Mocks Ups=Perfection

Setting up a picture perfect event takes LOTS of hours of prep work. Washing, shinning, windexing and mock ups.

Mock ups are SO important. They are like a test run before the real thing. You could have the best intentions in the word when it comes to your weddings decor, but if you do not measure out the space or try it out, how will you know what will really works? Sometimes I just don't like to leave it up to chance. So I mock it up.

These pictures are a mock up I just worked on for a dessert/cupcake display at a wedding.

Imagine red candy, cupcakes, black and white polka dot background, vertical round pendants...

Oozing Adorableness!

 

I knew my table would be a 6ft banquet table. So I measured 3ft x 6ft and set it all up to see what would work on the table. 

Can't wait to see this finished product outside this October!

Fallowgiving: Burlap in the Fall

This is the first project in the Fallowgiving projects to get my home SEASON ready so my holiday decor can last longer. Why not decorate to last Mid Sept-Nov? With busy lives, it seems to be all I have time for.

(Do you get as excited as I do for Halloween and Thanksgiving? I always want to decorate too early. Now I can!)

I love decorating with burlap. It looks so natural and raw and reminds me of harvesting bags which leads me to FALL, ya'll.

I picked the word HARVEST because I felt it is a word that connects 
more to the season then the holiday.

Want to make your own fallowgiving pendant? 
Look below.

STEP 1
First you need to make sure you gather all your supplies.
   Supply list:
               Burlap
              Scissors
              Permanent Marker
              Ribbon
              Hot glue gun
              Pendant Template (See below)

 Save and print the template below for a cutting guide to getting identical pendant flags. 

It creates a 3x3 flag.

STEP 2
Cut out the burlap flags. One for each letter you want to spell.

STEP 3
Find a font you want to use on the computer. I choose Capitals. I liked a traditional thick font.

STEP 4

After you find your font you want to use, tape your flag to the screen and trace the letter with your permanent marker. 

(I loved using my computer screen so I didn't waste any extra paper. Just be careful not to write on your screen)

 STEP 5

Once you're done outlining your letters, it's time to fill it in. Make sure you do this on scrap paper you don't mind the marker bleeding through on.

STEP 6

This step is additional if you want a more rough look. (Which I did!) Now that your little flags are almost done you just take the flag in your hands and pull on the edges. Like you are gently ripping the edges. It loosens the weave of the burlap and gives the flag a rougher look.

STEP 8

Once your flags are ready. Just hot glue the flags to the ribbon. With burlap, I just used 1 dot on each upper corner, and one dot of glue in the middle/top. Because burlap is a loose weave, I didn't want a lot of glue to show through. 

And TA-DA! You are all ready for your 3 seasons pendant banner that can be used from mid Sept-Nov. Pair it with a pumpkin and now we are talking.

   

I also did the exact same thing to create a burlap pillow slip cover with the leftover fabric. 

(Check back in a few weeks on how to make a SUPER easy pillow slipcovers. You'll feel like a total seamstress once you try them. I use them all the time for weddings to give them personal touches)

Cute, generic and oh so simple. 

Looking at it makes me excited for all the fun in the season ahead.

Season House Decorating

Because I feel like my HOUSE isn't even decorated  yet

(Me and the hubby are still debating about 
what I am allowed and not allowed to do.)
I think I'm winning though. heh :)

and I am always decorating for other peoples events,
sometimes there just isn't time for energy left for myself to
decorate for every holiday.

My solution? Enter "FALLOWGIVING"

It's fall, Halloween and Thanksgiving all wrapped into
one greatly decorated mess that lasts for 

3ish months instead of just one!
Brilliant? Pretty much. :)

I'll be starting a new series on "how to's" that will show you a few of the fun things I've been up to, to create my Fallowgiving this year. That way my house is ready for all this seasons parties, but I don't have to keep a lot up with it as the holiday changes. (until Christmas, of course!)

Check back often! 

Shab to Fab Wingback Reupholstered

I have a complex. I see something online and think, I can do that! I want to try! 

RIGHT... THIS... MINUTE... 

And I can't do anything until I do it. I get really determined sometimes.  :)

So, when I saw all the awesome wing back chairs being redone, I wanted to try my hand at it. 

I found this beauty at my local DI for $30.

The below chart from  Little Green Notebook let me know how much I'd need for my little chair.

 

(Totally worth Pinning to look back at later!)

I got 5 1/2 yards of gray velvet and cording for the piping. 

I didn't take any 'during the process' pictures. I will tell you though: my fingers were sore, the living room was covered in staples, and I broke 1 needle on my sewing machine going through so many layers of velvet. 

(I'd drape myself in velvet if it were socially acceptable.)  

I'd think twice about doing another, but I loved the end product!

(I love before and after pictures!)

This is going to look great at a gray, eggplant and white/ivory wedding coming up!

 

 Mr. Bentley wanted to get in on the picture taking.

If you feel like you want to take this kind of project too, jump onto Remodelaholic. 

She has a step-by-step on how she did it.  

Or why go through the hassle. If you are in Southern Utah, you can rent it for your wedding for $15! 

(Keep posted, many more rental furniture items to be posted soon!)

Happy Planning!