Weekend Recap

I hope everybody had a wonderful, blessed Easter! We did the normal: church,  egg hunt for the niece and neph, and dinner.

I made a Peep centerpiece which was actually pretty inexpensive to make! I got the last package of yellow peeps at Target Friday night! The vase was on sale at Michael's for $2.99 and I had the flowers from a previous arrangement I had made. I just love making fun centerpieces and of course pinterest always has the best inspiration!

I loved the Easter basket I got this year. Everything in it was perfect! And the basket itself is super cute! The lining is green gingham and I can't wait to find a place for it in my room.

I was intrigued by that blue Peeps package which was a crispy treat but it was yucky! I can't wait to read that Marie Clare with my favorite Leighton Meester on it. The essie colors in the basket are tart deco and the luxeffects shine of the times. I can't wait to try tart deco! My sister bought me the Tangled DVD which we first watched when we went to Disneyland in January and we both loved it! I got her the new Rascal Flatts CD which is really good. We saw a one night only movie special they had out in theaters this past Thursday and it was super cute and I can't wait to see them later this year!

If you follow Michaels on twitter they released a coupon on Saturday for 30% off your regular price purchases so I decided to go because I have been wanting to go some more crafts that I of course have seen on pinterest.

The project I wanted to complete on Saturday was...

Source: mintlovesocialclub.com via Jessica on Pinterest

I love mine and it was super easy to make!



The original used a 24 inch by 24 inch square canvas and 2 inch hole punched cardstock. I used a 12 inch by 12 inch canvas and 1 inch hole punch cardstock. I stuck pretty much exactly to the pinterest one, I did add an extra glitter circle. If anybody is interested in making one with the 1 inch cardstock, let me know because I will send you my extra hole punches.

Hope you all have a great week! xoxo

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Halloween Ribbon Wreath

Two weekends ago, I decided I wanted to make a ribbon wreath for Halloween. So I headed to Michael's to pick up my materials since they were having a sale on ribbon. I used instructions from The Picky Apple but I guess I didn't read them thoroughly because she says to "avoid sheer ribbon unless you enjoy getting hot glue all over your fingers." I didn't. This resulting in me burning my fingers numerous times.

If you plan on making one I just have two things to share with you.

1. Buy a TON of ribbon. I ran out of ribbon and then had to go back to Michael's to get more. Then I ran out again but I just wanted to finish the wreath and not have to get more ribbon so I just didn't cover the outside and inside with a lot of ribbon and it still came out fine. It's best to have more than you need and return the unused spools then not having enough and having to go back to the store. The amount of ribbon you need depends on how full looking you want your wreath to be. I wanted a very full wreath so I used a lot of spools (I think about 18 spools of 3yd!).

2. It will take a long time. Luckily my 7 year niece is smart or I would have been cutting each spool of ribbon individually. She had the brilliant idea to cut a couple of spools at the same time which was a bit of a time saver. Gluing the ribbon into loops took a long time since I was using the sheer ribbon and the glue would go through and burn my fingers. Then gluing the loops onto the wreath took a long time because I spent a long time deciding exactly where I wanted each ribbon to go.

Here is the finished product!

Upclose picture of the ribbon

I'm really happy with the way it looks. I love the orange glitter ribbon because it adds the right amount of sparkle to the wreath.

Now I am going to make these ribbon wreaths for every holiday and season. I even went to Michael's today to buy Christmas ribbon so I can start on my next wreath!

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Getting Artsy

Saturday I took a painting class at a JoAnn fabric and craft store. The class was for this new style of painting called Social Artworking. I was the only person signed up for the class and my "instructor" thought the class started at 1 when it actually started at 12. I put quotes around instructor because she didn't instruct me much with what to do. I could have saved my money and just used the instructions that came with the pattern since all she really did was read the instructions to me. But I had a good time and came out with a cute piece of art I'm going to hang up.

Easy Steps:

It's pretty simple to do: you pick a pattern and then you trace it on to carbon paper then you trace it again onto your canvas and you start painting. After about 2 hours I had painted this...

It's not perfect but I'm ok with that. It was my first time painting anything so I think I did alright. I just love the design! Since I love baking cupcakes I thought this painting was perfect. On the website you can see there are a bunch of different designs to choose from. They also recommend have a girl's night in painting party. I think that would be a fun idea to get a couple of friends together and paint some fun pictures for your home!

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