Valentine Pennant Banner

There's nothing like a trip to the craft store to get our Valentine creative juices flowing.

We took a stroll through the scrapbook department at Craft Warehouse and fell in love with a line of Valentine paper by My Mind's Eye.  It's called "Love Me". 

Once we saw the whimsical valentine pennant print, we knew we had to have one in "real life" size.

  We really don't need another pennant banner, ah...but the papers are so fun!

To make the banner, we picked up 3 x 2 1/2  inch chipboard pennants and chipboard hearts.

For the other pennant sizes, we used the paper cutter to slice squares, rectangles, 

 and a couple of larger pennants.

  

We used Mod Podge to glue the papers to the chipboard.

Then we used a small hole punch to make holes for the string. 

 It takes some muscle to punch through chipboard and a layer of paper!

It's so easy to make!

We might have to head back to the store to stock up on this cute paper before it's gone!

Beware....

We are guest posting over at My Yellow Sandbox!

Come see how we made our

 "BEWARE"

banner!

While you're over there...check out all of Abby's fabulous hairstyle tutorials...WOW!

If only I had her hair...I would be all over it! :)

All About Witch Shoes

Just in case you missed our fun tutorial  for The Monster Craft Bash

over at Pocket Full Of Pink

we'd thought we'd post it again.

 We have a soft spot for anything Halloween,

and it's pretty obvious we have a fetish for Witch shoes too!

If you have wanted to try your hand at decoupaging

there are some great tips you want to take a peek at!

This project is pretty simple and unlimited for your imagination!

We knew we loved witch shoes...

but there's something about those socks that are so funny!

You will need some witch shoes cut from 3/4" MDF or pine,

 a 22" section of 2x4" wood,

Mod Podge, scrapbook paper and embellishments.

We grabbed our paper from Hobby Lobby and used K&Company,

which by far has the cutest Halloween paper that we love!

First we drew up some styles we really liked

and sized them to fit together.

We don't have a clue how to do free printables-

but feel free to blow up these pictures on your computer screen

and trace away!:)

These shoes range from 6"-9" tall and about 6" wide.

Ideally you'll need a scroll saw to cut these babies out.

They aren't hard to cut out, I promise!

Second, you'll need to base coat them with a coat of paint.

We always do a 2/1 ratio of paint with water.

The water helps the paint go on smoother with no globs.

Third, trace your shoe shapes right side down with pencil

and cut out each shape.  It's okay to leave a little overhang

which you'll next sand off.

For the sock we cut strips of colored paper and glued them onto white card stock

to create the perfect witch sock.

Another little tip~make sure to pre-cut your "sock" to the edge of the shoe.

That way you won't have a weird bump overhang that you glued over.

Using a very thin coat of Mod Podge, adhere your paper into place.

If you put it on too thick your paper will buckle.

Make sure to rub it all over and especially along the edges to ensure good contact!

Now it's time to sand the edges off!

This is what gives the shoes a painted on look!

You can pick up inexpensive files at your local hardware store for just a couple of bucks

and they are a must for these curly shoes!

You can also use a nail file to get in those tiny spaces.

We cut our lettering out with our Cricut

but you can write it on with a paint pen easily too!

We used Mod Podge to adhere the lettering to the board.

Now here's the fun part!

Tie on any and all embellishments to your heart's desire!

You seriously can't go wrong with these!

We even drilled some holes to lace up which was easy and fun.

Need some buckles?

We cut ours out of scrap cardboard and then glittered them

with German Glass Glitter from Meyer Imports.

That stuff is gorgeous!

We even added some to the spider for pop.

Then just wood glue your shoes into place and

you've got a fabulous Witch Shoe centerpiece anyone would envy,

cuz ya know.....It's All About The Shoes!

Make sure to check out all the other great Halloween ideas

for the Monster Craft Bash!

They are to die for!

 hee hee....Sorry, I couldn't resist!!

WYLTC @ Under My Umbrella

Are you guys ready for this month's project for

Wood You Like To Craft?

We had so much fun coming up with something

inspired by Melinda over at Under My Umbrella.

This month's theme was "birds",

with Melinda doing an amazing job with her adorable bird house!

Of course with this one we both had to whip something up

and made something definitely for the birds!:)

Make sure to come stop by Under My Umbrella for the full tutorial

and make sure to enter your own "version"

for a chance to win a gift card!

P.S. We finally got Candace's curtain rod hung in her master bedroom

and it looks AWESOME!!!!

Stay tuned for a sneak peek!:)

Easter Baskets

Today Candace and I were busy working on our projects for

our new online craft group

Wood You Like To Craft!

We are so excited and we hope you guys are too!

We think it's going to be soooo much fun

to not only do together but to see the twists

that everyone will do to personalize their projects!

The crafting begins March 7th~~~that's Monday folks!!!

So I've been a little busy making Easter baskets this week.

I teach classes here locally, so I'm always looking for a fun

project to make that is usually seasonal.

Well I've always wanted to make a sturdy

basket that would last throughout the years for my little girl.

A couple of years ago I made some of these up for a client

who wanted to follow the tradition her Mom had created

with wooden baskets she had hand painted for each of her kids.

I love traditions like that, keepsakes to hand down.

Here's my egg basket I created.

I thought it turned out pretty fun!

I had originally started with the bunny here,

 I rubbed off the edges a bit and I totally loved it but I wanted a bit more color

even though the little cotton bunny tail just about had me....

I love modge podging paper onto stuff,

it makes everything seem so much brighter and fun!

Do you guys have "heirloom" baskets or other fun Easter traditions?

Pink Pearled Lovebird Heart

I've always loved the idea of lovebirds and I'm not sure why.

Yes, I'm a hopeless romantic....

We have an abundance of cooing doves here

and I have to admit I love hearing them throughout the day

chatting away.
With our third heart Candace and I wanted something different but still romantic

and the doves seemed to be calling out to us.....:)

 (insert cheese here...oh yea it already is here.)

Well really, my little girl had something to say about what color we chose

and it's no surprise....she's all about pink!

We painted this heart a nice brown burnt umber

which has a "stain" appearance when you water it down a bit.

(can you tell which pictures my crappy camera took and which one Candace's did?)

Paired with some pretty pink paper, little doves, some cute cherry blossom buds and pearl corsage pins

all that was missing were the love words. 

Sometimes it can be really hard to find the perfect paper when you have an idea stuck in your head.

We knew we wanted something light and vellum was the perfect fit.

We googled "famous love sayings" and up popped all sorts of fun quotes.

We combined them all on a word document, picked a light shade of tan and printed them off.

After trimming them into a smaller version of the heart we

glued them on with a glue stick along the edges.

Next we plucked the little blossoms off the branches and skewered

them with the corsage pins.

These blossoms were plastic and the pins held them perfectly in place.

It was so easy my daughter had a blast putting them together!

We just trimmed off the excess pin with some pliers and hot glued them in place,

out lining the edges of the vellum word heart.

We glued on the little love birds which got a quick highlight of that

Gorgeous German Glass Glitter from Meyer Imports,

glued on a bow to hang it from and there ya go!

We've been pretty busy this week working on our latest "knock off" project

and we're really excited to do the big reveal!

Now if we can just get spray paint to cooperate with this cold weather!

Stay tuned......

Hearts Adore

 

I have been eyeing a scalloped wooden heart Nicole has had hanging on her fridge for about twelve years...seriously has it been twelve years already?
It was one of the first crafts she made when she was newly married.
It was one of the first projects that inspired us to investigate saws,
since it's so hard to find great wood shapes to craft with.

I finally got her to cut a few out for us to decorate.
 Nicole's original heart was scalloped like this one,
but in the center there were several dried rose buds.
Very simple and beautiful. 

When we had the blank scalloped heart in our hands,
our minds started whirling with all the ways to decorate it.
So we've made up 3 different hearts to show the possibilities!
 
Today we have our first heart and we used fake silk hydrangea blossoms,

 pearl beads, and that yummy Meyer Imports glitter.

This particular glitter is the 80 grit pink and it is luscious, like working with little crusted diamonds. 
It also happens to be our mom's favorite color of pink. 
When we pulled it out of the package, we both said, "That's Mom's color!" 
Our mom is a rose pink fan!

We are getting some really good use out of that Opera music book!

  We Mod Podged sheet music on the unfinished heart, after first painting it cream. 

Nicole Mod Podge's paper quite a bit and the easiest way is to first trace and then cut.

  There are less edges to sand if you do this.

We plucked apart the blossoms and hot glued them on the heart.

The hydrangea bunch had little buds that we dipped in glue and then glittered. 

We also wiped a little glue  randomly on the blossoms and shook glitter over it. 

We glued the pearl beads on last. 

I love the mix of the pearls and glitter! 

We have been so impressed with this glitter, it definitely adds a WOW factor to any project!

To finish it off, we added an "Adore" banner.  This was really simple to make. 

 Print your words, cut it into a strip, fold the edges, and clip the ends for a finished look.   

The great thing about this heart is that it's pretty enough to be up all year!

Stay tuned this week for our reveal of the other two hearts! :)

If any of you want an unfinished scalloped heart to decorate as you please, you can order them here.

Cutesie Wootsie VS Fancy Schmancy

I have envied Candace's Ornament Hanger from the moment I saw it!

Ooooh, the plans I had......

I finally got my version done!

Isn't it funny the things that inspire us?

For me it was some cookie cutters!

I traced them onto wood and cut them out.

And then I had fun decoupaging my left over scraps of paper and doo dads onto them.

And hello GLITTER GLUE!!!

I love cutsie wootsie stuff.....

So, Candace and I went craft hunting this week or better known as "shopping".

We are always looking for something fun to make and do together

and boy did we find some cute ideas!

We couldn't write them down fast enough!

Hence the conversation started about our styles and probably why

we have so much fun together making stuff 

is

I'm Cutesie Wootsie & she is Fancy Schmancy.

There's nothing wrong with either one and usually when we get together we find common ground.

But no matter what I do, I usually end up back at Cutsesie Wootsie.

So which one are you???

Make Your Monday at Twice Remembered