The Wishing Well - The Wedding Collection

The jewellery is made, the table settings are complete, the bonbonnieres are done. It's the eve of the wedding and all that's left to do is finish the wishing well. But the Creative Bride has run out of time..... and inspiration! So , the she has passed this project on to me. But let's wind the clock back a few weeks...... Michaela was out op-shopping for a wishing well when she came across a wooden box covered in dingy, wrinkled paper with a lockable, hinged lid at the op shop. She could see its potential but had no idea what she was going to do with it, thinking we would just figure out the details later. The interior is in good condition and it's already lined with a black fabric so it doesn't need any work. But the outside is a different story. It was tired..... really, really tired-looking and I wish I had photos to show you just how sad it looked. And even though we didn't know what we were going to do with the box, we knew that the wrinkled pap......

Shadows Earrings Kit Giveaway - And the Winner is........

Happy Monday readers! I hope you've all downloaded the complimentary project from my latest book, Fabulous Jewelry from Findings . It's made entirely from the cute little daisy-shaped jewellery findings. If you haven't downloaded the printable pdf yet, it's still available from my website . And now, it's time to announce the three lucky winners from last week's giveaway who will each receive a kit to make the Shadows Earrings. Random.Org provided the random winners who are: Jenny Caesar Janet Green and Lauren Michelle Taylor Congratulations ladies! Please message me with your postal details via Facebook and I'll have a Shadows Earrings Kit on its way to you soon. Keep an eye out for another giveaway in the coming weeks. And of course, keep up to date with the "Wedding Collection" projects from the Creative Bride as they go live each week. 'Til next time..... Want to learn how to make awesome jewellery like this......

The Wedding Collection - DIY Table Seating Plan

Today we continue the Wedding Collection - a collection of crafts put together by the Creative Bride in our household. For the table seating plan, the wedding stylist had offered us the use of a very sleek modern mirror on an ornate stand to post the table seating arrangements. It was very pretty but really not in keeping with the theme or style of the wedding at all. So Michaela set off to the thrift stores in search of something more vintage-looking. What she had in mind was a picture with an ornate frame. Her search didn't yield the fancy frame she had hoped for but she did find a large, old print with a wooden frame that was in pretty good condition and at $5, it was a steal! Armed with a can of metallic gold spray paint, she removed the print and the backing from the frame and spray painted it to tie it into the burgundy and gold theme. All that was left to do was create a document with the seating arrangement on it, size it to fit the frame and have it printed at ......