Weddin' Work

Done!  I just finished scoring 200+ tent cards so we can get the little cow, chicken, or carrot stickers on them.  I don't want to give too much away, but this is just a peek at what Madison and I have been up to lately.  We are helping a friend of a friend with their wedding this weekend and just getting the finishing touches on a few things....and just starting a few others ;0}

I think you could sit down with a fresh bowl of ice cream and search Pinterest for a good solid 12 hours for placecard ideas and walk away more confused than when you first sat down.  Lucky for us, the bride and groom knew just what they wanted.  They ordered these SoSweEt luggage tags to let the guests know what table they will be sitting at.  Also, instead of table numbers, the tables will have names of places significant to the bride and groom.  Our job was to print the tags with the guest name and table name, then assemble the luggage tags back together.  I also have to make some holder thingys....like tomorrow.  3 more working days.  Keep your fingers crossed!

I spent a few hours designing signs too.  Here a just a couple...Remember these are mock-ups, or options, not final products!

Game Room signs.  I am kinda partial to the bottom one, but whatev.

Restroom signs.  Again, kinda partial to the bottom one, but who's counting.

And even funner {it's a work in my world}, The 7-11 signs.  The last name happens to be Levy!  How handy is that.  Let's start playing on words people!

And I guess you will just have to wait to see which version the bride and groom went with for over their slushy machine.  My backup plan was...

Love is Mushie

Have a Slushie.

Brilliance, I know.  Where do I come up with this stuff.

One last sign, I found a cute photo sign HERE 

and just added to it to make the sign below...

For the photo booth area.  Otherwise, people will just think it is a dress-up station at a wedding and that would just be weird.  It is obviously past my bedtime on a day of 16 hours solid staring at computers and papers that came out of computers.  I will save you from more torture and go to bed.  Have a great night!  More wedding worken' coming up!

Dad's Can Be So Marvel-ous

There are lucky kids out there in the world that have a Super Hero for a Dad.  My kids fall into that category.  My hubs was the inspiration for this Father's Day block set.  It was half his ability to walk in the door and pick up the pieces of our broken day, half his unmeasurable love of all things nerdy, Marvel characters included.

I knew I wanted some super hero symbols thrown about, along with some word bubbles and the Pow and Bam's.  I was about to put something about heros on the big block when I realized I could word-smith Marvel's logo into the whole design.  Then the "You Are Marvel-ous" turned into "You "R" Marvel-ous."  Yep.  This was just fun to play around with.  The blue city scapes are part of the paper pack I used, purchased from Micheals.  All the letters and hero symbols were made out of vinyl.

I decided to just have these two just hangen around.  They are not attached in any way.  The dowels are not glued in, making them removable and easier to store.

The back of these blocks are already mod podged with paper.  If I get through all the wedding projects I am working on this week I will get on a 4th of July set.  I am so excited!  Things have been so crazy for so long it seems like forever since I got to just play with wood and paper.

I don't know if anyone else is crazy enough to make this set, but I can tell you, I just cut a bunch of 4, 5, and 6" blocks out of 2x4's to play with.  The blue board is a 2x3" cut just as long as three blocks are wide...I think it was 10.5".  The bottom board was cut 1 inch longer than the measurement of 5 blocks.  I say it that way because I get 2x4's that are different widths all the time, varying almost 1/2".  Measure yours from side to side {should be around 3.5" wide} and multiply that by 3 and 5.

Anyway, you can get the silhouette cut files HERE too if you want them.  

The word bubbles and the Pow/Bam shapes should be in the silhouette files.  I used the silhouette to cut them out, then traced them onto 1/2" mdf.  Don't have a scroll saw???  Just cut those out of thick cardstock or chipboard and just hot glue them to the dowels.

Happy Summer!  Now to get working on those 4th of July blocks.  Knowing me, I will finish them an hour after the fireworks show ;0}

A Little Face-Lift

Remember my little Saw Frame?  Well, it got a bit of a face-lift before renewing my listing on Etsy.

The lettering is now done in vinyl, what a fabulous little invention.

Also, Now that I have a router, I can route out the whole where the picture goes.  Coupled with my fancy little tool that shoots in those tabs around the photo backing, I can sell a pretty fabulous product!  

The saw still sits on top of a handy little block of wood, but also comes with a sawtooth hanger already just in case you want to hang your frame.

Then, probably the best thing I did was make a stockpile of frames so they are ready to ship once the lettering is applied.  Phew!  That made this Father's Day season a little bit easier for me.  Now I am off to make my guitar stock pile.  Never a dull moment around here.

If you want to grab one of these frames for Dad or Grandpa, or even MOM!!! just stop by my Etsy Shop to purchase or make a custom request.

Happy Summer!

My Boy Joel

This is baby Joel all grown up.  Maybe not ALL grown up, but he sure got big fast!

This was him a year ago...

And now he plays like this...

This kid is always ready with a grin.  {Love} him!

He wasn't super sure what to do with a mini pinata....

But Joely knew just what to do with a cake!

Yum!  Happy number One!!!

Snappen' Stores Now

This is Daisy's.  It is a healthy smoothy and salad bar located inside our local LA Fitness.  The owner asked if I would take some photos of her shop for advertisement purposes and I jumped at the chance!  

Typically I click away in front of kids and families, but this was so, so fun.  Not only did my subjects hold still, but I got to use my eye and just play around.  

Daisy makes all these yummy foods right there in the gym.  All the smoothies are made from fresh produce chopped right in front of you while you wait.

Daisy wasn't exactly expecting a personal photo today, but we snuck one in there.  The place looks awesome Daisy!  It makes me kinda hungry in fact ;0}

Thanks for the chance to try something new!!!