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Monday, April 15, 2013

MOTHER'S DAY 2012 ♡

I Love my Mom sooo much <3
So last MOTHER'S DAY I got crafty and made my mom a cute little tree-like branch centerpiece with delicate tissue paper flowers all over it. I basically just wanted to make something cute to stand out on the counter where I was going to leave her gifts.

There's alot of similar idea's or (Pins) on Pinterest... and that's where I got some help with the paper flower making. It was a very time consuming process, but after making what felt like thousands of flowers I got a rhythm going.

My Mom's never been a big fan of real flower's. She thinks they die too fast and are a waste of money. I kind of agree but I dry ALL my flowers so if they're givin to someone like myself it's never a waste. :)

Hand-made gifts are her favorite's

The pictures don't do it justice, But she loved it! I used branches from the cherry blossom tree in our yard. (They have such a pretty color and sheen) Then wire wrapped them to a silver branch jewelry stand, trying to make it even with branches on both sides.

Then came the flower making...

Like I said, it was very time consuming and at times frustrating if you're a perfectionist like I am. I wanted them as life-like and real looking as possible. So I threw away tons.

I was going to stick with pink flowers only but I had so many bright colors. I made some bigger yellow flowers in a different shape and some tiny blue flowers the same style as the pinks. I used regular old christmas/birthday style tissue paper...

I also spelt out I <3 you in shells .. I have thousands so why not

The final touches were Bath & Body Works anti-bacterial PocketBac's in Japanese Cherry Blossom (My fav) & Vampire blood plum (from the Halloween 2012 collection). An extremely mushy card, and Bath & Body Works 14.5oz FROSTED CUPCAKE candle.

White chocolate Lindt balls, (our fav) And the Tangerine EOS medicated lip balm. I gave her the yellow Lemon drop EOS ball last summer and she used it down to nothing! It's literally flat and she still tries to use it obsessively.

The Lemon is the only one with SPF in it sadly. (SPF 15 to be exact)

She was so happy =)

Here are some of the Pinterest pins I used for help with the flower making. (NONE OF THESE PHOTOS ARE MINE) As I stated when using the words Pinterest pins. ;)

Also after making mine I found some pins of centerpieces with paper flowers.. some were cuter than mine but o well now I know.

paper techniques

And branch centerpieces

^ I love this one ! & the cupcakes idea was so CUTE I had to throw it in there. =)

I don't know who originally pinned any of these photos minus the 1 tagged photo. But great and inspiring stuff! Pinterest never fails!

Wonder what i'll come up with for this coming up MOTHER'S DAY ..

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

I COME FROM SPECIAL PEOPLE ♡

My Mom & Dad have been married for almost 30 years :)
I love my parents alot, we've always been very close.

My Mom's name is Babette, she was born in Paris, France, to a French woman and Polish-American Navy man. (my Gram and Grandad) My Gram was born in Normandy, France and survived the Normandy invasion when she was a child.
My Grandad was born in Wisconsin to Polish immigrants. (my great-grandparents)
He joined the Navy when he was 17. Meeting my Grandmother in France years later.

My Dad, Joe, was born in Germany on an American Army base. My Papa was in the Army so he and my Nana lived in Germany with my dad until they moved back to the States when he was little.
My Mom and her parents moved to California (where my Aunt was born) when she was 2.

I don't know much about my Dad's side of the family like I do my Mother's. My Papa's father was a gangster-type who wasn't around much. He was raised by his mom, who had Native American roots. My Nana was born and raised in upstate New York.

Both my Mom's and Dad's parents have been happily married for over 50 years!