Ok guys, so by this point I've shown you the invitations and the place tiles, and I'm going to try to make this as short as possible so - welcome to my best friend's Moroccan Bridal Shower! AH! The first big event I've been preparing for for MONTHS as Maid of Honor finally came and …
Continue reading #MyBestFriendsWedding Chapter 5: The Bridal Shower
I can't remember if I've gone into much detail about this, probably not, but I should come clean about something: I cannot for the life of me learn Photoshop. I don't know what it is, I'm pretty good with software and tech in general, I'm eager to learn how to use such a powerful tool …
Continue reading Quickie Crafts: Cake Toppers For Marcel’s Birthday
The "why buy it for $7 when you can make it for $92 worth of craft supplies?" meme runs my life. I have a very hard time just buying something when I KNOW I can totally make it myself and it will turn out almost identical to the original. The satisfaction of seeing something made …
You know I'm ALL about the DIY life for Halloween costumes. Do you remember this one? I'm still super proud of those two costumes, but this year was a whole new ball game, on a much tighter deadline. My bff wanted to keep it simple but cute, so she decided she wanted to be a …
Continue reading Halloween 2017 DIY – Two On The Run Costumes & Winter Is Here!
Up until last year, I wasn't interested in Game of Thrones or any of the events that came to be on the show (#RedWedding), but with all the social media ruckus about Mr. Jon Snow, it peaked my curiosity just enough to watch the first episode of season 6 to find out whether or not …
Continue reading Winter Is Here – A Proper Game Of Thrones Watch Party (**Minor Spoilers!**)
Every year, I feel like there is a theme around a certain new craft/element that keeps reappearing throughout different orders. 2015 was the character letters, 2016 was vinyl, and one of this year's big contenders were big props. I'd never really made big props before, but it has become a staple of many orders this …
Continue reading Big Props Need Love Too – 80s Gala Rockout \m/
Aw man! Such a thrilling ride it's been with this order - from the moment I got the call, to tackling the making of the ramp, the little truck boxes and finally the big truck prop... So you know, the end will be no different! Before I show you the final pictures of everything, let's …
For the third and final installment of this order (click here for the intro, part 1, and part 2)- the big truck prop/photo booth station for Mateo's fourth birthday. The inspiration for this craft were this picture and this one too. If I'm honest, when I initially got this order, I ranked the items in my head …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 3: The Big Truck Prop
After last week's still unbelievably successful ramp construction, it was time to move on to the next item on the monster truck party order: the box trucks. Mateo's mom saw a couple of images online of kids wearing boxes that were decorated like cars (like this one and this one on Pinterest), and wanted something similar …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 2: WCB Car Dealer, Inc.
As I shared on my last post, I've just agreed to build a ramp for a kid's birthday party. I don't know what possessed me to do this, but here I am. It's go time, no take-backsies. After getting the call and agreeing to making the three items for this monster truck-themed birthday, the first …
Continue reading Riding Sturdy, Chapter 1: Conceptualizing & Building a Ramp
Work-Craft Balance 