Sonya Nimri

 For the Mother's Day event at the UCLA Commons I made a bunch of these flower pins and hair clips to giveaway to the moms with scrap fabric that designer Cynthia Vincent donated to the center.   Look how cute they look as a set on this mother/daughter team! They couldn't be easier to make. All you need is:  Strips of fabric Wire- 24 gauge works great Hot glue gun Scissors Little felt scraps to back the pins Pin back or Hair clips Directions: 1.  Bunch strip of fabric lengthwise. 2.  Wrap center tightly with wire and twist tightly in back. 3.  Hot glue felt backing to back of pin 4.  Hot glue pin backing to felt. 5.  Repeat with a shorter, narrower piece of fabric and glue to top of first flower.

I haven't designed windows since I worked at Anthropologie but, like riding a bike, it came right back... working the ladder into an impossibly tight, hot space, getting paint where I shouldn't have, spending too much time removing it, being stared at by homeless people right on the other side of the glass...ah, yes, the glamour of window display!  It's awfully frustrating, but so worth it when it's done!  These gigantic flowers were really easy to create and would be a great project to decorate, say, a float in New Orleans.  If you want to see it in person, it is at 1221 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403 at the UCLA Family Commons  until Mother's Day. What you need for the flowers: Scissors Cardboard boxes- I used large flats from Costco Colorful scrap fabric Gold foil 12x12 Card stock or Crepe paper Tissue paper Background: Painter's Tarp 4x12 feet ( I only used half) Yellow Paint 1 quart diluted with water For the Window Poem 2 packages Provo Craft vinyl...