Let's be honest no matter how hard we DIY crafters try, we waste a lot of supplies. We are indecisive. Colour shades and layouts just wont do until we make two, three, even four of the same thing so we can decide later which one we like better. Cutting instructions, well any instructions and I don't get along. Ask Velarie, actually, don't ask her. She makes fun of me all the time when we craft together. I tell Velarie the instructions are just wrong. She gives me cut eye, and tells me to read the instructions again, and there goes two or three sheets of card stocks!
This past weekend was my friend Alicia's bridal shower. Of course with my last two posts, I have to add my personal touch to her gifts. I was literally finishing her gifts the hour before I had to leave for her shower. Why I do that to myself, I do not know. Well, I do know. And so do you! Make an impression! Even the small ones go a long way :)
The vision: A jar full of marriage advise for times when Alicia may feel the need to tear her future hubby a new one (ha I joke Vijay!)
Me being married 2 years am no marriage expert so I thought maybe the ladies attending the shower could write down their own advise and throw it in the jar (kinda like the ones you find in a fortune cookie).
Now don't be fooled. This simple jar wasted a lot of supplies because I couldn't make up my mind.
1) Alicia & Vijay are having a destination wedding. I had a tropical paper belly band wrapped around the jar. But since its a jar, pattern paper didn't wrap nicely around it. Trash it went.
2) The paper flower on the lid was originally made from gift tissue. However I had super glued too much to the lid and it was a total fail. I didn't like the texture once it was glued. It wasn't the look I was going for at all. Teared it off and scrap bin it went.
3) I had printed "Marriage Tips" and "Marriage advise" to centre on the jar but once I went through my sticker stash I found some love quotes which obviously looked better than something which was quickly printed. Trash it went.
4) The purple button holding the ribbon wrapped around the jar was orginally another ribbon tied into a bow. Once I cut and tied that ribbon I thought wait, its going to over power my centre doily. Scrap bin it went.
So after an hour of playing and tossing supplies back and forth, I was finally happy with the jar. Ya just have to make do with whatever time you have.
Here are four easy steps I used to make the pretty paper flower for the lid.
This is a tutorial I used by Stampin' Up!
Step 1: Punch five flowers from card stock.
Step 2: Poke a hole in the centre of each flower for the brad which will hold the flowers together.
You can skip this if you are using glue.
Step 3: Spritz the flowers with water. This is important for getting the right texture.
Step 4: Layer the five flowers, attach a brad or glue, and scrunch up the flowers.
Let flower dry, and viola!
xoxo,
Chanthou