Travel Themed Favors

I wanted to make something cute for my bridesmaid gifts that went along with our travel theme, so I cut up a few maps and...viola!

Craft Paper Bags: Michaels
Wooden Pencils: Target
Maps: Kudzu Antiques, Decatur Estate
Adhesive Flowers: Michaels

Easy Vintage Roll

So I just tried out the Conair Classic Vintage Roll product and it's awesome! It's as easy as positioning it at the base of your head (there's an elastic band to hold it in place), tucking your hair around it, and bobby pinning it all in place! I did this really quick, so I'm sure you can make it even nicer, but I'd thought I'd share. It's so easy and you get a very nice result!

Dali Inspired Ceramics

Back in ceramics class, one of our projects was to create something inspired by a famous artist. I chose the surrealist painter Salvador Dali. I wanted to make something that was a little unusual and slightly disturbing. Cups with mouths did the trick I think ;) I used a coil method to create the body of the cup and crafted mouth, teeth and tongue spoon by hand.

I used one as a pencil holder once and it made me gag, haha! How would you feel about drinking from these?

Mini Me's

For our department Christmas outing this year, I decided to make little wooden caricatures of my coworkers. (For scale, they are about 3 inches tall). Each figurine has an item that speaks to their job or personality. They were such a hit that I am thinking of selling these on my Etsy shop I'll be opening next month!

What would your item be? ;)

Wedding Jitters

So in less than two weeks I'm getting married! It has been a lot of fun (yes, a little stressful too, but mostly fun!) planning and designing everything. We decided to go with a vintage travel theme, and I thought I'd share some of our ideas here. We DIY'd a lot of stuff, like the votive mercury glasses, favors (heart shaped soaps in canvas baggies) and cake toppers (painted wood knobs and mini flower pots from Michael's). I also designed a custom stamp which I had made through The Stamp Maker, which is easy, reasonably priced, and has the fun old-school wooden handle! I found a lot of items in antique and thrift stores like the books and bronze cups for the centerpieces. And Marshall's had some very affordable globes (they can be SOOO expensive!).

Can't wait to see my family and how it all comes together, and most of all to go from a Miss to a Mrs! :O