More Mason Jar Fun!

In the theme of all things mason jars right now... I have another great and easy little craft!

Today was our banquet for swim team. I was in dire need of something for my captains as a little "thank you for helping coach Steena when she's about to lose her $h!t" gift. Being the last minute person that I am, I ran to Michael's after work today (I had 1 hour and 20 minutes to put something together and get changed) before I had to head to banquet. I picked up some small mason jars, ribbions in our school colors, and candies.

I made adorable little candy jars with ribbion on them. They are almost identical to the flower vases I made in the post below. I made 6 of them in a matter of minutes (ok, it was 30 minutes, but pretty good)! So easy, and SUPER cute! You can do them with any kind of ribbion... you just have to get creative! I wanted to do a fabric on the top, but apparently Michaels does not carry the cute fabric squares anymore. :(

And while I am here, a big shout out to one of my best friends and co-coach. I love you Hillary! I couldn't have done another season without you! 

I'm back! ...with flower arrangements!

The last 5 months has been so hectic, I cant even describe it! But being that I finished Graduate School on Tuesday, I thought I would celebrate. To be honest, I was planning on going home, running around in my underwear and drinking beer. That didn't happen. Instead, I decided to indulge in Thai Food, watch Doctor Who, and CRAFT!

At Michaels the other day, there was a TON of stuff on sale! Mind you, I went to Michaels to get a poster board for my Thesis presentation and then ended up spending $80 on stuff that wasn't for my presentation... go me! :) I picked up some mason jars, flowers, and ribbion so I could make some arrangements for my graduation party. Im so happy I did, because they came out sooooooo cute!

It cost me $78 to make all 3 of these. The flowers were $5, the burlap was $6.99, Mason jars were $2.99 and $3.99, ribbon was $5, and the marbles were $7 a bag (I only used 1 jar of marbles).

To start, I got mason jars, marbles, burlap, and ribbion

I measured the ribbion around the jars and layered them, then glued them with tacky glue

I arranged my flowers in the color ordered that I wanted. Honestly, that was the hardest part!

Then I cut the edges off the burlap (for the smaller jars) and glued it on the jar

Then I put the ribbion on!

And tied some burlap bows around the ribbion to dress it up

And look at that! Aren't they beautiful?

Heres my little pic collage! :)

8x8 Scrapbooking

So, as you know, I LOVE SCRAPBOOKING! But goodness, I HATE 8x8 SCRAPBOOKING! I've made a few and hated every moment of it. Pictures don't fit, things look smooshed and all together, its just not enough scrapbook.

But being that one of my best friends live in Belgium, I cannot make her a 12x12 scrapbook and ship it to her a reasonable price. Which leaves me with the horrid option of 8x8 (which, FYI, fits in a US Postal Service 'Medium Flat Rate' ship box and ships to Belgium for about $45).

Although my hate for 8x8's is very high, I have a few pages that I really loved and I wanted to share them!

Luxembourg Cover Page

(Color meets Old World)

Flander's Field Page, with John McCrae Poem

(Example of 8x8 pages just being so cramped!)

Ten Duinen Play page

(I love how the pink and purple played off our colorful clothes!)

Masked Masquerade?

I wanted to share these beautiful masks that my roommate makes! She works her tail off on these pretty things... Check out her etsy page here to see all of her masks. She does custom ones too! Her masks have been custom created for parties and weddings as well, incase you need to mix it up a bit!

Pink mask with Swarowski crystals and vintage lace 

Royalty mask!