July 26th, 2010 by Karen in Fabric Crafts, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
I was recently commissioned to make 13 table runners for a wedding coming up soon. Each 13 inch wide, 7-foot runner will go on a 5-foot round table, so it will drape 1 foot over each side.
Here are three draped over my banister.
The print is so pretty, she could probably get away with not having [...]
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July 7th, 2010 by Karen in Fabric Crafts | No Comments »
I have finally finished the bouquet for my friend’s wedding, with its flowers and experiments seen here and here. I am so excited for her to receive it (not to mention the wedding itself)!
Here is the bouquet partially finished, so you can see the architecture of the stems (which are wire coat hangers wrapped in [...]
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May 16th, 2010 by Karen in Crafty Thoughts on Life, Reviews and Recommendations | No Comments »
I’m so tired of hearing about people with their outlandishly priced weddings. I mean, there are brides out there who get two outfits, one for the ceremony, one for the reception! NO! You do not need that, you spoiled brat! Ugh, it kills me.
Dollar Store Crafts to the rescue, showing all those bridezillas that they [...]
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May 11th, 2010 by Karen in Holiday Crafts, Paper Crafts | 1 Comment »
Now that my mom has received her card finally, I can show you the making of it. Enjoy!
Looking at it this way, it reminds me of Mexican papel picado.
I forgot to take a picture after I put a piece of lighter pink behind the design to make the front of the card solid again. [...]
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February 6th, 2010 by Karen in Paper Crafts | No Comments »
When the Saints are in the Superbowl and your house is surrounded by 20 inches of snow (and rising), what do you do? Cut out fleur-de-lis paper snowflakes, of course.
I like how subtle the motif is, but I may make one with a more prominent fleur-de-lis soon.
Also I’ve played around with BGPatterns.com and came up [...]
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November 16th, 2009 by Karen in Paper Crafts, Tutorials | 4 Comments »
This past weekend, I was invited to an apartment warming and decided to bake a cake. But since I wasn’t frosting the cake, it needed a little something besides confectioner’s sugar to jazz it up. So I whipped up a little house for the housewarming :) This is also a great way to make houses [...]
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