Printing On Burlap: Laundry Sign

Have you tried printing on fabric yet?  So fun and easy!  I love how this burlap laundry sign turned out.  All I did was sprayed some adhesive onto a sheet of printer paper, stuck a piece of burlap to it, trimmed it and sent it through the printer.  And I used this free printable.  Stuck it in a frame without the glass and voila, inexpensive cute decor!

1st Birthday Party - Invitations

I say it every 26th.  "I can't believe she's another month old!"  As of yesterday Jayna is one month shy of turning a year old!  And we just pushed her birthday party 2 weeks earlier so it is crunch time!  I've got the invitations all printed and pretty much ready to go besides postage so they will be in the mail today!  I am having so much fun planning this party!  Thanks to Pinterest, I came across the perfect theme: One Year Old in a Flash.  Stacy at Elle Belle Creative threw her daughter an awesome party that I am borrowing LOTS of ideas from.  I saw her invitations and I tried to create something similar, but with my own style.  It didn't really work out.  My creative juices just weren't flowing so they turned out pretty much the same and I love them!

Since I don't have any fancy software, I turned to my trusty Microsoft PowerPoint to create them.  I got the camera and filmstrip from an online scrapbook store, here.  And I downloaded a couple of the fonts for free from dafont.com.  It was a little tricky getting those pictures to fit in the filmstrip though.  Lots of trial and error, glad that's over with.

This is the insert I included with the invitations.  I love the idea of a time capsule and am really excited to see what people bring!  I also thought it was a nice alternative to bringing a gift.

A couple of notes on printing:  

• Save your document as a PDF to get a clear printout when using Microsoft PowerPoint.
• I copied and pasted so that there were 2 5X7 invitations on 1 8X10 sheet, and 5 3X5 inserts on 1 8X10 sheet.  This will save you $$ when you print them.
• Before printing all of them I tested on different types of paper.  They looked the same hot off the printer, so I ended up ordering the gloss.  When I got home I liked the matte finish better.

Stay tuned for more party details!  The next few weeks will be jam-packed!!

Father's Day Gift Idea: Motivational Poster

Do you ever catch yourself smiling or laughing at the mere thought of something?  Abby Kyhl captured this moment at our newborn session and it is one of my favorites.  I wonder what she's thinking about?  Since Father's Day is coming up I thought I would make a motivational poster for this sweet baby's incredible daddy.  New office decor?!  I think so.  You can make one too by simply using Microsoft Power Point.

The How-To:
- Open up Microsoft Power Point.  Click on Design ==> Page Setup.  Change the width and height to whatever size you would like.  I made mine 8"X10".
- Still under the Design tab, click on Background Styles (far right) and change to black.
- Insert a picture.  You can add a white border by clicking on the picture and then Format.  Choose from one of the thumbnails.
- Think of a word that describes the photo and a caption to go underneath.  Type it in the text boxes that are already there and save it as a PDF (if you save it as a JPG it will print out fuzzy??).  I recommend having it printed at a copy store.  Walmart doesn't print PDFs so I printed my at Staples.

If you make one, let me know.  I would love to see it!

I linked to http://todayscreativeblog.net/
http://funkypolkadotgiraffe.blogspot.com/2011/06/too-cute-tuesday-linky-par-tay-35.html

Bunny Ears & A DIY Card

I am loving bunnies this Easter!  I got the cute hat idea Here.  Yep I used the same fabric as the Warhol Dress!  There might just be enough left to make ME something :) 

I have been playing around with graphic designing this past week.  I wish I could go back to school and study it...maybe someday.  I have a friend who is a graphic designer who I've had create several things for me, but that costs money-and we all know how cheap the hubs is ;) So in an effort to live more frugally I decided to play around and see what I could create.  While doing so I happened upon a fun blog called Good Look CookBook which features design recipes.  This is where I got the "Some bunny Loves You" and the bunny icon idea.  I found a free background at scrapblog.com and put it all together in Power Point.  And voila!  A free personalized card!  Easy Peasy.

Can't get enough of those pretty blue eyes!