Business Cards v. 2014

Hours before I left for Craftcation I decided to make some new business cards.

Yes, I said hours.

And I kinda love them.

I'll even share with you how I made them.

I picked out 9 photos from the past year and loaded them on to PicMonkey.

Next, I created a collage with 1 giant photo and 1 small photo, but then left the bottom photo blank.

After the collage was good to go, I moved on to editing the photo and adding text (blog address, my name, and my e-mail).

I then printed them at home. I chose the wallet size and printed on a piece of 8.5 x 11 inch photo paper.

Now it was time to break out the scissors to cut each one out and then I used a corner rounder punch to finish off the edges.

That's it. Done. Bam.

And I bet you can guess which one is my favorite....

Have any questions? Leave me a comment and I can provide more details....

Support Handmade

Today I'm sharing some Etsy finds. Because I love handmade. And I love shopping.

1.  Knit Bracelet




2.  Coffee Magnets





3.  Canvas Banner




4.  Throw Pillow




5.  Ceramic Birdhouse

Polka Dot Tablecloth

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I'm throwing a baby shower this week. On Friday.

And of course, I'm so not ready.

I've spent some time gathering supplies and now it is time to start the projects.

First on the list, making a polka dot tablecloth.

I got the idea from Oh Happy Day.

I bought a white twin sheet at the thrift store for $1.89. Score.

I had paint already. And potatoes.

You can follow the tutorial on Oh Happy Day. But I made a few changes.

 

I started by painting with the potato, but it was more of an oval shape. After stamping a few, I decided that I really wanted a more of a circle shape, so I switched to painting by hand with a brush.

I really liked the way the circles had a dry brush look around the edges.

I also decided to go with more white space and fewer circles than the one on Oh Happy Day.

Doesn't the sparkly gold paint make you happy?

Now only 1400 things left on my to-do-list. I'd better get busy!