March Craft Night

With Easter just around the corner what better way to decorate than with some colorful string Easter eggs?

For our March Craft Night we followed Alissa's directions from Craft Endeavor to create our centerpieces. The directions were very easy to follow and the craft was a huge success. A bit messy... okay very messy, but the eggs turned out great!
Thank you to all the ladies who came out and a special thank you to those who provided the snacks, devotion, and door prize!

Now let's see how everyone's eggs turned out! Pictures please :)

Mari decided to hang hers as garland over the fireplace!

Trista has all her eggs in a basket :)

A Wedding Ornament

So one of my very close friends got married this weekend and I was able to make another invitation ornament. I have to say... this is kind of my 'go-to' handmade wedding gift. Its so easy but yet looks so nice and is a great keepsake for the bride and groom.

Materials:
A clear glass or plastic ornament
The wedding invitation
A paper cutter
A pencil
Ribbon to match the colors

 Step 1: Find the wedding invitation... (And make sure you copy down all information so that you know where the reception is and what time both the ceremony and reception start...)

 Step 2: Using your paper cutter, slice the invitation into strips. Each strip should have only one line of text on it. It doesn't matter if some are thicker than others... you won't be able to tell. I also only use the strips with 'wedding' text (For example if the invitation gives directions I don't include the directions or information like that.)

 Step 3: Using a pencil, loosely wrap each strip around to form a curly-q. (Yes, that is a technical term.)

 Here is what you will get. Don't worry if it looks to 'tight'. They will loosen up and expand once in the bulb.

 Step 4: Place each strip into the ornament. I found that rolling it in a small circle then poking it through the top works best. If you feed it through, one end to the other, it tends to uncurl.

Step 5: Add a ribbon to the top and there you have it! Now the bride and groom have a copy of their wedding invitation and an ornament to remember their wedding by every Christmas!

What are some wedding keepsake ideas you use?

3 Tiered Planters

So my project this weekend was to make some flower pots for my front step. I was inspired by the tiered flowerpots found here at Positively Splendid. I normally do traditional colors in the house so I decided to step out of the box and make my flower pots teal and coral, two great summer colors. I was drawn to the polka dots as well... what's more fun than polka dots for the summer. After painting my pots and stenciling the polka dots and the house number, I set out to find the perfect flowers. Much to Mark's dismay it took 3 different stores before I finally found the flowers I was looking for. The next day I came home and planted them and shortly realized that while I really liked these flowers, the flowers were not to fond of me. Hopefully after a few days they will perk up some more. Hey, I can't be savvy in crafting and gardening... So with much ado here is my final product...

I also decided to tie my front door into the summer colors and added a polka dotted 'W'. Go me!

Forever Friends

I apologize the bracelets are so hard to see but I promise it
is very pretty.

With graduation around the corner I wanted to share this super-cute gift idea. I can't take any credit as this was a gift given to me (and my friends) by our friend Allie at Christmas. There were 8 of us throughout middle school and highschool who remained friends through it all. A few years ago Allie made us all bracelets with all of our birthstones on it. She ordered the bracelet from Jan-Dec and as March had three birthdays there were three aquamarine stones in a row. It is very special to me. When she gave us our bracelets we took a picture of us all (those who were home for Christmas) wearing them. I have it framed in my craft room as it is a great reminder of those friendships.