Here’s a link to several prefessional ‘how to’ videos.
Feeling ‘floral’
I don’t do flowers much. Not that I don’t like them (because I do!). I just don’t feel like I have the ‘knack’. But of course I’m always BUYING silk flowers that catch my eye when I’m at the craft store. They pile up in a basket in the back room until one day I finally pull them out and DO SOMETHING with them. Usually something VERY simple. Here’s yesterday’s foray into putting together some floral accents for the store:
Artificial rosehips tucked around a grapevine wreath. This was originally a rosehips SWAG that ‘got beat up’ traveling to the spring shows. So I took it apart, cut out the ‘owies’ and reused the good stuff. Even had enough left to do another small wreath:
This next one I used three ‘mixed picks’ and one candle ring (cut in two):
Very simple pink peony wreath made from two bunches, cut apart and attached individually:
Gerbera bouquet made from two bunches, again just cut apart; and tied together with some pretty ribbon:
More often thatn not, THIS is how I end up using the florals I buy! Just tuck them into a basket!
Sweet little spring boxes
VERY simple project! I just picked out some pretty spring colored scrapbook embellishments and put one or two of them on the top of each of these little mullberry paper covered boxes with sheer ribbon handles. (the boxes came with the paper covering and ribbon handle)
These embellishments are from “K & Co.”. I sooooooooooooooooo wish I could stock their stuff in the store! Just don’t have the room for the minimum order quantities some of these bigger suppliers require. I just buy the ones I use at the craft store. Michael’s stores usually has this brand. And sometimes I see them at Target.
I only put one simple decoration on the lid of the box, (since I was doing so many of them to sell in the store, and wanted to keep the price down) but these would be cute to add ric rac or beaded trim to, to dress them up more. And the lids could be made into a more elaborate altered art collage.
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New candle holders and plate stand
I can’t help but starting to sneak in some spring colors already! I made these pretty candle holders with a glass candle cup adhered to a lead crystal candlestick holder. (retail display tip: ALWAYS put candles in your candle holders!)
hmmmmmm. . . . not sure why this picture came out so dark??? Same concept as the first one, but this one uses a SQUARE votive holder. I just happened to find these taller, but votive diameter, green pearly candles to use.
This one is just a ‘toss it together’ project. Clear red candle plate with a white candle and opaque white rocks scattered about. If you’re going to burn the candle and don’t want to get melted wax all over the rocks, you can use a glass votive holder and votive instead of the bigger pillar candle.
I just love these old black and white dotted rim plates! Wanted to make them into ‘nice and sturdy’ plate stands, so I used COFFEE MUGS for the base!
And tied a pretty red bow around the handle!
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Altered coffee filter book tutorial
Complete step by step directions (and pictures) for how to make this altered coffee filter book:
http://ewenmeprintables.com/shop/index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=18
The site also offers a printable kit to make the book from:
http://ewenmeprintables.com/shop/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=273
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LOTS of FREE images and patterns!
You MUST check out this site! Here is the link to their FIVE pages of freebies:
http://senecapondcrafts.com/store/
Lots of great stuff to buy too!
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Captured fairy jar video
I sooooooooooooooooo want to try making some of these! The one in this ‘how to video’ is a LOT more involved than many that I’ve seen. A lot of them that I’ve seen pictures appear to just be the fairy and stuff in the bottom of the jar. This video does a lot of embellishing to the jar, inside and out.
Lots of possible adaptations too! A cupid looking one for Valentine’s day. A bunny in grass with eggs for Easter. Here’s the link to the instructional video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Paami1K0IM
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Quick and easy!
If you can;t find any of the clear boxes, here is another idea for a Valentine goody (or gift) container. I got these little metal mail boxes at the craft store. Tied a bow around it and put a Valentine scrapbooking sticker on the front!
The jelly bean dilemma!
I want to thank all of you who offered suggestions for what to call the little gift boxes of jelly beans. They were all good ideas and I really liked them all. I was just ’stuck’ on wanting to stay with ‘cupid’ as the first word to keep the ‘theme’ going. And further stuck with wanting both words to begin with a ‘k’ sound to sort of match the cupid corn and cupid kisses.
So, here’s what I finally came up with!
Here are the tags I made for the other two:
Someone asked me where they might find little plastic boxes like these to just buy. (Other than buying the packaged ribbon and using the empties) I’ve never seen anything like them, but then I’ve never really LOOKED for them. But if I WAS going to look for them I’d probably search the internet first to get some ideas of types of places to look locally.
Perhaps places like bakeries have something similar. And I know that the big paper store in our area has all kinds of paper and cardboard boxes that they sell. I’ve not noticed CLEAR ones, but as I said, I’ve not specifically looked. I have noticed ‘frosted’ plastic boxes. And ‘velum type’ little Chinese take out boxes.
SO, if any of you find a source for the boxes, DO TELL!
Valentine goody boxes!
Okay, remember those spools of pretty ribbon in the last post????
Well, they came in these little clear plastic boxes.
I take them out of the boxes because I like how they look piled into clear glass bowls. But I just hated throwing away all those cute little boxes. So, here’s what I did!
Cleaned them up real good. Put some assorted candies (candy corn and jelly beans) into little plastic zipper bags and put the bags of candies in the clear plastic boxes. Since the chocolate kisses are individually wrapped, they did not need to go in the zipper bags. Then I taped the boxes shut and tied on a pretty red ribbon! Well???? Whaddya think????
I want to print up some tags to put on the bows.
Cupid corn on the candy corn
Cupid kisses on the kisses
But I don’t know what to put on the jelly bean ones?!?!?! I’ve seen them done as ‘cupid poop’, but that is one idea I’d rather NOT use. Any suggestions?
Here they are all piled onto a cake pedestal:
And a box of the kisses in a ceramic heart dish in a table setting:
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