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Signazon.com Review

By Johanna

October 25, 2012

We’ve got a new website for you! Signazon.com makes any kind of sign you can think of! So fun! I made this banner for Halloween. It is great quality; thick and sturdy and it even comes with metal grommets. (I used 5,000 Blog Titles and Quotes to come up with a cute saying…) The color is beautiful, bright and true to what I designed. It’s also super easy- just upload your design (I made mine with MS Word, saved it as a pdf and uploaded it! So quick!) or use one of their design templates and voila! A super cute banner! The website is very user friendly; it takes you through all the steps with ease. Check out their website at www.signazon.com to see some great deals and find the perfect product for your next birthday party, homecoming or holiday décor.

 

 

 

Disclosure: I received a free product, in order to share my honest opinion.

Ghostly Halloween Tree

By Johanna

September 20, 2012

My girls have been asking to do a craft, and since I’m starting to Halloween décor everywhere, it’s getting me in the mood for some spooky crafting! I decided to take a page from the Easter crafts we did and just me it Halloween-ish. While the kiddos were at school, I found a gnarly branch in the front yard, spray painted it black and stuck it in a pot on the front porch.

When the girls came home from school, I had our stuff ready: a box of tissues, yarn (you could always use ribbon- yarn is what I had on hand) scissors, markers and tape. First, I had them roll one tissue into a ball, then they wrapped a second tissue around it to form a ghost.

 

We tied it off with the yarn and they made their ghosty faces.

 

 

To make it easy for tiny hands, I just made a loop and we taped it to the back of the ghost to hang it on the branch. I’m sure you can find more aesthetically pleasing ways to hang them, but this was easy for my preschooler.

 

 

 

Voila! A super cute Halloween Tree!

Super Fun Origami!

By Johanna

April 5, 2012

I decided I wanted some girlie spring decorations in fun colors and decided that maybe I could find a way to make some cute little dress. So I searched youtube for some origami dresses, and here is what I found:

This was the first dress I came across, it was the simplest to make and is my favorite. You can find it here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The second is very 70’s and look like old pictures of my mom! SO fun! Here is the link

 

 

 

 

 

 

The third was the most complicated (I learned a lot from doing the first 2, and I don’t think it needed to be that complicated, but it turns out really cute, so I’m not complaining!) It is actually supposed to be a wedding dress, but I love the flare at the bottom. Also very vintage looking. You can find it here.

 

 

 

 

Then I went to colorbok.com (since that is the craft paper I use) and found a simple way to make some cute pinwheels that help display the dresses.

 

 

 

And last, I simply hung them with some twine and voila! A super cute springy decoration! Thanks to all the wonderful origami artists who came up with the fantastic youtube videos! You rock!

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