I Heart Floral Wreaths

Hey Everyone! 

I wanted to do something cute for Valentine's Day that was a bit different from the pink, red, and white vibe this year and was inspired by more purples, berry colors, and champagne shimmers in making this fun heart wreath!

Supplies  

Heart shaped straw wreath
2 bunches of artificial flowers
hot glue gun / glue sticks
wire cutters
2-3 inch wide wire ribbon

First, wrap ribbon all the way around your wreath, with slight overlapping. Hot glue first piece, and last piece. Wrap very tightly.

Once ribbon is secured, using wire cutters, cut flowers off leaving some stem length. Remove all greenery from bouquet and set aside for later.

Curl bottom of wire stem to desired flower height and hot glue flat curled wire to the wreath. Continue per flower until desired. To maintain heart shape, angle flower head downwards at the inner and outer points of the heart, to dramatically enhance its shape. 

Use leftover leaves and greenery to fill around the inner and outer heart shape, to hide all that wire, and fill all those holes!

 

 

So lovely!! I am really digging these pinks and berry purples!
Have a great week!

Bethany @Enchanted Lake

New Year Countdown Board

I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

Can't believe how fast this year has flown by.  Now it's time to start getting ready for the New Year!  For those of you who love to have New Year's Eve parties, I have a great project that makes a great conversation starter for all your friends and family!

All you need are a few items...

 

1. Black, Gold, Grey and White Cardstock

2. Double-stick tape

3. Paper Cutter

4. We-R-Memory Envelope Punchboard

5. Metallic Gold, White and Black stamp pad

6. Black 0.5 Micron Pen

7. White Gelly Roll Pen

8. Gold Montana Acrylic Paint Pen

9. Washi Tape
10. Black or White Mounting or Illustration Board

 

  

It looks like a long list, but trust me!  There isn't much work involved!

Your punch board, which I highly recommend purchasing if you do not already own one, will be doing most of the hard work.  You will just be using your creativity!

First, cut a 6x6 inch square out of your cardstock and use the instructions on your punch board to cut out a template for a 3x5 inch envelope.  I chose cardstocks in different colors, textures and patterns for variety. 

 

 Keep that in mind when choosing the cards going into the
envelopes as well!  A conversation starter about the past year such as "Favorite Song?" and "Favorite Holiday Memory?" will be on each card.  This means that each envelope is going to be put on the board in a "portrait format".  Because they are going to be pockets, tape only the two longer sides and one short side down.  Cut off the other short flap.  This is where the card will slip in.  (After putting the envelopes together, you can distress the sides with a stamp pad to give it a vintage look.)

 

Each pocket is going to represent each hour leading down to midnight starting at 6:00 pm.  You can decorate the front of the pockets with washi tape and baker's twine, then write an hour on each envelope.  If you want, you can punch out shapes and write the times on these pieces before sticking them onto your pockets.   Go nuts and mix techniques!

 

 

 I punched out a 4 x 6 inch envelope out of some festive gold and white chevron paper to mark the New Year!  In here, I put a card that read "New Years Resolutions?"
That would probably be the best way to start the New Year, other than some champagne and maybe a kiss from that special someone.  (Or maybe your dog.  Puppy kisses work too.)
Whatever you choose to do with your loved ones, we at the Pearl City Ben Franklin would like to wish you a Safe, Prosperous and Happy New Year!

Cheers!
Erika @ PC

Photo Booth Fun

Who's ready for their close-up? We've just set up some fun photo booth stations for everyone at Enchanted Lake Ben Franklin. Check out some of these great pics we got when we caught some of our employees and their families photo boothin' around.

A few of our employees "monkeying" around with the Holiday Chic frame and props.

Asia, Greg, and Sarah trying to class it up in our Champagne and Ice photo station.

I think this picture was just to see how many people and props we could fit in our polaroid frame.

Last, but not least, here's Toni and friends hamming it up with class and a glass.

All of our props and frames for each of our themes were made by some lovely Ben Franklin employess out of foam core and then painted with acrylic paint. You are welcome to stop in and have some fun this Christmas season with us and our photo booth stations.

Puna @ Enchanted Lake

P.S. Scroll down for a great costume idea courtesy of Crankin' out Crafts.