Make Your Own Tassel Garland!

Have you spotted all those amazing colourful garlands?...like everywhere?!? :O :D Well I have been lusting after them forever and finally decided to make one. I photographed the process and I'll link below where I got my supplies so you guys can make one too!

Here is my amazing new garland which is now hanging beautifully in the doorway of HOW HQ! I purchased 3 different colours of tassels to do my garland. The tassels were £1.00 per 5. I bought 5 packs, one for the garland pictured above and 2 packs for a garland I was making for my sons birthday :)

The tassels arrive in packets like this and require a little assembly. I found these ones on ebay here

To make the tassels you need to first separate all the layers. There was 5 tassels in every pack and these were quite fiddly to separate but if you go slow it's all good :D 

Once you have separated them open one out like the above or so it somewhat resembles a face hugger :D :D :D 

Start by folding the tassel like so....

Until it is about 1/4" wide

Next twist the middle like this. By folding it first it makes the overall tassel neater and easier to twist. 

Fold it in half and this gives us the loop to hang our tassel

To secure wrap one of the strands around the top and secure with a spot of glue. Repeat this until all of your tassels are done and thread onto string. My pack came with the string so I didn't require any extra bits and bobs. It was such a simple project to make but was a little time consuming. Here is the finished result...

I'm so happy with how it came out and think it looks pretty good against our sprinkle wall! :D
It seems Dinah wasn't to impressed though :( 

I'd love to see your garlands if you decide to make one :)

I hope you enjoyed this super quick make! I'm hoping to share a few more over December if I get a chance to finish the posts! :D  

Hope you have a magical week!

Make Your Own Childrens Belt

Yesterday I dusted off my sewing machine in order to make some things for our boys that have been on the list to do for quite some time now. Top of my list was to make a belt. Here is the completed belt....

Isn't it great?! To make one of these you will need:
-1m 1" printed grosgrain ribbon (I found mine here)
-1m of 2mm thick coordinating webbing, 1" (I found mine here)
-Coordinating thread
-Belt Buckle (I found mine here)

I managed to source all of these supplies from eBay but you should also find them at your local craft store/habadashery. So let's get started!

1.  First we need to secure the ribbon to the webbing. Hold this in place and sew using a topstitch close to the edge.

2.  See down both sides of the ribbon to secure.

3. Next we need to attach the belt buckle to the webbing...

4. Follow the instructions on your manufacturers packaging to attach the belt. Mine didn't come with any instructions so this is how I done mine... Insert the webbing through the little space near the teeth. I folded mine over so it would give the buckle something sturdy to sink the teeth into!

5. Next I covered up the buckle with a piece of felt and hammered the teeth down to secure. Test it by pulling it! It shouldn't come loose at all!

6. Lastly you need to finish off the other end of the webbing. To do this I used a little fray check along the edge. But also sewed a little box with a cross in it just in case!

And we are finished! Whoooo hoooo!

I'm planing to make loads more of these for my little ones! If you make one using my instructions be sure to tag @ or # houseofwonderland as i would love to see how it turned out!

Have a magical week!

HOW Jewellery Club - 90s Nostalgia

This month we took a flash back to the 90s. This was the era we grew up in and one we are pretty fond of! I mean double denim, cheesy pop & epic pokemon collections... we were pretty set right? So inspired by this super fun era we decided to do a whole box designed around it! It's been a great theme to work on and reviving. Researching this theme and hunting down all of our favourite old classics was the best! Maybe we should do some other eras too? Anyway let's get to our blog post reveal! Here was the listing image for this box: 

This design features a troll, dream phone, tamagotchi, candy ring pop and polly pocket inspired pattern design which sold out in record time too! :O Right let's take a look at what was inside shall we? :)

So much awesome in one box right?!?!? :O I'm having flash backs already! :D Let's break it down and see some more photos :) 

In this box you will find:

-Silver coloured troll necklace(RRP £10)

-1" Wooden Limited Edition Troll Pin (RRP £5)

-Bubblegum adjustable ring(RRP £5)

-Tattoo Choker Necklace (RRP £2)

-Candy Necklace Sweetie (RRP £1)

-Mini 'ugh as if' Clueless inspired print (RRP £5)

-Papermate Scented pin (We have 3 colours I think!) (RRP £2)

-Make your own patch sewing kit (RRP £7)

-A6 Colouring book (RRP £6)

-Girl Power Sticker from Mighty Pop (RRP £1)

-Mini troll toy

-A sprinkle of magic

And the add on earrings this month were a set of mini troll glittery studs!

I have a few top picks from this month! For me the colouring book is one of favourites (this really helped distract me when I recently gave up smoking!) The necklaces and the print are just totally adorable and the patch is deffo going up somewhere in HOW HQ! What was your favourite item from this box?

Before we go we have a few more updates for you on next months box... So as you may have noticed/heard we are giving our little jewellery club a make over! Our next theme is titled The Cactus Takeover and will be released as normal on the 1st of July at 9am over on www.jewelleryclub.co.uk

The next month will be just £12 to join instead of the previous price of £19! We are giving the contents are revival too and focusing on only jewellery. We will be making these more complex and more luxurious compared to our previous pieces. For the bargain price of just £12 you will receive 1 necklace, 2 pairs of earrings and 1-2 other mystery items! This could include rings, brooches, bracelets or even the odd stationery item!  By making it more luxurious and a great low price these are the perfect guilt free treat or even ideal for putting away for gifting. I'm hoping you will enjoy them as much if not more than our previous boxes! :)

So set your alarms and reminders now for July the 1st, 9am! 

See you then little Wonderlanders!

My favourite Harry Potter makes!

My son, Joshua has recently gotten into Harry Potter, and he has gone HP mad! His birthday is coming up in March and when I asked him what he wanted he made a list of only HP stuff! So the DIY in me began to search the internet to find a couple of goodies to make him. I came across some awesome finds so I'll share a few with you below... Firstly here are the piece's I made him....

The first thing I made him was a golden stitch! This was a super quick project and very simple to do. I used scrap cotton yarn to make mine and I found the pattern for it here.

After this quick make I decided on something a little more challenging... A Mandrake! This one took me a grand total of 17 failed attempts to get it right! But I think it was well worth it as Josh is going to adore it! You can find the pattern to make your own right here.

After crocheting the mandrake I wanted another quick project (are you noticing a pattern here yet? :D) So I decided to make a childrens sized Griffindor scarf. I made this in about 30 minutes (over 5,500 sts in 30 minutes! Pretty sweet right?) on my Prym knitting mill midi. If you haven't tried the knitting mills out before I totally recommend them! They are great if you want to create something quickly and require pretty much no knowledge to do! I have done 2 brief posts before on the larger prym knitting mill before here and here. Maybe I should do a tutorial on it? Anyway, I knitted 13 blocks of colour and each block is about 20 rounds if you would like to replicate it. 

Once I had finished making the scarf I also found a house elf pattern by the same person who wrote the madrake pattern. I was a little hesitant as the mandrake took me 17 attempts! :D But decided to give it ago anyway! This one was much simpler and I managed to finish him in just over a week. You can grab the pattern for this one here.

As well as the ones I made I found some more amazing patterns which I will list below. I won't be making them for Joshua's birthday but I think I'll try and get through as many as I can for his Christmas! 

Squarks the Phoenix, available via Ravelry
Doll sized sorting hat, available via Etsy
Fluffy the 3 headed dog, available via Etsy
Ipad cosy, available via Ravelry
Muggle Mitts, available via Ravelry
Dumbledores Army Armband, available via Ravelry
Wand, available via Ravelry 
The Gamekeeper, available via Ravelry
Monster book, available via Ravelry

Have you seen or found any awesome HP makes? Let me know but commenting below :)