Crafting and kids.
Kate and I did a bit of painting today and she got to try out her new apron. I’m pleased to say that she didn’t get any paint on it!
She also got to test out a paint brush for the first time and she was a big fan. She was very pleased to avoid getting paint on her hands.
Ok, so I actually did this page a few weeks ago, but nothing I made tonight was *fabulous* enough to go on the blog so you get this one instead. Don’t judge me. 🙂
This page was so much fun! I used this awesome line by Echo Park. Dude. Where have they been all of my life. I am loving all of their lines.
I matted the focal point photo and then added this extra strip of paper. I added a bit of bling to it. 🙂
When I had my photos printed, I had them add a white border which I love. It does pose a challenge when I want to crop a photo though. I stitched on some rick rack to hide the lack of a white border. Then I added some horizontal rick rack to help balance the page. That and I have an ongoing love affair with rick rack.
While I loved the butterfly paper, the butterflies overlap in such a way that you cannot cut strips of them. It was really making me angry until I decided to just cut them out individually. I added a tiny bit of glue in the middle only so that their wings pop up a bit and they look more three dimensional.
Here’s the finished page! I’m actually really pleased with the way it turned out.