From the Make Something Event!

Each month, I host an event so asssist my clients in Making Something Meaningful. We always kick off with a beginners class and then offer something tactile. For May, the class was the uber cute Family Blocks. Each guest received the wooden blocks for free! You know you wish you had come! Check the Make Something Event page for details about the next event!

Step 1

Customize your family blocks at my website.
Shameless plug, I know, but there it is.
www.MyPhotoFairy.com

Step 2Cut and trim each letter to fit. 

Step 3

Prepare your 1x3 Pine board by cutting into (3) four inch and (3) 4 1/2 blocks.

You will also need a glue stick, a brush and modge podge for the next steps.

Step 4Apply glue liberally to the wood, postition and adhere each letter as shown. Use a gift card or another block of wood to "burnish" the paper to the wood. This will smooth out any bumps or air bubbles.
Repeat for each letter.

Step 5Use a brush to apply Modge Podge from top to bottom to the blocks. This wil seal your project and protect it. Repeat for each letter. After it dries, then apply Modge Podge again from left to right on the blocks. This will create a cross hatch line effect and make it look like canvas.

Creative Tip: Paint your blocks of wood ahead of time to match the prints.

Stunning Wall Art - With Your Own Photos!

Searching for the perfect thing to hang on your wall is tricky.
Do you invest in a artwork and then spend hundreds framing it?
Or, go with kitchsy posters in cheap frames?
Or, no art at all?
None of these options work for me! I wanted artwork, but wanted to hang my family photos as well. The look of the school picture, wedding photo gallery in the stairwell is classic, but not fresh.

Of course, you can take those SAME photos and transfer them simply to canvas!
Ok, so here are two 8x10 photos I have from our most recent vacation.

Both photos are wonderful, but what can I do with them other than scrapbook them?
I could take them to a box store, have them scanned and transferred to canvas, but how different is that than just framing the photo?

There are other options available. What I chose to do was digitize the images and then upload them to my Heritage Makers account. There I could create an actual work of art from scratch, using the colors and style of my home to transform a simple snapshot into something wall worthy.

What are you thoughts?

Bouquet of Love & Memories!

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
This bouquet of flowers,
I made for YOU!

Super simple to create and really inexpensive, you could create this gift in 15 minutes. Brilliant for a teachers gift too!  The flowers are on a 12x12 digital print (see below) that are just a drag and drop to do the photo. Easy to do with traditional scrapbook supplies as well, but it would cost you more that way. 

Super easy... get the flowers, pix and assemble. Then just adhere to shisk-kebob skewers and poke into floral foam in a vase. Oh, let's make one today!