Sunday, May 5, 2013

A Very Exciting Week

So I get to know what it is to be a married woman in 6 days. Pretty crazy stuff! I've been focusing completely on wedding prep for the past 3 weeks, so most of the house stuff I've been doing is just regular cleaning. Still a lot of boxes - organized in the rooms the stuff they contain will most likely end up in - but still cardboard boxes, nonetheless. It will be good to at least get some stuff up on the walls before my sister and best friend come to visit, as they will probably not see it again for some time! However, the wedding stuff takes priority over house stuff. Not too much left to do - looking at my list, I just need to finish 3 of 4 parents gifts, my future husband's gift, and a couple decorations, if I have time. If not, the decorations aren't going to bother me too much.
I really want to share all the crafty things I've been doing for the wedding, but I don't want to spoil the surprise for any guests that may read this! So, in the meantime, I will share the gift I made for my fiance for Valentine's Day this year. I got the idea from this pin to transfer some of our engagement photos to some wooden hearts. The idea blossomed into making one bigger piece of wall art. Then, I decided to make my own mod podge using this recipe.
After mod-podging the picture picture-side-down onto the wood, I made sure it was dry, then gently rubbed the photo with a wet cloth to rub away all the paper. After that dried completely, I used my homemade mod podge to finish the look! I think it turned out well for my first attempt. Added some ribbon and painted hearts and letters, and voila!

As usual, thanks for reading!

2 comments:

  1. Love it! Did you need a traditional photo print (photo paper) or were you able to use a computer generated photo (from copy paper)?

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  2. I actually printed them out on my printer at home, so I don't think it matters where or how it's printed, so long as it's on photo paper!

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