I'm going away for couple days and I wanted to wish you Happy Easter in advance and show you one of the idea for table decoration. This is the way how redress old Easter decoration like these chicken nests. Basically, we just need to add couple decorative wooden sticks (5 if I have to be specific) that are glued to the nest with a hot glue gun and tied on the top with a twine adding more glue to secure it. You can get the sticks in flower store or craft store. To cover the glue and the twine on the top use some decorative straw ribbons. Couple rattan balls and green feathers here and there secured with more hot glue and we are good to go! I probably won't have time to blog in next couple days but no worries, I'll be back in no time. Mr. D and I planed a trip to San Francisco and a hike at the Yosemite National Park. I'm so trilled about going to West Coast for the first time and I just can't wait to put my camera at use. The streets of San Francisco here I come! Wish us luck and I will let you know how all worked out later this week. Enjoy the holiday!
I messed up one of my cards. I made two identical cards with different shades of the green base card. I used 3 paper butterflies from a free craft set in a British 'Card making' magazine, my Martha's punch to cut out cute postage stamps out of the pink paper from Martha Stewart as well, and a blank green card from Paper-Source. I had to make the base card smaller in order to fit it into the square envelopes I had and I cut the wrong side - the top connecting part. So, I had to be more inventive and fix the trouble. I had two pieces that had to be put back together some how. And, here it comes! I used a little metal brad to reunite both parts. Now, it is a sliding card and I love the design even more. I stamped the inside with one of the Martha's stamps for easier text writing. I decided to give it as a birthday card to one of my friends and added a line from the rub-ons. She loved it!:)
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Now, this was a very special project for me! This card was made for baby Mathew and her mom who was my classmate at my college. It is our first baby from the school friends circle and we are very proud and happy about our first addition:) We had a little baby party in February and I made this card and also my first diaper cake ever as a present for the mom and the baby. I though it will be hard but it was fun to make it together with my friends helping out:) I got only one pic of the diaper cake from one of my friends as I forgot my camera (can you believe that!) and the cake is 'little' bit crooked on this picture from carrying it around. So, I am not really happy how I am showing you my creation:( Well, next time it will be better and I won't forget my camera (I promise!). And, I even might show you how to make your own baby diaper cake!
The material used for the card project I picked a green blank card from Paper-Source. The background paper on is designed by Jen Wilson and it's called 'my minds eye' (you could see it on my previous projects). I used Fiscars corner punch on both - the paper and the blank card. I used another Fiskars punch to cut out a circle out from one of 'The Eco Stack' papers in blue from DCWV. I found a little plastic elephant in my stack just perfectly fitting to the cut out circle. I got it at Michaels as well as the ribbons telling sweet stuff about babies like 'the little things in life'. So cute! The final product used on the card was the beautiful satin ribbon from Martha Stewart that I like! A lot! Well, there is not a product from her that I dislike:)
And, that's all from me... enjoy your day!
The material used for the card project I picked a green blank card from Paper-Source. The background paper on is designed by Jen Wilson and it's called 'my minds eye' (you could see it on my previous projects). I used Fiscars corner punch on both - the paper and the blank card. I used another Fiskars punch to cut out a circle out from one of 'The Eco Stack' papers in blue from DCWV. I found a little plastic elephant in my stack just perfectly fitting to the cut out circle. I got it at Michaels as well as the ribbons telling sweet stuff about babies like 'the little things in life'. So cute! The final product used on the card was the beautiful satin ribbon from Martha Stewart that I like! A lot! Well, there is not a product from her that I dislike:)
And, that's all from me... enjoy your day!
Very simple project using less craft items. I used a pair of cute buttons that I got on sale in Micheals and 2 pink fabric flowers to back up the plastic buttons. The pink and black really stand out against the purple sisal band from Retif. I have the sisal band in 3 different colors - red, purple, and brown and I am looking forward to get more colors. They are just awesome and their structure shows just great against the papers. I used my corner punch on the light green Paper-Source card for finishing touches. I just love to be creative!
These little heart and lady bugs are just too cute! They're from a little gift store in downtown Bratislava and I am really sad because I am running out and they didn't get new addition yet. Paper-Source blue card and the corner punch from Fiscars are working well together I think. I used one of the Martha Stewart punches to cut out little stamps out of the striped paper from Martha as well and the cute stamps are a great support for the little bugs together with the heart. Great bugging love:)
I say... let's talk about storage today. Quite interesting topic especially for me as I am always searching for possible storage solutions for my growing craft supplies. Here, I have couple close ups of storage ideas from my craft room.Tools like scissors found their place in tin buckets I got in retif. Great place that retif. I found whole world in there:)
I had this pretty wooden box from hyacinth bulbs. The bulbs are planted out in the garden and the box is well used for different bottles with secret contents.
I love baskets - small or big, old or new, different shape it doesn't really matter. This one is well used for my 'antique' wood print letters. They had a sad past as they were used for printing last words on ribbons for funeral wreaths and bouquets. Now, they can expect more positive future:)These wooden shelves are from little note cards that we were selling in our stores before. They stopped to produce the little cards and the boxes stayed unused until now. They make a great stamp display. It looks like I will need more shelves soon though:)
I had this pretty wooden box from hyacinth bulbs. The bulbs are planted out in the garden and the box is well used for different bottles with secret contents.
I love baskets - small or big, old or new, different shape it doesn't really matter. This one is well used for my 'antique' wood print letters. They had a sad past as they were used for printing last words on ribbons for funeral wreaths and bouquets. Now, they can expect more positive future:)These wooden shelves are from little note cards that we were selling in our stores before. They stopped to produce the little cards and the boxes stayed unused until now. They make a great stamp display. It looks like I will need more shelves soon though:)
Surprise, surprise - I didn't use the corner punch as you can see. Just tree items are needed for this card project. A blank paper - I am using the recycled card from Micheals. A fruit net - this time in red. Chicken wire - used for floral purposes and it is in gold color. I used this concept of the chicken wire and the fruit mesh couple times before like here, here, here, or here. Wow, I didn't know I used it that many times! But, I have to tell you - the heart is really easy to make and it looks just fabulous. So, I just heated up the glue gun and added little bit of the hot glue to the back side of the made mesh heart and attached it to the card. And, we are all done and ready to show our love!
See you next:)
See you next:)
Saturday...sleeping in, having a late breakfast, and catching a train to Denver in the afternoon...
...'Comedy works' night out in Denver downtown to see Dave Attell... ready for a cocktail perhaps?
... and here is Denver streets at night...
Sunday...Home show on Sunday was fun as you can see...
...little bit of dog's training show. They were too quick for me and my camera...
... I spotted couple flower displays as well...
...and more flower design...
...I felt in love with the furniture from Room&Board at the fair...
...and this mustard leather couch in retro style is just a bargain and goes so well with the chair. I definitely want to have both in my living room...
...some wedding deco in my favorite color. So, beautiful and elegant! The only thing I am concerned about are the over-sized cakes for each guest:) Is that for real?......Alpaca is going to be one of my pets I'll have later for sure. So fluffy! I just want to hug them...... after the fair we decided to go to Boulder to see a tea tour... the mountains on the way were just beautiful!......welcome sign to the Celestial Seasonings tea factory!..
... Darren is thirsty for the tea tour:)......the tickets are for free and in the form of a tea sample for later to drink:)...
...inside the tea tasting room waiting for the tour, admiring teapots in different shape and size, and ...
... tasting different samples of teas... so delicious!...
...the history wall of the Celestial Seasonings...
...what a beautiful day to be outside......streets of Boulder... you just have to love it!......awesome brick building with high sealing inside... Urban Outfitters moved in and I am jealous!......great meal at the Cheesecake Factory... we were rolling on the way back to the car:)...
..and the last shot of the day, little bit blurry but the frog is still visible... Pearl Street Mall... reminds me on Church street in Burlington, VT... See ya later!
...'Comedy works' night out in Denver downtown to see Dave Attell... ready for a cocktail perhaps?
... and here is Denver streets at night...
Sunday...Home show on Sunday was fun as you can see...
...little bit of dog's training show. They were too quick for me and my camera...
... I spotted couple flower displays as well...
...and more flower design...
...I felt in love with the furniture from Room&Board at the fair...
...and this mustard leather couch in retro style is just a bargain and goes so well with the chair. I definitely want to have both in my living room...
...some wedding deco in my favorite color. So, beautiful and elegant! The only thing I am concerned about are the over-sized cakes for each guest:) Is that for real?......Alpaca is going to be one of my pets I'll have later for sure. So fluffy! I just want to hug them...... after the fair we decided to go to Boulder to see a tea tour... the mountains on the way were just beautiful!......welcome sign to the Celestial Seasonings tea factory!..
... Darren is thirsty for the tea tour:)......the tickets are for free and in the form of a tea sample for later to drink:)...
...inside the tea tasting room waiting for the tour, admiring teapots in different shape and size, and ...
... tasting different samples of teas... so delicious!...
...the history wall of the Celestial Seasonings...
...what a beautiful day to be outside......streets of Boulder... you just have to love it!......awesome brick building with high sealing inside... Urban Outfitters moved in and I am jealous!......great meal at the Cheesecake Factory... we were rolling on the way back to the car:)...
..and the last shot of the day, little bit blurry but the frog is still visible... Pearl Street Mall... reminds me on Church street in Burlington, VT... See ya later!
Now, this is a great idea - candle making out of old candles! I definitely can find couple burned out candles in my house that are not usable anymore and might be great for this project. And, what is good about it... recycling of course!!! :)
You're probably wondering what in earth is in my title. It is simple... you & me. I love those scrabble letters from Micheals. The blank card is from paper-Source, the piece of background paper from the 'The Eco Stack' line by DCWV, the plastic red heart from Curel, and my beloved Fiscars corner punch is used this time as well. So chic!:)
I got this plastic box to get better details of my creations. I still need to get more lamps to level all the shadows but I am getting there to complete my photo-shoot project. I tried to take a more professionally looking picture of one of my framed photos here, the red brick-wall picture taken in streets of Burlington, Vermont. And, as I said I still need to work on the 'box' studio but I have the feeling the pictures are starting to look better... Don't you think?
I will be very quick today and post more pics than words. How great is that??? This is very simple card that is nicely wrapped with a fancy ribbon! Pink card was a free gift from the British Cardmaking&Papercraft magazine. I love free stuffa nd it's even better if it's also useful in my projects! Ribbon and the felt heart bought in retif of course. The paper is from 'my mind's eye' paper designed by Jen Wilson. Enjoy the pics:)