Late Post Christmas Brooches

 Brooches for December 2020 Senior Living Home.

Yes I am very late posting these but thought some of you might enjoy seeing what I made this year for the Seniors.  Ok last year around I think January I found a place that sold things that were sent back to places like Amazon.  I bought these for like 50 cents for a dozen.  But forgot to look for more.  So first here are the ones created with the stockings I bought on sale.

Click Photos below to see larger print.

For a few close ups

The packages at the top are thank you cards here are some pics

So here are the tags I created and cut out some of the gift tags in a different shape.  I used cardboard from Cereal boxes and some shiny gift wrap and ribbon I found that someone sent to me.  The Tags above I traced the Large bow making a template.  I cut out 12 like them.  I used Stampin Up Marker Olive Green and then painted on a glitter glue.  I had to do 3 coats to cover it to look like I wanted.  The Ribbon down the middle was Glitter Washi Tape.  These were so much fun to make.  Oh also I used my heat gun to dry the Green bows in between each coat.

I also ran out of Gingerbread men.  So I had to find my piece of cork someone gave me and make my own Gingerbread Men.  they are not as cute as store bought, but well had to do something.

Since I ran out of Stockings I decided to make some from scratch.  I looked through drawers and boxes then I remembered I had a tiny one someone had made me and it gave me an idea on how to make my bigger ones.

Don't remember what the stitching is called but here is a close up photo. 

I also always put my made by on the back of each brooch I make

Making these led me to making tiny ones for my granddaughter Makayla'Jos new doll house.  And Then thought why not for my for my other granddaughter Aleigha's American Dolls.

        Next Problem I ran out of the tiny little Gift Boxes.  So I needed to create more.

Next problem was how.  I used Styrofoam that comes in with things we buy.  Cut them into little cubes.  Used a glue gun to attach wrapping paper.   Learned glue would not hold.  Well I learned that after making several and then going to bed.  It did hold just took hours to dry.  My little assembly line went so much faster once I thought about Hot glue.  

Next was the bows on tope.  What a mess and so hard until the end.  I figured out to cut strips and glue on.  Then tie the little bow out of a piece.  Then attach it to my box.  I think I used the Bunny Ears method to tie my bows.  And then well just had to make package for my girls.

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Valentine Brooches

Hello again,  wow 2nd post today.  As some of you know I make Brooches for the Senior Living Home where my hubby works.  Here is what I made this year 2021.  

I must confess I am a bit embarrassed because I always make my Brooches from scratch.  But felt bad because I didn't make anything for Halloween or Thanks giving and was SOOOOOO late getting there Christmas Brooches to them.  

I found some kits I had bought the year before and had made up or had almost done to give them this year.  Normally I get there Brooches to hubby to deliver 2 days prior to the holiday.  Got these to them 2 weeks early.  Made 30 of them.

I am posting 2 Seniors wearing them but have not had there permission to post to my blog, so I have taken out there faces. 

 To bad because they are beautiful pictures.  But I figured they would not understand if my hubby tried to explain to them about my blog.  Well now on to December Brooches. 

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Brooches for Valentines Day

Brooches I made last year for the Seniors at the Senior Living Home

I had so much fun making these.

I had Ribbon that said Key to my Heart.  But found once I 

cut them up they words were in the wrong area for some.  And they didn't show up.

I found some Scrapbook paper with words.  But they too just

didn't show up to well.

My Dad had collected Beanie Babies.  And bought lots of tag covers.   

When he passed away I found them and thought they would make a cool craft item.

 Finally I typed up words.  Printed them off on white card stock

then shadowed them with black card stock and they 

just popped out.

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Brooches for Easter

Just noticed I never shared the Brooches I made last year for the 

Senior Patients at the Senior Living Home.

The little hats I made from the Pom Pom thingies that you sew together to make other neat projects.  Here is a picture of some .  Well I will have to upload one later.  Apparently they are not called what I thought.  HELP....

Here is the type Pen Backs I started with

My husband hated me.  Men have big fingers and he was the nurse that got stuck pinning them on .

I then discovered these.  He said they are so much easier for him and for seniors to work with.

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Christmas Brooches OR Ornaments

Well Christmas is over, but this is the first chance I am getting to get on line and say hello to all of you out there.   I wanted to show what I made this year for the Seniors at the Senior living home where my hubby works.    Each holiday I make them something to wear on there shirts or vests.  Don't think I will ever be able to stop as one of the residents drives my hubby nuts asking what am I making next.  lol. 

These are made from the outer plastic that came from some Glitter pots I bought.  You know when you buy make up or toys or whatever from the store?  You open it from its packaging.  Well I save those and this is why.

I made these so that they can wear them but after making them I was thinking hey these would also make cute ornaments.  So I made one for me, one for my mother and one for my sister.  Here they are.

These too came from packaging.  The bottom & top one were from 

from makeup packaging.  The middle is from little hooks I bought to make hanging bird toys.

Now maybe you will know why my craft room is so full.  lol.

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Brooches Close up

Well I found one post in Draft form that I started Before Christmas.  

Yep the Advent Calendar.  

So I finished and published it and then I see it covered my Brooch video.  

Then I got thinking why not show some closer pics

of the Nursing home brooches for all to view.

I will show you St. Patrick's Day ones first. 

Check out the Video for the Above Boxers Here

BOXER VIDEO

Then Valentine's Day

For the Men

And this is what is left over

Most of the Men wanted the ones I thought I was making for the Women.

And then the first ones I made.  Which were done at Christmas Time.

Christmas

For the Men

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