Thursday, March 18, 2010

Internal Struggle: Left vs Right Brain

I came across this drawing on Artsyville a while ago and adore it... speaks so clearly to the jumbled-slash-organized mess going on in my head all the time!


Thursday, March 11, 2010

Shower Decor: Felt Garlands

I ended up making both the Felt Garlands and some Table Runners for the baby shower I co-hosted this past weekend and was so happy with how it turned out! You can see a table runner below and the other one in a picture from Monday's post.



Felt Garland
The garland hung above the kitchen island, where we had the candy bar set up
 

The garland was super easy to make... I cut three differently sized circles out of three colors of felt and then just fed them one-by-one through the sewing machine. It was such a satisfying project to sew... very little time needed and you had a super long garland created!


Felt Garland

Felt Garland


The carnation balls didn't end up happening this time - I couldnt find wet foam spheres anywhere and the ones I ordered online didn't come in time. But now I have a project for my sister's bachelorette party decorations this summer! :)

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Well Said: Do What You Love

A quotation J recently shared with me... speaks to my heart... I hope you like it!

Steve Jobs Quotation

Monday, March 8, 2010

Baby Shower Activity: Iron-on Appliques

The baby shower I co-hosted this past weekend went fabulously... we enjoyed good food (my contribution was cheese fondue- yum!), good company, and lots of oohing and aahing over the gifts, especially all those tiny clothes!

Baby Shower: Onesie Appliques
Plain onesies on a clothesline
 

Baby Shower: Onesie Appliques

The main activity was a big hit- decorating onesies. This seems to be a pretty common baby shower event, but I heard lots of compliments on the approach we took... Using this idea from Jordan Ferney, we had guests trace shapes onto different fabrics and iron on their creations. I was seriously amazed by the creativity levels... I had expected everyone to choose a single fabric/ shape, and one guest put her shape on the backside, which started a major trend!

I had the onesies hung up on a clothesline with clothespins, and instructions hung a few places around the room. The 'worktable' had fabric pieces with iron-on interfacing already on the back and a selection of shapes to trace, and an ironing board nearby. I used interfacing which had 2 sticky/tacky sides, and that worked well. If you try this, we quickly learned that you can't have too many pencils or scissors!

Baby Shower: Onesie Appliques
The fonts used to create the shapes all came from dafont.com- look under the 'dingbats' category. The shapes we used (pdf) and the instructions sign (ppt) can be downloaded by clicking on the associated images below.  

Baby Shower: Custom Onesies

Baby Shower: Custom Onesies



Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Idea to steal: Billy Buttons

I love fresh flowers in the house, but am not always so good about keeping them in fresh water... I think that I may need to steal the idea I've been seeing on blogland - dried Billy Button flowers. So pretty!



In general I am not a fan of fake or dried flowers, but love how cute these are. In case anyone else is also interested in re-creating this idea, Nicole from Making It Lovely says she got hers here.