tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48879695806262622002024-03-09T20:46:34.828-06:00Paisley Pink Polka DotsJenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-56893043423186705182012-01-23T16:10:00.003-06:002012-01-23T16:10:28.268-06:00Time For A Change...<div style="text-align: center;">
Well, as you all know, posting is pretty sparse around these parts. It's few and far between that I get a chance to craft and then post about it on this blog. I love doing this craft blog, but life gets in the way too often. As most of you know, I'm a teacher. A special education teacher. And, if any of you know any teachers you know that some days you come home too exhausted for much of anything, let alone crafting and blogging.</div>
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To no fault but my own, I created this blog about crafts. People come here to see crafts, not read about my life. And, while I'm not always crafting, my life is always going on. Things are happening, and I want to be able to share that with my friends and family, but I don't think that this is necessarily the place to do that.</div>
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So, I started a new blog with my husband. <a href="http://www.lifewiththeluthers.blogspot.com/">Life With The Luther's</a>. I'll be posting about whatever tickles our fancy. Life, crafts, our never-ending task to fix up our house, and whatever else comes along. I will leave this blog up though for now. Thanks to pinterest, it still receives over 250 hits a day, which is awesome! I may post things on here, but I wouldn't count on it.<br />
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So, thanks for sharing in my blogging with me. If you want to visit us on our new blog, we'd love to have you!</div>
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So for the wedding I knew I wanted to have rustic looking flowers. Now, flowers can be VERY expensive! For our wedding on a budget, I knew I wouldn't be able to do big huge flower arrangements. So, I decided very early into our planning that I was going to DIY it! Why not, right? What could go wrong...</div>
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So first up was finding bouquet inspiration. I knew our bouquets needed to have Billy Balls in them, so I could bring in that mustard yellow color. If you haven't seen billy balls, or craspedia, before they are beautiful! They have a deep mustard color and the best thing about them in my opinion is that they just dry out when you're done with them. They don't brown or lose their color, so you can keep them in your house afterwards. So to google I went. And this is what I came up with.</div>
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Isn't it beautiful? It was absolutely the look I was going for. After some research I found out that the white flowers in the bouquet are balsa wood, and the little green/brown flowers are called scabiosa pods.</div>
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I needed to order all my flowers so I could do them myself. I found the balsa wood flowers on a really helpful site called save-on-crafts.com I used that site a ton in our planning process.I priced scabiosa pods and found they were a little more then I wanted to pay so I tried to look for something comparable in color and size and found these:</div>
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<img alt="Sola (tapioca wood) shell flowers (18 flowers) $3.99 pkg/ 5 for $2.99 pkg" height="320" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/bevfabriccrafts_2187_559312243" width="277" /><img alt="Natural Himalayan Thistle Roses (12 pieces/pkg.) $3.99 pkg/ 3 pkgs for $2.99 pkg." height="320" src="http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/bevfabriccrafts_2187_395760641" width="213" />
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Both of the ones I chose didn't have stems (because that made them cheaper!!) So I added stems by buying floral wire and pushing it through them and hot gluing them for extra support.</div>
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I ordered my billy balls from a local florist here in town.</div>
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Then it was time to assemble the bouquets. I couldn't do this until 2 days before the wedding since the billy balls were fresh at the time of purchase. It made it a little stressful since it was so close to the wedding and the only backup plan I had was that the girls would just carry a handful of billy balls down the aisle.</div>
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I grouped the bouquets how I liked them and then used floral tape to secure each one.</div>
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I made the girls' bouquets on the smaller size. I didn't want them to be huge, just small and dainty. I made my bouquet slightly bigger. </div>
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For the stems I covered some in burlap and others in twine and just hot glued as I went. They held up very well throughout the night and still til this day.</div>
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Now for some wedding photos. For my Mom, Mother-In-Law, and Grandma I made them singed flower pins with mustard yellow satin and tulle. </div>
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The flowers looked great with the girls.</div>
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I also made the groom's and groomsman's boutonnieres. I used billy balls and smaller balsa wood flowers also purchased from save-on-crafts.</div>
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So, if you're worried about DIY-ing your own flowers, don't be!! Just plan it out and don't be nervous, just go for it!</div>
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So my Mom and sister decided to do some changes to her house this weekend. They found a beautiful buffet at the Salvation Army. It was in need of a little work and I think it turned out amazing! Take a look for yourself.</div>
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Such a great transformation. If you want my tutorial for the Pottery Barn Numbers Art Knock-Off you can find it <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/10/pottery-barn-knock-off-painted-numbers.html">here</a>. And if you like that cute little twine spool I'll be posting a tutorial soon. I used them in my wedding decor!</div>
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I found the pictures from a baby shower gift I made that I wanted to share!</div>
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I made another Personalized Name Art for a friend of mine's nursery. I used the fabulous tutorial from Ashley at Lil Blue Boo that you can find <a href="http://www.lilblueboo.com/2010/06/personalized-hardboard-nursery-art.html">here</a>. She gives a very detailed tutorial and it's very easy to follow. She makes hers 5"x7", but I wanted this to be a statement piece so I made mine an 8"x10".</div>
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You can find that tutorial <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/10/baby-name-board.html">here</a>.</div>
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I did this one more like Ashley's tutorial and I love it!</div>
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The new Mommy and Daddy loved it and it is now hanging in their little Archie's nursery!</div>
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</div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-62862907527922828982011-10-19T08:00:00.003-05:002011-10-19T08:00:08.313-05:00Rustic Wedding Cakes<div style="text-align: center;">So, our wedding was a "Rustic Chic" theme. I searched many of blogs and spent many of hours on Pinterest (thank goodness for it, right?) looking for the right elements to add to our wedding. I wanted to share with you all the things that were DIY projects!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">The one craft project I did not take on myself was our cakes. If you knew my baking/cooking skills, you would know that doing the cakes myself would have led to one big ole' mess. Betty Crocker would have hung her head in shame... Lucky for me, I work with two FABULOUS teachers who just so happen to have started their own cake business, Thirsty Gourmet. Lucky for me huh?? I love the things they do and I knew they would be able to take on the challenge of our bride and groom's cakes!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I went back and forth on my wedding cake. I knew that I wanted it to be "non-traditional". Actually those words came up a lot in my wedding details. I just didn't want to do anything expected. When my friend, and cake baker, Kara found this picture. I knew we had it!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Hilary Duff's Vintage Wedding Cake" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1492" height="470" src="http://www.modernwedding.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/hilaryduffweddingcake.jpg" title="Hilary Duff's Vintage Wedding Cake" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo via </span><a href="http://www.modernwedding.org/hilary-duffs-wedding-cake/"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Modern Wedding</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I knew it had exactly the unexpectedness I was going for. So, I left Kara and Katie to run free with the idea and this is what they came up with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8WyodR6vUQhEPhZzmsqJE9KmgIuRLAGD2P1iN2i2-avCyKmzRStTQVt45-7SvfPPAwcXuuDgaPs-94XaCHQ8ns5dE0G8rhXNhEPv_jspaMit02xYXAcHykPwBzI5K2eHw0AnhKIqwCI/s1600/Bride%2527s+Cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ8WyodR6vUQhEPhZzmsqJE9KmgIuRLAGD2P1iN2i2-avCyKmzRStTQVt45-7SvfPPAwcXuuDgaPs-94XaCHQ8ns5dE0G8rhXNhEPv_jspaMit02xYXAcHykPwBzI5K2eHw0AnhKIqwCI/s320/Bride%2527s+Cake.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What do you think? To be honest, I think it's actually better than Hilary's! Sorry Hilary!! I loved it. All of our guests loved it, and best of all it was DELISH! It was a strawberry cake, my favorite.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, there was the groom's cake. Is the groom's cake done everywhere? It definitely is done in the South. Usually it is a groom's interest, alma mater, or anything reminiscent of them. My husband makes washer boards. Know what they are? It's a tailgating game, backyard game, similar to the idea of horseshoes, but you throw washers into holes. He also has really gotten the knack of painting washer boards in some fancy fashion. His very favorite washer boards are his "Texas Boards".</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo8uXijCjc4gL-pdF83cTqKwc5tymCGKn30650KqbKSy8PhLb36mOBxiwT3v4kl2fn5mjA01gSBn77V7VDfdpXEIuqga7hkJWUGIqbmcyJO987taL1Fys2bf2KqL2iWAIk9rV2KmOdI4/s1600/Lu%2527s+Texas+Boards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo8uXijCjc4gL-pdF83cTqKwc5tymCGKn30650KqbKSy8PhLb36mOBxiwT3v4kl2fn5mjA01gSBn77V7VDfdpXEIuqga7hkJWUGIqbmcyJO987taL1Fys2bf2KqL2iWAIk9rV2KmOdI4/s320/Lu%2527s+Texas+Boards.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, that's what we wanted his groom's cake to be. Here is what the girls came up with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecgiCM2wdEi77OhyqcMMtINnluuNyziXbwBSgkYGKWIA0077u6DLoLgczRpivlksZPlkSFDj6tEKlE8WtlGfW2lPNqz4hddIfIcgtxffjpXQ9-GyOY_6RJXXg6uo5d7T0M92zGRx3jUI/s1600/Groom%2527s+Cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiecgiCM2wdEi77OhyqcMMtINnluuNyziXbwBSgkYGKWIA0077u6DLoLgczRpivlksZPlkSFDj6tEKlE8WtlGfW2lPNqz4hddIfIcgtxffjpXQ9-GyOY_6RJXXg6uo5d7T0M92zGRx3jUI/s320/Groom%2527s+Cake.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Isn't it adorable? I mean.... manly. They did such a great job. We couldn't have been happier!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Check back for more wedding goodies!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a> </div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-56914226790217700562011-10-18T21:58:00.000-05:002011-10-18T21:58:00.076-05:00And I'm Back...........I promise this time! So, I got married two weekends ago! Super exciting, but I'm so happy for things to get back to normal around here. And back to normal means "I Get To Craft!!!!". I'm going to start with some posts on some crafts I did for the wedding (since I did them ALL... like, every little detail), and then hopefully I'll get back into the swing of things! I can't wait to get blogging again!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="border: 0px currentColor !important;" /></a> </div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-37177995190481187182011-03-13T22:56:00.005-05:002011-03-15T15:17:08.644-05:00Desserts and Cocktails Bridal Shower<div style="text-align: center;">Hello? Anyone still here?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are, I appreciate you sticking around. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been thinking a lot about this blog. I love doing this blog. I feel great when I'm crafting and I feel even better when I can share what I've done with other people and it helps to inspire you. With that being said... life always seems to get in the way. I'm a teacher. And I realized I starting really posting on this blog during the summer when I had plenty of ample free time. I started to get followers and getting in a real groove of posting and then school started and I got busy, really busy! So, I'm going to try to be better. And if I'm not, we're in luck, because summer is right around the corner and with a wedding coming up the crafts are sure to follow!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObjoCgPDqytPnl7E-M0red6FqRfOuHuDvKfNRp1uCzg5fKRW0DmW8nSMmsqSMOwex-nQM_OSK9hUvxXZGOLPpGVHRuhIVFhhyphenhypheng_rjlTrY_K19WbyKPg8NT3LVSwjTudgBXPyJrDnAEzU/s1600/glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObjoCgPDqytPnl7E-M0red6FqRfOuHuDvKfNRp1uCzg5fKRW0DmW8nSMmsqSMOwex-nQM_OSK9hUvxXZGOLPpGVHRuhIVFhhyphenhypheng_rjlTrY_K19WbyKPg8NT3LVSwjTudgBXPyJrDnAEzU/s400/glass.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Today I'm going to share a bridal shower that I put together for one of my very best friends, Kristen. Kristen had a total of three wedding showers. One was for her family and one for the groom's family. The one I was throwing was for all of her friends. I wanted this shower to be different. I immediately began brainstorming themes for her shower and I found this photo at <a href="http://www.hostessblog.com/2010/02/vase-corset-oh-la-la-centerpiece/">Hostess With The Mostess</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoX1dfw_Xwr-uH0lh6y9PsjSQ8HhThO-uiyLimGbOlLP99XHQXhK9NFsfz-bezOmQwC9w8en_7UsSBZgBMY6kdW2YalFuHIhr06X7HhsTETcSVilnPqWkevLdBLUs7_C1LfJp8HOyDBvs/s1600/corsetvase_bacheloretteparty_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoX1dfw_Xwr-uH0lh6y9PsjSQ8HhThO-uiyLimGbOlLP99XHQXhK9NFsfz-bezOmQwC9w8en_7UsSBZgBMY6kdW2YalFuHIhr06X7HhsTETcSVilnPqWkevLdBLUs7_C1LfJp8HOyDBvs/s320/corsetvase_bacheloretteparty_1.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Although I didn't use these vases, I took them as inspiration for the entire night. My color palette was red, pink, black, and white. My good friend Jessica made the invitations for the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVYljMWh4Qpx1Z3H3zmBNnwFphV9oQjX243ql_iPtlExnYp09cAZO8ColgKPUSdRsB6-rhfjxqe5hmVeXE4yW_i7ZV1OdhD2YhSYq9WRtD7cCN0OVqvTqWo4by5dkV77pkgRNmMcys94/s1600/20110223KristenShowerInvite.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVYljMWh4Qpx1Z3H3zmBNnwFphV9oQjX243ql_iPtlExnYp09cAZO8ColgKPUSdRsB6-rhfjxqe5hmVeXE4yW_i7ZV1OdhD2YhSYq9WRtD7cCN0OVqvTqWo4by5dkV77pkgRNmMcys94/s400/20110223KristenShowerInvite.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Invitations from </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.jessicaklima.com/">Jessica Klima</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wanted to create a dessert buffet that had some pizzaz! I used strips of crepe paper to create a curtain behind the table and then hung a frame from Ikea in the center. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfBmpyWvXynNTdPJDjjJplBzfkwff8JCwNEyAbeSWV4lx5lEz9tBOXHQgu_8f315Bkmt4OJ99bEBX5iOuMONqdFXZIEp1ngL1lrwdWacm2ntsUa4V7unvss4Aq-elUXEToIQgGo1auVk/s1600/dessert+table.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBfBmpyWvXynNTdPJDjjJplBzfkwff8JCwNEyAbeSWV4lx5lEz9tBOXHQgu_8f315Bkmt4OJ99bEBX5iOuMONqdFXZIEp1ngL1lrwdWacm2ntsUa4V7unvss4Aq-elUXEToIQgGo1auVk/s640/dessert+table.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I tried to vary the heights of all the platters to create dimension throughout the table.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL33S3mL7SYBqNGX7zY8L9m0ZASls6ujfuQaAVkDxqmGS076C_M54pQpuA_2AzpV5Vl4XEcotsNV77KqMmZQ6iuMQtcDcO0tGbIWu9z1dyjDc5Oq_k-O2MbMpmtm6TRNTOQw0Acs1_Dho/s1600/dessert+table+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL33S3mL7SYBqNGX7zY8L9m0ZASls6ujfuQaAVkDxqmGS076C_M54pQpuA_2AzpV5Vl4XEcotsNV77KqMmZQ6iuMQtcDcO0tGbIWu9z1dyjDc5Oq_k-O2MbMpmtm6TRNTOQw0Acs1_Dho/s400/dessert+table+2.jpg" width="275" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here's a little secret. I don't own very many serving dishes. So most of what I used were my actual plates with either candlesticks underneath or little votives. Shhh! Don't tell! I used my <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/10/dollar-tree-hurricanes.html">Dollar Store Hurricanes</a> to hold some tulips.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8W3Bv-frMiacr2lrO1xAZlsA0ArOYpcifvLNMwT0-OppfxRvRsraH9ceeemB4wDcc_fnjugfVUPultfqaTCUy2ZBQf75OHU9l5bQjaesuPkheJraluyLwtkGUTbcQsW8EnFnowFgo0c/s1600/tulips.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8W3Bv-frMiacr2lrO1xAZlsA0ArOYpcifvLNMwT0-OppfxRvRsraH9ceeemB4wDcc_fnjugfVUPultfqaTCUy2ZBQf75OHU9l5bQjaesuPkheJraluyLwtkGUTbcQsW8EnFnowFgo0c/s400/tulips.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And now the food! It was all so yummy! We tried to keep the food as close as we could to the theme colors. Cake Balls from <a href="http://www.bakerella.com/category/pops-bites/cake-balls/">Bakerella</a>. Creme Puffs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuT4ajGV8yHogUWBqOVYBNy5wGB9SH-EV0tUrj5NDksq9u9OK8V2xdNt5mFMjfzprI51Ihh6Ih8cQQVqx5oxKHcgWSEA71ZjOgh763xSsYGsNjRxqsfyFkjk-Sl8GMwYzvwCHVCLCjto/s1600/cake+balls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNuT4ajGV8yHogUWBqOVYBNy5wGB9SH-EV0tUrj5NDksq9u9OK8V2xdNt5mFMjfzprI51Ihh6Ih8cQQVqx5oxKHcgWSEA71ZjOgh763xSsYGsNjRxqsfyFkjk-Sl8GMwYzvwCHVCLCjto/s400/cake+balls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Orange Brownies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlZjHmGMcPWcDiGcqTbMCN5CQ8qMYCss1KHob1xcGz5xKj-q_SIQN9vWYNG8-HeBPQMT7Ox5uNfZiefAjO_3v3x0ohQzTDVXXKs1V54R1stjP5Vl5fMftTHqQ40g2PAHTg2xNdzsX4YI/s1600/brownies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOlZjHmGMcPWcDiGcqTbMCN5CQ8qMYCss1KHob1xcGz5xKj-q_SIQN9vWYNG8-HeBPQMT7Ox5uNfZiefAjO_3v3x0ohQzTDVXXKs1V54R1stjP5Vl5fMftTHqQ40g2PAHTg2xNdzsX4YI/s400/brownies.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Red Candies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnry_YbLguzcWn7ChUmZayenOyi9jykrYS8treU0ZYwMRYESkEcM9CnbhQ4_27TD-aa-KqpyOmlJsv_YaZmCAKJl62_8BQboUsFDZc3nehogQOxcgADDK1gApAEqZqUaRdlsqno-4pTaY/s1600/candy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnry_YbLguzcWn7ChUmZayenOyi9jykrYS8treU0ZYwMRYESkEcM9CnbhQ4_27TD-aa-KqpyOmlJsv_YaZmCAKJl62_8BQboUsFDZc3nehogQOxcgADDK1gApAEqZqUaRdlsqno-4pTaY/s400/candy.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Three Layer Chocolate Pie.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQX5_tNtjGzewBHjU_99SyPSxvBsoIUsdLM3LmKly7Wls1eaT0DxnUBnrpRHZ7Kyz05slGsDj_KkJxj3IEssV4z9RHrv7gFxBdMhjxZk6q8aEqQppXS1l5hA4HfsLGWRcOgSMNPG8rEV4/s1600/chocolate+pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQX5_tNtjGzewBHjU_99SyPSxvBsoIUsdLM3LmKly7Wls1eaT0DxnUBnrpRHZ7Kyz05slGsDj_KkJxj3IEssV4z9RHrv7gFxBdMhjxZk6q8aEqQppXS1l5hA4HfsLGWRcOgSMNPG8rEV4/s400/chocolate+pie.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Kristen has a love for all things skull and cross bones. So my friend <a href="http://www.selfbabycakes.blogspot.com/">Kelly</a> at Baby Cakes made some super delish skull and cross bone cookies with matching icing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeNCxfZmBNSVzUsXDCS9tOv2RTbqi8NLdY-DY11KaWf9atHmVsic7-nJ_cwMd-QBVbX0CzV4PDCtem5O-cc7DGDE7Z51_oBrurjIjWFZXix1OIWQ6WkyN52SJaQdA1Iy_9nMQrOs9xnE/s1600/cookies.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieeNCxfZmBNSVzUsXDCS9tOv2RTbqi8NLdY-DY11KaWf9atHmVsic7-nJ_cwMd-QBVbX0CzV4PDCtem5O-cc7DGDE7Z51_oBrurjIjWFZXix1OIWQ6WkyN52SJaQdA1Iy_9nMQrOs9xnE/s400/cookies.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Homeade eclairs! Yum-o!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M8LCe0L7nsZ-opfl_KjpJUKXZeBLsBUO8spW7HzPuVyCFIgHfh-kW2bHwWVmpvFqCd3PRQaXVbmLPfxD1Ea_d5bMjh-DIAd1DGQwdDUFFlhYHphaHK-Iu2KQCZiQNjEWxZPcuGp9tZw/s1600/eclairs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_M8LCe0L7nsZ-opfl_KjpJUKXZeBLsBUO8spW7HzPuVyCFIgHfh-kW2bHwWVmpvFqCd3PRQaXVbmLPfxD1Ea_d5bMjh-DIAd1DGQwdDUFFlhYHphaHK-Iu2KQCZiQNjEWxZPcuGp9tZw/s400/eclairs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Raspberry Meringue Hearts that I made using <a href="http://www.womansday.com/Recipes/Raspberry-Meringue-Hearts">this recipe</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9F1i7FSeEUqbo1hfi8ytCgYnBqHs1zpPNPlqNemmCtebQJxkoXvdLHTOMDmaCpj0GO9SPGt0XXFe_mS4cBp-JQn7Q0dxRg-iFZHuJJRPZeuOe9LpfKFGkNShmcWL4h-YEEilksPoYgc/s1600/meringue+hearts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_9F1i7FSeEUqbo1hfi8ytCgYnBqHs1zpPNPlqNemmCtebQJxkoXvdLHTOMDmaCpj0GO9SPGt0XXFe_mS4cBp-JQn7Q0dxRg-iFZHuJJRPZeuOe9LpfKFGkNShmcWL4h-YEEilksPoYgc/s400/meringue+hearts.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dipped Oreos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bspRfZALI6ZuC2Tqv8Y8jum9wSwDyMXwBocKuEa7VGJFnfVJ6TgGcw4OURxzG16njWXZIaYJulffi09gG0R_iuTg-SVlcz98hrjoN2ZGkMLaPJo_aAoODjoHYxQ0GwzgXYQtxHCPmrc/s1600/oreos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8bspRfZALI6ZuC2Tqv8Y8jum9wSwDyMXwBocKuEa7VGJFnfVJ6TgGcw4OURxzG16njWXZIaYJulffi09gG0R_iuTg-SVlcz98hrjoN2ZGkMLaPJo_aAoODjoHYxQ0GwzgXYQtxHCPmrc/s400/oreos.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chess Pie. I had never heard of it, but it was delicious!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcODCTMtO2AXwZGMcmef2E3uHVE-uBsitAANbsOFb_QIiGyLTXQzuLlvh_2sXBX3lYgZys0vIA_98OCYdeWTrlBM7o8ZXyDt88eJMC9wb24dogv2BjGVQmVowmzXMuBKar30zSQo0Ask/s1600/pie.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizcODCTMtO2AXwZGMcmef2E3uHVE-uBsitAANbsOFb_QIiGyLTXQzuLlvh_2sXBX3lYgZys0vIA_98OCYdeWTrlBM7o8ZXyDt88eJMC9wb24dogv2BjGVQmVowmzXMuBKar30zSQo0Ask/s400/pie.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chocolate Dipped Pretzel Rods.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4FiCnSAzJ0dC0WES6aBoK15w-BLoex_WNf3y3FBcd4HcQ1IsrZGWXVyHu4xTDwcHtUr11By2klf5umW5vTOkZvhS9n5ilswfQCB3G_QmjricDFu43jFTiOHAOoKDEbRgf-aGcezNn5o/s1600/pretzels+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD4FiCnSAzJ0dC0WES6aBoK15w-BLoex_WNf3y3FBcd4HcQ1IsrZGWXVyHu4xTDwcHtUr11By2klf5umW5vTOkZvhS9n5ilswfQCB3G_QmjricDFu43jFTiOHAOoKDEbRgf-aGcezNn5o/s400/pretzels+3.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Chocolate Covered Strawberries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDluHupffidIihXmrDKIKnxYdF0ME6XGeT43Drb3trk_mcRLQQdE-wxHBKeKRylsD6dIzK0Qa27_3ciLX2O2JA2YqTQrFIgFjIYTPCqVjWkxroY6qV40A6AVDxDvA8ZalsqbeJhmIKvmY/s1600/strawberries.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDluHupffidIihXmrDKIKnxYdF0ME6XGeT43Drb3trk_mcRLQQdE-wxHBKeKRylsD6dIzK0Qa27_3ciLX2O2JA2YqTQrFIgFjIYTPCqVjWkxroY6qV40A6AVDxDvA8ZalsqbeJhmIKvmY/s400/strawberries.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And of course we had to have some cocktails! I made this <a href="http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/champagne-punch-i/Detail.aspx">Champagne Punch</a> that was a real hit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCtzn9a8kB2fdmtUTb3RaYsiUACls-BpfrP_g0yr282wPcP2ZRaRDlCIA73qUkQeqUuRIEybSVAihfpL5YXwK3FiHP9crkdp1iKE7gyp_Zu_70-nKJkBOkPJuH54a0CYLx_mQMUgdDaY/s1600/punch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipCtzn9a8kB2fdmtUTb3RaYsiUACls-BpfrP_g0yr282wPcP2ZRaRDlCIA73qUkQeqUuRIEybSVAihfpL5YXwK3FiHP9crkdp1iKE7gyp_Zu_70-nKJkBOkPJuH54a0CYLx_mQMUgdDaY/s400/punch.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yummy punch with OJ, Pineapple Juice, and Ginger Ale.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GcKHmwZARZ0r5FUMxtSnFRAm_b8jDguWppNiOFQTk929MJXHBm9kmYq-NvXBRZl0EjGgtJxtn_38Og1uYE5sWO_rJQyUayfZnFNAnmo3AUBwxHY0NSm54dm7zFVuwefFjztyw1ZQR1s/s1600/punch+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3GcKHmwZARZ0r5FUMxtSnFRAm_b8jDguWppNiOFQTk929MJXHBm9kmYq-NvXBRZl0EjGgtJxtn_38Og1uYE5sWO_rJQyUayfZnFNAnmo3AUBwxHY0NSm54dm7zFVuwefFjztyw1ZQR1s/s400/punch+2.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Well... are you hungry yet??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8IZssmga4rAoDNZz_2UdYSHyBWbCsZzyAd64ew6nOs9ztQ7RGAKSv3nJw_YxPqkZRTCiiMOG9nFqjiS5yhSRZWNPh8taqj9zF4waqH8F25tGVzCDM92hYUvjh0pchnVu0al5J3Wvc7E/s1600/girls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb8IZssmga4rAoDNZz_2UdYSHyBWbCsZzyAd64ew6nOs9ztQ7RGAKSv3nJw_YxPqkZRTCiiMOG9nFqjiS5yhSRZWNPh8taqj9zF4waqH8F25tGVzCDM92hYUvjh0pchnVu0al5J3Wvc7E/s400/girls.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">It was such a great shower. Most importantly the bride had fun!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uLVos_wmEB0tFjqGeiJ9QELOKSMCixLJIa6x5ApNbL9lm5DYhvskfe9BzXGsHGP2ydhlzcE1AaTB7fzXWQjcbLlE8cyikmZf0-60HJemlq3A_Ctl3BxeiUnYwb4XV0APMoeabm4hcJw/s1600/kristen.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3uLVos_wmEB0tFjqGeiJ9QELOKSMCixLJIa6x5ApNbL9lm5DYhvskfe9BzXGsHGP2ydhlzcE1AaTB7fzXWQjcbLlE8cyikmZf0-60HJemlq3A_Ctl3BxeiUnYwb4XV0APMoeabm4hcJw/s400/kristen.bmp" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of these beautiful photos were taken by the most amazing photographer I know, <a href="http://www.jessicaklima.com/">Jessica Klima</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7DutD2IHzN90lfA-RLJTmhvsaTBisNaac4Aflpiczi726w8sQb_ODUMszfuwaUoiu2goKYAU2BEfrmej7zKnso7Vi0Wk8bmWkxz5SEgCmREyUboWnZc_9KY_mH93k9iJIdqtnSLNoqs/s1600/jessica.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="311" q6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW7DutD2IHzN90lfA-RLJTmhvsaTBisNaac4Aflpiczi726w8sQb_ODUMszfuwaUoiu2goKYAU2BEfrmej7zKnso7Vi0Wk8bmWkxz5SEgCmREyUboWnZc_9KY_mH93k9iJIdqtnSLNoqs/s400/jessica.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-aubreyplays.html">http://tatertotsandjello.blogspot.com/2011/03/weekend-wrap-up-party-and-aubreyplays.html</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-66395649345917247372010-11-29T21:03:00.000-06:002010-11-29T21:03:55.800-06:00Exciting News!<div align="center">So... the posting has been non-existent for the last couple of weeks. I have a really good and exciting reason why though. Other than it being busy at work, my birthday, and Thanksgiving.... I got engaged!! :) Yay!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3i6evRSThhW_g_yN6f0GCPqPlAhBkKn0eB-5I7f_83929Wta7Gi9e7UkqU2b_p48gcNXoO6v2VEZ5JGRmTMGKvd4ZnC7v3geBVmxLxCcZgHvQwnUgtffRhx43jcwshgA3a5IgRGtrLIo/s1600/engaged.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3i6evRSThhW_g_yN6f0GCPqPlAhBkKn0eB-5I7f_83929Wta7Gi9e7UkqU2b_p48gcNXoO6v2VEZ5JGRmTMGKvd4ZnC7v3geBVmxLxCcZgHvQwnUgtffRhx43jcwshgA3a5IgRGtrLIo/s320/engaged.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">My amazing fiance', Lu, put A LOT of work into my proposal to make sure that I was surprised, and boy was I! I woke up thinking that it was going to be a normal day of work, but Lu surprised me with a card saying that he had taken the day off for me. He told me that we were going to Austin for the day to have a relaxing day together. After lunch he gave me another card while we were in the car that said lunch wasn't enough and that he wanted to spend the day floating in the clouds with me. What does that mean? As I looked up we were pulling into the Austin Airport. Whaaaat?!? We checked our bags (that he had my friend pack for me without me knowing the day before), and were told we had a flight to VEGAS! Woohoo! I have always wanted to go there! When we got to Vegas we cheked into our room and I got all dressed up for our dinner. When I came out of the bathroom, he was dressed super nice and he said he had another card for me. Wellllll..... the card was adorable and after I read it he was on one knee asking me to marry him!! I was in shock! Of course I said yes, but little did I know the surprises weren't over. We went downstairs to go to our dinner reservation, turned the corner, and there were my two best friends and their husband/fiance'! Oh my goodness gracious! We had a fabulous dinner and I was so excited that they were there. After dinner we walked around the hotel. When I turned a corner, there was my Mom, and both of my sisters! I could not believe that they were all there! What a FABULOUS day that I had. I was completely overwhelmed and couldn't be happier. Here are some photos from our trip.</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">We were very happy!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovA291y-5khqM81_KkIU9Ja03-Fa6dSsGDSTaF3Ei1XEcY87WA8t-sRt9l0Lb5ESzkZgtxcECLPWCFhaUZgVeaKCVTQaudahJvz_VhXaIkJYfVVrwpzz43GTxCpd_yaMXdRW1ZTIX_xc/s1600/just+engaged.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiovA291y-5khqM81_KkIU9Ja03-Fa6dSsGDSTaF3Ei1XEcY87WA8t-sRt9l0Lb5ESzkZgtxcECLPWCFhaUZgVeaKCVTQaudahJvz_VhXaIkJYfVVrwpzz43GTxCpd_yaMXdRW1ZTIX_xc/s320/just+engaged.bmp" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Our amazing friends when they surprised us!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1FF2isxQG2bz7o4iU3IuoNNfq100bqbIh3FZ3KLexCJn-JcZeNKqCbILIJKfypr_BbHACx6B7YFbcoiEp_1iaCRo4AzskamJ7ja7vLAY-gP6MLCsFKJpdE5gRidz3QBQGOFc2V9OUjw/s1600/friends.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI1FF2isxQG2bz7o4iU3IuoNNfq100bqbIh3FZ3KLexCJn-JcZeNKqCbILIJKfypr_BbHACx6B7YFbcoiEp_1iaCRo4AzskamJ7ja7vLAY-gP6MLCsFKJpdE5gRidz3QBQGOFc2V9OUjw/s320/friends.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Right after seeing my Mom and two sisters.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQPJES93Or75a6g7VqA78CTM-vCjMudWiDKtEWbHYGS_Hw7z1fnyx7WDYPH5cg568prSCR5ClUp6XeHX7IAHJl6a0tLkUa4ZwDhFEJIn_gt_43plarvrZMDiN2J6Fuyybv-fc2zWrGIA/s1600/100_7875.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWQPJES93Or75a6g7VqA78CTM-vCjMudWiDKtEWbHYGS_Hw7z1fnyx7WDYPH5cg568prSCR5ClUp6XeHX7IAHJl6a0tLkUa4ZwDhFEJIn_gt_43plarvrZMDiN2J6Fuyybv-fc2zWrGIA/s320/100_7875.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> In front of the Bellagio!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy4pNSTvo2eDM3xa_x7RjxjOvjT3DobdqTQfA4BSk5H6AhTkf0DSLt2osS-5BxYbW6Yns_R9rteeUJNCjjwMme9VW-ceA0cu0w-6tRFP-1RpYV_VXv1-j4IyUNd0DfmfcCMvVlIPWLzA/s1600/100_7893.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSy4pNSTvo2eDM3xa_x7RjxjOvjT3DobdqTQfA4BSk5H6AhTkf0DSLt2osS-5BxYbW6Yns_R9rteeUJNCjjwMme9VW-ceA0cu0w-6tRFP-1RpYV_VXv1-j4IyUNd0DfmfcCMvVlIPWLzA/s320/100_7893.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> All of our fabulous friends on Freemont Street!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB0fZphxC_skrmzC4_OKIt8W4to2q5n4TZm1uZ3MYckv2megGuiezarFRioVTeDlp3n21yQh8hWOO6FtJtfNM6ThCxyVl9RYJZHYlFoi3jsgOJDenZq1V-FDnjlTrYxO8sUredaqkk8c/s1600/100_7928.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdB0fZphxC_skrmzC4_OKIt8W4to2q5n4TZm1uZ3MYckv2megGuiezarFRioVTeDlp3n21yQh8hWOO6FtJtfNM6ThCxyVl9RYJZHYlFoi3jsgOJDenZq1V-FDnjlTrYxO8sUredaqkk8c/s320/100_7928.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Such a great trip!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFuGA7vHUuVWoRoFMRVZJgtw9hT7IBuvfFQ4Zds1OS-ZNZpoK4G7_R-iEtbnl9ILlPCp6So8Z4zkLcRdD3TsnEqzSW2jt79d3tjFyukvFLt-n_n7rk3QyQBvH5eOvd1r8O4LBsFOnAnM/s1600/100_7922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFuGA7vHUuVWoRoFMRVZJgtw9hT7IBuvfFQ4Zds1OS-ZNZpoK4G7_R-iEtbnl9ILlPCp6So8Z4zkLcRdD3TsnEqzSW2jt79d3tjFyukvFLt-n_n7rk3QyQBvH5eOvd1r8O4LBsFOnAnM/s320/100_7922.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> One last stop before our flight at the Hoover Dam.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim0V061hH5LlZ0-s_w2j7-j3xPD5hqagAesQOvUCmNhRFPyqLKSqDjiVXGvhESHxZLmIvJC3fkv0VLQwqWX-tOyIc9zLeiWxYqjbfFRvpnkesmJDKjDxYCs7NoHw4X3hEM7bYojfo_Xxk/s1600/100_7977.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> So, the moral of the story for you guys is.... no new crafts! But, never fear! Christmas is coming up and I plan to make most, if not all, of my Christmas presents. So, there will be new ones soon! AND I plan to make most of the things for our wedding. I haven't deided if I'm going to post those before the wedding, or after, but I definitely will be looking for good ideas! We're going for an outdoor rustic wedding. If you know of any good posts or blogs, I'd love it if you would share!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">Crafting soon, I promise!</div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-44134297608276095782010-11-04T17:22:00.000-05:002010-11-04T17:22:47.502-05:00Share With Me!<div align="center">I wanted to thank everyone for their kind words about my Pottery Barn Knockoff! If you create one of your own, send me the link! I'd love to feature it on my blog and see how yours comes out!</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">Happy Crafting!</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-56336302109249202922010-10-31T13:06:00.010-05:002010-11-14T20:01:53.233-06:00Pottery Barn Knock-Off: Painted Numbers Canvas<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UP4ny9iSh_4uXWZkZeYI86APitngCdfYNzNkqXsqn60dPXj7h5_i6LOxrWvw6nneefV804jNMUfn-TGlToEEqI35_glwRrotZ0FgcGjeLFm4dHzdJASHGaF-mnMhrIDoYumo3ABAy6U/s1600/100_7714.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1UP4ny9iSh_4uXWZkZeYI86APitngCdfYNzNkqXsqn60dPXj7h5_i6LOxrWvw6nneefV804jNMUfn-TGlToEEqI35_glwRrotZ0FgcGjeLFm4dHzdJASHGaF-mnMhrIDoYumo3ABAy6U/s320/100_7714.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I saw this on Pottery Barn's website I knew that it would be perfect for my sister. It's totally her style. It's not for sale through the website anymore, but I can only imagine the price tag on something like this!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYW8VvLJCk0G85kr88jkFb7ehs4BE51AG_13864Z0UHAaDpLKDaLq1PIoR7BUfBV0d1tB7GRjKRyP54RBzT48i96khSosufs1nCH1zo-npaEThEf_X2IQE1Jgd7EkIumvhCvT9TYr6hI/s1600/img2m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYW8VvLJCk0G85kr88jkFb7ehs4BE51AG_13864Z0UHAaDpLKDaLq1PIoR7BUfBV0d1tB7GRjKRyP54RBzT48i96khSosufs1nCH1zo-npaEThEf_X2IQE1Jgd7EkIumvhCvT9TYr6hI/s320/img2m.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkth0YLSqcoYG-Js8xuZIFzPUc6QJzHOYKhjMjikbTvVvQEPPNqT5wOmDM_W1RGMJd-yDRlf2wYzQsrnexEGZD14oeNam9hroHVwmy62_boOlVpnWrgbF7tPnLRM_g6pBlgl9Lk-XWiw/s1600/img1m.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="287" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkth0YLSqcoYG-Js8xuZIFzPUc6QJzHOYKhjMjikbTvVvQEPPNqT5wOmDM_W1RGMJd-yDRlf2wYzQsrnexEGZD14oeNam9hroHVwmy62_boOlVpnWrgbF7tPnLRM_g6pBlgl9Lk-XWiw/s320/img1m.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Photos from Pottery Barn <a href="http://www.potterybarn.com/products/numbers-canvas/?cm_src=OLDLINK&pkey=cwall-art">here</a>.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">So, I decided that I should just make my own! I used a 20x16 canvas that I got at a garage sale for $2. I read on <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/09/distressed-folk-art-painting-tutorial.html">Little Blue Boo's blog</a> about mod podging newspaper or phone book pages on your canvas to be able to sand it down at the end, and give it a more rustic and distressed finish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMwGYwUe5MzBlYT3nLS_XRKJfokiiPi5dGX33ZKMXcXq_yv1qeGJuGDqLL-Skpj1tyUIe3HiUoy4td9slMsfF1gvRA8jAe-7-9fl_7lOOgsfumfxK1umr2Hr9ld__2WDN_s30iunFprQ/s1600/100_7701.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMwGYwUe5MzBlYT3nLS_XRKJfokiiPi5dGX33ZKMXcXq_yv1qeGJuGDqLL-Skpj1tyUIe3HiUoy4td9slMsfF1gvRA8jAe-7-9fl_7lOOgsfumfxK1umr2Hr9ld__2WDN_s30iunFprQ/s320/100_7701.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Here's what it looked like after it was covered in phone book pages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1flJZ0yOC9fXdpRCJYhYt-uJrIVNeoB1TVdWgn4rvBuppXp-dW0MfqmDemSJpFOWwR13LUIDful56D19UHKroDFiOGx3An71yHkJcpFo7z7wqWZEX8aiCchbxhkOH9aSoTgtC9bvoj6A/s1600/100_7704.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1flJZ0yOC9fXdpRCJYhYt-uJrIVNeoB1TVdWgn4rvBuppXp-dW0MfqmDemSJpFOWwR13LUIDful56D19UHKroDFiOGx3An71yHkJcpFo7z7wqWZEX8aiCchbxhkOH9aSoTgtC9bvoj6A/s320/100_7704.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Then, I painted over the whole thing in an antique white acrylic paint. When that was dry I went over that with a bright white acrylic paint. I didn't cover the whole thing, but more in random places to give it a streaky effect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vKdkhducw742WCE2q3zdBREqsVjvigH7cTlPkm0YPGFVf0xPTjki4qUg104eFB5DrWRP0ypCv1ac7YGaLzJZk3j6PD5_KMxCX4uaI65I_JnC8cL_MMCPDGV9WjQFVp_J3CtHQC5h4ns/s1600/100_7705.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vKdkhducw742WCE2q3zdBREqsVjvigH7cTlPkm0YPGFVf0xPTjki4qUg104eFB5DrWRP0ypCv1ac7YGaLzJZk3j6PD5_KMxCX4uaI65I_JnC8cL_MMCPDGV9WjQFVp_J3CtHQC5h4ns/s320/100_7705.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Once that was completely dry, I found my center and drew lines in pencil so that I could work in sections. For the numbers I used my Silhouette to cut out vinyl letters. I google searched "Pottery Barn Numbers Canvas Font" just to see if anyone knew which font they were. Lucky for me, Stephanie Lynn over at Under the Table and Dreaming had made a <a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/01/pb-inspired-playroom-wall-art-numbers.html">cute mini version</a> and told us what fonts she used to make hers. So, I played around with mine until I liked it the best. I ended up using two fonts: Engravers MT and Century Schoolbook. I typed them into word and then went back and forth between my document and the picture that I had from Pottery Barn to decide which number fit best.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TtYBF2lMkDRSQYdk0I8_YPyk-e9I-vYwIGEad8J0Hw3mQCmL7iZ9j-LlFRS1Y9mNQO9bUzruoA0WC__yJRnHnF-YagZF7jPHBXzOrE8x8FQiIFx1Doi0W_q99eVGw5L48rMYjuEQ5Ug/s1600/100_7707.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3TtYBF2lMkDRSQYdk0I8_YPyk-e9I-vYwIGEad8J0Hw3mQCmL7iZ9j-LlFRS1Y9mNQO9bUzruoA0WC__yJRnHnF-YagZF7jPHBXzOrE8x8FQiIFx1Doi0W_q99eVGw5L48rMYjuEQ5Ug/s320/100_7707.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I kept working in sections to make sure that all of my numbers fit correctly.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9teTAqmF-UjARljNWGACh9SU6i_J46jjdFP0_vyLeGA_taWZrZg3OhDaOOnMDoR0pMR7KBUlKy1djLdEWC5-Y1yss1__IWDpqBjIOeuDR-u8jLVyqJ6340u5g3bVcefYPQXeBHXFpl0/s1600/100_7708.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_9teTAqmF-UjARljNWGACh9SU6i_J46jjdFP0_vyLeGA_taWZrZg3OhDaOOnMDoR0pMR7KBUlKy1djLdEWC5-Y1yss1__IWDpqBjIOeuDR-u8jLVyqJ6340u5g3bVcefYPQXeBHXFpl0/s320/100_7708.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After I got all of the numbers places where I wanted them I used my brayer to make sure that all the edges were really stuck well. At this point I was busting at the seams to go spray paint it and see what the finished product would look like! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6l9sgtlINagqSVHVXbyNHm21NTQWAHrjVxmepY84QsMOmotjw8yUZlROBdKVd_snu4VVdG3_2v1pydcg_RB4vTYwdIEBMYW2mKD7sMYCHli5axWabtUBV2NTT_i-wxNuhXIzHGgJLZG0/s1600/100_7709.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6l9sgtlINagqSVHVXbyNHm21NTQWAHrjVxmepY84QsMOmotjw8yUZlROBdKVd_snu4VVdG3_2v1pydcg_RB4vTYwdIEBMYW2mKD7sMYCHli5axWabtUBV2NTT_i-wxNuhXIzHGgJLZG0/s320/100_7709.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I took it outside and gave it two good coats of flat black spray paint. I made sure it was completely dry and then brought it in and peeled away the vinyl letters! Loved it! But I knew I would love it better after I sanded it. I just used a piece of fine grit sandpaper, wrapped it around a block, and really hit the edges and where my phone book pages were a little crinkled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa6KiX2IBJyKbhyphenhyphendpFbkOGbq_Fi2Qyv-oRSucfykzmH0kJ8rgpEHPYGyoQ9OYYEVpaOunMrJ6UHdAxFwJdvtLIDJHJPEfV1dw7mxuIJPvGXb3MRlEUBGSMMQyV64Os1H_ISAIi0ReKVQ/s1600/100_7712.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqa6KiX2IBJyKbhyphenhyphendpFbkOGbq_Fi2Qyv-oRSucfykzmH0kJ8rgpEHPYGyoQ9OYYEVpaOunMrJ6UHdAxFwJdvtLIDJHJPEfV1dw7mxuIJPvGXb3MRlEUBGSMMQyV64Os1H_ISAIi0ReKVQ/s320/100_7712.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I was so super happy with it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-RiOtr0B1w9ilzQbsCRZJleqHdC3maaZm2WSXVubJmPrz8GLACKbxOP-MsMeDqDgowo0fKuPJLu3SZAp367r0uLnC_nI2j98H6yCfxsWQ5VzZAFdiu03W2Ndg_ko2Oqqp7o6HWPVgH8/s1600/100_7711.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4-RiOtr0B1w9ilzQbsCRZJleqHdC3maaZm2WSXVubJmPrz8GLACKbxOP-MsMeDqDgowo0fKuPJLu3SZAp367r0uLnC_nI2j98H6yCfxsWQ5VzZAFdiu03W2Ndg_ko2Oqqp7o6HWPVgH8/s320/100_7711.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I had to test it in my house before I gave it to my sister. I thought for a minute that I should just keep it!! :) Just kidding! I love the way the edges look and the crinkles. It really makes it look like a sheet of canvas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciFq0LpHt892ERMbqwDZRIR0Y5a6DqzKgEe-_18gWKBAyvF0HbJDf8sEhEG6IEK4Qae7jo8yT7vvbdDCACC8wP9UaUeiurCK6QgK7Ik0PSCgRys78PTJhbXK0qd0BjonjY0S-Hq5raW0/s1600/100_7716.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciFq0LpHt892ERMbqwDZRIR0Y5a6DqzKgEe-_18gWKBAyvF0HbJDf8sEhEG6IEK4Qae7jo8yT7vvbdDCACC8wP9UaUeiurCK6QgK7Ik0PSCgRys78PTJhbXK0qd0BjonjY0S-Hq5raW0/s320/100_7716.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Take that Pottery Barn! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.pollywantacrafter.com/2010/11/craft-link-party-5.html">Polly Want a Crafter? Craft Linky Party 5</a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-48396831228879136012010-10-24T21:41:00.001-05:002010-10-24T21:42:36.207-05:00Pottery Barn Knock-Off COMING SOON!<div align="center">I'm so excited to share a Pottery Barn knock off that I finished tonight!! It turned out better than I expected. The only problem is... it's a housewarming gift for my sister who just bought her first house, annnnnd I don't want to give away the surprise. But, I can't wait to share it, so come back this weekend for the post!<br />
<a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-1664603830983676572010-10-24T21:32:00.000-05:002010-10-24T21:32:47.327-05:00Fairytale Bridal Shower<div style="text-align: center;">This weekend I had the pleasure to host a bridal shower for one of my good friends, Katharine. Her favorite color is pink, and so we chose a "Fairytale" theme for her decorations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizccdL0EB-IepYXaqS6hwkDAhPPjzji9fR9aRN3ZG_Y0_dN-rj5cTKiY_UZrf6CLKpko9PpVQ2W_mQoGtaceUt2qWWCYyDZzVNzy3mVGKvwEpEGS04MrnmPxX-e7H73ofq3ZWuhb4PyPA/s1600/100_7666.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizccdL0EB-IepYXaqS6hwkDAhPPjzji9fR9aRN3ZG_Y0_dN-rj5cTKiY_UZrf6CLKpko9PpVQ2W_mQoGtaceUt2qWWCYyDZzVNzy3mVGKvwEpEGS04MrnmPxX-e7H73ofq3ZWuhb4PyPA/s320/100_7666.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I made the banner for the fireplace using scrapbook paper and pink foam.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGXK65Oe2VoCjFT5srKVc8oZrxaXuhH0oYanBVMdOoShT0OQMOFek0G_0dc6Bm4GgH9toH5PBOqDa0Omk3OQJu-2V8W3eauKBDhNd16mM2OLX8uHFyANe41R75tOraDnMirG0C9-hgVo/s1600/100_7672.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVGXK65Oe2VoCjFT5srKVc8oZrxaXuhH0oYanBVMdOoShT0OQMOFek0G_0dc6Bm4GgH9toH5PBOqDa0Omk3OQJu-2V8W3eauKBDhNd16mM2OLX8uHFyANe41R75tOraDnMirG0C9-hgVo/s320/100_7672.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I made this wreath using Beverly at Flamingo Toes <a href="http://www.flamingotoes.com/2010/09/beware-halloween-wreath/">Semi-Scary Halloween Wreath</a> as inspiration. I used a white styrofoam wreath form and tied strips of white tulle around, and added a pink glittered foam heart to the center with the couples initials.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1u0dJWqBFNH4AFKWTOX2Ei5i3MWkN1VFoQiEFHS7znZBoi1BztZ74E8RtYpT-_nM5ZIuk9JgWBfEMY-Z4SSP0RS6tg79cqvvanuraLtJ9U3VB-QGjSTd_-tC8qjTEEX5GRLT2VKg6m4/s1600/100_7674.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm1u0dJWqBFNH4AFKWTOX2Ei5i3MWkN1VFoQiEFHS7znZBoi1BztZ74E8RtYpT-_nM5ZIuk9JgWBfEMY-Z4SSP0RS6tg79cqvvanuraLtJ9U3VB-QGjSTd_-tC8qjTEEX5GRLT2VKg6m4/s320/100_7674.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">For the side table in the dining room we decorated with vases filled with ornaments, some ribbon and little princess sayings. (My friend has a slight affliction with Silly Bands, so there had to be princess silly bands strewn about!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-56jj0Ba0dc93o8bxm7Efr0HRaInjRhNYiszI1p24kGMczH-U0X9pPgGlj9KvQvqmnq7uvViHKHFlFY4QC0BmQvy12kjKJqX5qNnOgmsNnLYH8r3G2nHDkfXAfALQbNDwhvCmqQyrHU/s1600/100_7675.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI-56jj0Ba0dc93o8bxm7Efr0HRaInjRhNYiszI1p24kGMczH-U0X9pPgGlj9KvQvqmnq7uvViHKHFlFY4QC0BmQvy12kjKJqX5qNnOgmsNnLYH8r3G2nHDkfXAfALQbNDwhvCmqQyrHU/s320/100_7675.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Vases with ornaments and ribbon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RF7L3apPMlt6_hwLSDCqzV5-sqUfJvbpi9GsvJXjKrTyaWuhyphenhyphenVa2ihwV5JIMSZYHf2TLN9i7M4ec_MlMR_CwPRfB7VMjHtcNf51zg4XvB0HjumSxJ6U9TtU79Sv3wqn1Xc8oF0ZQ1HE/s1600/100_7676.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RF7L3apPMlt6_hwLSDCqzV5-sqUfJvbpi9GsvJXjKrTyaWuhyphenhyphenVa2ihwV5JIMSZYHf2TLN9i7M4ec_MlMR_CwPRfB7VMjHtcNf51zg4XvB0HjumSxJ6U9TtU79Sv3wqn1Xc8oF0ZQ1HE/s320/100_7676.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I bought a charger from Hobby Lobby and used by Silhouette to cut out pink vinyl that read "Happily Ever After". I bought a package of glittered dome dots in the scrapbooking section to apply as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYj3k1VLNSEDT6TQ4IgnGSHKFok5vC_S5tUFGGJFzYDQXOwXyrRUcEL9GDd8mPQDcKNwy8NsdFzBZSP1bnY8i17itg2rjTWd4p1FWy5JTjL6F5WgYSljwy2cTY2qIRyNOfM_WScsn0QQ/s1600/100_7677.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSYj3k1VLNSEDT6TQ4IgnGSHKFok5vC_S5tUFGGJFzYDQXOwXyrRUcEL9GDd8mPQDcKNwy8NsdFzBZSP1bnY8i17itg2rjTWd4p1FWy5JTjL6F5WgYSljwy2cTY2qIRyNOfM_WScsn0QQ/s320/100_7677.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A good trick when decorating is to plan ahead. We decorated the night before, since this was a brunch bridal shower and we knew we had lots of things to do the next morning. We went ahead and laid out our table settings and just used post-its to label where everything was going to go. It helped us stay organized and not be searching for a dish at the last minute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjdDoytGQzyr1_7xUep_SjD4hDI6lVzuGmo459ENNpZt8-p1FkW4wWGQzkwlKVfiruNxXlgK2A2QJk764iZ6QQSMn4vCUakuEMkUCLxQ9Zb58EdgcNTI8Tmnm0hIrTpKlLNo6U97ymdM/s1600/100_7678.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjdDoytGQzyr1_7xUep_SjD4hDI6lVzuGmo459ENNpZt8-p1FkW4wWGQzkwlKVfiruNxXlgK2A2QJk764iZ6QQSMn4vCUakuEMkUCLxQ9Zb58EdgcNTI8Tmnm0hIrTpKlLNo6U97ymdM/s320/100_7678.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> A drink serving station for the Pink Punch.</div><div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3HC_ZSL8_W7k-jK2tVopTvI01ZjzAJ3D1lXh6KMfQgzsruPpWWCX4jGiYdsNbT5wzD667mqPIkTqMtvwqBIh-x66K4Hkc3atJlNITNOHuTtQVST-9FLkPP13La5avXCgMhSI9Cjxgik/s1600/100_7681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD3HC_ZSL8_W7k-jK2tVopTvI01ZjzAJ3D1lXh6KMfQgzsruPpWWCX4jGiYdsNbT5wzD667mqPIkTqMtvwqBIh-x66K4Hkc3atJlNITNOHuTtQVST-9FLkPP13La5avXCgMhSI9Cjxgik/s320/100_7681.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The bride's glass. I used the same glittered pink dots on the glass to make it more special.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyQ6ya1shsrrV94BGqU5UX7leblUvT7yQgjtRvNSYaNebY4Vhh32Nzl9aM9Ll2nB7pCnkfUZmi8GU2RoB_NBiae-YkgsXJmWfVwKDLXtJh_kO-6uQwk_eCMaP5jg53jebMBdI4udFLto/s1600/100_7682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSyQ6ya1shsrrV94BGqU5UX7leblUvT7yQgjtRvNSYaNebY4Vhh32Nzl9aM9Ll2nB7pCnkfUZmi8GU2RoB_NBiae-YkgsXJmWfVwKDLXtJh_kO-6uQwk_eCMaP5jg53jebMBdI4udFLto/s320/100_7682.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Another great idea that we had for easier clean-up. If you have a double sink use the bigger one as a chilling station for the beverages. This keeps everything cold, while saving your guests the need to search through your refrigerator! We didn't put the stopper in, so when the ice melted it would just drain. Easy clean-up! If you notice is getting low, just add more ice to the top!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPa4ZW7dVUXUTiZP2jy_QvukJDwXq2FARM38Pob2QUcn8CaA3D4mQBuxZUlhE6-rdhHc8UL7gJicTRbecYU3tEgDI8tA5fwVPKdq-nxYBn5gtEqqU4BVwEiF6Xkt8U6_rLK-5YMZ8Xi48/s1600/100_7684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPa4ZW7dVUXUTiZP2jy_QvukJDwXq2FARM38Pob2QUcn8CaA3D4mQBuxZUlhE6-rdhHc8UL7gJicTRbecYU3tEgDI8tA5fwVPKdq-nxYBn5gtEqqU4BVwEiF6Xkt8U6_rLK-5YMZ8Xi48/s320/100_7684.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The table with all of the yummy food! Pigs in a blanket, doughnuts, quiche, fruit, cheese ball, and yummy cupcakes from my friend Kelly at <a href="http://selfbabycakes.blogspot.com/">Baby Cakes</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUbGEauWc9abDzhyY6jdv6AA_yICYqav4W489DjnpQzLB6fL5k3sqMsm35RA1FpjTF5zoSxvwFo-lXUQsqCZAomKMPSq_anm-y0YcdzJ-ACvSw9xTp9dWupuioXWCBPtdkMFkj0XbaI8/s1600/100_7685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitUbGEauWc9abDzhyY6jdv6AA_yICYqav4W489DjnpQzLB6fL5k3sqMsm35RA1FpjTF5zoSxvwFo-lXUQsqCZAomKMPSq_anm-y0YcdzJ-ACvSw9xTp9dWupuioXWCBPtdkMFkj0XbaI8/s320/100_7685.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3DPGpgnOIjimA24_V94GGRXyDPHBDN8zjEpVoJIcxF523TlMi91AuzGj6670I3HG1hkCVtMlsP9zH6f3NS_eFK8X3QN2qPIEHT_M3_VSqq_HOr0-KNiIHvDvkSlsk98I7ors2j_PBUY/s1600/100_7686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs3DPGpgnOIjimA24_V94GGRXyDPHBDN8zjEpVoJIcxF523TlMi91AuzGj6670I3HG1hkCVtMlsP9zH6f3NS_eFK8X3QN2qPIEHT_M3_VSqq_HOr0-KNiIHvDvkSlsk98I7ors2j_PBUY/s320/100_7686.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZa4llen2ahW0czXG3OYjmqMi9iEwHO5_0imUSGA4WrEtEWmVLqwaEcAdk2vzlFp6jZScrPbQFj6u_nPqOZCo1TSSG1UDhDMOjiF0d1pxMq_EhLc6GbafnGOQpsTn0TkC9gJun7TozJg/s1600/100_7687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKZa4llen2ahW0czXG3OYjmqMi9iEwHO5_0imUSGA4WrEtEWmVLqwaEcAdk2vzlFp6jZScrPbQFj6u_nPqOZCo1TSSG1UDhDMOjiF0d1pxMq_EhLc6GbafnGOQpsTn0TkC9gJun7TozJg/s320/100_7687.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The hostesses, Me and Kristen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXTyq4uIqpt6cDIOwysZ_Joa3EmHBSDMsZjd23DvePzFaqICvFSCmntPhBT91ZMmSzBmtfkKr9vBOXK1vOmUXPxSYdwnsc5FGKe68s00e3kHFen1V-1AYapBRIzOyXGDwgbRIFfv4xGo/s1600/100_7689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXTyq4uIqpt6cDIOwysZ_Joa3EmHBSDMsZjd23DvePzFaqICvFSCmntPhBT91ZMmSzBmtfkKr9vBOXK1vOmUXPxSYdwnsc5FGKe68s00e3kHFen1V-1AYapBRIzOyXGDwgbRIFfv4xGo/s320/100_7689.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> The happy, beautiful Bride-To-Be!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlPYPOdAO7RSIyCHQy7Ku4Y78sfRgm4JDmZX-8K9HttrnYJFGc4cOhkl56HLY6IlTp60nRbAqHxipZMYQq5GNtAxeZ7O-NIYdQa9Zn1PQnO5W4Xk2yLDGsb6x7W-LlEJti9jt4axXB1Y/s1600/100_7696.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOlPYPOdAO7RSIyCHQy7Ku4Y78sfRgm4JDmZX-8K9HttrnYJFGc4cOhkl56HLY6IlTp60nRbAqHxipZMYQq5GNtAxeZ7O-NIYdQa9Zn1PQnO5W4Xk2yLDGsb6x7W-LlEJti9jt4axXB1Y/s320/100_7696.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-42913567902382938812010-10-18T16:28:00.000-05:002010-10-18T16:28:46.202-05:00DIY Cake Stand<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Using a few basic supplies, you can make your own cake stand! I found this orange candle stick at a garage sale for 25 cents!! The plate is one from the wedding section at Dollar Tree! Using some E-6000, just stick them right together!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuXazZ1VN-ZgyRe1ZNlMh9q9Ax3wyK9nbl2-g9hE61rC5V-7pAVoptEAfbcYNs6D7b0aPqXDymsyEd6ZECaYhCTTMTdLqLuz4n9jVTa2SHXGe4lRs_1Y_0qNbouXrXta3tzp5o8B44oY/s1600/100_7660.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDuXazZ1VN-ZgyRe1ZNlMh9q9Ax3wyK9nbl2-g9hE61rC5V-7pAVoptEAfbcYNs6D7b0aPqXDymsyEd6ZECaYhCTTMTdLqLuz4n9jVTa2SHXGe4lRs_1Y_0qNbouXrXta3tzp5o8B44oY/s320/100_7660.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">After it dried overnight, I spray painted it glossy white! I added a clear acrylic sealer after that was dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO-9I5d7qFsJcV09phc9HhCP3D8L_-tn3fjbLBI3Qc9v7D-gnHg4o1AM8HSJI6vxvgZmQ1Iani2PD9Z8M5A4g7wsbFWW9JFGAGuUAyF-VFCJS09YZilNOQ2TlR6uuTR6a4X1J9HmRh50/s1600/100_7663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaO-9I5d7qFsJcV09phc9HhCP3D8L_-tn3fjbLBI3Qc9v7D-gnHg4o1AM8HSJI6vxvgZmQ1Iani2PD9Z8M5A4g7wsbFWW9JFGAGuUAyF-VFCJS09YZilNOQ2TlR6uuTR6a4X1J9HmRh50/s320/100_7663.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Super cute right? It's the perfect little stand for some good fall decorations. I think if I wanted to put food on it, I would add a little piece of scrapbook paper cut to fit.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqKTsffrSjHgPoUUIkgRv8fCMIc7dUb1XnpCrEmi8v7MRn7Lg5S811vZkwIXK1YOoQxffoeafx2h4eOpACgvt0wIt8xeQWOzP5fT2BqP5iX8W8KWwYZzfpEeD8PS9jOoQjSXDl2svy3M/s1600/100_7664.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMqKTsffrSjHgPoUUIkgRv8fCMIc7dUb1XnpCrEmi8v7MRn7Lg5S811vZkwIXK1YOoQxffoeafx2h4eOpACgvt0wIt8xeQWOzP5fT2BqP5iX8W8KWwYZzfpEeD8PS9jOoQjSXDl2svy3M/s320/100_7664.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I love an easy project! </div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-63167696077807888522010-10-13T12:00:00.000-05:002010-10-13T12:00:04.806-05:00Fall Mantle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcz3cgDgukThyhQId_zb2_wodvIDiNa2VRyOm3_QZKuWlRyTr8o88gEsMGcxAAxnn8-5V5XoPPcBPySTSzUtrY-KPFMstc7j8syXJYF3UsaZiFgC73M7PqcjAZWWaRjWXaaER0M28uH7E/s1600/100_7637.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcz3cgDgukThyhQId_zb2_wodvIDiNa2VRyOm3_QZKuWlRyTr8o88gEsMGcxAAxnn8-5V5XoPPcBPySTSzUtrY-KPFMstc7j8syXJYF3UsaZiFgC73M7PqcjAZWWaRjWXaaER0M28uH7E/s320/100_7637.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My fall mantle has been up for a couple of weeks, I just hadn't taken pictures of it for some reason. The color block piece that you see on the right was taken from Jennifer at Hope Studios tutorial on a <a href="http://hopestudios.blogspot.com/2010/07/paint-chip-mosaic-tutorial-tuesday.html">Paint Chip Mosaic</a>. It's made out of paint chip samples for a home improvement store! Go check out her tutorial on how to make this super inexpensive artwork! Today I wanted to show you how I made my leaf art. First, I bought a certificate frame from, where else, Dollar Tree.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WDw3y59Mem0XKdxUlH1lAucFXPhkpYHlYKyEqaNZzXNQEyLyL8Y4KUwRI0PAsdGexfTsUbEDWXqHuKitl4e4ht0-el19eAw5Cs6_5S7w_Ryz7h-3qtt5wxVTVVH8CI6-hu-fgQXN6rw/s1600/100_7494.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-WDw3y59Mem0XKdxUlH1lAucFXPhkpYHlYKyEqaNZzXNQEyLyL8Y4KUwRI0PAsdGexfTsUbEDWXqHuKitl4e4ht0-el19eAw5Cs6_5S7w_Ryz7h-3qtt5wxVTVVH8CI6-hu-fgQXN6rw/s320/100_7494.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spray painted the frame black. I removed the cardboard center and hot glued burlap to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLAcdst_LVzjl2qtlVRpZ9r1RKLZtU2BGk96nh99jJ1Ghas7p-oM7w3GHDbouAi-TtF65lWliNN9wbv4E8L5JHpuGy1z7lY-zDxQ7xhUUYM1b06uOe9NRkiJezx3B_5QuvcVhdFiEMEo/s1600/100_7496.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLAcdst_LVzjl2qtlVRpZ9r1RKLZtU2BGk96nh99jJ1Ghas7p-oM7w3GHDbouAi-TtF65lWliNN9wbv4E8L5JHpuGy1z7lY-zDxQ7xhUUYM1b06uOe9NRkiJezx3B_5QuvcVhdFiEMEo/s320/100_7496.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, I cut out a leaf using my Silhouette onto cardstock as a stencil.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc01agpIRcsxlB-1obnqLbSbXv4AcE1Z8w4aooCzzoCJ3HCTygcg94W15pDO7orU4d3cDnHO5TFRTqOrdRQue46HAa2AV3oIHwpDpRq-hA9dOeMC4MW_PEZ6eMQbU0vIc904ZDx6GK_M/s1600/100_7497.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWc01agpIRcsxlB-1obnqLbSbXv4AcE1Z8w4aooCzzoCJ3HCTygcg94W15pDO7orU4d3cDnHO5TFRTqOrdRQue46HAa2AV3oIHwpDpRq-hA9dOeMC4MW_PEZ6eMQbU0vIc904ZDx6GK_M/s320/100_7497.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Silhouette Image Leaf_0476</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, I used the saran wrap technique to apply my orange acrylic paint. I think by using the saran wrap, it doesn't give it such a "perfect" look. More like and aged, or rough look. </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51F9Jxlyq5rlD6MDWQzEUO2ZuniV15kec1UJKj1xHFCVXHcKWrfNQpSjmtAQFwT41X4j3wx4D_97qBeGRQkvWPkmz7TMPO0hxSTUwb3IEIlOWEAYiiI2OJQolK8d5l1j_8hZCFa-RibY/s1600/100_7498.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51F9Jxlyq5rlD6MDWQzEUO2ZuniV15kec1UJKj1xHFCVXHcKWrfNQpSjmtAQFwT41X4j3wx4D_97qBeGRQkvWPkmz7TMPO0hxSTUwb3IEIlOWEAYiiI2OJQolK8d5l1j_8hZCFa-RibY/s320/100_7498.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I put it back in the frame and super glued some buttons on to give it some dimension. Simple. Easy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGfos_0NJXXLt5OXARZDFNC-fS2ERomEI1VB3KeiClQrwcAcgT1bvv1aibvYvqKnPxzr4BnZo6g0Q1G5OyUOah-f91Anfv8e96yohNvt53hVIoNbfMiQBO5QxWZIOSj8p30xVTGWp6zs/s1600/100_7639.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGfos_0NJXXLt5OXARZDFNC-fS2ERomEI1VB3KeiClQrwcAcgT1bvv1aibvYvqKnPxzr4BnZo6g0Q1G5OyUOah-f91Anfv8e96yohNvt53hVIoNbfMiQBO5QxWZIOSj8p30xVTGWp6zs/s320/100_7639.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Love it.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pqiuq04Qk3esWKWnJHl0yAMzEIiNNNNlLCBriJJn3INc37LETAChesNfnqQyVQUIRi0G4_c0hjLD1KAaagIYIPJsLDCEygXW9mkpKChAIfv1YLnxXBsCq1BerploDsqkJE3zwYpzZVc/s1600/100_7638.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pqiuq04Qk3esWKWnJHl0yAMzEIiNNNNlLCBriJJn3INc37LETAChesNfnqQyVQUIRi0G4_c0hjLD1KAaagIYIPJsLDCEygXW9mkpKChAIfv1YLnxXBsCq1BerploDsqkJE3zwYpzZVc/s400/100_7638.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-70437612483290708662010-10-12T12:00:00.001-05:002010-10-12T12:00:01.530-05:00Dollar Tree Hurricanes<div style="text-align: center;">So I have been seeing these around the blogs. I'm not sure who originally posted the idea. If you do, let me know and I'll give them credit!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Dollar Tree is selling these glasses and candlesticks. $1 a piece, you can't beat that!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk8RUoUOKVwMsK7nquYlVejUASdDofphYJgpLlEOOTluM7OnELRjCAQqWFOBCxgmwjh4coOaZAJoyHow4SXXVdbv17oZBLaH92m01ksrtlwLVer7GsufXgavNtsZA2e-loeO924XNrac/s1600/100_7403.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEk8RUoUOKVwMsK7nquYlVejUASdDofphYJgpLlEOOTluM7OnELRjCAQqWFOBCxgmwjh4coOaZAJoyHow4SXXVdbv17oZBLaH92m01ksrtlwLVer7GsufXgavNtsZA2e-loeO924XNrac/s320/100_7403.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add a strong adhesive to the bottom and you have a really expensive looking hurricane! The ones below are my Mom and sister's. For theirs we used the taller glasses also from Dollar Tree then mine in the picture above. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NWptdQqLq0B73Thxr4Jw1uUgVxISpqpjJEyiwo8JLPtyj_qWs1rItwN1KEogi6oMiiBhBYV6VVjOr7dlQTgk6kGO6i7r8X977A-n1KZVs5bZ1pxioTBjZivBOwlBt8UaM2Tmbd5H6xw/s1600/100_7636.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2NWptdQqLq0B73Thxr4Jw1uUgVxISpqpjJEyiwo8JLPtyj_qWs1rItwN1KEogi6oMiiBhBYV6VVjOr7dlQTgk6kGO6i7r8X977A-n1KZVs5bZ1pxioTBjZivBOwlBt8UaM2Tmbd5H6xw/s320/100_7636.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Add some decorations to the inside and you have a really great looking piece, for $2!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-8814015357833304022010-10-11T12:00:00.001-05:002010-10-11T12:00:02.324-05:00Fall Wreath for my Mom<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My Mom wanted a Fall Wreath for her door so we headed to get our supplies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGMW7326sWGCdb0KoFm0M9qztt8QGrM45QM33Ir5Yqc1D7KPlBjrZks62gw4DZdFSvihKlGmHxTwYjLJ7uxo6inNuXYGFj8iWB0kq3o2eGNgZjHZeSRo7hsN9cLT110PI_vxcwtFBm0c/s1600/fall+wreath+label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZGMW7326sWGCdb0KoFm0M9qztt8QGrM45QM33Ir5Yqc1D7KPlBjrZks62gw4DZdFSvihKlGmHxTwYjLJ7uxo6inNuXYGFj8iWB0kq3o2eGNgZjHZeSRo7hsN9cLT110PI_vxcwtFBm0c/s400/fall+wreath+label.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We pulled the leaves off the stems and glued them on individually.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1f0euO3ZEscoAAOvHoGkj_gHrn-lCkh4O_zRBWAVpMyxptZzd-ZK6-sP5MNZTLsBvzNNxihwo8X6mZIsS0pC_ZyOGrLtFLntr3p1eG9adNCm0SF5Q3nh4SQXVLe46CJ-Sdsg2he9u0s/s1600/100_7624.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho1f0euO3ZEscoAAOvHoGkj_gHrn-lCkh4O_zRBWAVpMyxptZzd-ZK6-sP5MNZTLsBvzNNxihwo8X6mZIsS0pC_ZyOGrLtFLntr3p1eG9adNCm0SF5Q3nh4SQXVLe46CJ-Sdsg2he9u0s/s320/100_7624.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Then, we added some little foam beads in fall colors with the glue gun. It turned out cute! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEzpRYWodwb7FKgjRRV3nMCqozXO0ClJJN-pCVl7m6kxxVafdVXFAfMaiN1DvO7SPxE4D65kKnHWATc5K5C_TBb1jTqVZnenzB5K1rOQKUC6ztDMP0I0CGCNTwe0kVIRAZsAeHtoneD4/s1600/100_7627.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEzpRYWodwb7FKgjRRV3nMCqozXO0ClJJN-pCVl7m6kxxVafdVXFAfMaiN1DvO7SPxE4D65kKnHWATc5K5C_TBb1jTqVZnenzB5K1rOQKUC6ztDMP0I0CGCNTwe0kVIRAZsAeHtoneD4/s320/100_7627.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Fall!</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-65705022127100437512010-10-10T12:07:00.001-05:002010-10-11T17:17:16.166-05:00Super Easy Project!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54Ql644FDRGBooejoIkvnYI0U_nyWtQV6q2Y3M4bsQIe9OyzezvL8E6C158yAHcxoDGwGRqJh56X_QvYMpSj2BtELlMFOh-eFJ9DOrVkowUtk_W-Ytj-kN6slKl2yWdN2Y5tK-d29E1M/s1600/100_7634.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh54Ql644FDRGBooejoIkvnYI0U_nyWtQV6q2Y3M4bsQIe9OyzezvL8E6C158yAHcxoDGwGRqJh56X_QvYMpSj2BtELlMFOh-eFJ9DOrVkowUtk_W-Ytj-kN6slKl2yWdN2Y5tK-d29E1M/s320/100_7634.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;">My Mom was in town this weekend, which really motivated me to do a bunch of projects that I had been wanting to do. This first one was SUPER easy, but it makes such a great look when it's all finished!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHsJDIcoFN256VRS05Tk5EPMNnRDunlVZIESkfvsiDs9ifrlzmQCLmhzsCuzQGIGEEZP_EjJyjgPNRqHU360LwhXw6mM9w44GniA5CI-YfwctrI2AqWPZnJWLCvK7srygKDrWvijnTVs/s1600/100_7630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRHsJDIcoFN256VRS05Tk5EPMNnRDunlVZIESkfvsiDs9ifrlzmQCLmhzsCuzQGIGEEZP_EjJyjgPNRqHU360LwhXw6mM9w44GniA5CI-YfwctrI2AqWPZnJWLCvK7srygKDrWvijnTVs/s320/100_7630.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Using my Silhouette, I cut out vinyl letters in Georgia font. Stuck them straight onto some plates that I already had that matched my kitchen, and Voila! The hardest part of this project was making sure they were straight on the plate hangers and hanging them on the wall! </div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVkroBoN8V6BkMhzO1RAByusw-typXlaOitkJ3IjXym_24F6r6L2ltrVI3PkLrjgwCMj7EnlI-CiA_G-jOP9ihTSXvPuJxQvobtoi8XUJU6zJZXkHOP_Gt0zix58gxGFfjqyvhZmJ0sc/s1600/100_7631.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVkroBoN8V6BkMhzO1RAByusw-typXlaOitkJ3IjXym_24F6r6L2ltrVI3PkLrjgwCMj7EnlI-CiA_G-jOP9ihTSXvPuJxQvobtoi8XUJU6zJZXkHOP_Gt0zix58gxGFfjqyvhZmJ0sc/s320/100_7631.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I love them! They really add a pop when you turn the corner! Yay for fun easy projects!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNg_XQlxcgHSeITKrb8Kcyc5aDFloWOQGVCRvwjP9grUxTa4Go8SqG8G8r81xR-s8g80P307q6xjx-3viv70jDVfJAMI2oVrN_vlKJdu64N_IKLY0CIwrGrykhTNdE4IvCWG-Ms5leq0/s1600/100_7632.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeNg_XQlxcgHSeITKrb8Kcyc5aDFloWOQGVCRvwjP9grUxTa4Go8SqG8G8r81xR-s8g80P307q6xjx-3viv70jDVfJAMI2oVrN_vlKJdu64N_IKLY0CIwrGrykhTNdE4IvCWG-Ms5leq0/s320/100_7632.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<center><a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/search/label/Pity%20Party"><img src="http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z51/miquepro/pitypartybutton.jpg" /></a></center><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-8953785342331682472010-10-06T12:00:00.004-05:002010-10-06T12:00:00.337-05:00Fall Wreath<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhJ0CjA3bnLtHyZOmJv6U30saH8h4h1aigAwXxM3f74BHjm_m651eubGBd5Dm6kUKlPiU_yOEIHT29mqEEukADztonYo6tns1awzie9eEAzN91dRsxvMpOSba499et3AMLw1ha_DIIaE/s1600/100_7596.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJhJ0CjA3bnLtHyZOmJv6U30saH8h4h1aigAwXxM3f74BHjm_m651eubGBd5Dm6kUKlPiU_yOEIHT29mqEEukADztonYo6tns1awzie9eEAzN91dRsxvMpOSba499et3AMLw1ha_DIIaE/s320/100_7596.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Well, it was about that time to take down my <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/06/freecycled-summer-wreath.html">Summer Wreath</a>. Although I loved it, I have been itching to get my fall decorations up. Brooke at <a href="http://www.allthingsthrifty.com/2010/01/tutorial-lima-bean-wreath.html">All Things Thrifty</a> had posted this lima bean wreath tutorial and I knew this was exactly what I was looking for. The thing I was most giddy about was the paint color that I knew I was going to choose.</div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">For this project I used one 2 pound bag of lima beans.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6AIDa4c8Ds2L3Trb1-mOoWlqa-E8D-dsqHWbvCfJQvFSlRgImaheH8Nz6fzYZVyByzmxurWEh8q9C9I8aFW6e1vH9tGWTna3lq1WKAfnk_qj7rJ8uxw-u_1Oi84ZNZS6CnxUX_oDhMM/s1600/100_7546.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ6AIDa4c8Ds2L3Trb1-mOoWlqa-E8D-dsqHWbvCfJQvFSlRgImaheH8Nz6fzYZVyByzmxurWEh8q9C9I8aFW6e1vH9tGWTna3lq1WKAfnk_qj7rJ8uxw-u_1Oi84ZNZS6CnxUX_oDhMM/s320/100_7546.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">I started by first covering the front side of the wreath form. I just piled all the beans up in the middle and just grabbed and hot glued.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0aMKA2i1Pf4hsIsM3994irbJa9fF8NBoRSl2qUqvuN0OUbcwDZMh7noU-7z4aOsFLuXgLDdHmtDytOQhWxzXZWn-awIuuhMFi6DcL-OK_zikLAJg6QLoOQCyolRD8BIrqevmvaDZLl0/s1600/100_7545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht0aMKA2i1Pf4hsIsM3994irbJa9fF8NBoRSl2qUqvuN0OUbcwDZMh7noU-7z4aOsFLuXgLDdHmtDytOQhWxzXZWn-awIuuhMFi6DcL-OK_zikLAJg6QLoOQCyolRD8BIrqevmvaDZLl0/s320/100_7545.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> For the sides, it was easiest to sit on the floor and place the wreath up and down and just glue and rotate.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrGEEYqnr7mMs-HN8RNF4HmJFdwNkmow4YtujqoggSDelxn4YhrjGEY7E_-B9nW6qz7HRg0M08zdb4NG2Md8DGpXxiZA2f8c87bp9O3MLM77Zi5Nv_bM0adnZdMx0qiColJxB44KZj-c/s1600/100_7551.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlrGEEYqnr7mMs-HN8RNF4HmJFdwNkmow4YtujqoggSDelxn4YhrjGEY7E_-B9nW6qz7HRg0M08zdb4NG2Md8DGpXxiZA2f8c87bp9O3MLM77Zi5Nv_bM0adnZdMx0qiColJxB44KZj-c/s320/100_7551.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Then, I did the same thing on the inside of the wreath. I left the back completely blank, so it would lay flat against my door. Next up was COLOR!!</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP3RQdNwIFWGz-GBL11lX2qHfxuBFBvRdEbruLat2o_QtDwDFJTb5z-QWRH3LEbhtA3_UPNyvWTFwyLgRcHNc9XhtHxAuA8o8EWgaPoatKV2c49yKymolgUmFMitVc8f9oHCdkijLxTM/s1600/100_7556.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbP3RQdNwIFWGz-GBL11lX2qHfxuBFBvRdEbruLat2o_QtDwDFJTb5z-QWRH3LEbhtA3_UPNyvWTFwyLgRcHNc9XhtHxAuA8o8EWgaPoatKV2c49yKymolgUmFMitVc8f9oHCdkijLxTM/s320/100_7556.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Can we talk about this color? Krylon's Bauhaus Gold. It's a warm mustard yellow. LOVE! I knew against my red door, with my orange pumpkins for fall, that Mustard Yellow was the way to go. It's my new favorite color.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiymQZxGkDoeC1iRJ4nuWU7ebya6ym9NaoQMjDZxuu7LWIkQmoBCZPt_AMY687oCO1RmtTaLrcMcAeg9MYdhvku0nfsrTscoohyphenhyphenhhDP0hCYZD0kUlyETAElQCb0CJUaCOXVyM6b0bTeY/s1600/100_7595.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuiymQZxGkDoeC1iRJ4nuWU7ebya6ym9NaoQMjDZxuu7LWIkQmoBCZPt_AMY687oCO1RmtTaLrcMcAeg9MYdhvku0nfsrTscoohyphenhyphenhhDP0hCYZD0kUlyETAElQCb0CJUaCOXVyM6b0bTeY/s320/100_7595.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Yay! So simple, so sophisticated looking.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> Who knew lima beans could look so good??</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuIV8poAnHWFrfhU3NTiKPmhkNZLUXrV8SUOmeYZ7CKF_HI7xZizRnlIgl-XtrCfiiVsXgHM6uWyjejeh5XiWpBjE9az1baK-i_u6XsvtnxOpdf8sOU2whbmRZcIi6TwOw-w29C5-8F0/s1600/100_7597.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuIV8poAnHWFrfhU3NTiKPmhkNZLUXrV8SUOmeYZ7CKF_HI7xZizRnlIgl-XtrCfiiVsXgHM6uWyjejeh5XiWpBjE9az1baK-i_u6XsvtnxOpdf8sOU2whbmRZcIi6TwOw-w29C5-8F0/s320/100_7597.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-13985920024628616252010-10-04T12:00:00.002-05:002010-10-04T12:00:00.497-05:00Diaper Wipes Case<div align="center">I wanted to show you the other gift that I made for my friend's baby shower. Using <a href="http://sistersstuff.blogspot.com/2009/10/diaper-wipe-case-tutorialand-some-of.html">Sister's Stuff</a> tutorial, it was really super simple! These are great gifts and so stylish!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHLtCqmpj0WUKQr1rMqk0BSHc1tGANTXSJHbYMO0EUYPnvFbYbqBDBTTR2bMoLej-8ZvuPp1t8imMgtrAfgVZf3FUwYXvNGXMn8syydsa_ySGt5MtIJr1fQ_C1kRMwXfircpdk1yzB50/s1600/100_7537.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYHLtCqmpj0WUKQr1rMqk0BSHc1tGANTXSJHbYMO0EUYPnvFbYbqBDBTTR2bMoLej-8ZvuPp1t8imMgtrAfgVZf3FUwYXvNGXMn8syydsa_ySGt5MtIJr1fQ_C1kRMwXfircpdk1yzB50/s320/100_7537.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Love it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlfa2WakUPqQklYIoOiDjuCnPhCvqJSw1JwuFWBinlWBGY11AYxW4DmEZio_p3MhqSxuhhyphenhyphenKQpaih-YhDlurWAhULo3ZKXCWaysi5D4zRG2kZYUpQ5DNc-kegO9U6fHTrt9l7W7l1UrE/s1600/100_7538.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTlfa2WakUPqQklYIoOiDjuCnPhCvqJSw1JwuFWBinlWBGY11AYxW4DmEZio_p3MhqSxuhhyphenhyphenKQpaih-YhDlurWAhULo3ZKXCWaysi5D4zRG2kZYUpQ5DNc-kegO9U6fHTrt9l7W7l1UrE/s320/100_7538.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-66272029356960182082010-10-03T19:11:00.002-05:002010-10-03T19:11:25.277-05:00I Submitted a Project!<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sewdangcute.blogspot.com/"><img src="http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj285/tamarynn/particpant-crafting-with-stars-button.png" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-91878344383302342462010-10-03T14:53:00.001-05:002010-10-03T18:56:03.223-05:00Baby Name Board<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTrjBrBhh-ay6KZbTSFYlNjnJuNPKQ7CNtllITAdPsHzbfC0C_-IMVv9kHacEKJXb8blNHE426K9yRREKOibNQXbdGwZ6lS3c4bXVZiiU0cFs3MxszGseuCDV4ZSr7VMYznj1jWViAgg/s1600/100_7586.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixTrjBrBhh-ay6KZbTSFYlNjnJuNPKQ7CNtllITAdPsHzbfC0C_-IMVv9kHacEKJXb8blNHE426K9yRREKOibNQXbdGwZ6lS3c4bXVZiiU0cFs3MxszGseuCDV4ZSr7VMYznj1jWViAgg/s320/100_7586.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div align="center" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I'm not an artist. I think there is a real difference between someone who can craft, and create things, and an artist. Being an artist takes some real talent. So when I saw this post over at <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2010/08/nursery-art-layering-with-collage.html">Little Blue Boo</a> I put it in my "Dream" folder. Ashley is a true artist! I absolutely love the way the layering on her pieces looks. She has made a bunch of these, and they are all different, unique, and just perfect! You can see some of her other ones by clicking <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/11/one-faith.html">here</a>, <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/10/lil-birdies-for-lil-boy.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://lilblueboo.blogspot.com/2009/11/pink-damask.html">here</a>. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">So, a friend of mine was having a baby shower and I thought I would just attempt to create something like this. I kept saying to myself that if I messed up it was OK. I could just sand it down and use it for another project, right? Right. So, with Ashley's projects as inspiration I started working on my piece for Miss Kallie Joann. I used different elements from her pieces that I absolutely loved. I started with a wood plaque and spray painted it white. I added some vinyl letters that I cut using my Silhouette. I spray painted the whole thing with Valspar's Tulip Pink and peeled off the letters when it was dry.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJHqP29HLUXw7KpM1dgVRlUsjPqG-PFlyxClFelYmgqV4StLBWU7tgRsw1Uz004kW5cAuhJk0K-zuk7DzjmSHdmDgdBy_88qZkog_ZEvZKbrvmoMmH7UjCOlcu5QwDxTlvTYpi8O87DY/s1600/100_7542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwJHqP29HLUXw7KpM1dgVRlUsjPqG-PFlyxClFelYmgqV4StLBWU7tgRsw1Uz004kW5cAuhJk0K-zuk7DzjmSHdmDgdBy_88qZkog_ZEvZKbrvmoMmH7UjCOlcu5QwDxTlvTYpi8O87DY/s400/100_7542.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I then painted each letter with a fine tip brush. I used all acrylic paints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtMZ_t_P1-CB_nyFTM6yKLEHAhiOjRCH9aSrMAFcjSGpLJSyiPT72rBYE9MkjWU5uFV8qJ7rP2Prr68yTeO4pQ8fa22UoF5IyIqBOZEQ8KXy0s8DrFsNI8Lg24crMzazTJpY02d1rWxI/s1600/100_7544.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYtMZ_t_P1-CB_nyFTM6yKLEHAhiOjRCH9aSrMAFcjSGpLJSyiPT72rBYE9MkjWU5uFV8qJ7rP2Prr68yTeO4pQ8fa22UoF5IyIqBOZEQ8KXy0s8DrFsNI8Lg24crMzazTJpY02d1rWxI/s320/100_7544.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I used Ashley's advice and bought a medium point and fine point black paint pen. I outlined everything with the medium point paint pen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_Fae_5xlDdPCUKki7g27HIxHBVpPl-cXjh63dwEO0eg7JyHNDT7WnXxBp6Sq3zSG5EdPrxNKTemoWjl-GTV6eaW7s2VOOHfPvEBq8uDPDgs9TGswl5MN7ONLrTM4RfWCrsXJLUauzQ/s1600/100_7576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh04_Fae_5xlDdPCUKki7g27HIxHBVpPl-cXjh63dwEO0eg7JyHNDT7WnXxBp6Sq3zSG5EdPrxNKTemoWjl-GTV6eaW7s2VOOHfPvEBq8uDPDgs9TGswl5MN7ONLrTM4RfWCrsXJLUauzQ/s320/100_7576.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I then added different elements to each letter. For the stitching, I used a fine point black paint pen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ytFCwFxsvKTpEuyQz2AJjl0wX5Z7uQAJr7lNFtRQLfN44XbzDcvWr20HSPiT7mVnxuqMeyuxEGH0mNY1zANDRNs3-zzbPN8S3KfIpeOzuqjId0nG9cWdYvH_KHpSoYxRHYZigpQzaM/s1600/100_7577.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_2ytFCwFxsvKTpEuyQz2AJjl0wX5Z7uQAJr7lNFtRQLfN44XbzDcvWr20HSPiT7mVnxuqMeyuxEGH0mNY1zANDRNs3-zzbPN8S3KfIpeOzuqjId0nG9cWdYvH_KHpSoYxRHYZigpQzaM/s320/100_7577.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> I used a stencil in two of the corners. I outlined them with a pencil, and then filled them in with the paint pen.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IbmmQyCpaj7LKgg3DZn1j_TF188RP2GqsshVNYC650NWgnx53g6eMRL56siPCfe76F9MLFIQiEZo17JbMGekrsQKXLS3eQMcrrkq6MmCtEdS55vdkREuGURjIJ_6hGZ_W5yzwwF6_rQ/s1600/100_7578.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IbmmQyCpaj7LKgg3DZn1j_TF188RP2GqsshVNYC650NWgnx53g6eMRL56siPCfe76F9MLFIQiEZo17JbMGekrsQKXLS3eQMcrrkq6MmCtEdS55vdkREuGURjIJ_6hGZ_W5yzwwF6_rQ/s320/100_7578.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> For the centers of my flowers I added stitching to my button holes and hot glued the buttons on.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHOXZb1prOSeQse-FkarYAMioy1AzQdgDA55YLnJ3Km5plx2BIWI1v7V4RnRS0IaoWViQn0n1UUcklCtqWDM95DTNZyc3ykQZGA6zZhQ0080dxaPJBrspD7ZxwNyZ5rQwgOReylcBTms/s1600/100_7580.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHOXZb1prOSeQse-FkarYAMioy1AzQdgDA55YLnJ3Km5plx2BIWI1v7V4RnRS0IaoWViQn0n1UUcklCtqWDM95DTNZyc3ykQZGA6zZhQ0080dxaPJBrspD7ZxwNyZ5rQwgOReylcBTms/s320/100_7580.JPG" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQVKk4lJnRih9U_zadgw8wz6FepmcQB1jQ5ZnolhuvcBw3T61GzATRM2bBZD5-1lE9Rz3Vgpe-JDx2DUeYMMCbChnXYRmzUXmk_rliQ8uoIP6OlPlpgXNTaMbPD0htGHa1hqIUK_oByQ/s1600/100_7581.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhQVKk4lJnRih9U_zadgw8wz6FepmcQB1jQ5ZnolhuvcBw3T61GzATRM2bBZD5-1lE9Rz3Vgpe-JDx2DUeYMMCbChnXYRmzUXmk_rliQ8uoIP6OlPlpgXNTaMbPD0htGHa1hqIUK_oByQ/s320/100_7581.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"> To add more dimension, I used a paint brush that the tip had come off of and added dots to different parts of the letters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6UCmSoWjeJFup62_-BMSdR_7F6KIZAo00TAV2SLiDGbj6frFjmjwDg-ovqWYEwCEwp357liu2zq8X-wrUNaabtYVO-FrtfNgn-SwFduvjpqx1qHxB6sMJtr8_SEeuxxLzJG51hbH8qc/s1600/100_7582.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif6UCmSoWjeJFup62_-BMSdR_7F6KIZAo00TAV2SLiDGbj6frFjmjwDg-ovqWYEwCEwp357liu2zq8X-wrUNaabtYVO-FrtfNgn-SwFduvjpqx1qHxB6sMJtr8_SEeuxxLzJG51hbH8qc/s320/100_7582.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I free handed the little saying with my fine point paint pen.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUjQ_e-EBMf9I65Q0nGbhq21Md9k42p8VmcYKsLdkQvCLnvtf0vHi6MC7PoRsVIdE1Efqfo-vp2YyxJ_LOJBvgD4-Dy35SpWlFJC-dKiW9Lmf_Mx7j3H3cnYg86vx5ktKB-W1BmHvgY8/s1600/100_7584.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjUjQ_e-EBMf9I65Q0nGbhq21Md9k42p8VmcYKsLdkQvCLnvtf0vHi6MC7PoRsVIdE1Efqfo-vp2YyxJ_LOJBvgD4-Dy35SpWlFJC-dKiW9Lmf_Mx7j3H3cnYg86vx5ktKB-W1BmHvgY8/s320/100_7584.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I love how it turned out. I think for my first one, it worked out pretty well.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBzn4OpjDcMfI877XsA3Nk75DIlmS0XhE9RSwpUaI3MOeQmAkeY3mrIEIzqG54fuvTFNRUsCfDpNTe0MdBHBZfgcUJ-OryFbkySMsgwHlCzobdToDSYaiBx8ZWCXXV2_mh-UBjIMBVOs/s1600/100_7585.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDBzn4OpjDcMfI877XsA3Nk75DIlmS0XhE9RSwpUaI3MOeQmAkeY3mrIEIzqG54fuvTFNRUsCfDpNTe0MdBHBZfgcUJ-OryFbkySMsgwHlCzobdToDSYaiBx8ZWCXXV2_mh-UBjIMBVOs/s320/100_7585.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Most importantly, Kallie's Mommy loved it!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgzhQ8RLtluHbvHrFO0ELKQv3LcdXbWBCSvVJF-YdejBVsbyy5OTg-_uosi1a-VpckJ5QseOT_XsBnkNDRY_zJKlFa9TVaxZPMl1PDl0Jw-QhMpRDmiMMrjGtpl642nPmx2DP_MkGUIk/s1600/100_7587.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKgzhQ8RLtluHbvHrFO0ELKQv3LcdXbWBCSvVJF-YdejBVsbyy5OTg-_uosi1a-VpckJ5QseOT_XsBnkNDRY_zJKlFa9TVaxZPMl1PDl0Jw-QhMpRDmiMMrjGtpl642nPmx2DP_MkGUIk/s320/100_7587.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.bystephanielynn.com/2010/04/sunday-showcase-party-starting-this.html" target="_blank"><img alt="UndertheTableandDreaming" border="0" src="http://i693.photobucket.com/albums/vv298/theliebertfamily/party.png" /></a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-86335930168149507622010-09-26T18:50:00.001-05:002010-10-03T23:06:42.305-05:00Fall Craft Day<div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">I hosted a craft day for some of my girl friends. I loved all the fall word art that I had been seeing around blogland and thought that would be a great thing for everyone to make. I knew it would be cute to see everyone's personality and personal style come out in their finished art. I'll let the pictures speak for themselves on this one. </div><div style="text-align: center;">*Don't get too accustomed to these super nice photos. You know my little camera didn't take these awesome shots. One of my good friends is a photographer here and she was snapping away the whole time! 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I love the way it turned out!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N3ruzBDMWzS2ks-SVSPnwGzqBujV_yq2oX_Wtykx7WzPT8Df_ZDfMcYfSSrJvHbFl3M3qNHgYu0tCfCPPC_kuLIIZNMwoQDpdvcP7GOTDT_k4TOh3XiAzifi7S0mI0utSk9tk-JPwkk/s1600/100918-190844-Craft+Day-042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8N3ruzBDMWzS2ks-SVSPnwGzqBujV_yq2oX_Wtykx7WzPT8Df_ZDfMcYfSSrJvHbFl3M3qNHgYu0tCfCPPC_kuLIIZNMwoQDpdvcP7GOTDT_k4TOh3XiAzifi7S0mI0utSk9tk-JPwkk/s400/100918-190844-Craft+Day-042.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> And her glittered pumpkin. Too cute!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDImuSYle3uNwey24fm4ovEgzn3o9Ueres0lKqRW6-eUoasQSs_hbto20ZUlnUyd7W6rF_s5mAY7EEvVcquUtsWpqYbPdOz9t_vDKHb271gb5xmHSEJoTMRXx7urrp5YTxxwHuUUVtmY/s1600/100918-190850-Craft+Day-043.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDImuSYle3uNwey24fm4ovEgzn3o9Ueres0lKqRW6-eUoasQSs_hbto20ZUlnUyd7W6rF_s5mAY7EEvVcquUtsWpqYbPdOz9t_vDKHb271gb5xmHSEJoTMRXx7urrp5YTxxwHuUUVtmY/s400/100918-190850-Craft+Day-043.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> Jessica's turned out great! I looooove the colors!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIE_N7fIBAbWZjSAiq2dJ3i3zYoM7II9es1jpzE_uwWjbDLYjDlFdcQ-g5yKLRSa_OrDuhFj5xMP1-tnnQMRCTBDjC1UCH3vJPVTSSYh7ZBKXapzPX9e_1FrLqmRBtHbdWS2T4egNXk8/s1600/100918-200003-Craft+Day-044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinIE_N7fIBAbWZjSAiq2dJ3i3zYoM7II9es1jpzE_uwWjbDLYjDlFdcQ-g5yKLRSa_OrDuhFj5xMP1-tnnQMRCTBDjC1UCH3vJPVTSSYh7ZBKXapzPX9e_1FrLqmRBtHbdWS2T4egNXk8/s400/100918-200003-Craft+Day-044.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-61336269281913388252010-09-09T12:00:00.001-05:002010-09-09T12:00:00.132-05:00TP Wall Art Tutorial<div style="text-align: center;">Say what?!? TP...as in Toilet Paper??...for your walls? I know it sounds crazy, but trust me, the end product is like nothing you've ever seen. There were a couple of these floating around that I really thought were cute, like <a href="http://kundinfamily.blogspot.com/2010/06/1-home-decor-paper-flower-wreath.html">here</a>, <a href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2010/06/recycled-toilet-paper-roll-wall-decor.html">here</a>, and <a href="http://averychocolatewedding.blogspot.com/2010/06/finally-finished-painting-and-tiling.html">here</a>. I decided to do mine a little differently though. Here's how:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Supplies:</div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots and lots of toilet paper rolls (I used 11)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hot Glue</div><div style="text-align: center;">Spray Paint or Acrylic Paint (optional)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Cut your tubes into about 1" strips. You want to make sure that they are all equal widths, or some will be higher than others which makes it hard to attach without looking wonky. I made a little template size with cardstock that made it easy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphvj2NQ_ZIHu8_7E9lG7k5uL_I8LkHT55qoUrIUVJf6jWtZdW3saBX7v9IlsSc2EFe5KzeXLSdqOqzKi5gFT-9e2wYMOQK-1YzrP0qrSWzLCbD8Jk577n4MsAOMPUl5nWL1wZQDPpVSQ/s1600/100_7161.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphvj2NQ_ZIHu8_7E9lG7k5uL_I8LkHT55qoUrIUVJf6jWtZdW3saBX7v9IlsSc2EFe5KzeXLSdqOqzKi5gFT-9e2wYMOQK-1YzrP0qrSWzLCbD8Jk577n4MsAOMPUl5nWL1wZQDPpVSQ/s320/100_7161.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Decide what shape you want to make. I decided on flowers with 8 petals. The easiest way I found to do this was to line up the end, and just glue the amount you needed. See the picture, it might make it more clear.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2BU28KunqUTzlNBNGA5hDlyIkMtOngaY-Hws0uits7Oifm3fRIWgLulgRwhttNJJNx5re5QvOroFKhNQxFKR3cVbhtO7lTKf9Sq4AgIdmtXUoSCn79aKyNobkqrhLrFBV1pP1trx_8c/s1600/100_7165.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI2BU28KunqUTzlNBNGA5hDlyIkMtOngaY-Hws0uits7Oifm3fRIWgLulgRwhttNJJNx5re5QvOroFKhNQxFKR3cVbhtO7lTKf9Sq4AgIdmtXUoSCn79aKyNobkqrhLrFBV1pP1trx_8c/s320/100_7165.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Once you glue all that you need, you'll open your flower and glue the two petals (from the top and bottom of your stack) to each other.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialJOolwWW7FxIOhB8OUKLtsAEdQddH_Ml7XRmOe6iigSNvZ814LqB9iA6_eW7t5oy_d768PX-IPj3KzhyphenhyphenLxe-ld4Bai8C-G8LmkEKxED-AI5h7eg1PEswMwTOuC4BKKyGD6WsWOz28ic/s1600/100_7166.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEialJOolwWW7FxIOhB8OUKLtsAEdQddH_Ml7XRmOe6iigSNvZ814LqB9iA6_eW7t5oy_d768PX-IPj3KzhyphenhyphenLxe-ld4Bai8C-G8LmkEKxED-AI5h7eg1PEswMwTOuC4BKKyGD6WsWOz28ic/s320/100_7166.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See, pretty flower.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfw9ai0oSi22K-ABGO9XISRUQvXRQo-jEbMijsIYOeueIpXdxqPSyPFuyxpDOtwfd84OmW2upktcXj2AKdNkF9KI7Ot5EhFv0ARvlu9OtW22K_4TEU5PnVjFcliHPKT8KaDHc9VwJZdw/s1600/100_7168.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGfw9ai0oSi22K-ABGO9XISRUQvXRQo-jEbMijsIYOeueIpXdxqPSyPFuyxpDOtwfd84OmW2upktcXj2AKdNkF9KI7Ot5EhFv0ARvlu9OtW22K_4TEU5PnVjFcliHPKT8KaDHc9VwJZdw/s320/100_7168.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now, just make as many as you need for whatever shape you're going for. Check out those links at the top for what the other ladies did, super cute! I needed 12.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvU0pXzwwMV4CTer0k_SlEfUCdM5aPD4WQJfaG549-UB45O58IiGPDQ6tmgGe2frkZGrDycyOv4Ww6Z1wR-67_cIIsrFb3NleJVHhp6BNrq_9IAwqVESJ5m0eTFRuOI4L7OD5NmcgGno/s1600/100_7170.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglvU0pXzwwMV4CTer0k_SlEfUCdM5aPD4WQJfaG549-UB45O58IiGPDQ6tmgGe2frkZGrDycyOv4Ww6Z1wR-67_cIIsrFb3NleJVHhp6BNrq_9IAwqVESJ5m0eTFRuOI4L7OD5NmcgGno/s320/100_7170.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I laid out my design and decided that I wanted to paint mine, I've seen a lot left natural. I tried spray painting mine first, but after 3 coats, although more time consuming, I decided to paint mine with acrylic paint. I wanted a good solid cover. I painted all but one white, with the one being yellow. Then, I glued my flowers on the ends that connected.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKWaM14oIIbjIb1nIgwZb55oEbvabC0AUopSadclHHywuNoQKxDfmWG1Q_0KInhQCitTIRn_WaxzsfvC-UfeFkqZAQZhDD4uaX97PdoSQUo_LvCjNaOlWSYb6DAf_bLLk6egjLjFT72s/s1600/100_7171.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicKWaM14oIIbjIb1nIgwZb55oEbvabC0AUopSadclHHywuNoQKxDfmWG1Q_0KInhQCitTIRn_WaxzsfvC-UfeFkqZAQZhDD4uaX97PdoSQUo_LvCjNaOlWSYb6DAf_bLLk6egjLjFT72s/s320/100_7171.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Doesn't it look great? My sis has it hanging in her office, along with <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/09/word-wall-art.html">this</a>, <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/08/roadkill-rescue-zebra-office-chair.html">these</a>, and some of <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/06/natural-bottles.html">these</a>!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RffIWz2p4MFQO4vknDq54C7EfTvv2deRX_8cZClE_lrJTeSSKyfLYvyRtDoxMhkPxAnNOCFdti4VIk7KGc6X63aY0NRXpnY492cHAlPunKiwabzV3M94A2ERprqyUudWvgpLjfuJGGI/s1600/tp+art.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9RffIWz2p4MFQO4vknDq54C7EfTvv2deRX_8cZClE_lrJTeSSKyfLYvyRtDoxMhkPxAnNOCFdti4VIk7KGc6X63aY0NRXpnY492cHAlPunKiwabzV3M94A2ERprqyUudWvgpLjfuJGGI/s320/tp+art.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cuuuuuute! And who's going to know it's made of Toilet Paper? Well...all of you, but we won't tell! :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-28995439112078770032010-09-08T17:34:00.000-05:002010-09-08T17:34:43.596-05:00My Sister's Office<div align="center">Check out those chairs that my sister and I redid in her new office! </div><div align="center">They look great don't they? </div><div align="center">You can see the transformation <a href="http://paisleypinkpolkadots.blogspot.com/2010/08/roadkill-rescue-zebra-office-chair.html">here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9myn577Jz1fwYKM155LA0WFjYzacsLeUFWtFKlkXWbm2rXK8cCg7XOYR-4Ty8P3xUG2cqMgRqnTsRFz9TiJS7-QcJV8X_Tih-oUTcXS9vxqXw3KCkwqcjcQI3FXnrjYFsasDbJv76APg/s1600/amy+office.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9myn577Jz1fwYKM155LA0WFjYzacsLeUFWtFKlkXWbm2rXK8cCg7XOYR-4Ty8P3xUG2cqMgRqnTsRFz9TiJS7-QcJV8X_Tih-oUTcXS9vxqXw3KCkwqcjcQI3FXnrjYFsasDbJv76APg/s640/amy+office.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love the color of the wall, with the colors in the chair. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That picture was the original inspiration for the whole room.</div><div align="center"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4887969580626262200.post-2964233407999807732010-09-07T17:32:00.000-05:002010-09-07T17:32:07.771-05:00Outside of the Box Artwork<div align="center">So, I went over to my crafty friend Kim's house last week for dinner and saw this art work in her bathroom. (These were taken with my camera phone...sorry about the poor quality!)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOos1Dgfk-E9NPFS7EdYN_-jUxklCsp27-H5x1_v56Ytpw2BwkLSH_UdniOz6lExxiq3rzpz0QUP4l6YNpzHRWwI8Jo9Z8q1YMguWbNlzXfOLrsSWzEoO4kOdHs_btBDIaiNdwrhRpPU/s1600/IMG00148-20100902-2106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaOos1Dgfk-E9NPFS7EdYN_-jUxklCsp27-H5x1_v56Ytpw2BwkLSH_UdniOz6lExxiq3rzpz0QUP4l6YNpzHRWwI8Jo9Z8q1YMguWbNlzXfOLrsSWzEoO4kOdHs_btBDIaiNdwrhRpPU/s320/IMG00148-20100902-2106.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just had to share it with you guys! Can you tell what they are? Let me give you a closer look!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjHx2PhRqSg4qj2HI2TfDB-FjBua5TSJDhDH75H96CWbYRXmzRjXEJT4LihbIQgMbDbdMibqNIL-_Jti9xhU4poScAdAL2YSsMInemAv1RMFARe209775cRiEx-_rWXfLdZ6lsIv9V9c/s1600/IMG00149-20100902-2106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjHx2PhRqSg4qj2HI2TfDB-FjBua5TSJDhDH75H96CWbYRXmzRjXEJT4LihbIQgMbDbdMibqNIL-_Jti9xhU4poScAdAL2YSsMInemAv1RMFARe209775cRiEx-_rWXfLdZ6lsIv9V9c/s320/IMG00149-20100902-2106.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Isn't it so fun? They are plain "Jenga" style blocks! She said the frames are super cheap from IKEA, and she put some fancy Target wrapping paper inside and then glued the blocks on the outside of the glass. So creative! It really gives the space more dimension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yjD7KNbl-Z71bRxnfl8E-qeGb3qJNsvlxwhZGTvGVoA9S8Fo17nulSgsuyVTVBim78nXpfLuBhXqzBj0jE1UjNHk8I4zaeuhVBe46JWyP_rXPWK0bxu1mOcbQrTBWO6GvyqdQpow8-g/s1600/IMG00150-20100902-2107.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7yjD7KNbl-Z71bRxnfl8E-qeGb3qJNsvlxwhZGTvGVoA9S8Fo17nulSgsuyVTVBim78nXpfLuBhXqzBj0jE1UjNHk8I4zaeuhVBe46JWyP_rXPWK0bxu1mOcbQrTBWO6GvyqdQpow8-g/s320/IMG00150-20100902-2107.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love it!!</div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54488/122/1963065BF558CDBB07966A75709639BA.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /></a></div>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01114699921206266188noreply@blogger.com1