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Poppy Seed Projects Antiqued Valentine Plaques {GIVEAWAY}

by Brooke on January 27, 2012 · 73 comments

in crafts,Giveaways,Holidays,Valentine's Day

I am excited for today’s giveaway! We are big fans of Poppy Seed Projects!

The ladies behind Poppy Seed Projects are amazing, because they want to make creating CUTE pieces of art accessible to all! :) They do most of the hard work, leaving the fun part for you—they design and put together project kits that you can purchase then assemble and craft yourself. You’ll die at how cute their stuff is:

I’ll take one of each, please. :) I love it because it saves me time and it saves me from accidentally sawing off my hand cutting out the wood myself, ha!

Their kits and ideas are perfect for Super Saturday, craft groups, or an afternoon of crafting on your own, with detailed instructions and high quality, hand-cut materials. Poppy Seed Projects make it simple and affordable for you to create beautiful decor for your home. You can order products from their website (they ship anywhere) or you can visit their store located in Sandy, Utah. They also offer a variety of classes, so check and see if they have one in your area.

I was like a kid in a candy store looking at all of the goodies in their store today. YUM. And this is only a portion of it!

I went to learn how to make some of their new Antiqued Valentine Plaques—I did the first step of the project (adding the texture cream to the wood squares) and this is as far as I got before I had to leave to meet my kids coming home from school! Dang! (I mean, I love my kids but it was way fun to make a crafty mess somewhere other than my own kitchen!)

And this is what the finished project will be! LOVE them. I hope mine turn out as cute as these. :)

 

Get a load of the awesome texture and detail of these babies. SO COOL. These are such a fun way to add some Valentine-y cheer to your home!

Poppy Seed Projects is giving away a kit for one of our readers to make a set of three 16×16 inch Antiqued Valentine Plaques, like these!

One lucky winner will receive the kit (does not include the paint) to make these plaques. The winner also can go to a class for hands-on instruction from the Poppy Seed girls to finish the project–it is a little bit tricky in terms of the technique but the kit does come with full instructions. I’d highly recommend taking the class if you’re able to, though!!

To enter:

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Good luck!

This giveaway will end Monday night, January 30, 2012 at midnight MST. Winner will be chosen at random and will be announced on our Facebook page Tuesday morning 1/31/12 as well as contacted via email.  Winner has 48 hours to respond or a new winner will be chosen.

 

Brooke

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Necktie Redo: {Necktie Necklace}

by Becky on January 25, 2012 · 8 comments

in gift ideas,how-to,jewelry,sewing

I’m so excited to share my fun Necktie Necklace redo with you today.  I’ve had this one in my head for like 6 months just needing the time to get it together.  Now that it’s been made let me tell you, it comes together really quick.

So here’s what you need:

a man’s necktie, beads (I used wooden ones I bought at Hobby Lobby), a sewing machine, and an un-picker.

My husband had this really nice necktie that had a big stain on it.  I was super excited when I got permission to make something new out of this one.  I began by unpicking the back stitches of the tie.  Super easy cause there wasn’t too much to unpick.

Once you have it all unpicked, you just want to remove the stiff material in the middle of the tie.

Fold the tie, right sides together and sew a straight line to make a tube.

Put the material so the right side shows again. Grab your beads and thread the tie through one, and place the next bead inside the tube.  Continue doing this until you have as many beads as you want.

You are basically done!  Now all you have to do it tie the necklace together.  You can do this a bunch of fun ways.

Here’s a couple rosettes:

To make the rosette you will take both ends of the tie and twist them together into a circle shape.  Then fold the ends back up through the bottom of the twisted circled you just made.

You can also do this fun little knot:

This one is made by making a loop with your ends and then wrapping the ends in a knot.

You could also tie a bow or try something else.  Add your own fun twist to it.

I sure love the way it turned out.  So now you can go get your guy a new tie for Valentine’s Day so you can use one of his old ones to make a necklace! :)

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Framed {custom} birth announcement print {gift idea}

by Brooke on January 23, 2012 · 20 comments

in baby,digital scrapbooking,frames,gift ideas

My cute brother and his darling wife just had their first baby a few months ago, which our family is thrilled about! :) I decided to make them a custom announcement with their baby’s birth stats as a gift, with a fun shaped frame to match their baby’s nursery colors. They loved it!

I’d seen a few ideas like this on Pinterest (the one that inspired me the most when I was searching for ideas was definitely Mosieposies on Etsy— she has beautiful customized prints for sale, check her out!).  I designed my own version of the baby birth announcement. I created it in Photoshop, using various fonts and some sweet graphics by Crystal Wilkerson (the pennant, owl and scalloped border, all recolored to match the color scheme). I included the baby’s name, birthdate, weight, height, time of birth, and city/state of birth.

These are the fonts I used:

You can play around with different fonts and make each “stat” a different size–have fun with it! :) I had it printed as an 8×10 at Costco, matte (luster) finish.

As for the frame (ohmygosh I adore that frame!!!) I bought it unfinished at The Wood Connection–a local unfinished wood shop here in Salt Lake City, Utah. At this time I don’t think they have an online store or ship, but they do sell these frames in their physical store. I painted it yellow–started out with a craft brush and acrylic paint but it wasn’t quite the right color…so I ran and got some glossy spray paint and got the look I was going for. (I used Rustoleum Warm Yellow in gloss)

Once the paint dried I just popped the print into it! Easy as pie.

This makes an adorable piece of wall art for the nursery, as well as a special family keepsake for years to come!

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{9 Valentine’s Oldies…but GOODIES!}

by Jamie on January 19, 2012 · 3 comments

in Valentine's Day

We have some {Crafting Chicks} OLDIES but GOODIES for you today…

now that Valentine’s Day is just around the corner!

 

Nikkala’s {HEART} Chocolate Covered Oreos

Kirsten’s Clever Kid Valentines

Nikkala’s EVIL treats

Brooke’s IPHONE Valentines

Brooke’s DIY (Potter Barn Kids Style) Felt Envelopes for VDAY!

Kirsten’s Vintage Chandelier-{Valentine Style}

Jamie’s Valentine Centerpiece “LOVE TREE”

Jamie’s Valentine Word Art

Kirsten’s Silly Valentine Cards for Kids

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{ONE WORD ONE GOAL SERIES @ Less Cake More Frosting}

by Kirsten on January 19, 2012 · 0 comments

in guest post

WHICH WORD???

Thanks to the sweetest girl Lara from the lovely blog LESS CAKE MORE FROSTING, who invited one of us along with many other bloggers to choose one word to focus on in the year 2012.  This ended up being me, KIRSTEN….oh no, not the word to focus on, but the one that got to choose a word :) , what a cool experience that has been as I have thought about what might be the best thing to focus on this year….

FIND OUT HERE!

p.s.  LARA is one of the coolest girls I know.  She is amazing, and genuine, and real.  You’ll see more of what I said about here in the post :) .  She is also a part of the creative team for the SNAP CONFERENCE coming up here in April.  We will be there!!!

Which word would you choose for your one word goal???

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