Cinco de Mayo 2013

With just under a week until Cinco de Mayo, celebrated here in the US and in Mexico, I thought I'd share a few fun things I've seen this week...

1 Ice Cream Cone Piñata | Oh Happy Day

2 Festive Garland | Hank and Hunt

3 Fringed Bouquet | The Sweetest Occasion

4 Gem Piñatas | Lovely Indeed

5 Photo Booth Backdrop | Ruffled Blog

6 Piñata Favours | Ruffled Blog

7 Lavender Mojito | Sugar and Charm

8 Simple Sangria Recipe | A Beautiful Mess

9 Blood Orange Margarita | White on rice couple

I am going to have a go at making one of the piñatas and will be making some of my special guacamole for the occasion (recipe coming soon!).

What have you got planned for Cinco de Mayo?

{Photo's taken from associated websites with thanks.  Notation added by redlovinpixie}

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Make | Suede Keyring

I have had this lovely pink pig suede in my fabric stash since university and have never found the right project for it.  So when I saw this keyring 'make-it' on designlovefest I thought I'd give it a go.  The photos are a little wobbly but hopefully you get the gist :)

You can use any bits of left over fabric (preferably leather/suede) to make it with.

Tools required:

- Left over fabric scraps

- Self seal cutting board

- Craft knife or fabric scissors

- Metal ruler (Try to get one with an edge or lip to protect your fingers when using the craft knife)

- Multi surface pencil or fabric chalk

- Fabric glue (suitable for use with leather)

- One no. 1/2 inch split ring

- Pegs or bulldog clip

- Skewer or cocktail stick

Baby pink pig suede

How to:

- Using the ruler and pencil/chalk, measure out the following rectangular strips:

       - One no. 1 3/4" x 8 1/2" (Strip A)

       - Two no. 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Strip B)

       - One no. 1/8" x 5" (Strip C)

You should have a total of four strips.

Start to cut rectangular strips

See below for further images and instructions

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Make | Moleskine cover

All around the house, there are Moleskine Cahier notebooks dotted about ready at any given moment to receive one of my many lists.  So when I saw a Moleksine DIY of how to embellish the cover, I thought I'd give it a try.

Tools required:

- Moleskine Cahier notebook (the one with the paper cover not the hard cover)

- Scrap fabric

- Scissors

- Glue

- Sewing machine

How to:

- Cut your fabric down to the size you want it (so that it will fit within the parameters of the cover page.
- Fold back the edges so that you get a neat finish to the edge.  I found that it helped to iron them down.
- Apply a little fabric glue to secure.

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