Spooky Cuties (wee ghostie brooches for under £5!)

Hello, ghoulies and girlies!

Halloween is coming and it's a perfect excuse to get crafting. Follow these simple ten steps to make yourself your own little ghostie to celebrate the turn of the season!

Let's get started!

WHAT YOU WILL NEED:

• Ruler
• Lighter
• Scissors
• Glue
• White Grosgrain (16mm)
• Coloured Double Sided Satin (7mm)
• Googly eyes
• Glue-on Diamante
• Brooch pin

STEP 1.

• Snip your grosgrain into four pieces.
• I went for 6cm pieces, but it depends on how big/small you want your brooch!
• (don't worry about trailing ends, we'll get rid of them in a minute)

STEP 2.

• Cut a diagonal line across the bottom of your grosgrain, and seal ribbon with a lighter or other flame source.
• I used a lighter because I like the wavy line is can produce, adding to my ghostie's spooky effect!

STEP 3.

• Glue your pieces together, overlapping each ribbon just before halfway.
• You don't need lots of glue for this, just a little gem-tac does the trick.
• Wait for the glue to dry!

STEP 4.

• Once the glue in dry, curve the top of your ghostie with your scissors, and seal it again with your lighter or other flame source.

STEP 5.

• Add your eyes!
• I found this best to do over the joins, and then I added a tiny little bit of glue to the centre join about halfway down, just to keep it together.

STEP 6.

• Now for the little bow.
• Cut about 10cm of your coloured ribbon (I went for purple!) and seal the ends.
• The easiest way to do this bit is to cross the ribbon as shown above and glue together.
• Wait for glue to dry.

STEP 7.

• Flip your ribbon over and, pinching the middle, twist it over.
• Add a little glue over the back of your original join and stick it down.

STEP 8.

• Glue a diamanté of your choice to the centre of your bow.
• Or a button! Or any sort of decoration that you see fit.

STEP 9.

• Press the ribbon into the top left hand corner of your ghostie and wait for it to dry.

STEP 10.

• Finally, add your brooch pin to the back.
• I've glued mine, but it's also possible to sew it on if you feel that's appropriate.
• Alternatively, try hairbands or hairclips - the possibilities are endless!

TA-DA!

And there we have it!

A quick wee ghostie brooch to put you in the mood for some Halloween crafting.

Thanks for listening!

If you have any questions, ideas, or creations of your own - feel free to send them to us at tara@josyrose.com.

HAPPY CRAFTING

Make A Fashion Statement With Studs!

This season, fashion studs have been featured all over the catwalk, these designs have now been incorporated into the high street shops. Following upcoming trends can prove to be quite costly especially if you want to purchase a few key pieces.

The alternative solution is to utilise what you have inside your wardrobe and to turn to crafts. Sometimes approaching fashion craft projects can be daunting, you don’t want to ruin what you’re customising, and you don’t want to spend too much creating something you could have easily brought cheaper in store.

At Josy Rose we have a massive range of claw backed studs available in all shapes, sizes and colours at very affordable prices. All you need to start your own fashion craft project is a pair of craft pliers (£4.99), a seam ripper (£1.90), and the stud(s) you wish to use. Depending on what you are customising you may also need some strong glue and/or a needle and thread.

Customising pieces of clothing with studs is possibly one of the easiest projects you can do. On many materials such as cotton and denim you can create your own design by pushing clawed back studs through your clothing and folding the claws so your stud is firmly attached.

Fashion accessories such as bags and shoes can also be studded easily. With the use of a seam ripper you can unpick the lining of a bag so you can insert studs on the outside and fold down the claws in the inside. With a needle and thread you can sew up the lining to hide the back of the studs, it’s that easy. Shoes can be customised similarly to clothing, with clawed back studs you can pierce them through the shoe fabric (if it’s thin enough) to create edgy styled shoes.





The most common studs used on clothing and accessories are mini rounded edge studs, vintage star studs, and square pyramid claw studs, all costing just £2.45 per 10 grams. For inspiration and tutorials on how to create your own stud designs visit our YouTube channel- TheJosyRoseChannel.

Studs are simple to use and very effective, to view our full collection of studs visit our website JosyRose!