Wedding signs.

These are the signs I made for my niece's wedding, and how they used them for decor.  My sister arranged the flowers that they used with some of the signs.

 This is the instagram sign that they placed in the bar area where we all waited until the ceremony started.

The large sign is actually made from 2 smaller signs I bought from Michaels.  We nailed it together with a board in the back to hold it together.

This is the candy bar that they used for favors.  I made the little candy signs from cardstock and cut it using the Sizzix. 

And below you can see the chalkboard sign on one of the shelves.  I found the sign a few years ago at Target, and finally had a place to use the sign. 

Mini Prayer Flags

I've been in two swaps now for making mini prayer flags.  These are less than 2" and can be wearable if you put them on safety pins. You make them from the bits of scraps that you have from other leftover projects.  I've had a lot of scraps that I've been saving from different projects, and used denim and thicker canvas as a sturdier background.

These are the first ones that I made for a swap in one of my fabric crafting groups.  I also decided to make some heart-shaped ones because I love hearts.  You can also put bits of beads on them, sequins, whatever you like onto them.  I have a ton of beads and charms, so it was fun going through those.

 

 These four are from another swap in an art group. They were a little bigger than the safety pin ones. I liked working on a little bigger "canvas".  I could use bigger beads on them and charms. Using burlap and trim helped to give them a little different look.

They are a lot of fun to make, and really fast and easy too!

Painted Rocks

 So I've been sucked into the new craft of the moment, painting rocks.  What you do is paint up some rocks with acrylic paint, paint pens, sharpies, or whatever you have on hand, and then seal it with spray on acrylic sealer.  And after you do that, you hide them somewhere for someone to find.  I've actually hid two and gave away two.

This is the first one that I painted, the LOVE rock with hearts, and my sister-in-law liked it so I gave it to her.  :) 

This rock is a painting I've always wanted to do at one of those paint and sip places, but I just miniaturized it to fit on a rock.

I think I have to do a lot more practicing, and I have a lot more rocks to paint sitting in my livingroom.  Will post more when I paint more.

Ribbon Flag Class

The girls saw a USA flag made out of ribbons and wanted to make them. So I had a class at my home last month.  My two sister-in-laws, our neighbor, and one of our friends came over to make the flags.

 These are the supplies we used to make the flags.  It's pretty easy, just tie various ribbons and fabric on a dowel and then glue the blue part on part of the flag.  And sew or glue on buttons for the stars.

 Here is everyone working on their flags.

 And below are the finished products.  Everyone did such a great job!

Etched cups and paper tags

 We've been working on some etched metal cups.  My sister-in-law has a sand blaster, so we sand blasted a couple of cups for friends of ours.  They came out really nice!  I'll have to do that for me soon.  I like how there is a contrast in colors with these cups.

I've also been working on some tags for my daughter.  She is starting a business making succulent gardens.  And wanted some tags.  I found these cute dies from Spellbinders that are succulents.  So I made her these tags.  The tags I cut out with dies from Sizzix.  They came out pretty cute.

Dream Catchers

Last month I signed up for a Dream Catcher Swap in one of the groups I'm in.  We were assigned a partner, after we signed up, and we would send one dream catcher to the other person.  My partner was my friend Aileen.  We would tell them what colors or themes we liked, and they would create the rest. 

 

 I saw the colors Orange/Red/Yellow for her.  She is a very bright and happy person, and she loves colors.  So I made her the dream catcher that is above.  I'm not used to working in the warm color spectrum. A little out of my element.  But I think it came out ok, and she loved it!
 

The above dream catcher is what she sent to me.  I love the cool colors, and she did such a beautiful job!

The dream catcher below I made from the leftover supplies that I have.  My sister-in-law loved it, so I'm giving it to her.   She really likes it.