Wedding Wednesday: Simple Signs

I did a post a few months ago about coordinating all of your wedding accessories: invitations, favors, signs, programs, etc.  You can read that post here for ideas.  I thought I would focus this Wedding Wednesday post on signs.  I think signs are a great way to add just a little something to the decor and have functionality.  I wish I had used more signs at my wedding, but didn't think of it at the time.  I have made plenty since for Lisa's wedding and a few others we have had orders for.  

They can be as simple or as complex as you'd like them to be.  Here are a few samples of signs we've made.  All were used at weddings, but you can see the difference in how the bride was decorating.  

This bride stayed simple.  She wanted to the colors form her wedding used and a fun font, but that's about it.  She did make sure her guests could easily find the area they were supposed to sit in with large arrows.  

This bride wanted just a little bit more.  She wanted to use polka dot paper for the words and add a few flowers to give her sign something extra.  She also made it easy on her guests by using arrows.  

This one is essential!  Ha ha!  People have to know where the restrooms are.  This was place on the door to the restroom, but you could also have signs with arrows pointing your guests in the right direction.  

How and where you use signs are completely up to the bride, but I think they are so fun to have!  

Happy Crafting! Lisa and Jess

Technique Tuesday: Using pictures

I always forget that just because I'm not creating a scrapbook page that I can use a picture to add a little pizzazz to a card.  Most of the time it's because I don't just have pictures sitting around my house that I want to use.  Since it's something that people don't usually think to do I thought I'd use that as our Technique Tuesday!  

A great time to use a picture is basically for any birthday or occasion that is special to you.  I made a Mother's Day card a while back to send to my mom.  I thought of this idea to make a "flower bed" and thought I could use her picture near the flowers.  Thanks for the circles I used it was simple to incorporate her picture onto the card.  I used a pop-dot to make the picture lift off the page.  

You could do this for Christmas or a birthday easily!  What a great way to show off your family or spotlight someone special.  :)  

Happy Crafting! Lisa and Jess

Wedding Wednesday!

I know it's Thursday instead of Wednesday, but I wanted to get a Wedding Wednesday post up this week.  As I said in our Technique Tuesday post, the days get away from me.  In the last Wedding Wednesday post I blogged about bachelorette parties and fun invitations you can send to your guests.  This week, I thought I'd share some cards we have made for guests to give to the bride and groom with their gift.  

I like to use the colors that are being used as the theme for the wedding.  It's usually easy to figure out once you receive your invitation, but if you aren't sure you can always ask the bride of groom.  I think coordinating the card is a thoughtful way to celebrate the bride and groom.  

Black, white and silver theme

Red and turquoise theme

Red and turquoise theme

White and champagne theme

Happy Crafting! Lisa and Jess

Technique Tuesday: Corner Rounders!

And we're back!  I have been a huge slacker the last few weeks when it comes to our blog.  I'm so sorry followers.  It's amazing how quickly the weeks get away from me.  I need to be better about writing these posts ahead of time, but I never think about it.  Anyway...since it is Tuesday it's time for a new technique for the week.

Honestly, I am a bit stumped at what to write about today, so I'm going to make it quick and easy.  I love to add a little something to my cards by rounding the corners.  It's really easy to do.  All you need is a corner rounder.  You can buy this at any scrapbooking or craft show.  How well it works is really a "you get what you pay for" kind of thing.  We have one or two from Hobby Lobby or Michaels and they work well, but the one I have from Creative Memories is by far the best I've used.

You can round corners in any way you want.  If you like things to be uniform you can round everything like I did for Cameron's birthday invitations below.  It also looks nice when you round the corners to your actual card.  It adds just a little bit of fun.

 I always mix it up by leaving some corners sharp and rounding others.  Now, one thing you should do is round all the corners that are layered together.  If you round the top and bottom right corners of your actual card then you need to round the laters you put on top of the card.  You don't have to, but I think it makes it look cleaner.

You do not have to round the corners of your actual card and still round the layers on top.  That always looks nice.  As you can read above there are so many ways you can make your cards look beautiful and fun using your corner rounder!  Now go out and create some of your own.  Please share then with us if you have a really pretty card or a fun technique with corner rounding.  :)

Happy Crafting! Lisa and Jess