Corporate Crafters: January 2013

A Royal Affair

We had a GREAT Royal wedding party. It was so much fun, we both dressed up like brides and watched the Princess get married. The embellishments were almost all made from free printables I was able to find online.

Here is our party in a nut shell. It is a clear acrylic mini album in the shape of a carriage.

I picked her up at school with a bouquet of flowers (which she proceeded to chase the boys and hit them with the flowers).....

below is a bigger picture of the photo above... it's Princess Dianna in 1981 on her wedding day.

I LOVED that day.... Several friends and I were all up at 3:00 (California never even went to bed before it was on) to watch it live and then I got to watch it again with Mikayla after I picked her up from school. Truly a day to remember! I loved it!!!

Scrappy Pages

Kirsten and I go to an annual scrapbooking retreat in Wallis, TX. We both get so much done while we're there (and have a TON of fun)!! Here are a few of my layouts from this past year.

The next several layouts are side-by-side but I'm too lazy to figure out how to get them like that on blogger so just imagine them being side-by-side. :)

The next LO was sort of a joke because I was "racing" Kirsten to see who would get a LO done first and not stall (a thing we do A LOT). Kirsten actually made this LO for me before Tyler was born but I've never had a chance to put a picture on it. I brought it with me, slapped a picture on it and said, "DONE, I won"....hehe. Love this picture and LO of my little man. :)

We had such a fun weekend! I only scrap my favorite pictures and not necessarily in age order so it's not overwhelming! I'm thankful to have my blog that has all of my pictures and journaling so I can paper play with only a select few pictures. :) There is no way I could scrap all of Tyler's pictures! I'm planning to get a few more shadow boxes and display some of my new LOs at home and at the creek.

Wedding Gift: Ornament

I saw this idea on pinterest and knew it would be my new go-to wedding gift. I think it's personal and special. I'm thinking about making one for myself...ha!

All you do is cut the wedding invitation into strips, curl them around a pen and stuff them in a glass ornament. I embellished with a jingle bell and some ribbon/wrafia. I'm anxious to make another one as soon as I get the invite because they are so much fun! Tip: Don't forget to make a copy of the invite before you cut it up.... ;)

Canvas Crafting

Altered Art

I modified a blank 10x20 canvas I bought from Michaels. I printed the picture (8x10) on an overhead transparency. It looks so neat being able to see the background paper through the picture.

Before adding the layers of paper, I inked and distressed the canvas, then started layering on the papers/embelishments.

This is one of my favorite projects!

Christmas Money Box

My mother-in-law is the president of the German club and asked us to make her a "Donation Box" for their annual Christmas party.

We bought 3 boxes from Michael's and decorated them, cut holes through each box, cut a slit in the top, popped a start on the top and called it a day! We are happy with the results and it was a hit at the club too!