Joan of Art: June 2013

Trouble buying Father's Day cards? Why not make it extra-special by making your own!

Here's a great idea to embellish your Father's Day card.

A folded paper t-shirt is a perfect design you can attach to your card.

All you need is a patterned/solid rectangular piece of paper.

Instructions:

1. Lay paper flat.

2. Fold it in half, lengthwise. Crease.

3. Unfold.

4. Fold in each side to meet the center crease.

5. Flip the paper over. On one end, fold down the edge about half an inch.

6. Turn the paper back over and fold one corner on an angle so that the corner point touches the center line. Repeat with the other side. The exact angles are not critical.

7. Now let's make the sleeves. On the opposite end of the paper, take one side and fold a triangle shape outward from the center fold. Do the same on the other side.

8. Take the bottom edge and flip it up and tuck under the collar.

Add a necktie or a bow to finish it off!

I hope this idea helped!

Happy Father's Day to all the awesome dads in the world!

Day Myell. Wouldn't that be a lovely name for a butterfly?

When I was asked to do a butterfly party, I immediately thought pink, green, and white will be the perfect color combo, and a touch of brown to make it a little enchanted.
Most of the parties I see with this theme use a lot of colors, but I always like to limit my base colors to 3. I'm actually more on the color than the theme.

The backdrop consisted of the caterpillar at the top made with paper fans,

I made huge pink flowers out of cartolina,

and then there's the butterfly dangler, and the wooden lamp.

And there's the birthday girl in her cute dress!

This butterfly dangler I made was positioned at the center of the sweet corner backdrop.

These wrapped letters I made with cardboard and crepe papers became the center decor of the dessert table.

I hot glued cut out butterflies on the twigs I gathered from our yard and placed them in clear glass jars. They made the centerpieces of the dining tables.