Lotus bag
Friday, February 22nd, 2008 Posted in embroidery, general crafts, sewing | No Comments »February has been a busy birthday celebration month. It might be the shortest month of the year, but we've already celebrated two friend's birthday and there is another celebration this weekend. Days before R's birthday, I was looking at PurlBee's sewing ...
Mum-o-rama: the making of.
Saturday, January 26th, 2008 Posted in Flowers, Wedding, crafts, general crafts | 1 Comment »Well, we already discussed how I liked the pomander balls....now here is how they were made: 1. Beheaded LOTS of mums! 2. Went glue gun CRAZY! Nah, seriously, these are the changes that I made to the pomander idea:
Mum-o-rama!
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 Posted in Flowers, Wedding, general crafts | No Comments »Picture this: September, 2007; a beautiful hot summer in Philadelphia. Leaves were starting to turn beautiful golden colors but the weather remained around 70's. In our little garden, tomatoes were still being harvested; the basil was giving up and the eggplants ...
We LOVE burgundy.
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 Posted in crafts, hobbies, paper crafts | No Comments »So once we had a basic idea for the invitations (burgundy, square, with a ribbon accent that would prove to be useful and small cream-colored contrasting LOVE* embossed square) we started to play.
Brainstorming is better done in two.
Monday, August 13th, 2007 Posted in crafts, paper crafts | 3 Comments »After looking at a few pictures of invitations (you can use Flickr.com, Knot.com or WeddingChannel.com to find images that inspire you) I found one that we both liked. It was square, it had a ribbon holding the "extra" paper inserts ...
R.S.V.P. - Reserved Savings Vanish (in) Paper
Saturday, August 11th, 2007 Posted in crafts, paper crafts | No Comments »So what do you do when you walk into a Center City stationary shop that shall-remain-unnamed and are given a quote of $500 for 100 wedding invitations? If you're me, you thank the person and walk out. Then, later ...