Uncategorized

Happy Sunday everyone!!  I have so enjoyed going through last weeks party and here are some of the gems that I found…

Crafty Scrappy Happy Dining Room Table

Smile Monster’s Root Beer Float on a Stick

Sparkle Power’s Mini Garland

Mandy’s Recipe Box Old Fashioned Donuts

Sugar Bucket Ink Old Glory Wreath

Miss Lovie Poppy Pin

Sweet Cheeks Tasty Treats Strawberry Lemonade Cake Pops

Cottage in the Oaks Mamo’s Orange Lemonade

The Vintage Farmhouse French Script Candles

Johnny in a Dress Tea Time

The Country Cook Cheesecake Bars

Made By Nicole Gallery Shelves  

Don’t Disturb this Groove Outdoor Space

Makoodle 4th of July Bingo Cards

Suburbs Mama Glitter Shoes

Mama Schell Says Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Cupcakes

Kiki Creates Table Makeover

Creative Passage Flower Girl

Sugar Tot Designs 4th of July Bunting Banner

EllaBoo & Co Sign

Eat Cake For Dinner Lemon Cream Cake

Better Together Napkin Skirt

Jenerally Speaking Playroom Wall Art

Antsi-Pants Flip Flop Fantastic

Thanks for sharing everyone!!!  Now for the winner for last weeks giveaway winners…

Maggie at Midwestern Sewing Girl

and

Janice {Quilter 422}

are the lucky winners of the Faber-Castell Mix and Match Sample Packs!!

Can’t wait to see what you’ll {Whip-Up} this week!!!

Carolyn from Homework

I’m Carolyn from Homework and I am honored to be a part of the Whipperberry “Who I Am” event.

I’m fairly new to blogging and have only been at it for about 8 months. I’m a work-at-home marketing consultant and started blogging when my consulting work slowed down. I have always enjoyed art projects and crafting but didn’t have the time or an outlet for my projects.

What I find so incredibly inspiring about this adventure is the blogging community. From seasoned bloggers who are so generous about sharing information, providing advice or giving you a shout out on their blogs, to the blog readers who take the time to visit, follow or leave a comment.

I love blogging and creating the projects that I post about and sell in my Etsy shop. Every day is an inspiration – you blog hop and discover an amazing project or a beautiful photograph, you receive a wonderful comment on your own post or get featured somewhere. Even a brief twitter exchange can leave you smiling.

That’s “Who I Am”… in other words, a happy member of the blogging community.

_________________________________________________________________________________________

Carolyn has been one of our loyal readers and who really stood out in our very first link party. Her work is aaaamazing… she can take something as simple as a block of wood and make it beautiful. She’s someone to watch out for!!

Now on to the party!!

It’s Friday Flair… show us what you have {Whipped-Up} this week!

Here are the sticky rules {you know rules are in place so that no one gets their feelings hurt or their eye poked out! So let’s play nice.}

• Please link up only your own projects, and link to the specific post, not your blog home page. No Etsy shops or giveaways, please.

• You must grab a WhipperBerry button and include it somewhere in the post you’re linking, or on your home page (a text link is great too).

• Stay and mingle (remember, it’s a party!), and leave a couple comments for other guests!

Catherine from Design Editor

• I’m 5’11, a dog person and a chocolate lover.
• I tried for years to have a baby and was blessed with two.
• It takes five seconds of a sappy commercial to make me cry.
• I won a design contest at a yearbook camp in high school which basically steered the course of my life. It gave me a direction into a career where I met my husband and friends that are like family to me.
• I daydream about having a flat in London. I’ve been there four times and I just can’t get enough.
• I love to sing in the car.
• You don’t want to be around me when I haven’t gotten enough sleep.
• I’m not athletic or outdoorsy. There I said it.
• I’m an Army brat and moved eight times as a kid. Fiercely proud of my Dad’s service to our country.
• I’m a movie lover. I read celebrity gossip magazines. I cherish my DVR.
• I’m 38 and buy clothes at Forever 21.
• I have zero patience with a slow computer. I can go from calm to wanting to throw things within seconds.
• I love the creative freedom of blogging and having a design business. The more I do it, the more I want it to be a bigger part of my future. Connecting with like-minded people and other bloggers like Heather is the icing on the cake!

___________________________________________________________

My dear sweet Catherine!  She is one of those people who I would love to be when I grow-up.  She has been such an inspiration and it has been so fun to get to know her better.  We have a lot in common my friend!!

By the way… I did say that the “Who I am” event was going to fun for the month of May.  I am amending that.  It has been so fun to get to know some of our favorite bloggers that I am going to extend it for a little while.  I still have so many more lovely people that I want to get to know!  If you’re new… here is a link to the post about this series.

Last week I shared all about our Love is in the Details photo field trip with Jeanna Hayes Studios and Suzanne from She Paperie and I promised a quick tutorial on how to make this fantastic DIY burlap garland!

I’m telling ya… this was one of my all time favorite projects to date!!  It’s amazingly simple and absolutely STUNNING!

Here is what you will need…

• Burlap – for this length which was about 12 feet I {get ready for this} used about 5 yards of burlap.
• Heavy weight hemp twine
• yarn needle
• scissors

First you will need to cut your burlap.  Now… cutting burlap straight can be a bit tricky but thanks to Linda over at Craftaholics Anonymous I learned a nifty little trick.  You figure out where you would like to cut, and then pull that string out. This will then leave a perfect straight line for you to follow when you make your cut.

 

Now, I made my strips 4 inches wide.  The beauty of this is you can make them as wide as you want.

Once you have everything cut you’ll need to measure your hemp twine to the length that you want for the garland. Thread your hemp twine through the large yarn needle and make a large knot at the end.

You’ll then make a very large basic stitch in the middle of the burlap strip from end to end…

…gently push the burlap down to the knot. The burlap will naturally spin on the twine making a really neat Elizabethan collar effect…

Just keep adding strips of burlap until your twine is full and then tie it off with a large knot.

You’re all done and now you have an amazing garland that will really turn heads at your next event!