hearts & crafts | hermes

Fascinating documentary that opens one's eyes into the world of craftsmanship 

of Hermes products.

Check out "Hearts and Crafts" 

 

Ball of String Light

I was inspired by Bertjan Pot's "Random Light" and as much as I wish I could afford this light I came up with my own version. Enjoy!~ 

Pumpkin Door Decor

A friend of mine loves Halloween and invited me over to help make some 

super spooky pumpkin "trees" for her front door. Here's what we came up with...

Supplies: 

Sharpie Pens

Pumpkin Carving Knives similar here

Dremel 

Hot Glue Gun

Plastic pumpkins (Michaels or Target) 

1. We stacked up our pumpkin "trees" to make sure they would balance. 

2. We took our handy dandy pumpkin carving tools and started to cover out the tops of the bottom two pumpkins 

so that they would stack easier when glued together and most importantly, so that the light would shine all the way through all three pumpkins. 

3. We carved out a star/moon in the smallest pumpkin.

4. We took sharpies and drew our own "spooky trees that went all the way up our pumpkins. 

5. We took a dremel and drilled holes on the the bottom two pumpkins 

around the trees to look like "stars." 

Ta-DA! 

Zara Home...Welcome to the States

Zara Home is now available to us here in the States! 

As much as I love to shop their clothing line..it's going to be just as hard to resist 

eyeing what's now available to us online. 

round n' round

I've been eyeing some of these pendants for a long time..

time to roll up my sleeves and do a little work...stay tuned. :) 

See You Later Party

Saying good-bye is never easy but "see you later" was more befitting to this party. 

I decided to incorporated a handmade cake with the initials of the guest of honor, 

cardboard heads of him and his family, custom photo cake and photo collage that I made in honor of his service to our young adult group fellowship. 

And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.

Romans 8:28 

Purple Dessert

This shower for the bride-to-be was based off of her wedding colors, purple and silver. We were honored to have Honeymoon Sweets make our centerpiece cake which was the talk of shower. In addition, the maid of honor hand carried 2 dozen taro buns from the beloved 85 degrees bakery in Irvine, CA. I tried my hand again at cake pops and thankfully they came out just as well. 

 Theme: Purple 

Colors: Purple/White

Inspiration: Bride-to-be 

Handy Tools: Good friends

"Every good and perfect gift is from above,

coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights" 

James 1:17

Springly Vintage Dessert Table

It's been showers galore lately but that just is all the more reason for to celebrate and create new table desgns. This was made for a vintage style bride. I wanted to incorporate paper details such as hand-made poufs, "grass" and homemade macaroons. 

I really had fun dressing up some old lanterns with some specialty

yarn and tissue paper. 

Theme: Spring Vintage

Colors: Grass Green/Gold/Black/Pink

Inspiration: Colors of Spring  

Sky 2012 VBS

150 planes...15 poufs...20 paper clouds..this year's VBS was made on a budget 

but with a lot of helping hands, this all came together and went along well with this year's theme verse. 

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Starbucks Makeover

Starbucks is changing their "look" by opening up new concept stores. 

Here's a look at some of their interiors...rustic, green, innovative...

"The Bank" | Amsterdam

15th Avenue Coffee & Tea | New York

Bananas for Babies

Theme: Monkeys

Colors: Lime Green/Electric Blue/Orange Fizz

Inspiration: Banana Candy

Handy Tools: Monkey Punch

Spring Baby Showers

 Theme: Spring Baby

Colors: Yellow / Green / White

Inspiration: Nature

Handy Tools: Doilies & Tissue Paper

"The heavens declare the glory of God."

Psalm 19:1