The invitations

The invitations have been sent out a while ago and I can now show them here on the blog. It was a lot of work! We didn't find any ready stained paper so we stained it ourselves with tea. But I really do like how they turned out and hey it's only once you get to make your own wedding invitations, right? Luckily it was just 35 invitations.

Here they are. Rustic and peach-coral which will also kind of be the theme for the wedding. I addition to summer nature and green.

The invitations part 2

This is not turning into a wedding blog. But right now my crafting is dedicated to doing wedding stuff. We will not have a big wedding just about 70 guests. But the cards have taken forever to make! The cards are now ready but we still need to write the text, maps and everything else.

Here is another sneak peek of our cards. Will show you the finished cards when we've sent them out.

The invitations

 Here is a little peek of our wedding invitations. Haven't finished the prototype yet but we have settled for the combo dymo letters + aged wood + red hues. I love the aged wood paper! It's double sided so the cards will have wood on the inside too. We'll see how I like the idea of using the dymo after I've made 40 cards....

Halloween crafts

Sometimes I wish I lived in the US. Halloween is one of those times. Would love to decorate my house wit pumpkins, and eat pumpkin and have kids coming to us trick-or-treating. Oh well. Halloween is not as big here. To buy a pumpkin costs a fortune. Here are some Halloween crafts that I might do anyways. And we are actually having a Halloween party at my job so I might do some Halloween crafts with the kids. 

Links via Pinterest.

Will definitely do the shadow paper skulls, bats and owls with the kids to decorate for our Halloween party.

Price tags

I'd love to order printed tags since that would look a bit more professional. They are expensive and I usually have a hard time deciding on what I want. Since I'm running a handmade business handmade tags are also appropriate. So this is what I came up with.

1. Wrote text on word. 

2. Printed that out (multiple tags per page). 

3. Cut out each tag with a border enough to sew around.

4. Grab some thicker cardboard. 

5. Sew on the tags to the cardboard (no glue needed!). You can experiment here. Sew zig zag or straight, all the way around or  just two sides... Remember to use a old needle and don't use that one for sewing in fabric. And also I use my old sewing machine for sewing on paper. Don't dare to use by new one for that!

Like candy

Love these vintage candy-like cabochons! Made earrings from the colors I had two of and I had to make big candy rings of the ones that I have left. Since they are vintage I only have these left.

Soon available in my shop.

Neon fever

Neon is so in this summer, whether you like it or not. I'm really not sure that I like it. But yeah of course I'm a slave of trends and had to buy a couple of bottles of neon paint. This is the result.

 I actually like it this way. Neon details are bright and fun! I would never wear a neon top or dress but details are actually kind of pretty.

Time management

Oh if I could have at least a couple of extra hours a day!

These is a great post on A beautiful mess about time management.

I love to-do lists! You get SO much more done if you have a list with everything that you need to do. I usually have one to-do list a day and one for the whole week.

New obsession

 washi tape! Available in SO many colors and patterns, just want them all. Want to decorate everything with them. Okay I settle for just decorating orders with them though...

and by the way. I kind of forgot about the one photo a day challenge. I have too work this week and the next and have a big exam next week. I shouldn't do challenges like that since I know I never manage to do them. And also summer arrived here so really it is too pretty out there to stay inside.

A month of craft photos: 11. A WIP

 This is what I've been up to today! Decoupageing and gluey hands! So much fun.

I'll be helping out at agililty competitions all weekend so I will show you 3 photos on Monday instead. 

Have a lovely weekend!

A moth of craft photos

I found this fun challenge through Yarn Madness, originally from Untangling knots. I'm up for it! Trying to use my camera a lot more than I'm doing right now and this is a great way to do that I think! Anyone else up for it?

I'm starting tomorrow, will do them one by one. Not sure if I manage to make one post every day for a month but I'll do my best.