"A Believing Heart"

The theme for YW this year is: We Believe. My mil is the yw president in her ward and she asked me to help out with some decorations for new beginnings. They wanted to center it around "A Believing Heart."

She wanted the colors to be black, silver and white. Very classy and neat. With splashes of red for the heart. I wanted to incorporate scallops in everything. So this is what we came up with:

The invitation. Made with my cricut and cuttlebug.
The program, also made with my cricut and cuttlebug.
Favors, a simple silver chain with round pendant that says "believe" on a cardstock cut out using my cricut and cuttlebug. Michelle always wraps it up cute.
She had these plants around the room, with hanging hearts from the center. I wish I got a picture of it set up in the room because it looked beautiful...here...not so much. A banner that says "a believing heart"

We also made 15 11'' hearts that had all the values and quotes on them, and 60 little hearts that the yw put on each person as they came into the room, and a big vinyl cut out for the wall in the yw room. (none of this pictured)

And right now I'm working on making one of these for each of the yw to put on their walls in their room.

One more addition

We had another craft day at my neighbor's house. So I made one more addition for my house. And I just think it is lovely. It's hard to see what it says, so I took a few shots. The font is absolutley perfect.





It says "kiss me" with a shamrock in between the words. We are all set for St. Patty's Day.

Irish Art

My friend Karen made one of these. The minute I saw it, I knew I had to do one too. I just love how it turned out.



And another copy of hers. Her version is a lot cuter, but I just used what I had on hand...so this is as good as it's gonna get. Pretty cute still...

Green Garlands

I made this lucky banner last year. I used my crop-a-dile to punch holes through the coins. I love it!

This sweet garland is from my friend Natalie's pattern. You can find the pattern/instructions HERE. I was able to just use scraps I had layin' around. Those are the best projects. One thing I did do different from her instructions...I top stitched each scallop after I turned them around, so they would lay flatter. I like the look a lot better.

So I made two. One for my mantle and one to hang with my pictures.

Framed Art and Printables

Such an easy, cheap way to spruce up your decorations. I LOVE it. First off my shamrock specimen art. What would really make it look great is a cream frame. Until then...

Glitter silhouettes. So sweet.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE this printable. Found HERE.
And of course one of these. Found HERE.
Top pictures found HERE.
Bottom pictures, I seriously can't find again! Sorry...

Re purposed for St. Patrick's Day

Project 2: Take an old Christmas decoration..and turn it into something cute.

I took apart the WHOLE thing. Re glued weak areas..saved the panes of glass that weren't painted, filled in the lettering so it was a smooth surface, painted the whole thing black. Glued the plain glass back in, and re strung the pieces together. At that point it looked SO SO cute but still plain. So I took three shamrocks I made from this tutorial, and put it all together.
The cream tulle was an inspiration from my friend. It finished it quite nicely. I love it!

A table runner for St. Patrick's Day

My husband is SO OVER the pink, glitter, love...and is VERY ready for a change. I just loved all my Valentine decor..but it was a bit girly. Hopefully the green will help erase the memories. My first project. A cute seersucker table runner.

I had a little extra fabric, and thought it would be cute to add a little embellishment to each end. And ruffles will never let you down!
In the center; shamrocks, gold and a sweet candle.


So far, I think we're good....