Christmas Cheer

Hi all,

Just wanted to share with you guys some arrangements we recently did for a holiday party. The theme of the party was "Elfed Up", how funny is that?  I thought it was quite clever.  The client wanted a rich red color with gold accents.  We used red callas, red roses, bi-colored hydrangeas, white alstroemerias, lambs ear and seeded eucalyptus.  We used textured gold vases to bring in the gold she requested.  Take a peek below...

Happy Holidays!

-Johanna

Button Earrings DIY

Hi,

Ever wonder what to do with old buttons that collect dust in the button jar?  Make them into cute earrings!  I made two pairs of earrings that took all of ten minutes and very little money!  The supplies you will need are pliers, earring posts, earring backs, E6000 adhesive and buttons.  All these supplies can be found at your craft store.

E6000, buttons, earring posts and backs.

Step 1:  The buttons I used had hooks in the back that I needed to remove to create a smooth even surface so I could adhere the posts to. I simply used the pliers to grab the hooks and pulled them off.  It took a little effort but the hooks came right out!

Back of buttons with hooks.

Back of buttons without the hooks.

Step 2:  Next I applied a drop of the E6000 adhesive to the back of the button and placed the earring post on the adhesive.  The adhesive directions say to let dry 48-72 hours, but they'll be dry before then!

Adhesive and posts applied to back of buttons.

Step 3:  Let dry!

 Step 4:  Wear them or give them out as a gift!

-Leti

Holiday Wreaths

Season's Greetings!

I can't believe it's already December!  Not only can you tell by all the lights and decorations, but also the holiday music on the radio.  I am obsessed with holiday music, especially the Chipmunks Christmas song.  Alvin gets me every time when he asks for his hula hoop.  He's just too darn cute! Holiday music puts me in the perfect mood to do holiday crafts.  So, this week Leti and I made fresh wreaths. 

You will need:
Wire circles in various sizes
Florist's wire gauge 24 or 26
Christmas greens, berries, seeded eucalyptus, etc.

We purchased both the paddle wire and the wire circles from Michael's

First, we separated all of our materials into 12 bunches.  Each bunch had 5 Christmas greens, 2 sprigs of seeded eucalyptus and 1 berry sprig.

Next, you just simply attach each bunch onto the wire circle by wrapping the stems with the florist's wire.  Repeat this step until you're done!

Here is Leti's wreath on her front door.  Hope you like it!

-Johanna

Mickey Mouse Oreo Pops

Hi Everyone,

This past weekend I made Mickey Mouse Oreo pops for my friend's son who turned two.  Below are the step by step instructions for the pops and the stand.

Here's what I used for the Mickey Mouse Oreo pops:

Lollipop sticks, double stuf Oreos, white Smarties, red sprinkles & black and red candy melts 

First, I melted the red candy melts using the double boiler method

Then, I dipped the Oreo halfway,

 

Covered half the Oreo in red sprinkles, 

Placed two smarties on top and added two candy melts for the ears.  To ensure that the "ears" stayed on I dipped the edge of each "ear" into the melted red candy melts and then stuck them on.

Lastly, I inserted the lollipop stick into the Oreo and put them aside to dry.

Here are the materials I used to make the pop stand:

Yellow construction paper, a sharpie, scissors, a hot glue gun, three pieces of floral foam & ribbon

First, I traced the outer edges of each piece of foam on the yellow construction paper, cut the circles out and set them aside.

Because two out of the three pieces of foam were wider than the ribbon I had to cover the edges of the green foam with black sharpie.  

Next, I hot glued the ribbon around each piece of foam

Lastly, I hot glued the yellow circles of construction paper onto each piece of foam and hot glued each tier to one another.

I hope you enjoyed my Mickey Mouse Oreo Pops as much as the birthday boy did!

-Johanna

Pretty in Pink

Hi all,

Here are a couple of pictures from a brunch we had this weekend at the Top of the Mark.  The client wanted three pink and white arrangements to celebrate her baby girl's christening.  Hope you enjoy the pictures!

-Johanna

Happy Halloween!

Boo!!

This year I decided to make my costume for Halloween.  After racking my brain on what to be I finally decided to be a scrumptious cupcake.  I looked on the web for inspiration pics and Leti and I got to work.  Between the two of us we had almost everything we needed to make the costume (with the exception of the pom poms.) 

Batting, a plain white shirt, pom poms & silver tube top 

  

To construct the top of the cupcake we used batting (48"x 48") that Leti had leftover from an old project.  We cut the batting into 3 different sizes to create the layers of frosting.

12"x48", 16"x48" and 20"x48"

Because the batting was so flat we needed to hand sew the batting in a couple of places to give it a bunched look.  

Next, we safety pinned the strips of batting to the shirt & hot glued the pom poms for the sprinkles.

Can you see the cupcake yet?

The last thing left to do was to make the cherry.  Here's what I used:

    

We simply wrapped the stryofoam ball with the red yarn and hot glued it every so often to secure it.  To make the stem we poked a hole in the cherry and hot glued in the garden tie.  To attach the cherry to the headband we used two pieces of felt on either side of the headband and hot glued them together.  

We hot glued a small piece of felt onto the ball (under the yarn)

And put the other piece of felt under the headband.  

To make sure the cherry wasn't going anywhere we also used pins to secure the cherry.

Here it is all done. What do you guys think?

Have a safe Halloween,

-Johanna

DIY Necklace

Hi there,

So, I was cleaning out my closet and I found an old shirt from Forever 21 that I had not worn in years.  It had a really nice jewel detail around the collar and I thought it would make a great statement necklace, so I got to snipping.

I cut off the excess fabric and sewed two loops on either side of the necklace where the ribbon would go through.

   

Here is the finished necklace

         

I love the ribbon detail because I can make the necklace whatever length I want.  Now the only thing left to do is wear it out!

-Johanna

TGIF

Hi everyone,

Here are today's arrangements.  

We used blue hydrangeas, white and light purple lisianthus, white dahlias and dusty miller.  

Enjoy your weekend!

Johanna

The Bedazzler

Hi,

Years ago I used to do a lot of online shopping.  I mean who doesn't? It's so easy to point, click, put all the goodies in your cart and checkout.  On one of my various online shopping sprees I bought the bedazzler.  You know, the device that makes it easy to "add sparkle and excitement to any outfit!"  You have one too, don't you???  Well, it's been six years and I hadn't used it until tonight!  I'm not sure why tonight was the night, but I'm glad I did.

    

The kit comes with a bedazzler, instructions, rhinestones, studs & patterns 

I looked through my closet to find a shirt that I wanted to bedazzle and settled on this one.

I decided to bedazzle the back so I could cover it with my hair if it didn't turn out right.  I cut out the anchor pattern and ironed it on the back.  

Then I got to bedazzling and put studs where it was marked.  

Here is the final product

Not bad for my first time!  It was easy and the entire process took about 30 minutes.  I think I'll break out the bedazzler again on a rainy day.  Any ideas on what I should bedazzle next time?


Bye!

Johanna