January Paper Wreath

I have been in a Bunko group for about six years now.  Every Christmas we do some sort of small gift exchange.  I'm sure you've heard of the one where everyone brings a small gift without a tag, then numbers are drawn so everyone takes a turn choosing a gift or stealing one.  To make a long story short, we did ornaments this year.  I ended up with a silvery snowflake that has bells on the tips.  How I adore snowflakes!  The mere sight of this little treasure set my mind off.  The results are as follows:

 

 

I used a 10' foam wreath form, white taffeta ribbon, a package of straight pins, and the Winter Frost DSP from Stampin' Up!  I cut the paper in 1/2' strips, curled the ends, and pinned them to the form.  January was my turn to co-host Bunko night.  The wreath started a whole snowflake theme for the evening. But that's another blog post. 

 

 

Here's my supervisor, Larry.  Let me know what you think of the wreath, or if you have any questions about it in the comments below.

Bookmarks ForJr. High Book Club

I'm sorry the picture is sideways.

 



These are some of the bookmarks I made for my kiddoes book club.  This month they read a book by C.S. Lewis.  A quote from him was added to the back of each one.  The paper is from a Stampin' Up! 6x6 mat-pack.  The colors include: Going Grey, Handsome Hunter, Summer Sun?, & Regal Rose?  (some of the colors I'm not sure about)  The water colored flowers are from the Time Well Spent set.  The Scallop punch, brads, and glitter paper are all Stampin' Up! as well.  One yellow and one pink flower were from a bag of embellishments I got at a scrapping swap.

I found the instructions at www.feeling-crafty.co.uk by Bekka Prideaux.  I welcome comments and questions. 

Paper Christmas Wreath

A few weeks ago I attended a class taught by Cindy Owens.  She showed us how to make these really cute paper wreaths.  We used a 10in foam ring.  Cut 4 sheets of double sided Designer Series Paper into 1in strips.  Then we curled the ends and pinned them to the ring with straight pins.  Of course she had to tie the Whisper White satin bow, because we all know that I can't pull one off to save my life.  I think it's adorable.  I shipped mine off to my daughter-in-law in lieu of a Christmas card.  I hope she likes it.  Please leave me a comment to let me know what you think.

 

For more from Cindy Owens, please check out:  http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingwithcindyowens/