DIY EVENT DECOR: TWINED WRAPPED JARS

This weekend, I'm styling a country/barn wedding, so I've spent the last couple of weeks wrapping twine around mason jars to make them a little more rustic looking. It's a small change but it makes a big impact. Twine wrapped jars are great for a picnic style wedding or party, and are really affordable and easy to make. 

All you need is some tacky glue, twine and jars. 

When you start, leave about an inch of twine before you start glueing it to the jar. Then as you wrap the twine around the jar, cover up that excess piece. At the end, just cut the twine and glue the entire bottom row of twine to the jar. I also put a drop of glue on top of the very end of the glue to make sure it didn't fray at the end. The glue dries clear so it isn't noticeable. 

Happy decorating!

(photo above via Airth and Ocean)

LINK LOVE / 29

This clothing organizing app is pretty cool. Just like the movie, Clueless, as one of my friends put it!

I was so happy to hear that Giuliana and Bill Rancic had their baby! I've been following their story for quite a while and I just love them both.

Are women genetically happier than men?

This will make you smile. A lot. Seriously, just click it.

20 Irrational But Nonetheless Persistent Beauty Fears I've Picked Up From My Time as a Female Human Being <- Females will chuckle. Men will be confused.

I love this Flag Conversions Tea Towel that Shanna Murray did for West Elm:

Color-block Boho Drop Earrings? Yes, please.

This may be one of my favorite outfits ever:

Washi Tape Organizer! How cute:

Loving this unique & functional coffee table:

Nothing new this week, just working on custom orders and my holiday collection (coming soon!)

Have a great Labor Day weekend!

FREEZER PAPER "SCREENPRINTING"

Yesterday, I shared pictures from the Etsy Craft Party we threw on Friday. Today, I wanted to share a tutorial for one of the crafts we did at the party: Freezer Paper Screenprinting! This is a really easy craft that I think would be great to do with kids too! Here's what you do:

1. Print out a design on regular printer paper. 

We chose the Nashville skyline to go with our theme. 

2. Trace the design onto the smooth paper side of a piece of freezer paper.

3. Cut out the inside of the design. 

I would recommend doing a simpler design if you're doing this with kids - this part was kinda tricky, especially since we were using scissors rather than an x-acto knife.

4. Carefully iron the freezer paper to the fabric.

5. Paint a thin layer of fabric paint inside the design.

*It also helps to place a piece of cardboard under the fabric or inside the tote so that the paint doesn't bleed through.

  

6. Slowly remove the freezer paper and you're left with a "screenprinted" design!

Here we are with all of our creations!

ETSY CRAFT PARTY 2012

Friday, my friend Lindsey and I threw a craft party as part of the worldwide Etsy Craft Party 2012.  The theme this year was "Wish You Were Here" so our party was a southern, Nashville theme! 

(Lindsey and I accidentally wore almost identical dresses - ha! Apparently blue and white seersucker says "Nashville" to us)

Nashville is all about southern food and music, so we incorporated those details in our party. We also used the Nashville skyline for a lot of our decorations and for both crafts.

 The crafts that we did were a postcard template that everyone could decorate and a homemade screenprinting craft using freezer paper (I'll be sharing a tutorial post tomorrow!). 

*Update: Click here to see the freezer paper screenprinting tutorial!

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Here are my favorite links of the week:

"When I was a kid..." blog with pictures and text that people submit reflecting on their childhoods compared to present day. Cute!

50 reasons to have a baby

...and 50 reasons not to.

Disney princesses who would probably be divorced by now.

Ideas to make a small space look bigger

I'm obsessed with this colorful workspace:

Gorgeous California necklace:

I love this girl's haircolor and cut:

a helpful coffee chart:

Lobster Love card:

...much more on my Pinterest boards - follow me!

Have a great weekend!