c for this blue and white wedding we so wanted to get antique Chinese vases for the flowers on every table.    Right not!!!   Ok  5,000$ was not quite in the budget so I  improvised.  We used half plain white vases and half blue and white.   The bride had collected a few on her travels over […]

How to mod-podge on glass

Hello I’m a little bit giddy as I write this post. I’m off to Kauai Its my 25 wedding anniversary and I think if we have made it this far we should really celebrate. So I thought I’d show you how I pack for a trip.  Its kind of funny but I like to put […]

How to pack for a trip

      I’ll admit I do have a sickness for  paper flowers…. wait I think I’ve said that before.  I will go to therapy later I promise.  I was on studio 5 showing off my creations, however you can only say so much in a 5 min segment, and lets face it when the […]

How to make paper flowers out of card stock

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Oh let the fun begin.  I loved this part the making of the giant tissue paper flowers!  I get to watch a lot of TV so I feel like the time I spent making these beauties was a great time to catch up on my Netflix binge watching. 1. first take about 6 sheets of […]

How to make giant tissue paper flowers

Some times the simplest of graphics can be the most lovely.  I did a wedding shower last week and made little thank you favors.  It was terribly easy and its so thoughtful for the bride to have a little thank you treat for her guest to take with them.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/wgl836hxkwml3b5/8×10%20thanks.jpg?dl=0#  Here is the link to this printable […]

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  This is the first part in a two-part tutorial on how to create giant bendable paper flower stems. second is the tissue paper flowers found HERE  In this first tutorial, I’ll show you how I made these giant bendable paper flower stems.  I’ve searched all over the web and found that this was the […]

How to make giant bendable paper flower stems

Hi friends,  one last cute Valentines tag I made for T-mans teachers.  I love swig Its a drink drive threw here in Utah where you can get your hearts desire of flavored drinks.  I have kinda been addicted lately, but lets move on. What teacher wouldn’t love to stop at Swig for a large Dirty […]

Swig Valentines tag

I know I’ve posted how to dye your own ribbon before. but today Ill so you again step by step just because its sooooo easy and the results will always be perfectly suited to your project.   first you start off with this amazing stuff.  You can find it anywhere crafting supplies are sold.  Its a misting […]

dying your own ribbon