Wednesday, July 11, 2012

May Arts - Round 2!

Our round 2 submissions are due Friday for May Arts.. Yay for getting it done before the last second :)
For my submission I've chosen to do a wedding ensemble. I gathered supplies to make a ring barer's pillow, a cuff (either as a gift for the bridesmaids or for the Bride) and a hair piece.

First off we need a gorgeous center piece for our ring barer pillow.. And May Arts Ribbon certainly fills that slot! Prima had a flower called the Gatsby Collection in which they used ribbons folded over and tied in the middle to create a flower, but they were sort of flimsy and didn't have much body. Using May Arts Ribbon gives us an endless supply of possibilities in texture, color, material and width making our flowers absolutely customizable to whatever we're working on. For this particular flower I chose three substantial sturdy ribbons eliminating the need for tulle or other "fillers".

The three used for this portion of the project are:

The ribbons are wrapped around a center spot and tied together. They're fluffed and spread apart to mimic petals on a flower and are finished off with a pretty center. You could use stamen, vintage jewelry, beads, and anything else. I chose to use two pearls and a bicone bead. Here's a video with the details:



And here is the whole ensemble:
I also utilized two other ribbons by May Arts:

.398 2.5"x10y Burlap/Wired
and the
392 58"x10y SHEER / BOX PLEAT (392-58-09)

as well as pearls, a bicone bead, burlap thread, muslin, glue, a needle, thread and a sewing machine, pillow fluff, vintage buttons, cardstock, cheese cloth and vintage photo distress stain.

If you have any questions I'd be happy to answer them :)
-DeeDee

Friday, July 6, 2012

Kit Reveal!!


Introducing.. AROUND THE WORLD!

Here is my limited edition July 2012 handmade embellishment kit

You get:
One distressed vintage map tag
One untouched ivory shipping tag
One hand twirled vine with glittery leaves
Two lime green bobunny double dot vintage roses
One bobunny double dot leaf
One miniature kraft leaf
One 16 inch longitude/latitude banner/bunting
One 8 inch vintage map bunting/banner
One kraft weathered clock die with hands
One cast Globe resin piece
One cast Ship resin piece
One wood burned map square
One layered paper and chipboard hot air balloon
Three vintage sewing pattern flowers with cast resin buttons

All materials used are acid free so preserving your memories is easy!

Shipping is $3 to the US, $5 to Canada and $6 anywhere else ♥


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Wellllll... is it what you were expecting?? :) 

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Around the World Sneak #3


Each kit has one set of these cute little resin pieces..  a globe and a ship for all your traveling needs =) 

Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Around The World Sneak #2

umm YES PLEASE!!


Each kit comes with one full set, one large, one medium and one small vintage pattern paper with resin buttons in turquoise and white :) And if you need extra, they're also listed in my etsy shop :) 


Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Giveaway WINNER!!

I used Random.org to tell me who gets the random set of flowers... and it came up with

Send me a private message, Sheri and we'll get you a set of flowers :) Be sure to browse my Etsy and have your set picked out!

Around the World - Sneak One

Check these puppies out!! You get one vintage map tag with my signature distressing!


Available 5 for $4 in the etsy shop in case you need extra :) 


Monday, July 2, 2012

Introducing.. Around The World!!

I know I know.. I'm a day late.. and a buck short ;) - I broke my glasses last night.. so I'll blame my tardiness on that ;)

Anyways.. here is AROUND THE WORLD!!!


I made the collage, but the photos I did not take.
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