Thanksgiving Center Piece on a budget

A few days ago I shared these cute little orange place settings in a post called Turkey Day Place Settings. Today I am sharing a few more items that would work great for your Thanksgiving Table.

I found some Fall printables over at The Dating Diva. The Thankful tag was actually a note card that I cut down and made into an insert for my centerpiece.

The floral arrangement was put together using a pot and some sunflowers I got at Michael's. I decorated the rib using my glue gun and some lace. I added some fresh herbs from my garden to give it some nice scent.

The insert is held up using a flexible sign dangler and sign holder from Deflecto.

Sign Holder

Flexible sign dangler

Acryclic display risers

  I wanted my flower pot to be a little higher, so I used Deflecto acrylic display risers to give it a lift.

I thought it would be fun to place some "I am grateful" signs right behind the name tag. Right before dinner I am going to have everyone write down what they are grateful for and I thought this would be something we could share during dessert and coffee.

The grateful signs are held up using a mini sign holder from Deflecto.

Hopefully I have given you some great ideas for your table setting this Thanksgiving!

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DIY hot glue gun holder

Hi everyone and happy Friday...Finally! I wanted to share with you a couple of glue gun holders that I made for my upcoming craft show. These stands are great and so easy to  make.

It sits perfectly on my craft table and is always ready to go. I keep my glue sticks in a mason jar right next to the stand which seems to work well for me.

I found the directions to make this stand over at Shanty 2 Chick.  I modified it just a bit by getting larger round pegs and tiles.

I used fun colors to bright up any craft room. I have these listed in my Etsy shop and they would make for a great crafty gift as well!

Have fun!

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Recycled Butterflies

Whoa! It is good to be back in Phoenix. I had quite a week. I hope to have some time home and that always means more crafting.

So I have been thinking about recycling. Every time I Open a new toy or product, I always recycle the cardboard that come with the packaging. When I get advertisements in the mail, I recycle those too. But the card board is so sturdy, I think to myself, there has got to be something I can use these for in crafting.

Well today I am here to show you what I have done.

I made these using recycled cardboard from a few items around the house. The blue one is from an advertising mailer. The other two are the back of a pudding box.  I will show you what I did.

For the blue butterflies, the colors were already so vibrant, I just punched them out. I had to work around the words, but in some cases, you may want to keep the words. 

Now for the pudding box, I turned it over and decided to try and distress it as well as stamp it.

This worked pretty well. I was very happy with how the butterfly turned out.

I wasn't sure how the distressing would work, so I just started using it. First I used Tim Holtz Distressing paint. That is on the left. It worked pretty well, but I wanted to add some colors since these are butterflies. So I also added some of Tim's Distressing stain. I found that it worked best to just dab on the color. But this is all about trial and error, so try different techniques. 

Can't you just imagine these colors on butterflies? I know I could.

Here is a closer look at the finished product

So when you get those advertisements in the mail, or see anything with color and texture, think about what it could be, not what it is. It is a lot of fun creating with imagination!

I found the Distress Stain and Paint over at BlueMoonScrapbooking. They are currently on sale and shipping is free if you spend $50. The Butterfly punch I found at Michael's and used a 40% off coupon. Gotta love those!

Supplies:

• Tim Holtz Distress paint - Vintage Photo, Forrest Moss, Rusty Hinge
• Tim Holtz Distress stain - Broken China, Victorian Velvet
• EK Tools Butterfly punch

Have fun!