Oh Boy!

I'm getting excited to host a couples baby shower for some friends of ours, the McGinn's.  I just finished up the invitations today and I think they are super cute!  I'm going to have a loose mustache theme, since they are having a little man.
Here's my invite:

And I'm going to make some tissue paper poms to hang from the chandelier in our dining room:

I will have some cool straws with a little flag attached, reading "It's a Boy!"  I'm also going to make some chocolate mustache lollipops like the ones below!  

I'm obviously pretty excited....I'll post lots of pictures when I have everything done!

The Wreath Project - Final Edition

I finally made my burlap wreath yesterday!  I have been talking about it for a couple of months now and posted the link to the tutorial I used in this blog posting.  But, I am going to list out detailed instructions with pictures below!  It was SUPER easy and didn't take any time at all! 

Step 1:  Find old wire hangers and shape them into circles

Step 2: Cut burlap into 3 inch wide strips.  I just eyeballed mine so some were 3 inches, some were 2 and some might have been 4!  (I bought 3 yards of burlap and made 2 wreaths out of it)

 

Step 3: Put burlap strips onto the circle wire form, fold it like an accordion onto the wire.  I found it was better to keep them tight rather than loose folds.

Step 4: Continue adding burlap until you think your wreath is full enough and then use a pliers to attach the wire together to hold your circle.  And here's your final product!

I installed the wreath onto the wreath holder and then added the bow.  I'm not very good at tying fancy bows, so this is what I got....it doesn't look too bad.  Anyways, here's a picture with my 2 wreaths on our front doors.  I'm really pleased with the results and the total cost was really cheap.  My burlap was about $7 (with a 50% off coupon), my mom gave me the wire hangers and I had the ribbon...and it only took me about 30 minutes to complete both wreaths!  Yeah!

The Wreath Project - Part 2

If you remember from an older post, I was wanting to find a wreath for Fall.  I found this tutorial and decided to try it.  I bought an old curtain at Goodwill and could only find a really small wire hanger to use.  The curtain fabric was like burlap, but definitely not as coarse and I ended up using almost the whole thing for this small wreath!  (I was actually planning on making 2 wreaths with the 1 curtain and I didn't end up having enough fabric!)  Anyways, it turned out really cute and I do plan on buying some burlap and making 2 big wreaths for my 2 front doors as shown in the tutorial.

Do you have a Fall wreath?  Did you make it or buy it?

Basket Weaving

My mom asked me to take a basket weaving class with her this past Saturday at Powell Gardens.  I thought it would be a cool new craft to learn, so I said heck yes!  The class was full of old women and 1 guy who was going to use his basket for knitting needles....need I say more.  It was a hoot!
Here's my basket progress and finished product!

Strangers with Crafts?

I love Amy Sedaris....and I REALLY loved her show Strangers With Candy back when it was on Comedy Central.  Now, she has written a book Simple Times: Crafts for Poor People

She's probably one of the funniest people on earth and I can't wait to read this book!  In the meantime, I'll settle to read this interview that she did on Etsy.com

Here's a little of advice from Amy Sedaris: If you craft, and you should, craft with abandon and don’t judge your work. It’s the process that’s important, not the final product. Remember, for every person who deems your project crap, there is another person who hasn’t seen it. The only person you have to please is yourself, and what do you know about art?

 

Petal Pillow....How to!

My super friend, Erica(probably the only person who reads this blog), read my last post about my pillow obsession and she sent me this link to a Petal Pillow Tutorial from Cluck Cluck Sew.  It looks really simple and gives you the step by step instructions on how to make your very own adorable pillows!