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• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Twenty-three: Chalkboard 101

  

  Welcome to Day 23! Today I want to discuss chalkboards for your wedding or special event. I did a primer on chalk about a year ago that you should also... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Twenty-two: Addressing...

  

  Good morning and welcome to Day 22! Second part of the envelope addressing installment... 4. Download and print this template. You can use this for yourself or... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Twenty-one: Addressing...

  

  Welcome to Day 21! Today I want to give you some tips on addressing envelopes. Part one of two installments. I understand that everyone will not send their... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Twenty: Rubber Stamps

  

  Day Twenty! Can't believe there are only ten days left, I've got so much more to share! Today I want to discuss rubber stamps. Just a few quick tips for doing... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Nineteen: Washi Tape Ideas

  

  Welcome to Day 19! Today, I want to discuss fun things you can do with Washi Tape... One of my favorite mediums. You can use them (obviously) as flags, on... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Eighteen: Making Envelopes

  

  Day 18! Custom envelopes... Seriously, I should send out stationery to my loved ones more often. I have so many tools! When doing the Days 16 and 17 I dug out m... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Seventeen: Glitter Stock (2 of 2)

  

  We are continuing the Glitter installment with day 17! Three more glitter ideas/projects. (Glitter Idea #4) Glitter Belly Bands Carefully trim (or have your... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Sixteen: Glitter Stock (1 of 2)

  

  Its Day 16 and I'm feeling all sparkly! Bling. Sparkle. Glitter. They add "pop" to an event and its making a comeback. There are a number of ways you can add... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Fifteen: Organizing Supplies

  

  Welcome to Day 15! I made it to the halfway point, yeah!!! Today I wanted to talk about organizing your crafting materials. This is probably more for... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Fourteen: Demystifying Wax Seals

  

  Happy Monday! Welcome to Day 14! Today's installment is a step-by-step on producing and affixing wax seals as embellishments to stationery. I have always been... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Thirteen: The Best Craft...

  

  Welcome to Day 13! Today, in no particular order, wanted to share some of MY favorite suppliers. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but these are my go... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Twelve: Enlisting Help

  

  Welcome to Day 12! Wanted to discuss enlisting help for your crafting projects today. You must be able to disseminate some of these tasks to helpers... Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Eleven: Best D.I.Y. Pins & Boards

  

  Happy Friday! Day 11! Wanted to create a "bookmark" of sorts for some of my favorite crafting boards and pins. I am a crafting enthusiast, but a mere babe... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Ten: Utilizing Printables

  

  It's Day 10 and we are still blogging! Today, I want to discuss printables... For weddings, baby showers, parties and more... Please try to take advantage of th... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Nine: Consistency with Ribbon

  

  Day 9! Today's topic: Ribbon. One thing that I've learned is that stationery that requires ribbon just looks better if there is some uniformity in how the bow i... Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Eight: Die-Cutting

  

  I was in a FEDEX Office location recently and found a couple actually cutting circular fan wedding programs by hand. There had to be a stack of 200 that they ha... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. and Paper Tips) Day Seven: Misc. Tools

  

  Happy Monday! Welcome to Day 7 in our series! Today, I'd like to introduce you to a few tools that you may or may not have heard of. Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. & Paper Tips) Day Six: Adhesives (Part 2 of 2)

  

  Good Morning! Day Six, part 2 of 2 as promised... Wrapping up the adhesives installment. 4. Double Sided Tape Double-sided tape is ideal for assembly vs. Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. & Paper Tips) Day Five: Adhesives (Part 1 of 2)

  

  Welcome to Day 5! Today and tomorrow I want to talk about adhesive options for your projects. There are so many that I've got to break it up! Glue/tape, etc.... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING

• 30 Days of Blogging (D.I.Y. & Paper Tips) Day Four: Bindery Options

  

  Bindery should be thought of as "finishing". Inside printing companies, the bindery department is where the scoring, folding, collating, drilling, etc. goes... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2013 LIFESTYLE, WEDDING