Heart Plush
This cute little heart plush is a great DIY Valentine’s day gift and can be customized for whoever you are giving it to. Supplies: 2 colors of felt, embroidery string, an embroidery needle, stuffing, scissors, and a pen. Optional: scrap paper, embroidery hoop, scent sachet I can not free hand a heart shape, so I…
Heart Kumihimo Bracelet
Kumihimo is a Japanese artform of making braided cords. Using a foam Kumihimo disk makes this technique easier for those new to it, and is what is used in this bracelet. The pattern of this bracelet makes a repeating heart pattern. Supplies: Two colors of cording or string, a Kumihimo disk, and a clasp (I…
AGD Crafts: Headband
Here is the next in my series of AGD Crafts. This time I am showing how to make a floral headband American Girl or other brands of 18 inch dolls. I love these paper flowers that I get at Michaels and Amazon. Here is the next in my series of AGD Crafts. This time I…
Flower Bead Bracelet
Beaded bracelets are easy and fun to make and look really good. This flower bead pattern can be repeated multiple times or left as just one flower. It could also be used in other jewelry, like a necklace! Supplies: 7 beads for flower (6 of one color and 1 of another color), spacer beads (I…
Handmade Holiday’s: Handmade Gifts
Handmade Gifts Workshops We, at Workshops Essayer, are big believers in handmade gifts. Nothing says love more than taking the time and effort to make something from scratch for someone you care about. In this series of workshops, we offer students the opportunity to make handmade gifts for their loved ones. Below please find the…
AGD Fairy Skirt DIY
This DIY is part of my American Girl Doll crafts collection. This has been my obsession for most of this year. The quarantine has given me time to work on some of these crafts and this was one of them. Fairy skirts are fun to make and very easy too. It does not require a…
Floral Crown for AGD: A DIY
My buddy Grace has been going through an American Girl Doll phase since summer 2019. She is totally obsessed with them and for fun, all she wants to make are accessories for her dolls. Things like making a cardboard house or trying to make a skirt. So it got me thinking, why not help her…
Hoop Embroidery: Monogram L
In January, my buddies Grace and Leila had their birthday. I decided to make them something instead of buying them something. Since at the time I was going through my major embroidery obsession, I decided to embroider monograms for them. I posted the DIY for Graces monogram and today I am posting Leila’s. Hope you…
Sliding Knot DIY
For the last year or so, I have been curious about sliding knots. In order to close a bracelet that the kiddos made, we have been using mostly magnets. But I wanted to figure out a way for kids to do it without having to go on Amazon or Michaels to buy them. So a…
Hoop Embroidery: Monogram G
For my twin friends who turned 8 this year, I decided to make them a gift instead of buying them one as I did last year. Since I have been obsessed with hoop embroidery in the last coupla months, it was a no-brainer. I decided that I would embroider monograms for the girls. So today…