mini calendar

I made this a few months ago for Christmas presents. I made four of them so I could have several gifts for people. The calendar is a little bigger than a card and has magnets on the back to hang up on your frig. The idea was that its there as a reminder of what day it is and something cute to hang on your frig! Enjoy.

Cutest paper on the block{s}

I LOVE these blocks...the young women were doing them in my old ward and my craft buddy and I have been talking about making them for months!

• I bought a 4x4 thing of wood (which isn't a true 4x4...its actually 3 3/4...lame)
• Cut them to be true squares
• Sand all the edges and corners (an electric sander is faster)
• Paint all of them edges and corners brown (or whatever color you prefer)
• Mod-Podge paper with a sponge brush on all sides and there you go! (Less mod-podge is better...then that prevents bubbles on the paper surface
• the letters I traced and cut out and then mod-podged on!
  

Wall Art

My friend and I made this wall art with scrapbooking paper. We cut out all of the pieces, sanded the edges and then glued them on. We totally copied these from some wall art found at Anthropolgie for $104 a piece. And we made them for next to nothing. Besides the cost of the paper, I bought MDF board at Home Depot and them cut two 12 x 12 squares and them mod-podged the paper on and mounted it on the wall! I love how they turned out and it was fun to copy someone elses idea to chang things up!

Itinerary

This is the book my siblings and I gave my parents when we surprised them with their trip to Hawaii! It's a detailed day-to-day calendar of their activities as well as extra things to do and see. The whole book is handwritten besides the driving directions. The album is 6 x 6...a perfect traveling size!

Guest Sign-In

This is the guest sign-in that I had at my parents 25th wedding anniversary party. I included far away family and friends by having them email me their thoughts to my parents which I included in the scrapbook. Those that attended the party signed it as they arrived!


A few key points:
the scrapbook is 8 1/2 x 8 1/2
I sewed all of the paper (the ones with the letters on them) to the background sheet and then spray glued the pages together.
The cover I pretty much sewed everything on.
The word "together" on the cover is my handwritting.
I used mounting tape on some of the elements on the cover to give it dimension.
Most of the paper I used is Basic Grey...I have found with themed scrapbooks that it always looks more cohesive and complete when the paper and embellishments match!

Step 2: Signs and favors

I made these signs with the intention that my mom can scrapbook them later. One of my goals with this party was to have it run itself. This helps a lot when you have the proper signage. No one had to stand at the door to answer it because the sign did it for us! Two commonalities in all of these signs:

1. They all are framed with layers of paper in different colors

2. I distress EVERYTHING!!!! This Aloha sign is made from two 12 x 12 sheets of paper. I first made a pattern no scatch paper and then traced it onto the real paper. And as you can see I did layers. It always looks so much better when you frame what you are doing. The letters for Aloha I designed on scratch paper first and then cut out each letter in two different colors to shadow.
I am totally loving my handwritting after reading that handwritting book. It's so fun to play and see what I can come up with.
I love this sign. It took a long time to make, but it was worth it. The letters are from stamps and the 25 is my desing. I used eyelets to lace the three pieces together.

I made a place where I hung pictures of my parents wedding for people to look at! And the other sign went above the guest sign in table.
I placed this sign above the favors as people were leaving.
I love these favors. Chocolate covered raisins. And the "k" is for Kenning(my parents last name). These were so fun to make and cheap too!

Top 10 Reasons Why I Love My Daddy

Alright, so here is Paul's Father's Day present. It's a top ten count down book of why Evie loves her Daddy. It is a 6x6 album, made from cardstock. I first picked my pictures for each reason, put them together with the page & picked a picture or two, then made a space for the number & last I made the textbox the size I needed to fit. Then I sanded & distressed the pictures & wording. I used BasicGray chipboard letters & numbers which I covered in different green Bazzill to match the paper. I sanded & distressed each of them. Then I zig-zagged the writing and straight stitched the number squares in a pretty green thread. Then I made him a matching card to go in the last page, which I made into a pocket, so he can always keep the card together. Then I backed the pages with each other and stitched around edges to make it more sturdy. And last, I tied on some brown colors of hemp and "man-ribbon" on the rings. I love how the brown & green colors all went together so well!

Album cover

Dedication & Reason 10

#9 & 8

#7 & 6

#5 & 4

#3 & 2

#1 & pocket page

Father's Day card

Album back