Rag Garland Photo Prop

A photographer friend of mine requested a rag garland to match her Eater back drop. It must have been meant to be because the exact colors that I needed were the very first pieces of fabric that I laid eyes upon. I got the fabric home and got to work. Cutting and tying. The edging is quite frayed, but I think I like it that way. Gives it a little bit of character. :) Here is the finished product. To see them in use with her back drop, please visit her page {here}.

John Deer Yarn Monogram Letters

I had a customer that ordered her nephew's name, to be done in John Deer colors. Exciting! Such bright, bold, vibrant colors! And they look great together for a little boys room! I was thrilled because unlike the other monogram letters in the past, I was going to be using two separate skeins of yarn. In the past, I used the multi colored yarn. And by using the two skeins, it made the task of wrapping so much quicker! 

I love the way it turned out! 

DIY Yarn Wrapped Monogram Letters

Recently I came across  a site that showed how to cover letters with yarn. Really, I didn't need instruction because well, it's not difficult to cover a letter in yarn.

This would have looked SO much better if I'd used the wooden letters you find in the craft section or even the boxy, cardboard letters. However, I had some cardboard boxes about to go to the trash so I utilized those instead.

If you're going to buy the letters, it will save you the troubling steps of drawing/tracing letters from the cardboard pieces. Who am I kidding?? The most difficult part was the cutting! But if you decide to recycle, this would be the first step.

The next step is to wrap the yarn around the letters. The ones I have seen online were wrapped in a much neater, fancier, straight line than what I chose to wrap mine. If you use a solid colored yarn it would probably looked best wrapped in a straighter fashion. However, I used a multi colored yarn so I wanted a messier type wrap look.

When you are satisfied with your look, place in desired locale and enjoy!

I've been up to my ears in elephants!

First of all, I've been missing for awhile. I know this. I know it's getting bad when a couple of you contact me wondering about my posts!

I have been super busy. Unpacking and trying to comfy this place up a bit, trying to find furniture, visiting with family, babysitting and most recently, working on a baby shower gift. I made this diaper cake as a gift for a friend of my sister. My sister demanded I make requested a diaper cake. Her and a friend went in on it together. I didn't even do the shopping for this one! That takes away a lot of the fun! :) As you will see from the photos, they went with an elephant/blue & brown theme.

I don't know why the diaper cake looks un level in some of the photos. It isn't crooked.

Anyhoodles, that's why I haven't been around in bloggy land recently.

Friday's Fave Five

it's fridaaaaaaaaay!
and so a list of my "friday's fave five" must be compiled. what is friday's fave five all about?  you can find out all about it by clicking here

ONE~girl time-i need it. i crave it. i love it.

TWO~crafting-i know i've mentioned this a lot lately, but it's because of the upcoming holidays. right now i'm planning the halloween costumes for the kids. then i will move right along to Christmas! :)

THREE~fridays-i may not work and i stay home a lot but by golly i enjoy fridays as much as the next person! my husband is home [usually], my darling daughter is home-gotta love the weekend and friday brings it on!

FOUR~pizza :) it puts a smile on my heart. and my face...hehehe pizza is definitely a comfort food to me. i mean, who doesn't like a good pizza???? we made some pretty good home made pizza pockets this week...yummy...greasy, but yummy!

FIVE~Christmas shopping-okay, so i didn't actually buy anything...but man was i shopping/eyeballing/looking. i can't help but drool over the many things i would love for my kids to be able to have. sadly that can't happen, there just isn't enough room in this house for it. hahaha!

yep, that's my five! have a good evening!!