{A Touch of Vintage} InViTe

My cousin is getting married in a few months {Yippie!! I have the special honor of being one of her bridesmaids!} My Aunts are hosting a Bridal Shower for her!  I was put on bridal invite duty!  So I got busy at it!  I wanted to add a {touch of Vintage with some modern flare}.  I thought I would put this blog together in order to help with creativity block when it comes to making invites for that special party! 
First think if there is a theme for the party or as for the bridal invite I tried thinking of her wedding colors.  In this case her colors are silver and Tiffany blue!  Another tip is to look at examples of what you are wanting.  Google it under images for example modern invites, chevron invites, baby invites...etc.  I saw an invite with a doily and that is what sparked my creativity!  I used the program picmonkey {which is EXTREMLY easy to use} I chose a woodgrain background and played around with the fonts and colors! Made sure to add some Tiffany Blue in the invite to correspond with her Wedding Day! Make sure to save it as a jpeg and off to copy store you go {here they will be able to size it and print if off for you on cardstock} or you can also choose to print it off at home you can find cardstock at any craft store!
To add a little uniqueness to the invite I wrapped it with a paper doily wrapped it with twain added a love tag and finished it off with my favorite touch a feather!  
There is so much one can add to an invite for a personal touch such as buttons, lace, ribbon, rick rack, twain, etc...print it out on vintage pages from a book even! If you are looking for fun colored envelopes I purchased these kraft style envelopes at Hobby Lobby which were $6 for 50 envelopes.  I added some fun font for the addresses to add that final touch of special!  
I think they turned out pretty darn cute!  I hope the bride likes them!  Hope this helps with any creativity block on may have! 
Happy Friday to all!!

*MERRY CHRISTMAS*

We love you DEER-ly! :) So sorry we do not have a diy blog this Friday due to spending the week getting ready for Christmas festivities and spending time with family! We will be up and running again next week. We wish you all a Merry Christmas!

HoW tO cHeVrOn

So  if you've looked at our blog you might already know that we are a little obsessed with the chevron pattern. Chevron, I have found can virtually go on anything! We have used this pattern on table tops, walls, chairs, lamp shades, rugs, you name it we chevron it! It makes a boring item become a new funky piece. A chevron piece makes a dull room become creative. Now go find something in your house and transform it into chevron, I will guarantee that you will absolutely love it and have a blast doing it! This is how we do what we do.........

What you will need:

• painters tape (make sure its as wide as you want your chevron pattern)
• scissors
• paint (either spray paint or regular paint)
• paint brush
• piece of paper

So I have two items here a lampshade and a chair. You first create the chevron stencil.

I just find anything with a right angle in my house to create the chevron pattern. Like a dvd case or a magazine corner. I then tape it off (the corner) onto a piece of paper and then cut it out.

Tape each pattern all the way across your item. It doesn't have to line up perfectly. That is the benefit of chevron, it doesn't matter if its a little off. Make sure to smooth out painters tape so that the paint will not seep threw.

With the lampshade I chose spray paint and with the chair I just hand painted it. Both came out awesome!

The fun with chevron is that you can use really any color combination and it will always come out unique and different then anything you do, the projects never get old or boring! Have fun! What would you chevron?

Who? Who? wants a {DIY} on Owl Ornaments

 Pine Cone Ornaments {DIY}

What you need:

Pine Cones {found these at Micheal's}

Felt or Burlap 

Buttons

Pattern

Pins

Scissors

Glue Gun

Twain/ribbon

 Print off pattern from above cut out patterns and pin to felt/fabric of choice. The cirlce will be the eyes {place on a different color fabric will need to cut out 2x}  Cut out fabric pieces {will have a total of 4 fabric pieces for each owl body, head, and two eyes.

  

Use the Glue gun to glue the head and body together at ears {see picture below where I marked with marker} before you glue them together this is the step where you can add your twain/ribbon in the between the two ears creating a loop so you have something it will hang from.

Once those two are glued together you can add the eyes.

Then add the buttons to the eyes.

Now it is time to glue in the pine cones!  Just glue in between the two pieces of fabric.  Who? Who? Thinks these are ADORABLE!  We do...we do!!  My little Miss Betsy had so much fun making these!