a look through my sketchbooks

When you open my sketchbook the first thing you see is Vincent Cat Gogh haahaha I love this little guy. 

I love doing Master copies of works that I love. When you're in a funk it's always a good exercise to copy an art piece that you like. It teaches you about how that artist created their piece in the first place, how they made their strokes, how they decided on composition, and just how that piece of art came to life.

Filling up this sketchbook and at least one more is my goal for 2016 and so far I'm doing greaaaat!

The Boy Who Lived and Partied

I have wanted to throw a themed Harry Potter Party the way that most people want to go sky diving. It just HAS to happen before I die!

The main focus of the party was to bring people (especially those who love Harry Potter) together!
I wanted to create a fun atmosphere that had the feel of Hogwarts.

k so now I'll just let the photos do the talking:

Stencil Success

This week's craft: DIY Stenciling! 

The super cute Alexa Zurcher at He&I made a simple step by step blog post on DIY Stencil Graphic Tee's and Sweaters. 

She inspired me to make these, seriously they are SO simple and cheap too!

love it.

I'm much too lazy to write out the instructions (even though there's only like 4 steps) so Here's her blog post! 

Seriously all you need is

-Freezer Paper

-A tshirt or sweatshirt 

-scissors

-pencil

-fabric paint!

-Iron!

cutest little cloth garland

What to do with your scrap cloth that's too small to make into anything big but just TOO PRETTY to throw out....?

make your own cloth garland!

I picked pastels and mixed up patterns for the most perfect springtime party garland.

DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE: you may love this project so much that you may not be able to stop making them....

Seriously this project will not disappoint.

Did I mention that it's NO SEW

There are literally three steps so let me list them as on the best Pinterest Project professional would do:

1) cut ribbon strips [any size you like!] from your scarp cloth pieces

2) then [hot] glue the pieces to string [I used embroidery string]

         {I  ironed the strips so they were easier to glue}

3) hang the gorgeous garland and have a party!

 These garlands are the perfect party decoration and so easy to hang up/ store! 

Just fold the cloth pieces over on top of each other and tie the excess string around the bundle.

I like to tie little holes on the end of the string to make hanging up easier. 

So excited to use these cute decorations. such a great excuse to plan parties!