009 at 09:34 AM
So cute...
I am so frustrated that both Walmarts in town discontinued their fabric departments. Fabric is so expensive elsewhere! I did stock up when Walmart had it all on clearance, though.
Posted by: Kristin | October 13, 2009 at 12:55 PM
I haven't been over here in a week and there are way too many good ideas...my head is about to explode! I love this so much....and am so going to do it....thanks!
Posted by: abby | October 14, 2009 at 09:09 AM
Hey Amanda, I just wanted to tell you that I tried out this lovely craft, and it was so much fun! Had a great time, and it only took probably 2 hours total to come up with. Of course, I only had to do 4 letters, but still. ;)
Here's my blog address, if you want to check out the picture of my finished product! And I love your blog, BTW. Thanks for the great idea!
http://mymollyhomemakerlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/crafty-crafts.html
Posted by: Amy | November 18, 2009 at 12:20 AM
Hey Amanda, I'll admit, I have no idea how I got here, but when making letters out of fabric that I am going to stick to stuff, I just but iron on interfacing that turns my letter into an iron on. It is paper backed, you iron it onto the wrong side of the fabric. Draw or trace your letter in reverse on the paper side, cut it out, peel off the paper and iron it your custom fabric letter onto more fabric or even card stock.
I do love this and may need to bust some of my stash to make one for the end of each of my boys' bunks on their bed.
Posted by: Kim | January 02, 2010 at 11:23 PM
... I just drew a design out then cut it out. Then used that design to trace and outline and cut out 5 more!
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