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Article first published as Holiday DIY: How to make a faux chalkboard placeholder on Technorati.
To assemble a faux chalkboard frame:
Get a head start on your holiday decorating with easy,simple, inexpensive yet stylishly chic DIY craft projects. With Halloween and thanksgiving slowly winding in, now is the time to start thinking of easy ways to dress up your holiday table.
Chalkboard has a casual, bistro inspired look that great for the holiday table. You don't have to spend a lot of money or dabble in woodwork and chalk board paint to get that charming bistro style on your table.
To make a faux chalkboard placeholder, all you need are basic art store supplies:
- A package of plain wooden popsicle sticks
- Heavy cardboard or chipboard paper
- Matte textured black colored art paper
- Glue stick and glue gun
- Wooden clothespin (optional)
- Chalk
- Silver tipped pen (optional)
- Heavy cardboard or chipboard paper
- Matte textured black colored art paper
- Glue stick and glue gun
- Wooden clothespin (optional)
- Chalk
- Silver tipped pen (optional)
To assemble a faux chalkboard frame:
1. Cut a piece of 10.5 cm x 10.5 cm square from the heavy cardboard and black art paper. Glue edges of black art paper onto the heavy cardboard using craft glue.
2. Glue popsicle sticks to the four corners of the black card square using a glue gun.
3. You may want to make clip-on chalkboard frame by affixing a piece of wooden clothespin to the bottom side of the frame. Alternately, you can attach a piece of popsicle stick to the bottom end of the frame to create a chalkboard peg.
4. Make as many faux chalkboard placecards as you can. Use them as dinner table placecards, mini menu boards or food labels for a dessert or candy buffet table.
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Sunday, October 09, 2011
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My framed rabbit print from artist Valerie Greeley
The Year of the Rabbit is here! Wishing you peace, prosperity and good fortune!
Thursday, February 03, 2011
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From my craftroom to yours, Happy Christmas (in July)!
Welcome to the Lollishops Christmas in July Party organized by Lollishops founder Sadie Lou Who for Lollishop vendors, friends and frou frou fanatics, old and new alike! I'm quite a bit early but you know Christmas excites me!
Visit Lollishops and the Lollishop Blog on July 25 (that's today in my hemisphere and tomorrow in the other) to see pretty handmade cottage style, shabby chic Christmas items for sale and of course Christmas giveaways!
As a Lollishop Friend, I'm giving away a couple of Tilda Fabric Apples I made from Tone Finnanger's Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle craft book given to me by my friend Crafty Cathy. Just leave a comment on this blog post telling me about your favorite Christmas craft project or if you're lazy just say hi! I will draw a winner tomorrow afternoon.
P.S. My Christmas in July Shop Sale is ending soon (July 26)! Grab something sweet while the sale is still on-going!
Have a merry, happy weekend!
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Saturday, July 25, 2009
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I love craft punchers and stampers. There's so many crafts and ideas you can create from them like this doily fringed cake stand!
To showcase Easter eggs in style, decorate plain, white cake stands with dainty paper fringes. You can use purchased paper doily lace or you can create scalloped paper garlands. Alternately, you can use a paper edge punch like this Martha Stewart floral edge lace punch which I used for this project.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
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We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.
-Johann Wolfgang Van Goethe
Saturday, February 14, 2009
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No time to get fancy for Valentines? Dress up your lollies with some cute sucker wrappers from American Greeting Cards or you can make your own!
Friday, February 13, 2009
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Image from Babalisme
1. Sweet valentine printable from Babalisme
Image from Vintage Glam Weddings
2. Vintage cupcake pennants from Vintage Glam Weddings
Image from Hallmark Magazine
3. Paper cutting template from Elsa Mora on Hallmark Magazine
Image from Twig and Thistle
4. DIY Sweetheart Brownie Valentine on Twig and Thistle
Friday, February 13, 2009
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Create baskets of valentine treats for friends and loved ones! Make this adorable Beary Bear from Bunnyhill Design's free pattern. Tuck this sweet bear in a basket filled with yummy valentine sugar cookies and lollies!
Next valentine workshop: Gift baskets and bags
Friday, January 23, 2009
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Wishing you all a beautiful season filled with God's love and light! Merry Christmas and a Wonderful New Year!
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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I've received a Spirit of Christmas Award from the lovely Suzie of Little Busy Bee. Thank you Suzie! It's so sweet that you've thought of me!
Christmas Spirit Award rules:
Christmas Spirit Award rules:
- You must be a true Christmas lover to receive this award.
- The person to whom you give the award must also be in love with Christmas.
- You must link back to the person who gave you the award.
- You must list 5 things that you love about Christmas.
- If you can't limit it to 5 things, then keep going till you run out of space!
- Pass the award along to as many people as you like.That can be 1 or 45; it's up to you. But, you must pass it on to at least one person in order to keep the Christmas cheer going!
- Let your recipients know that you have tagged them by leaving them a comment.
5 Things (and more) I love about Christmas:
1. It's the birth of Jesus Christ our saviour
2. Spreading God's message of love, hope, peace and healing
3. Christmas baking, cooking and crafting
4. Sharing Christmas love with family and friends
5. Christmas illuminations and lights
6. Hot cocoa and scent of cinnamon spiced candles
7. Christmas caroling and singing
8. Colder weather here in the tropics
9. Listening to Christmas songs
10. Watching classic Christmas cartoons on You Tube!
11. The spirit of giving and generosity
12. Enjoying Christmas art such as these:
I would like to pass on the Spirit of Christmas Award to the following ladies who have generously shared their Christmas inspiration and gifts of creativity:
5. Thalita Dol
Till next time. Twinkle on!
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
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Happy St. Lucia Day to my favorite Swedish blog friends!
Fyra årstider
Ute Och Inne
Ihanna's Creative Space
Nordic Craft
Saturday, December 13, 2008
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Christmas is on it's way! Welcome the holiday season with a batch of warm, fragrant Gingerbread Cupcakes!
Gingerbread Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup cake flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger powder (I use thai galangal powder)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
90 g butter, softened
1/4 cup milk (optional)
2 tablespoons dark molasses
1/4 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 12 muffin pan with cupcake papers. Sift the cake flour together with the baking soda, ginger powder, nutmeg and cinnamon into a large bowl . Add the remaining ingredients. Meanwhile, cream the butter with egg and sugar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture. Combine well.
Divide mixture into cupcake cases. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Yield: 1 dozen cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup cake flour
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tsp ginger powder (I use thai galangal powder)
1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1/4 cup white sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 egg
90 g butter, softened
1/4 cup milk (optional)
2 tablespoons dark molasses
1/4 tsp vanilla
Preheat oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit. Line a 12 muffin pan with cupcake papers. Sift the cake flour together with the baking soda, ginger powder, nutmeg and cinnamon into a large bowl . Add the remaining ingredients. Meanwhile, cream the butter with egg and sugar. Add flour mixture to butter mixture. Combine well.
Divide mixture into cupcake cases. Bake for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack.
Yield: 1 dozen cupcakes
Monday, December 01, 2008
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Check out a caboodle of fun and hauntingly sweet halloween printables. My fave is Emily's Black Apple Halloween card. It's free and it's soo cute! Print out and mail a few cards to spread some halloween cheer!
I got Professor Pumpkin's Boo Bus paper toy parked on my desk! Find more enchanting halloween paper toys from the Toymaker. I found this adorable site via The Long Thread's Handmade Halloween link.
Lastly, I printed a few pumpkin ornaments from Matthew Mead for my tabletop halloween tree.
There are more halloween inspiration from One Pretty Thing's Halloween round up! Have a great weekend everybody. Make it a boo-tiful week!
Sunday, October 26, 2008
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Saturday, October 18, 2008
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Pop over to Vanessa's fanciful blog for some sparkly spooky halloween preview! She is hosting a halloween party on the 18th of October and of course anybody who is up for some good halloween crafting, baking, making and merrymaking is invited to join in!
Links:
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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Don't forget to head over to Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion website to download some wonderful Father's Day art prints! Save, print and collect these limited use artworks for your craft or gift ideas.
Links:
Father's Day Notepad
Craft Ideas from BHG
P.S. Hope you like the new, fresh picnic tablecloth ambiance of this blog! Have a fun Tuesday!
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
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Brighten up mom's day with these sweet craft inspirations. Happy Mother's Day to all moms!
Image from Molly Chicken
1. Birdie cards from Lizzy House
2. D.I.Y. Paper Wrapped Soaps from Creature Comforts
Image from Creature Comforts
3. Quick and Easy Mother's Day Crafts from Craftzine
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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I think of the garden after the rain;
And hope to my heart comes singing,
At morn the cherry-blooms will be white,
And the Easter bells be ringing!
– Edna Dean Procter, Easter Bells
Pastel dyed eggs inspired by the lovely Gina
Tiny snow bunny Easter basket inspired by Q.D. Patootie and Doe-c-Doe
Spring blossom heart pillows inspired by Mary Engelbreit's Home Companion
Pom pom Easter chicks inspired by Craftbits
Saturday, March 22, 2008
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