"Our Wedding Day" Frame

A successful morning of garage sale shopping resulted in many new crafts. As I am increadably bad at remembering to take a picture of the materials and original items before I start making my new crafts (I'm just too excited for the end result!) I have a kind of pre-work picture.

I started with a green frame that held the lovely picture on the left. I was debating whether or not to buy yet another frame (I have way too many as it is) and apparently I was standing and stareing at the frame way too long because the lady selling it said I could have it half off if I really wanted it. So I got my new frame for only one dollar! I was pretty excited because it is in such good shape and it is a big frame, which is hard to come by in my price range.

So I started by removing the insides and the glass and setting them aside. I then started to paint the green frame black. Two coats of paint and it was done.

Next (not pictured) I used mod podge to stick the scrap book paper to the old matte that came with the frame. To do this I lined up the paper glued it down, then flipped over the matte and used an razor blade to cut off the excess paper. I was sure to line up each section of paper so the words somewhat matched. Then I cut an oval piece of tan paper that I printed  "Our Wedding Day, June 18th, 2011" on. It was then placed at the top to cover a not so great paper seam.

Next I made two paper flowers by cutting a spiral out of a square piece of paper and then winding it up.

Finally I put the frame back together and glued the flowers to the front of the glass.

 Now I have a beautiful frame for a wedding picture! And the best part is that it only cost me about $3 for the supplies! Now I can't wait for our wedding so I can add a picture to the frame!

Dance Accessories

Last month my dance students performed in their year end recital. To a little extra to their costumes I made a few accessories.

For my 5 and 6 year olds I made shoe bows to be pinned to their shoe elastic. Their song was On The Good Ship Lollipop and they had a red, white, and blue costume. To make these bows I used three piece of ribbon, made a loop out of each piece then overlapped the three ribbons and glued them down in the center. Then I added three rhinestones to each for a little sparkle!

My 3 and 4 year olds danced to Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo. They had pink and mauve costumes, so I made little bows to be pinned to their shoes. These were made with two pieces of ribbon one smaller than the other. then I looped each piece and glued the shorter one on top and added a rhinestone for sparkle.

For my 9 and 10 year olds they danced to Red Robin. Their costume was sequined dress with a feather skirt. The feather head piece came with the costume so I added the mini veil to the feathers so their would be sparkle at in their hair. They are a bit old for shoe bows so I skipped those.

As you can see sparkle is very important when it come to a dance recital :)

All my classes did very well and everyone had a great time. It was a very successful recital!