Thoughts in my head...: July 2014

DIY Mint Favors

Materials:

-Breath mint rolls

-Scrapbook paper

-Tape

-Yarn

-Circle hole punch

-Word editing program

-Computer

-Printer

Cut the scrapbook paper so it fits around the breath mints when rolled. I taped the ends together but the scrapbook paper is pretty strong so I had to wrap yarn around the tape to hold everything in place. The yarn also covers the tape.

I printed out my little saying and punched it out with my brand new circle punch. I then taped the circles to the tails of the yarn bows.

And BOOM, Mint favors!

"Mint to be"

DIY Custom Engraved Nail & Yarn Sign

Custom Wedding Sign

I wanted to make something super special for my friend so I decided on a custom wedding sign with mixed media aspects :)

Materials:

-Large piece of MDF (Medium Density fiberboard)

-Hand held router

-Small finishing nails

-Yarn

-Hammer

-Paint

My husband convinced me to use MDF because he says it "cuts like butter". He was helping me out with the routing so I went with his choice of board!

The first thing I did was paint the board a nice basic white color.

Then I had to decide on size, font and layout. I printed everything out, cut them out and traced them onto the board.

Then I handed the board off to my wonderful husband who routed out all the numbers.

After I got the board back I taped my letters loosely down onto the board making sure to use something that wouldn't pick up the paint.

Then it was hammer time!

After I outlined the letters I ripped out the paper leaving only the nails. Make sure not to hammer the nails all the way through the board. I made sure at least 1/3 were sunk into the MDF.

Finally I wound the yarn organically around the nails making sure the lines were abstract. Also I made sure to outline the letters at the very beginning of twinning to give them definition.