Happy Wednesday All! We are rockin’ and rolln’ over here in Southern California this morning with the 5.0 earthquake that hit our coast. I did not feel it since I was on my morning walk, but those always bring on a bit of a buzz among the local folks.
Today over at Decorate to Celebrate, we are kicking off a new challenge with the theme of Graduation. Whether if it is your little squirt graduating Kindergarten or your kiddo graduating Medical School, it is cause for celebration and we would love to have you LINK up your project to share.
The design team has some great inspirations to kick off this challenge and this is what I made for my nephew who is graduation High School tomorrow! This is the last of the four boys my brother-in-law and sister-in-law have to walk across the High School podium. My nephew’s gift is music and he was honored with the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award this year, so I used that as a thread to my theme for his banner.
I cut the base of the banner using my Cricut (had to dust that baby off a bit). The cart was Country Life cut at 7 inches. I found some cool Lori Whitlock rosettes via the Silhouette Store and I cut those out at 2.8 inches. The musical notes were a cut from the Silhouette Store as well. Using some Heidi Swapp Gold Lame Color Shine, I added some shine to the base of the banners. Added some washi tape I got from Paper Issues and Pick Your Plum, I called it done!
Now be sure to head over and check out all the great inspirations the design team has and LINK up your fun Graduation project!
Thanks for sharing a piece of “hats off to the Grad” pie with me.
This project was a fun project to create. I came back from CHA very inspired and creatively energized! I had it planned out in my head for some time, but needed to roll up my sleeves and get on with it. As you can see there are a lot of components but all were very easy to execute and on the C-H-E-A-P (music to the hubs ears)! 
The pennants and stands were made in just a couple hours and the materials list was SHORT! PLUS IT WAS NO SEW!!!!!! All you need is fabric of your choice, yarn and wooden porch railing decor found at Home Depot, craft paint, hot glue, scissors, and sand paper! I hand crocheted the bows . . . look 
This bouquet of love was so simple. The metal tin came from the Target dollar bin and I rounded up some Valentine cupcake wrappers along with a foam ball and some straight pins. This was made with 75 cupcake wrappers. All I did was fold the wrapper in half and “scrunch” the bottom and pin to the foam ball. Continue until all the wrappers cover the area that does not fit inside the bucket! 
Now on to the heart shaped yarn wreaths! If you have followed me for a while, you will know that I have a thing for making yarn wreaths. I find them relaxing. I guess this is my version of knitting or crocheting. It was super simple, just pick up some foam heart wreaths for around $2 each and some yarn! Tie a knot at one end of the yarn and then pin it to the back of the wreath and just get your wrap on and knot the end and pin it! 
Last but certainly not least, YARN BALLS! This was my first time tackling these little guys, but after being the master of yarn wreaths, this was easy peasy! All I did was gather up 12 small foam balls, using the same technique as I did for making the wreaths. A great project for indulging on bad reality TV and being a couch potato!
A Piece of Life's Pie 