Make It: Tissue Paper Flower Favors Tutorial

I love these tissue flowers from Martha Stewart, but I wanted to give them a bright summer spin.  I think these will be the perfect party favors for a colorful wedding or wedding shower.  They are easy and quite addictive to make.

Summer Tissue Paper Flower Favors Tutorial

1) Supplies needed:  Tissue paper, Martha Stewart template, pencil, scissors, ribbon.  2) Fold two sheets of tissue paper into 4ths and trace the template at the corner fold.  3) Cut the flower shape from the tissue.  4) Open the flower.  5) Rotate the top sheet of tissue so that the petals sit staggered.  6) Choose your center color and wrap your favor it in.  Place your wrapped favor in the center of the flower, and fold up the edges.  7) Tie a ribbon around the base.  8)  Fluff out the petals to create a pretty flower.

I loved playing with the colored paper to create different flowers.  I used yellow petals and a black center for a black-eyed Susan, white petals and a yellow center for a daisy, and blue with a yellow center.  So many pretty combinations!

Happy flower making, DIY’ers!

~julee~

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Easy Business Card Organizer

I’ve started to accumulate quite a few business cards from fellow bloggers and crafters, and I needed an easy way to keep them all together.  Enter:  the simple binder clip.  By punching a hole in the top corner of business cards, they easily slip onto a binder clip. Voila!  Easy solution for keeping all those cards in one easily accessible place.

Happy organizing, DIY’ers!

~julee~

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Crafting on WDRB in the Morning

Every two-weeks my friend Liz (aka Craft E Magee) and I are invited to demonstrate crafts on our local WDRB in the Morning television show.  This week, I showed the co-host how to make the simple faux wood iPad cover.

You can watch all of my videos on my YouTube channel here, and see Craft E Magee’s segments here. 

Putting our crafts together for our segments is always so much fun.  We’ll be on-air making new crafts on June 19th if you’re in the local area and would like to tune in live.   Thanks for watching!

~julee~

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Hello, Friday

     

Hello Friday.  Hello Paris, Copenhagen, Estonia, Russia, Helsinki, Stockholm, and the most amazing vacation ever.  Hello jet-lag.  Hello reality and happily returning home to my own bed, a new job, and my beloved blog. 

Hello, you.  I hope you’ve had a wonderful few weeks.  Now, who’s ready for summer?

~julee~

 

P.S. – Follow me on Instagram @ jlair.

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D.I.Y. Louisville Upcoming Events

Summer is off to a great start with so many community happenings for crafty minded and local blogging folks.  Here are just a few upcoming events that D.I.Y. Louisville will be partnering with this month:

Louisville Bloggers Meet and Greet!  Louisville Bloggers are invited for a fun night out to meet fellow bloggers in our community.  Hosted by Em Dash Designs, The Hanger, and D.I.Y. Louisville.  June 13, 6pm, The Hanger.  RSVP HERE or email at diylouisville@gmail.com.

 

Etsy Craft Party with Block Party Handmade Boutique, Em Dash Designs, and D.I.Y. Louisville!  Keep Louisville DIY and join the global celebration of meeting and making at the local Etsy Craft Party 2013: Craft for the Community.  

The craft du jour will be terra cotta plant pots. Paint them. Decoupage them. Do with them what you will in a crafty way. Just show up. We'll supply the rest!

Some other surprises are also in store, not to mention snacks.

A $5 supply fee will be collected at the door. Capacity is limited, so sign up early!

For questions, e-mail emily@theemdash.com, info@blockpartyhandmade.com or diylouisville@gmail.com.

For more information on Etsy’s Craft Party, check out this article: https://www.etsy.com/craft-party.

RSVP at etsycraftparty-louisville.eventbrite.com.

Make and Take at New Albany Library!  FREE event!  Thursday, June 27th, 6:30pm.  RSVP by calling New Albany Reference Service Desk at (812) 949-3523.

I am excited to be out in the community meeting new friends and hope that you’ll join me at these events!

~julee~

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