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November 17, 2011

Framed Monogram Gift

Framed Monogram Gift

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I made this gift for a friend of mine on her birthday! She was newly married and so I thought this might be something she could enjoy for years to come. You could customize this and change ANY of the elements to give it a different look, plus you could give it for an Anniversary...a Birthday....a Christmas Gift. The possibilities are endless!

I started with a few supplies.

Picture Frame 8x10 (I bought inexpensively)

Brown Craft (or postal) paper (you could use a fabric or burlap for texture)

Crafting Moss (you could use a designer paper instead)

Letter printed on regular paper (I made it in word art...you pick font & letter)

Glue Stick

Scissors

Tag (left over from another project)

Little mini brads for embellishments

Black ink pen

Sting or rope

I started by cutting out a piece of the brown postal/craft paper the exact size of the glass so I had something to work with.

The paper kept trying to curl on me so I adhered it to the picture frame back board. If you used a thick card stock type paper you wouldn't have this issue.

Next, I cut out my letter or 'Monogram' and laid it out on the back of the moss I was using for my Monogram design. I traced it onto the moss so it would be easy to cut out. ***Remember to trace it with your letter upside down since you are on the back side of the designer paper (or moss in this case) that you want to use.

And.....place it where you want it on the craft paper. DON'T GLUE IT DOWN YET THOUGH! You may want to move things around when you add the tag and embellishments.

(I was SOOOO excited! It turned out looking SO cool with the moss)

Now...for the tag. I have these left over tags from many other projects so I decided to use it. I wanted to embellish it though so I decided to stud the corners with these mini scrap booking brads I saw at the store. I pre-made the holes with the tip of a knife to make it easier to insert the brads where I wanted them.

They are soooo little...and soooo cute!

LOVE the look!

Then I wrote with a black ink pen 'Est. 2010'. This is the year she was married, so this is the year that 'B' became her Monogram. If you were doing for someone younger you could do the first initial of the first name. For example....and H for Heather and then the tag could say 'Est. 1997' or whatever year they were born.

Next I tied knots in the end of each side of some string I had and frayed the ends. I looped the tag around the letter 'B' and played with it until I like the placement. THEN....I carefully glued everything down.

Then I placed it in the frame....and WAaaaa LAAAAAA!

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May 11, 2011

Moss Covered Elephant

Moss Covered Elephant!

So I KNEW I wanted to do SOMETHING else with that MOSS that I used last week on my CANDLE CABANA that you can access here. And I've seen ideas ALL over blog land about using MOSS for different things.

We had this wooden elephant sculpture that we have had FOREVER it seems like. My husband and I have ALWAYS loved it because elephants are supposed to represent 'Family'. So I thought hey....as I was sitting in my living room scoping out WHAT I COULD COVER WITH MOSS....this might look SUPER COOL!

And....here's what I started with.

(My baby was down for a nap so I started immediately when I thought of it!)

As I was heating up my hot glue gun I started looking at the DETAILS of this elephant and started to wonder how this was gonna work....:0 Was it even going to LOOK like an elephant when I was done??

But when I started attaching the moss, I realized it was SUPER FORGIVING and molded right into the next piece and whatever shape I wanted.

I cut small strips of the moss and kept attaching it with the hot glue and you couldn't even tell where one piece met the next! It was awesome! (I did however burn my fingers MULTIPLE TIMES on this project pressing the moss into the hot glue...well worth it I think though)

Then...I WAS DONE! It took me about a half an hour and my five year old son is my biggest fan!

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I linked up the project at.....

Blue Cricket Design

The Thrifty Home

Ladybug Blessings

May 02, 2011

Candle Cabana

Candle Cabana
I really am not sure what it WAS, but NOW it's a Candle Cabana!)

So the same day my mom and I went out 'junking' (I talked about this in a previous post...click here for the story) we also got this! Not sure what it was...maybe a bird feeder or something but it had HUGE potential so I grabbed it.

I always thought we might fight over wanting the same thing, but that has never happened!

It was UGLY...

So I gathered a few supplies. Some scissors, craft moss (I had envisioned a moss roof), my hot glue gun and a can of craft spray paint I had in the garage. I grabbed the Elmer's glue too thinking I might use that...wasn't sure about what glue would work best.

Painted it....two coats drying inbetween.

Then started attaching the moss. I actually cut a hole in the top and fit it over the center piece on top and then worked on gluing it in place. Trimmed off the excess moss and it was pretty much done!

Painted a quick detail line on the bottom...it was too plain, and then it was done!

Here's a FUNNY - I went to put a votive candle with it's holder in it...and it didn't FIT through the opening! I was soooo mad, but a little tea light cup fit perfect so I regained my composure. :)