Hotel Cardmaking

Back in July, I went on a road trip to attend my best friend's bridal Shower. Thinking ahead, I bought her present over a month in advance to try and break the cycle of my procrastination. Wrapping the present and making a card was another story. I am usually very good at finishing projects before I hit the road, but the week before I left was chaotic. I waited until the last minute thinking finding wrapping paper would be easy! Frantically, the day before my trip, I went shopping for the perfect wrapping paper. No where to be found! So as the stores for the day closed, I decided I would just have to shop on the drive down.

On to the card, I picked out stamps, paper, ink and so on and began my card making. Noting the clock striking one am three hours later, I decided I should probably pack up all my crafting and continue the card making process in the hotel the next evening. Thankfully, I remembered everything I needed to finish the card. I did learn one thing though. I am a messy crafter, even in hotel rooms. Note photo below!

But it all worked out in the end like it always does. The party was a success in every aspect. 

Wedding Card - Stampin Up

Its just been one of those summers! My apologies for not keeping up with my blogging. I am finally starting to catch up with life and getting back into the swing of things. One thing I told myself, I wont get addicted to card making. However, this summer has been very demanding in my need for cards, which has in turn made me addicted. So I am now in need of a new category on my site that now covers handmade cards. sigh..... the urge was just too hard to fight.

Most of the cards that I make on the Vintage Dreamer will be products by Stampin Up. Six years ago for my wedding, Stampin up became very instrumental in helping me save money by hand making save the date cards, invitations, reception menus and so on. But after my wedding, I faded away from paper crafts.

Enter my brother's wedding reception, I was in desperate need for a certain stampin up paper color and turned to a new new stampin up demonstrator right down the street from my house. The reception was only days away with no time to order the needed paper from the web. She really helped me out of a bind, and I have been stamping ever since, but only when I went to stamp camps. That is until this summer. I have now started stamping in my craft room and cleared space for my new addiction. Just in time for my best friends wedding!

Enter the color purple! I was blessed to be the Matron of Honor and had so much fun crafting for her big day. The first product of my crafting that I will be blogging about is the Wedding present card. I found a photo on the web from "Moons and Stars" as inspiration and changed it around to match the wedding colors. 

Let the stamping begin!

Mother's Day Presents: Coasters - Part 2

In Part 1, I told you about my Mother's Day Pins. My next present involved a lot of mod podge and fun papers.

This project actually came out of a big mess up. I tried another craft involving mod podge, canvas, and photos which turned into a disaster.

So, I quickly had to scramble for something to replace that miserable craft. I found this great tutorial on how to make: Coasters.

 I found this super easy, save the day project, from Light Refreshments Served. They had a very lovely tutorial on how to create these fun coasters. This project was a life saver for me. :)