Showing posts with label banners. Show all posts
Showing posts with label banners. Show all posts

Monday, January 30, 2012

It's a TWIN THING!!

 THING 1 & THING 2 shower.  It was so much fun!
Cat in the Hat welcome sign hand drawn and painted by Angie Williams

We made as many things as we could by hand.  We wanted every detail to be special and they turned out really great!
We set up a table with mason jars and jars of all shapes and sizes and filled them with just about any candy or goody that went along with the color scheme.  We added little detailed picks with pictures from Dr. Seuss books.  Glitter was added to give the pictures some depth and texture.
Pages from old Dr. Seuss books were used as decorations.
Marshmallow pops were made and Thing 1 & Thing 2 cupcakes were prepared.  We used cotton candy for the "hair".  My good friend Margie patiently put every cupcake together.
Thing 1 & Thing 2 Cake topper also made by Angie Williams.
You'd be surprised how far a little glitter can go. =)
Just some yarn with clothes pins and socks hung for the babies.
The complete table setting.  Tissue pom poms hanging made by Michelle and I.  Very easy and dramatic.
I made this banner using my Creative Memories Circle Cutter and my Cricut to cut the letters.

Friday, May 20, 2011

A banner for JUSTUS...

It was just about two years ago when I made a very similar banner for my sister Tabitha's first son - Julius. You can see that banner here. Well just two days ago, her second son was born. His name is Justus. She is keeping with the same theme in the nursery and asked that I do a second banner. Of course, I was more than happy to do it.

I started out with some heavy duty chipboard that I cut down to 6"x6" and then covered with Mod Podge and DCWV paper. The tool pictured is the Basic Grey Rub On Stylus Tool. It's one of my most favorite tools ever. I use it mostly for smoothing out the Mod Podge or glue to keep the paper from bubbling up. You can find one here.


After adhering the cardstock to the chipboard, I cut out the appropriate letters and words from the Cricut All Mixed Up cartridge. I also used Cat's Eye Chalk in Chestnut Brown on the edges of the squares.

I then used my Crop-o-dile to punch holes in each corner for me to string the brown ribbon through...I normally would reinforce the hole with an eyelet, but this chipboard was pretty thick and didn't really need it.

I used my Xyron adhesive to stick the letters and words to the paper.


Sweet baby Boy...JUSTUS...Love


It'll be going out in the mail tomorrow. I hope they like it!