DIY Fashion: Embellished Denim Hot Pants

Iron-on motifs, fresh and floral neckline applique and iron-on diamante and nail-heads make it super simple to refresh your summer wardrobe this season.

This week we have embellished a pair of denim shorts with coloured metallic nail heads, iron on diamante and some embroidery thread. What do you think?

Firework Design Created with Embroidery Thread & Colourful Hot-Fix Metal Nail-Heads

Shorts Embellished with 3mm Hot-Fix Crystal Diamante in a Heart Shape

To create this simple transformation we used a Kandi Kane hot-fix wand. This is the professional tool to apply hot-fix crystal diamante, pearls and nail heads. The wand heats up with two minutes making light work out of what can be a very time consuming and fiddly job! No more applying glue with tooth picks and picking the stones up with tweezers… this wand does it all for you, and without any mess!

The box includes 8 interchangeable tip sizes; 2,3,4,5,6 & 7mm, plus 4 & 9mm flat heads for nail heads, a UK plug and is CE approved.

Kandi Kane Hot-Fix Application Wand

Hot-Fix Products Available from JosyRose.com

To be used with hot-fix products as seen above, sold by JosyRose.com. Each stone or nail-head has a non-sticky back which contains hard glue activated by heat. Once heated, this glue becomes soft and will stick to almost any surface. We stock a large selection of shapes, sizes and colours o choose from.

What will you do with yours? Remember to share your creations with us!

Arm Candy. How to Make a Bag Brooch

GIVE A PLAIN TOTE A GLITZY MAKEOVER WITH THESE EASY CRYSTAL BROOCHES

Looking for a quick way to jazz up a favourite handbag? These gorgeous pieces are made with a little sequin and stone glamour. They're so simple to put together, all you really need to decide is which colourways you love the most! Here, shimmering gems have been covered with co-ordinating mesh fabric to give the finished piece that extra stand-out twinkle. Once attached, these brooches will transform any plain shoulder bag into designer-style arm candy. So, what are you waiting for?

1. Sew or glue 5mm square sequins onto a piece of stiff fabric. Start from the outside and work inwards so that the sequins overlap. Leave a coin sized circle in the middle bare, as this is where the gem stones will be glued
2. Cover a selection of different sized acrylic stones in a very thin fabric so that the stone will sparkle through. I have used coloured meshes and a light patterned fabric. Simply stretch the fabric over the gem and tack together at the back.
3. Arrange the gems into a cluster and glue gun into the centre of your sequined base.
4. Finish off by gluing a brooch back to the reverse

Tip! Try using some buttons, diamante or different shaped acrylic stones for a different look.

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Spring Competition

Make Handmade Christmas Decorations from Sparkly Scraps

Would you like to make these simple Christmas decorations using craft box scraps? 

Here's how it's done: 

I made them both following the same principles.

Firstly, make a cone shape using sequin film. 

Thread a section of wire through the cone opening, leaving enough length on either side to manipulate into a hanging loop at the top and fashion into fairy legs or a tree trunk at the bottom.

Attach fringing to the inside of the wide cone opening. Double sided tape works great on sequin film. Now for the fun decorating bit!

For the fairy i over layered the cone with some sequin waste punchinella which created a cute pattern for the fairy dress. I made her a sparkly pair of shoes and matching cloak made from glitter fabric, topped with little paper hands holding a heart shaped acrylic stone. Using sequin film again, i cut out some fairy wings opting for the ethereal 'Oriental' transparent film with a subtle AB finish. Then decorated them with sequins and used a paper punch to cut out a delicate wing pattern. For the face, i snipped the top off the cone and replaced it with a smaller flesh coloured card cone. Here i used small sequins cut in half for the eyes and tiny ones for cheeks and lips.  I glued it all together using a glue gun and then topped her of with a main of damson and lilac feathers!

This fairy is ready to party; I love her skinny wire legs and sparkle shoes captured mid prance!

For the tree i decorated the cone with sequins gluing the centre in place and bending the tips to make them 3D. Then i glued on some glitter fabric circles, sequins and a bow. I finished the wire with a glitter fabric plant pot at the bottom and threaded a star shaped bead through the top. 

Both decorations are super cheap to make and can be embellished with any sparkles you have in your craft box. Get creative and enjoy yourself!

Here are a few snaps of them on my tree... 

Merry Christmas from Team JR!

Make for Mum: Habby Necklace

Mother's Day is fast approaching. What better way to say 'i love you' to your Mum this year, by creating her this unique necklace, tailoring the fabrics, colours and beads all to your Mum's personal tastes. 

Here's How:

Cut out your desired collar shape from a sturdy felt.

Choose a collection of clear acrylic stones in a selection of shapes. Cover them with a thin chiffon material, so you can still see the facets of the gems. Gather the fabric at the back of the gem and tack it together. 

Sew the fabric covered stones onto your felt collar. Position them so that they sit slightly higher than the top edge of the collar to hide the felt.

Line up a string of multi-coloured beads made from precious stones along the bottom edge of the collar. Tack the string to the collar every 3 beads.

Fill in the gaps between the gems and beads with sew-on genuine crystal diamanté stones in clasps.

Measure a strip of black grosgrain ribbon to the length you wish your necklace to be. Cut it in half and stitch one end of each strip to the back of each tip to create the 'chain'.

Slot a ribbon end clasp onto the tip of each ribbon and close in place with a pair of jewellery pliers. Finish off with a screw clasp.

Sweet Dreams Eye Mask

Step 1: Cut Out Felt Pieces

• baby blue felt – mask shape x2 
• light grey felt – cloud shape x1
• white felt  – smaller cloud shape x1
• light grey felt – oval face shape x1
• white felt  – smaller oval face shape x1

Step 2: Make the Clouds Sleepy Face

• Draw two small ‘U’ shaped eyes & a larger ‘U’ shaped mouth onto the white felt face.
• Thread black embroidery thread onto a wide eyed needle.
• Beginning from the top right hand corner start stitching the right hand eye using a running stitch technique.
• Once you have got to the top left of the right eye, turn back and fill in the running stitch gaps until you are back at the top right. You will now have a sold ‘U’ shaped sleepy eye.
• Now work your way back around to create the eyelashes.
• Repeat the step above for the opposite eye.
• Now, create a solid running stitch smile.

• Sandwich the white and grey face together using a light blue embroidery thread in an open running stitch around the edge.
• Glue a white marabou feather to the reverse.

Step 3: Make the Cloud

• Sandwich the white and grey cloud shaped felt pieces together using a light blue embroidery thread open running stitch.
• When you get to the bottom three curves of the cloud, insert the clear tear drop fringing, in sections of three and tack in place by continuing the open running stitch around the edge.

• Select a colour-coordinated button and sew onto two circular layers of felt in increasing sizes and stitch into one of the clouds curves.
• Repeat twice for the other two cloud curves.

Step 4: The Mask

• Line up the blue mask pieces on top of each other with a thin piece of wadding in the middle.
• Starting from the top middle, blanket stitch around the edge with a white embroidery thread.
• Once you get to the sides, sandwich the polka dot satin ribbon between the templates and tack in place using a running stitch. Once you have stitched the width of the ribbon, continue blanket stitching around the edge of the mask 

Step 5: Finishing Off

• Tack the centre of the cloud onto the mask. Glue the face onto to hide the tack stitch.
• Finish off by hot-fixing a few clear crystal diamanté onto the cloud for extra sparkle and add two rose pink diamanté to the face for the rosy cheeks.

Products Used:

JR00600	Pk 20 Marabout Feathers - White	1	£2.79
JR03989	Polka Dot Satin Ribbon - Cornflower 25mm	1	£0.61
JR00942	Embroidery Thread Skein - Black	1	£0.29
JR00941	Embroidery Thread Skein - Lt. Silver Grey	1	£0.29
JR00943	Embroidery Thread Skein - White	1	£0.29
JR00006	Tear Drop Fringing. 39mm - Clear	1	£4.99
JR00870	Pk 10 Fish Eyes Buttons. 11mm – Baby Blue	1	£0.25
JR02058	Filigree button. 18mm - White	1	£0.35
JR02019	Daisy button. 15mm - Natural MOP	1	£0.75
JR05515	Craft Felt Sheet. 9”x12” - White	1	£0.55
JR05522	Craft Felt Sheet. 9”x12” – Baby Blue	1	£0.55
JR05529	Craft Felt Sheet. 9”x12” – Silver Grey	1	£0.55
JR02291	50 Diamante. Hot fix. Size 4mm/ss16 - Rose	1	£1.71
JR02310	50 Diamante. Hot fix. Size 5mm/ss20 - Crystal	1	£1.66
JR02236	Kandi kane hot fix wand.	1	£14.99