tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23506875488912359422023-11-16T11:06:37.238-08:00The World's Sweetest Banners!Sweet banner décor for your very special event!! Personally handmade and created with loving attention to every detail.
Special events included but not limited to:
Weddings, Birthdays, Holidays, Bridal Showers, Baby Showers, Garden Parties, Tea Parties, I Do BBQ's and many more!
Visit us @ https://www.etsy.com/shop/BannerBlitz?ref=hdr_shop_menuUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350687548891235942.post-73781930184744013742015-08-28T10:07:00.002-07:002015-08-28T10:12:28.973-07:00Sweet Photos Shared!!I love seeing our banners in photos that our customers send us!!<br />
Here are a few that we have received recently.....<br />
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Etsy now lets you leave an appreciation photo in your feedback.<br />
Thank you Etsy and thank you customers!!<br />
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This is the newest banner in the shop. It has been well received and is so much fun to create!!<br />
I love the little lightening bugs on the mason jars and the checked paper that has the look of a picnic table cloth :)<br />
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Coming up next? New Fall banners!!<br />
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I love it when my customers send me photos of their special days! It means so much to me that they took time from their busy lives to share a moment that was special to them. </div>
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I wanted to share a few of them with you all!!</div>
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Photography credit to Ashdown Studios of Camas Washington </div>
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Isn't this photo just stunning? Beautiful does not even begin to describe how lovely this is!!</div>
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A wonderful way to block of the aisle before the ceremnoy begins.</div>
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This is one of my most favorite banners in the shop!</div>
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This was an appreciation photo left in my feedback for the shop. I absolutely love it!!!!!</div>
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I love cake banners! They convey the message loud and clear!!!!</div>
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Looking in on special days is sweet, thanks for sharing your precious memories with me!!!! </div>
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Wow, I cannot believe it is already the 15th of January! I am still putting Christmas away. It took me forever to set it out and it takes forever to put it back up. We had a good Christmas and I was more than ready to turn the page on the calendar to a New Year. Last year brought lots of unexpected "surprises" and let's just say, my daily prayer is for better times and much sweeter surprises!!</div>
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We have been busy in the shop and busy coming up with new ideas for pretty things and for photographing those pretty items as well!!</div>
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I love scanning through special event ideas both on the web and in magazines. One of the trends that I really like are the "candy bars" "popcorn bars" and "sweets tables" that are so popular lately.</div>
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I wanted to create some of those pretty jars for photo props and this is what I came up with!</div>
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I bought jars and candlestick bases at tag sales and thrift stores. These are painted up in Valentine colors, but can be made up in any color scheme! They are inexpensive, quick and easy to craft and will look so pretty sitting on one of those "special treat" tables or on your mantle or table at home!!</div>
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I made up a tutorial in a smaller version with some jars, paint, glue and wood candlesticks I purchased at Hobby Lobby. I am sure you can find the candy there as well, I had already bought some when I went grocery shopping. The eating healthier thing I vowed on January 1st, kind of went out the window around January 2nd :(</div>
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These little creations will make perfect Valentine gifts for co-workers, teachers, Sunday school instructors, the list goes on! <br />
The weather in Texas has been mild and this was a perfect day for an outside project:)</div>
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Small jars</div>
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Any embellishments that you want to add, buttons, ribbons, rhinestones are a few ideas.</div>
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Wash and dry the jars and lids. These jars have a cardboard liner in the lid, so I damp sponged them clean. If you are not an impatient person, unlike myself, you can prime the wooden candlestick, or you can just spray the heck out of it till it is covered:) <br />
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I did have patience during the drying time, I spent it sampling candy......</div>
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turn the candlestick upside down and plop it onto the middle of the bottom side of the jar. If the glue seeps out, don't worry, you can use an exacto knife later to scrape it off, or cover it by gluing some pearls or ribbon around it! You will need to let this dry a good twenty four hours. Just a tip, after a few hours, I turned it right side up, the jar had more weight to push against the candlestick ensuring the glue would adhere the two pieces together.</div>
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I added a little bow and did one in pink and one in purple as well. You can add rhinestones or glitter to the lids or candlesticks, or jar. You can also tie ribbons, add some cute little tags with names or sayings. The possibilities go on and on, so have fun with it!! That is what crafting is all about!!!!</div>
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We have been in full swing crafting Christmas banners and getting the Christmas season started around here. Sometimes it gets difficult to just settle in and enjoy the magic of the season with so much to do. Every year I say I am gonna slow down and enjoy, I have yet to accomplish that task! </div>
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I have been working on a little project for myself though. My husband and I love to go on hunts for antiques and junk. Recently we came upon a fireplace mantle that had just about seen it's last days. It had been sitting out in the weather and just looked so lonely and sad. We picked it up for five bucks and this is what I did with it:)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I forgot to take a picture of the poor thing before I started the makeover. Jerry had to replace the top because it was too weathered to repair. The whole thing was painted this blue color and it had "brick" wallpaper on the front of it, no seriously, it did..........</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I based the entire thing in brown, still ugly but watch what happens next....so excited!!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is magic potion otherwise known as crackle.....oh how I love to crackle stuff mmwahahahahahaha!!!!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S<span style="font-size: small;">o I applied the crackle and then painted over that with a coat of cream color flat paint, let dry and then applied a provincial stain and again I forgot to take a pic before I began the next step, but you can get an idea here......</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">I let it dry and then sanded some areas to give it even more of an old crackled chippy look</span>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">And this is the finished fireplace mantle!!! I hung an old mirror above that I had applied the same crackle steps to. I am not sure what I want to put inside "the fireplace". We have an old gas heater that we may put in there or I may just change wall hangings with seasons, or I may paint a scenery, not sure yet. I do know it will be fun to decorate for the Christmas season!!</span><br />
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Here are the pics of the reception celebration for "Breaking Dawn." The cake table had a magical forest feeling to it with twinkling lights and some outdoor elements! We used a large mirror and a tree stump under the cake, circled it with the twinkle lights, some moss and flowers. Jenna added a </div>
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We hung the banners and turned down the lights and it really was pretty!</div>
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the movie began. Like I said before, I had never really gotten into the series, but the movie was really good! I am even looking forward to part 2, now that Bella is a vampire herself! I think the best part of the whole experience was hanging out with my daughter!! She did a beautiful job on the cake!</div>
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It was a lot of work, but so much fun! I met a lot of awesome people and made a few contacts for my new business! Jenna got some cake making experience under her belt for the bakery she wishes to open someday! Thanks to Mary at Hometown Cinema in Terrell Texas for letting us participate!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350687548891235942.post-80400967287076115262011-11-17T04:56:00.001-08:002011-11-18T08:23:20.701-08:00Twilight, Oh The Drama.....<div style="text-align: center;">
Last night was the midnight showing of Breaking Dawn, the latest in the Twilight saga. My daughter Jenna had made arrangements to create a wedding cake and invited me to participate in the "wedding reception" festivities at Hometown Cinema in Terrell, Texas. </div>
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I took an "Edward and Bella" banner, and a "Happily Ever After" banner cause apparently that only happens if you marry a vampire, LOL!! And of course a wedding cake topper which I had a total blast creating!! </div>
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I have never really gotten into the Twilight series, but have watched all the movies as they rotated across my TV in the last couple of weeks as homework for my creations. </div>
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IMHO, Bella should have chosen Jacob, mostly because of his six-pack:), that and he is toasty warm. I have a take on that little scenario which I will post on Sunday, you gotta check back!!</div>
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Here are some pics of what I have been doing. Stay tuned for pics of what happened at the midnight showing!</div>
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I wanted to post this entry yesterday, but as usual got extremely busy. So today is yesterday and tomorrow will be today and the day after that will be tomorrow.............:)<br />
That my friends is what happens when you run with vampires....or wolves.....<br />
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Thanks everyone for hanging in. I did the drawing last night, not the way I planned, but things rarely go as planned! I wanted our eight year old to do the drawing, but somehow he magically remembered homework on a Sunday night after having the whole weekend to do it. So, I did the drawing, cause I did not have homework :) </div>
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Here are some pics and the results. I will be having more give aways and fun stuff in the near future. Better planned out and better organized, I promise.</div>
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I wrote everyone's name on slips of paper..........</div>
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Congrats Candice. You can choose any banner in my Etsy shop, 16.95 or under!!</div>
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We have had a bit of a rough patch at our house........</div>
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I have been MIA from facebook and my blog for the last week. In my "business" life I concentrated on my Etsy shop and just creating.</div>
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A week ago Saturday we had to give over our little white fluffy dog in an unimaginable way. I took him to the vet thinking he had gotten into something he shouldn't have, fully expecting to bring him back home. He acted like he had chewed on something, gotten grass burrs in his mouth or worse, eaten something that was not good. It was none of those. Our little 3 year old pup had a tumor under his tongue that was most likely cancer. Even if it wasn't cancer, because of the location, there was nothing they could do and we had to give him up.</div>
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We had a little backyard ceremony because this was the first loss for our 8 year old and I wanted him to grieve the right way and be grateful for the experience of having a little white ball of fluffy love.</div>
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He was a little dog who leaves a big empty place in our hearts and home.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350687548891235942.post-16074047169673472302011-10-23T12:48:00.000-07:002011-11-08T06:29:30.194-08:00Busy, busy, busy......<div style="text-align: center;">
They say time flies when you are having fun! I guess that is what is happening to me. I have been working so hard at getting "The Art Of Handmades" into full production that I have lost all track of time! Even though my days are 18 hours long with everything that goes along with establishing a business, I have never been happier :)</div>
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I try to start out the mornings with some reflective time and time to give thanks. Just a few quiet moments in a crazy, crazy world. I sit on the front porch swing with a cup of coffee and dream and wish and pray about the day and what it will bring. </div>
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And then I get to work, break out the glitter and the glue and create happy things!</div>
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Check back tomorrow for the banner give-away details!!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2350687548891235942.post-19327218794973580642011-10-03T09:30:00.000-07:002011-10-23T13:05:15.039-07:00Wedding Banner, Chocolate Brown and PinkSo today "The Art Of Handmades" on Etsy, got a convo about an order for a wedding banner. Yay, order!! <br />
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<br />The word "chocolate" stimulated the chocolate part of my brain and tummy. This led me to getting in the car and going to the store to buy this......</div>
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by the time I got home.....this happened</div>
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Check out the shop for cute wedding, engagement and shower banners!! If you are looking for some unique wedding cake toppers, you can find them there as well!!<br />
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Soooo, I have been working on getting this brand new blog started for over a month. The one thing hanging me up has been "what to post" for the first entry?</div>
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You know, something so impressive, so exciting, so attention grabbing that would leave my readers in awe and great expectation of all the inspiring words to come!!</div>
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Yeah, I got nothing.....other than the fact that I am rather impressed with myself for finding a cute blog background and inserting a pic, (which by the way does express my feelings about finally starting my brand new blog!). <br />
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