Scrumptilicious 4 You: Crafts

Saturday, March 22, 2014

Easter Picture DIY

     This Easter Art DIY can be made in minutes and is so pretty. It has a beautiful message and is a wonderful gift too. I made this last year when I needed a gift for some neighbors I visit and so after looking at pinterest this is what I came up with.

I love the song "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" it is so uplifting and so I loved this message for Easter that is shaped like an egg out of the words of the song.

I decided to frame it and picked up an 8 x 10 frame from the dollar store that was gold. Then I headed to the craft store to buy some Easter colored paper that wouldn't detract from the message and really felt like Easter. I found the scrapbook paper at Michael's and it made it all look great.

     The message was printed from this site Click Here .

I copied it and then took the paper from the 8 x 10 frame that was used as a mat for a 5 x 7 picture size.

     Take the mat and with a pencil, outline around the outside of the mat centering the song words in the 5 x 7 opening. Be careful to get it level and evenly spaced in the center of the opening. Then cut around the pencil lines so it will fit the mat and frame.

Next trace the opening on the back of your colored scrapbook paper. Make a hole in the center of the paper and cut towards the corners so you can get exactly into the corner. Then cut carefully on the straight lines around the opening.

You can frame the song now and be finished or you can add an embellishment to the outside of the frame. I think that this makes it so much more personal and cute.

I found out how to make the flowers on pinterest (of course)! and they were really not hard at all. I went back to provide a link for you but they have closed the site. Rather than go through a long explanation that I have no pictures for, it would be easier for you to look at the many flowers ideas on pinterest like these: #1, #2, #3 and add one of them to your frame. If you have questions about them please contact me and I will try to address them quickly. You could also add a purchased flower or any decoration you want.

That's all there is to it! Have fun!

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Monday, February 17, 2014

Easter Egg Wreath DIY

These Easter Wreaths are so fun to make! I know this is a food blog but after making these I just had to share them with you! I found the instructions here on Cindis.blogspot.com a couple of years ago on pinterest. Here is how to make them!

First, gather supplies. I bought plastic Easter eggs at Walmart in the 10 per bag sacks. They weren't very expensive. I knew I was going to make these wreaths so I bought up all the close out eggs the year before for about .25 a bag. I like the iridescent kind the best. I also bought a package of 12" cake circles at Michael's (a local craft store) with a coupon. It made making the back very easy. So here is a list of what you need:

12" cardboard circle (not lightweight, if that is what you have glue two together)
hot glue and hot glue gun
about 50 medium plastic Easter Eggs
1 1/2 inch wired ribbon and Easter grass to match
Wire for hanger (medium weight floral stems work well)
Scissors
Wire Cutters for the floral wire
round plate to measure the center ring
pencil to trace the ring

To begin your wreath you need to take out one of the cake circles and cut out the center. I placed a plate in the center and traced around it. I left about 1 3/4 inch around the outside.

Next add a few inches of hot glue in a zig zag pattern across the width of the cardboard. Only cover about 4 inches at a time or the glue will cool before you can add enough eggs to cover it. The eggs should lay down on the board with the inside row pointing to the center and the outside row pointing outward.

Put down about 3 eggs at a time making sure to put a little glue on every spot where the egg touches another egg. Alternate colors. As you do this, the eggs become a solid ring and support each other. Don't worry if there are a few holes and open spots, these can be covered later. When you finish the bottom layer with two rows of eggs, place a few eggs as shown on top randomly pointing in different directions. Leave an opening as shown of about 3 inches for the bow to be placed there.

Place a drop of glue in a gap in the eggs, let it cool alittle and then use a pencil eraser or a end of a water color brush to push some easter grass into the hole. Fill all holes this way.