Pink Saturday Pinterest and Me

Greetings Pinkettes! Lovely to see you! How are you? Me? Well, I'm late for my post again *sigh*. Hope you don't mind.

A huge thanks to Beverly How Sweet the Sound, our fabulous host, who keeps this pinkalicious party going for us! If you haven't already, do stop by Beverly's blog and say hello.

Today I'm taking down two (pink) birds with one stone....Pink Saturday and Pinterest. I know many of you use Pinterest. There was much concern about Pinterest's policies and several have either deleted their accounts or many of their pins. I'm thrilled to say that Pinterest has seen the error of it's ways and has changed their policy. What a relief! I was on the verge of closing my account. It's still a good idea to watermark your personal photos.

One of the many reasons why I am addicted enjoy Pinterest is to be able to create my boards and fill them with such goodies as...

Things I want...



eye candy and ideas/inspiration...



sharing my creations...



and my photos....





my favorite tea length dress
(taffeta, slit-pockets, AND a hot pink crenoline *happy feet*)....



as well as leaving Mother's Day gift hints to my children.
(I so want this skin for my laptop!)



To date I've already posted over 700 pins and I've only started a few weeks ago. I even have a board called "Think Pink" for future Pink Saturday posts.

To view my board and pins click here

If you are already a member, please do let me know. I'd love to view your board.

I hope you have enjoyed your visit and thanks taking the time to leave me your sweet thoughts!

Happy Pink Saturday (belated)! Be well!

Cheers!

How To Tutorial Finally Finished!

Hello all! Lovely of you to drop by! This is just a fly by post ha!

I just wanted to let you know that I have posted the how to tutorial for making paper/book page roses and the rosette wreath, as well as some helpful hints!

It is now available on my How To's page. You can click the link under the page header or simply click the photo below!



As always, feel free to contact me if you have any questions!

Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Be well! See you soon!

Cheers!

Faux Hydrangea Wreath with a Twist

Greetings snow bunnies and non-snow bound bloggerettes! I am so ready for spring, aren't you?! The weather here in the SF peninsula has been amazing around 75 degrees. Poifect California weather! See, this is the reason we put up with the earthquakes, insane state politics and high prices ha!

I'm sure you seen faux hydrangea wreath all around the web. I thought I'd make one...with a little twist of my own...



My twist, adding some bling to the centers

doesn't show up too well in the photos, but each center has a color matching rhinestone.

I first wrapped a 10" styrofoam wreath with purple satin ribbon (here is a view of the back)


filled it with faux hydrangea blossoms, added the rhinestones, and used a sheer puple ribbon for hanging. Love it!

I have a few more bunches, but want to mix some flowers in for something different.





Before I get to doing that, I've been laboring over another project. One that I'm beginning to regret having started. Here is a little teaser



That is only half of what I need *sigh*

Just another labor intensive project....did I mention it is very labor intensive? lol!

I'll post the finished wreath if when it's finished. ha!

Thanks so much for stopping by! It is always so lovely to read your comments!

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Cheers!

MY SPIN ON A BOOK WREATH

Ellooooooo! So sweet of you to stop by! I hope all is happy and well in your world!

I'm sure you've seen the book wreaths that have been making the rounds here in our blogosphere. Well, I've finally gotten around to making one myself; but, with my own little spin on it ha!

BUT FIRST! let me preface that my photos are horrid! My terrible indoor light and my poor little camera was a bad bad combination. So why post? I dunno...ha!

Ok, here's the best photo I could get so far.



A close up



a futile attempt to show you the UNBELIEVABLE sparkle (with a blurred photo)



I even attempted a video to show how stunning it is...sad to say it failed miserable.

Ok, enough of my pity party. ha!

For those of you who want the nitty gritty behind the scenes stuff; read on!

I used a 10-in green styro wreath form and covered it with book pages



Ripped out tons of book pages (a romance novel from GW for $2.39)

Next, I got my handy dandy MARVY 3.5" scalloped punch



punched out loads of these



Glittered up their scallopy edges (first dipping the edges in glue and rolled them in fine German Glass Glitter glass).

WE INTERRUPT OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED QUICKIE TUTORIAL FOR THE FOLLOWING CONFESSION:

I was so anxious to see how the glittered book florettes would look I totally cheated, but just a wee bit...



Ha!

Ok, where was I?! oh yeah...

Here they are are drying and I'm waiting...waiting...waiting



waiting...

Once they were dry I folded (without creasing them) then and glued them on the wreath form with my trusty glue gun.



Originally I made 150 glittered edged book page florettes. Oddly enough...I didn't have enough. This is as far as I got



So I glittered up another 130 florette edges and called it a night.

Next morning, it took another 50 to finish the wreath.



Not counting breaks and drying time (oh and the burnt finger tips ha!) it took about 8 hours to complete. BUT, it truly is dazzling and therefore so worth it! I will be making one with red glittery tips, one with gold tips and green! Should be on my etsy in a few days.

So what might I be doing with the remaining 80 florettes you ask. Well, I did cover up this 3.5" styro ball with some pages...



If you are thinking ornament...ummm not this time. But here's a clue: pucker up baby! sookie sookie! ha!

I will be posting a more thorough tutorial in the very near future. I just need someone to take the picture of how I folded each florette.

I'm hooking up with these fabulous hosts!





Be sure to check out the other participants!

Have a wonderful weekend! Thanks for visiting! See you soon!

Cheers!