Alternatively titled: How to be crafty without a crafty bone in your body.
Last weekend, we stopped by Big Hat Books in Broad Ripple and they had several adorable paper pennant banners hanging around the shop.
Since I'm kinda a spur-of-the-moment person, I decided to run over to Jo-Ann Fabrics that night and make a similar banner for Madeline's upcoming birthday.
Sometimes I get these ideas to be crafty and they totally flop. (Evidence of these prior attempts are in my basement in plastic tubs.)
But this idea turned out very cute.
I bought five patterned sheets of 12" x 12" scrapbook paper, five solid sheets of 12" x 12" cardstock, one roll of ribbon and 20 chipboard buttons. The paper was on sale for $1 for four sheets and the buttons were $.99. All together, this project was under $8.
My crafting supplies include scalloped scrapbook scissors, X-acto knife, straight-edge ruler, glue and cardboard box {for a cutting surface}.
I'm not a big fan of the whole measuring-and-be-really-really-specific thing so I eyeballed the entire project. I wanted the solid cardstock to have a straight edge and used the X-acto knife after tracing the pennant shape.
Using scalloped scissors, I cut the patterned paper to be slightly smaller to allow the solid cardstock to show as a border.
I glued the solid and patterned paper together, cut two holes on the top corners and fed the ribbon through the pennants and chipboard buttons.
Overall, it took less than an hour and I love the result.
Madeline is already in birthday fever and hanging this banner up just to see how it looked didn't help. She loved it!
We still have nine more days until her birthday so the banner will be hung up the night before the big day. Now I just need to figure out how to do that without ugly masking tape!
Last weekend, we stopped by Big Hat Books in Broad Ripple and they had several adorable paper pennant banners hanging around the shop.
Since I'm kinda a spur-of-the-moment person, I decided to run over to Jo-Ann Fabrics that night and make a similar banner for Madeline's upcoming birthday.
Sometimes I get these ideas to be crafty and they totally flop. (Evidence of these prior attempts are in my basement in plastic tubs.)
But this idea turned out very cute.
I bought five patterned sheets of 12" x 12" scrapbook paper, five solid sheets of 12" x 12" cardstock, one roll of ribbon and 20 chipboard buttons. The paper was on sale for $1 for four sheets and the buttons were $.99. All together, this project was under $8.My crafting supplies include scalloped scrapbook scissors, X-acto knife, straight-edge ruler, glue and cardboard box {for a cutting surface}.
I'm not a big fan of the whole measuring-and-be-really-really-specific thing so I eyeballed the entire project. I wanted the solid cardstock to have a straight edge and used the X-acto knife after tracing the pennant shape.
Using scalloped scissors, I cut the patterned paper to be slightly smaller to allow the solid cardstock to show as a border.I glued the solid and patterned paper together, cut two holes on the top corners and fed the ribbon through the pennants and chipboard buttons.
Overall, it took less than an hour and I love the result.
Madeline is already in birthday fever and hanging this banner up just to see how it looked didn't help. She loved it!We still have nine more days until her birthday so the banner will be hung up the night before the big day. Now I just need to figure out how to do that without ugly masking tape!
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