Nautical-Themed Photo Backdrop

Ahoy!  I used striped wrapping paper and masking tape to create a photo backdrop for a nautical themed photo backdrop.  I was considering making a stand out of pvc pipe, but ran out of time.  I made the banner as well, using the same style I used for the Cabo trip, except I put them on bunting.

I thought it was missing something, so I decided to make some 3-D waves using foam board and blue tissue paper.  This probably took more time to make than the backdrop, but that's because I was kind of figuring it out as I went along.  I used one foam board and had to figure out how to make it into a pair of waves, so I split it on the diagonal and traced out waves with a pencil.  I knew I didn't want to deal with paint, but I did have a LOT of tissue paper lying around in various shades of blue.  So I cut them into wavy strips using a rotary cutter and glued them in overlapping layers in an ombre design.  I liked how the tissue paper wasn't exactly opaque, so each layer kind of shows underneath the one below it.  It just created a cool texture to it, and I was really proud of it!  If I had more time, I would have probably glitter mod podged it (because, duh) but I literally finished it the day before.

Bachelorette Letter Banner and Tassle Garland

This is the year of weddings apparently, so I've been taking them as an opportunity to create some fun stuff for my friends.  I recently went to Cabo for a bachelorette trip and decorated our lovely (gorgeous, really) airbnb.  Used mint and white tissue paper for the tassles, and made the letters by tracing letter cutouts (that I bought for the intended purpose of making letter banners) onto some cardstock that I had laying around (I have a lot of craft stuff laying around!).  Made the the letter banner and measured and cut the tissue paper the night before. Having a rotary cutter made everything easier and I am definitely addicted to making fringe now.  I placed the prepped tissue paper in a ziplock bag and created the tassles at the airport gate.  You can craft anywhere, you guys!

I loved our airbnb!!

A lot of my upcoming crafts are wedding related, which will probably be helpful for the Pinterest people out there.  My current crafting interest which I am actually putting off though is sewing a dress from a pattern.  I've bought the patterns but haven't bought the fabric yet.  It's kind of daunting, so I'm procrastinating but hopefully I find a fabric that will inspire me to start the project.  I really want to work on my sewing skills, and I think this would be good challenge.