Bootiful Mantle

I love decorating for fall, mostly because I love the colors you can use to warm up the house.  I used this frame fitted with burlap

and switched out the stars for foam pumpkins that I cut in half, but kept the stem.

Here is a great picture of the whole mantel put together including the pumpkin specimen art.

I printed a cute little owl silhouette onto burlap, see this tutorial http://poppiesandpinwheels.blogspot.com/2011/08/for-love-of-burlap.html. for how to print directly onto burlap.

I'd love to see your fall decor!!!

Double the Cuteness

After making the burlap and lace wreath I presented in my last post, I decided to make mini's; adorable twin wreaths.

Here are some more cute close-ups:

Cute little twins without all the pain and sleepless nights : )

By the way, so excited that my Burlap and Lace Wreath was featured at Sweet little Gals, Lovely Crafty Home, and Beyond the Picket Fence.  If you haven't participated in their linky parties or visited their blog, I suggest you do so.  You'll be hooked like I am. 

Burlap and Lace Wreath

I love how this combination came out.  I wrapped the wreath with strips of burlap and made fabric flowers from orange and turquoise fabric (love these colors together) and added a vintage flare with the lace.  Hope you like it!!

Now for some close ups...

Hope you have a terrific day!!

SPOOKY printables

Another cute photo of it with the help of stickers from Picnik.  I heart Picnik!!

 I've never posted a printable, but I had a request to share my SPOOKY letters.  I will provide you with each image and hopefully you can save and print from your computer.  Let me know if it works please.

Hope it works and I would love to see everyone's project!!

More Printing on Burlap

I got so excited about the whole printing on burlap idea that I made another banner.  I found this pennant image and saved it to my computer.  Then uploaded it to Picnik where I rotated it and added the letters.

I used a funky font and saved a pennant for each letter then printed them on burlap using the technique I told you about in my last post.  I used pinking sheers to cut out the pennants and hot glued some thick black ric rac on the top.  I did darken some of the letters with a paint pen and left the contact paper on because it kept the letters darker.

Hope everyone is having a nice Sunday and is safe from Irene.

For the love of BURLAP

BOO Banner
I'm sorta in love with burlap right now.  I search the blog world for fun and exciting things to do with it.  I made this cute Halloween Banner by cutting triangles of burlap and tracing letters onto it.  I used a black marker and then filled it in with paint.  I sewed the pieces onto the jute and then added the ribbon in between to add some flavor.  The ribbon on top of each triangle is fused on as well as the ric rac on the sides.

Printing on Burlap
I was curious about printing on burlap but worried about it fraying and getting stuck in the printer so I came up with a great idea (well at least I think it is).  I had some clear contact paper that I stuck to the burlap.  I cut it to the desired size and fed it through the printer successfully.  The adhesive on the contact paper kept the fabric from fraying.

I left the contact paper on when cutting and applying to ribbon.

I can't wait to create more things with burlap.  I will keep you updated!!

Picture Perfect

A few weeks ago my friend's daughter, Elizabeth, came over and took some photographs of Eliza around our house.  She is a great photographer and asked to take some pictures of Eliza for her website.  Of course, I said "yes".  You can find her work at  http://elizabethtacywillisphotography.weebly.com .