Wedding Card

About 8 years ago, I saw this cute little card in a shop in San Diego. I loved it and decided to sketch it out on a piece of paper that was in my purse. I then copied it to my "idea notebook" that I keep in my craftroom. I was cleaning and reorganizing my craft room last week when
I came across that notebook. So, I decided to work out how to make the card. I hand-drew the pictures on it after I figured out how to fold it. I then painted it with watercolors and then traced it in black ink.

Here it is.

And here is a template if you would like it. Be sure to click on the photo so that it opens
larger before you try to print it.

Tami

Free Cupcake Wrappers!

Well, the 4th is over. We always mean to have a party for the 4th, but somehow, it never works out. This year was really nice because we made it work out. I think everyone who came enjoyed the food and had a good time.

I am glad we did it. I always get crazy a day or two before entertaining and wonder why I am doing it. Then the day after I think, I'm really glad I did it. Do you ever feel this way about entertaining, or is it just me?

Below are the yummy brownies I made. They are just plain old brownies, but I made them in a muffin tin so that every edge gets that yummy chewy effect that everyone loves. They were a big hit. I just put a Betty Crocker canned icing on them and used the marshmallow fondant I had left over from the bug cupcakes for the stars and a heart confetti by Wilton. Oh, and I made some 4th of July cupcake wrappers at the last minute. If you'd like them, they are below.





I also made this pillow cover for the other corner of the porch on Friday night. It could use a bigger pillow, but the form I had was too small.




Be sure to click on them and open then into the full-size before trying to save these or they won't print correctly.


A friend of ours opened a new cafe, so I'm going to be selling my coffee cozies at her shop. Here are the ones I finished the other day.

Enjoy!
Tami

A Free Printable

You can get other free printable cupcake wrappers here. I decided to move these to the top because I posted them a few days ago, but not many people were around. Just print these, tape the edge and drop your cupcake into them. They really are too cute. If you can't be bothered cutting the scalloped edge, it doesn't matter much because it is usually hidden by the cupcake top. Enjoy!

Free Cupcake Wrappers

I have been making cupcake wrappers for my cupcakes and thought you might like to use them too. Just print them and cut them out. I then use a piece of tape to hold it together. These are the ones I used on my eggs yesterday (see previous post). I just wrapped them so that they were smaller.  There are LOTS more printable wappers under the header at the top of my blog called "Free Printables".  Enjoy!

How to Make Your Own Signs of Spring

You can click on this picture to make it larger to see detail.

I bought up all of the wooden signs they had at 90% off at Dollar General after Christmas. ($.10 each!!!) I wanted to do something fun with them, so I decoupaged this one. You can do it too! Totally easy. The steps are as follows.

1. Paint the sign all white. It doesn't have to be perfect because you will be covering it. The white paint just covers the ugly stuff that was already on the sign so it doesn't show through the fabric, paper and tissue paper you are going to decoupage on the sign. Let it dry.

2. Gather any old scraps of scrapbooking paper, newspaper, magazines, fabric, etc. that you have. Gift wrap and tissue paper work well too. Rip the scraps to the approximate size of the sign. I ripped a bunch to fit vertically. Some scraps were small so I just left them the way they were.

3. Get your bottle of glue out. I used Eileen's in the brown bottle. It is nice because it is drier and therefore dries faster than some other glues. Do a quick layout of where you want your scraps to go. I just did them haphazardly, but you could do them in stripes or in a specific pattern.

4. Start gluing!

5. Cut a branch and a bird from a scrap of plain paper or fabric. I did so many different patterns that I wanted the bird to show up. If you can't draw, here is a pattern that you can print and trace onto your paper.

6. Next add a ribbon bow to the wire hanger, glue some cute little doo-dads that you might have in your scrapbooking or papercrafting supply. Little ribbons, flowers and gems, and brads are nice. I also used an inkpad and inked the edge of the bird. I had some scrolls made of chipboard so I used one for his wing. These chipboard elements are great and you can find them at your Family Dollar if you have one. (Cheep! Cheap!)

7. Next, I took some indoor clear varnish that I had sitting around and applied two coats to the whole thing. It really pulled it all together. The whole thing is shiny. Let it dry after each coat.

8. Hang it up and be proud!

Other signs of Spring....The boy... home from school again.

Cute Dress Card

Below is a card I made and for which I made a pattern ... also below! I used wallpaper for the dress. It isn't attached to the card yet, but I couldn't wait to get it on my blog. Isn't it cute???