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Wine Glass and Tea Light Easter Centerpiece

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Craftideas.info has a lovely tutorial that demonstrates how to use wine glasses and small artificial eggs to create an adorable Easter centerpiece. This project involves soldering wires to tea light inserts to create a suspended tea light holder that can be placed above the Easter-scape in the wine glass. The result is a charming and whimsical decoration that is perfect for Easter celebrations.

The website also provides ideas for variations on this project for other holidays and seasons. For example, you can use acorns, pinecones, or small Christmas ornaments for a winter-themed centerpiece. The possibilities are endless, and you can let your creativity run wild to make unique and personalized decorations that suit any occasion.

The tutorial provides detailed step-by-step instructions along with helpful images to guide you through the project. Even if you are new to crafting, you can easily follow along and create your own beautiful centerpiece. This project is not only a fun way to add a festive touch to your home, but it also makes a great handmade gift for friends and family.

 

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Lately I have been feeling like all of my clothes are looking a little worn or feeling a little tired. I don’t want to buy new clothes, though, so there’s been a lot of mending, altering and adding special touches to things that otherwise might get overlooked or not worn at all. 

As an example, not too long ago I added a little bit of embroidery to a T-shirt, which was a lot of fun to do and made me start eyeing all my solid-colored garments and wondering how they might look with some stitching added. 

Of course you can cross stitch on garments, too, whether T-shirts or woven tops, skirts, pants and more. But it can be tricky to transfer cross stitch designs to your garment to make stitching easier. 

Much like with embroidery, it’s great to use a water soluble stabilizer to keep your fabric in place while you stitch and to transfer your design (or your cross stitch grid at least) while you’re stitching. Then you just wash away the stabilizer when you’re done and it will look like the stitching has always been there. 

Ashley General Handmade uses Sulky Stick ‘n Stitch, which is a product I use, too. It’s easy to use and washes away cleanly. 

To make it even easier, she designed some printable cross stitch grids at different counts that you can print out to draw your own cross stitch designs, but you can also print the grid right on the Sulky, so you can stitch on top of squares and then remove them when you’re done. 

Brilliant, right? 

She has pages as big as 8 count and all the way down to 20 (remember: the bigger the number the smaller the stitches will be) that you can download and print to make your own designs and also use to make stitching on clothing easier. I’m definitely going to try this the next time I want to cross stitch on fabric!

You can grab her printables over at Ashley General Handmade.

[Photo: Ashley General Handmade]