Monday, November 1, 2010

Thanksgiving Prep..Not The Food


I'm hoping to swap out my Halloween decorations this week for Thanksgiving and have been working on a few new additions to the stuff that's still in the bins. It's really hard not to add to your decor with all the wonderful ideas and talent in the blogosphere. Since Jessica at Craftily Ever After can't stop making these great takes on the "Keep Calm  & Carry On" poster, I can't help printing them! I already framed one for my mantle but she made two more so:
I took two images from my graphics program, (corn and a turkey) converted them to black and white and chose a crackled transparent effect . You can see I didn't quite size the "cranberry" sign correctly ( even though my screen said I did!) but it'll do for now.

I've gone a little banner happy:
Created the letters in my graphics program and cut the other shapes using the Cricut Accent Essentials cart. Haven't decided if this will end up on the mantle or the banister. It's hanging on a strip of tulle with paper covered clothespins. Here's a better look at the letters:
The silver paper here looks bluish but it's really pewter in person

Added clear damask stickers to some of the letters
I've wanted to make one of those word jumble things ( is this Subway Art? I don't know) so started small and did this on a 4x4 wood plaque. Just printed the words on scrapbook paper and Mod Podged onto the wood.
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9 comments:

  1. Very cool, love your banners, they're always superb!

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  2. I love the jumble/subway art sign, I want to make one one now! The banner is great too...

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  3. The banner is so pretty, I love the colors and the little scroll-y embellishments. So not your typical color scheme for T-giving, that's why I like it!

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  4. Fun! I'm loving your banners. Keep 'em coming! :) You are way ahead of the game hear with all of these decorations!

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  5. ♥♥♥ your Thanksgiving decor. I need to get busy and take down my Halloween stuff. ♥ to put it up, but don't like taking it down Ÿ

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  6. I love everything! It looks great!

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  7. LOVE all your Thanksgiving decorations. I need to hop on this band wagon... soon! Thanks for linking up at Sew Woodsy! I featured your project today! Make sure you grab a "featured button" and come back next week to link up more great projects!!!

    http://sewwoodsy.blogspot.com/2010/11/friday-features.html

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