Category: DIY

Free Printable Valentines

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We had a great time coming up with these valentines with Diane Robison.   Super easy, and totally fun!

I Pick You Valentine

We purchased the noses on amazon  I have also seen them at Oriental Trading Company

Printing on white card stock makes these feel sturdy, and helps hold up nose up.  We used double sided tap to make the nose stick.

Printables can be downloaded here:  nose valentines 3×5

 

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Rainbow Valentines

Cohen has several girls in his class that love unicorns, so he requested a rainbow unicorn valentine.   Recognize the rainbow?  It’s the same rainbow that Diane Robison  created for our “rainbow unicorn dress” a couple years back.

You can get a 48 pack of these key chains for less than $11.  We purchased on Amazon

Printables can be downloaded here: magical valentines

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And don’t forget about our puppy valentines!!  These will be a big hit.  The puppy figurines were less than $10 for 50.  They can be purchased from Amazon.

You can download the puppy valentines here: puppy valentines pink

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Another Puppy Birthday Party!

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We are so excited about featuring the puppy party that Arin Solange put together for her daughter! I just love her creativity.

My favorite thing is the puppy backdrop she put together.  Arin cut out puppies for an adorable backdrop that matches our Taylor Joelle puppy shirts.

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Her daughter is as cute as can be, and the party looked like turned out amazing!

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We’ve got a restock of the dresses and shirts in the works.  Plus lots of requests for a boy version of this tee.  So stay tuned!

If you are planning a puppy party, check out Diane Robison’s etsy shop. She’s the creator of this puppy print, and has provided puppy invites and other puppy downloads to match.

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Free Puppy Valentines!

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We are so happy that Diane Robison has allowed us to share her puppy valentines with you!  How fun that your little gal can pass out valentines that match her dress! You can access these printables through the links below.  We will leave them active for the next 24 hours.  After that, you can purchase through her etsy shop

Toy Dogs are from Amazon, and the dress is from our shop  –  Taylor Joelle Designs 

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PDF printables available here:

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puppy valentines pink

Vampirina Halloween Costume

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Cohen has decided that he wants to be Vampirina for Halloween.  I totally thought he would have chosen Rapunzel, but after our big birthday party, I’m excited for a change.

 

unnamedI bought his costume on sale at target – on sale for $16.49.  Sweet deal right?  And so many people have been asking where his face paint (and arm paint lol) are from.  I bought pale blue face paint off amazon

I was concerned when I opened the paint because it was rock hard.  As soon as I took a wet paint brush to it, the paint moistened up and went on really easily.

Free Halloween Printables

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We are thrilled that Diane Robison has allowed us to offer you all some free Halloween printables.  These are so fun, and I cannot wait to get them on my wall.

Diane Robison Design would love to get the word out about her art, so please tag her in pics that you post.  We would love to see your decor!

Here’s where you can follow (and tag) her on Instagram: Drdidesign

Happy Halloween!

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Here are the high res printables.  Enjoy!!

 

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DIY Rapunzel Braid with Fleece Fabric

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My son Cohen is turning 5 in 2 weeks, so we have been prepping away for his birthday party.  He’s a princess loving boy and his new obsession is Rapunzel.

I wanted to make a braid for each party guest.  I looked up some tutorials and most of them involved yarn.  I tried to do a sample one and it was trickier that I expected.  I knew there had to be a simpler way.  Someone sent me a link to one done in fabric at Hanna Andersson, and I thought YES!  Fabric should make this project much easier (and cheaper).  Each headband costs about $3 to make.

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So, I’ve made a video about what I did to make these fleece Rapunzel braids.  They will make perfect party favor’s to Cohen birthday guests.

Materials:

  • Yellow Fleece Fabric  – 1.5 yards made 5 headbands.  The last two I made were thinner braids since I was getting low on fabric.  If you want them all to be thick braids, I would do a little more).
  • Purple Ribbon – this is for weaving into the braid.  I bought a spool at the dollar store and ran out after 2 headbands.
  • Plastic Headbands – I purchased packs of 2 at the dollar store
  • Hot Glue
  • Scissors
  • Fake Flowers – also purchased at the dollar store.

 

DIY Unicorn Horn Headband

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Halloween is approaching and we love to bring you ideas of easy costumes that can be made using Taylor Joelle dresses.

This one is so simple and perfect for your rainbow unicorn loving kid.

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Rainbow Unicorn Costume

Materials:

  • Taylor Joelle Rainbow Stripe Dress
  • white felt (I had them cut me a 1/4 yard at the fabric store, and I have tons left).
  • pink felt
  • cardboard (I used a notebook cover)
  • hot glue gun
  • scissors
  • headband (mine is from the dollar store)
  • gold pipe cleaner (or gold wire)
  • stuffing
  • flowers to decorate

Step 1:

Cover the headband with strips of white felt using hot glue

Step 2:

Create the horn.  I pinched down one corner, began rolling into the shape I want and used hot glue to secure as I rolled.  Once it was the size I wanted, I cut the bottom to make it an even cone.  Next I stuffed the cone with some cotton stuffing (took some from a throw pillow I was planning on tossing).

 

 

Step 3:

Wrap the pipe cleaner or wire around the horn.  I used dabs of hot glue to secure it.  Then, attach the horn to the headband.  This time I uses lots of hot glue and fold the sides over the headband.

 

Step 4:

Cut the unicorn ears out using cardboard and felt.  Glue the felt to the cardboard to make it stiff.  Then use hot glue to attach the ears to the headband.

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Step 5:

Embellish with some fake flowers. Rather than spending a lot of money buying the different colors I need, I bought 1 bunch of white flowers and painted them with spray paint and acrylic paint that we had around the house.  Glue the flowers to the headband.

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And there you have it.  A unicorn headband.  My 4 year old son loves it and now is insisting he be a unicorn for Halloween 🙂

These headband would also work great for a unicorn birthday party favor.  Or a party activity.  You could pre-make the headbands and have the party guest embellish them.

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Easter Egg Cactus DIY

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Easter is approaching and I am stoked about decorating my mantel.  I thought it would be fun to paint some “cactus” eggs like I’ve seen around Pinterest.  This craft was so easy and fun!  Here’s what I used:

Plain white artificial eggs at Walmart

Tiny pots from Michael Craft

Acrylic Paint

Dirt (yup, I just used real dirt in these post)

Pink Felt

Glue Gun

I started by painting the eggs green.  Once the paint was dry, I took a tiny paint brush to make the white dotted lines.  As the eggs were drying I painted the pots.  To make the flower on top of the eggs, I took a tiny piece of felt, scrunched it up and glued it to the top with hot glue.  I then used hot glue to make the eggs stick to the dirt (although mine would probably stay put in the pot without the hot glue).

Easy right?