Guest designer for Ooh-la-la Vintage Treasures Dec. 10, 2011

Hello Friends and Welcome to my blog! :)

Today I am a guest designer on Ooh-la-la Vintage Treasures and I just love their store you need to check it out and you can by going to their blog...http://www.ohlalavintagetreasures.com/ and if you love Shabby chic, vintage like I do you will love it! :)  Now lets get to it...They have a 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop...each day they have someone on their blog to give you an idea for Christmas...food, decor, wearables, hangings...so much fun...and there is a lot of cool stuff on their and oh my gosh you should check out the awesome hanging skates! beautiful if I may say so myself...but I didn't make that one...hehe...today is my time...

And I decided to make two projects since I was so INSPIRED...hehe...first one is my greenery I had....I usually hang it above my door plain with color lights outside...but this year I wasn't in the mood to do that and it is a lot of trouble...so I decided to make something for me that I would enjoy for years to come and since I love PURPLE! ...well you know I had to go with it...hehe...so I decided to go all out decorating purple and silver this year...with a little bit of different shades of purple...check it out below...

Here is my plain greenery:

Then I added the ribbon I have received from my pastor's wife that she gave me (she gave me two! so pretty!)  and then added that in to start off the color to add to it.

I got some beautiful ribbons from my pastor's wife...two rolls of purple! different designs and texture but I love them...I decided to use one of them today. And I added it to the greenery to give some oomph! so pretty! Then I took the left over ribbon that was left to make a bow and tied it on the greenery. Now it is finished with the ribbon part.

I then made some flowers to add to it so I can beautify it...hehe...and of course more purple again! different shades of it.  I show here how I made them...first off cut a square the smaller the size the smaller the flower I start out with 2x2, 3x3, and up it goes...I love making these so simple and easy peasy! First you cut the size you want...then cut the square into a circle then take the circle and cut it around its shape the swirls is what helps make it roll so you can get the flower shape then make sure you leave a base circle near the end of the cut so you can stand the flower on it after loosening it up. Then glue gun it or use a strong adhesive of your choice to keep it from moving.  Then I wanted to glitz it but ...gasp...I am um...out of stuff....oye...so I left them as they are and yep glue gun it to the greenery. (Planned later to do some glitz! what is a girl with out bling?) Then I cut some leaves and glue gun those to some of the flowers and then I added a small one to the bow to make it pop! and voila! you can hang it up on above a door post or above a picture and it would look beautiful! :)

I have done another project when I finished this because it gave me another idea when I was doing the flowers...hehe...you know that is how it rolls sometimes...

I have decided to make a pin or brooch as sometimes called....hehe...I made two more flowers and cut another leaf...cut a piece of lace ribbon and folded it in half ...then got the pin back and put it all together and this would make a great gift all year long especially at Mother's Day!
Again another easy peasy! just make sure you glue it altogether...hehe...

Thanks for being with me today and I had a great time playing with all of these flowers today...hope you come back to visit me some more for I will have a lot of other stuff to show you before Christmas so you can make some decorations for your tree and or a gift to make.  Hugs!

In His Love,
Be Inspired,
Kari