4-30-11: Custom Headbands for Aurelia

Aurelia is four years old and she is a little style maven! She is cute as a bug's ear and loves my bird headbands - which is quite an honor! Sadly, I was not able to find her a cardinal(the bird, not the senior ecclesiastical official or dinosaur topper... yet. With the help of her mother, she chose these birds to adorn her precious widdle head!

1-29-11: Stevie's Birthday - Presents

To make the little Huckleberry photo frame flair I cut a Polaroid I had taken with my SX-70 to fit in the sticker frame (which was from a scrapbooking sticker pack I've had for years). The wood grain gift tag is contact paper applied to a manila folder scrap.

For this present I tucked a paper frame (SX-70 image size) I made with a Polaroid of our dog Buddy under the plaid ribbon. The paper for the frame is a hi-lo mix of thrifted manila folder and fancy handmade paper from the art supply store. I also used vintage photo corners, rubber stamp letters and a color photocopy of an antique label.

This really was a fragile glass gift - I have a huge packet of those vintage mailing stickers which are not only practical but look good too! The guinea pig gift tag was from the same educational set as the clowns for the banner. I stamped him with my typewriter letter, isn't he the cutest? I love his widdle feet and kooky hair.

The portraits of our dogs Buddy & Huckleberry were wrapped in the guinea pig tag package. Aren't they handsome in their little yellow bows? Did you know you can order prints from Snapfish and pick them up at your local Walgreen's usually within an hour? It is genius! The document frames are from K-Mart - $15.99 each.

A wind-up birthday robot from my parents to Stevie. Clearly it is going to steal our prescription medications for fuel! Beep-beep-boop!

1-12-11: WIWT - Donner Party Below-Zero Chic

More Holiday Wrapping!

Gallery Walk Sneak Peek: Hortense & Millicent OUTTAKES 2

5-10-10

new headband designs!

all of these headbands will be available for purchase at revival (http://www.revivaliowacity.com/) later this week!

Scrap Bag Floral Headband

Bottle Wrap in a Snap!

Here's a swift, economical and festive way to wrap a gift bottle! 

Supplies:

4 - 6 sheets tissue paper

1 piece of wrapping or other decorative paper

Scissors or X-acto knife

Glue stick or double sided tape

Ribbon or twine

Decorative scissors or pinking shears (optional)

1. Lay tissue paper flat and place bottle in center. Fold tissue paper up and around stem of bottle and secure with ribbon or twine. Make bow if desired.

3. Measure piece of decorative paper to fit around the middle of the bottle. Wrap decorative paper around middle of bottle and secure with glue stick or double-sided tape.

4. Using fingertips, gently separate layers of tissue at top. End result should look like a flower.

Optional: For a fancier package - BEFORE you separate tissue layers, trim tissue paper at top with pinking shears or decorative scissors. (I used pinking shears in the photos above)

5. Attach gift tag of your choice and give!

Hint: for a neater package fold all raw (cut) ends of the decorative paper under and secure with glue stick before applying.