A few weeks ago I saw the cutest pennant that had fabric painted to look like candy corn. I thought well surely I can do something similar. I had some canvas fabric leftover from another project but I didn't have any of the right paint colors. I ended up at Hobby Lobby buying the three colors needed. I also had some leftover fall-ish, pumpkin fabric that I cut into strips to fill in the spots between the candy corn. I also found some burlap and 1/4 inch orange ribbon in the fabric basket to use as what I like to call "fluff."
Well you can't make a candy corn shape without a pattern so I just sketched one out on a old manila envelop. Then I traced the pattern onto the canvas. I should have used pencil instead of pen- a big mistake but the paint pretty much covers the trace marks up. After I painted each area of the candy corn I cut them out and hot glued them onto the orange/white twine. Then I added the strips of burlap, ribbon and fall-ish fabric in between the corn.
Total cost for the candy corn pennant $6.00. Given that the one I saw was $16.00, I think that is pretty thrifty. The main idea I hope you see from this project is to just give it your best try. I surely am no artist but if I give myself permission to fail it tends to take a lot of the pressure off. I'm sure you have scraps of fabric, ribbon and maybe even some leftover paint you could use to get crafty.
It's craft sale time all over our area so when you see something you like just take a minute or two and check out how it's made. You may really be surprised when you see how simple some things are made. So get your thrifty self out there and make something cute.
I hope all of you have a wonderful week and stay "Thrifty."
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