Creatively Replicated Meets "Inspire Me Monday"

Several weeks ago, a friend of mine who writes a blog for her Happy Hearts card company that she has a weekly post called "Inspire Me Monday". I had been looking for something to replace a picture that we had hanging in our breakfast nook and alas, I was truly inspired!

I went out that day and purchased my supplies, 12x12 scrapbook paper in a color and design scheme that would complement our existing decor and two - 1/2 thick pieces of foam board (a piece of styrofoam that has poster board on each side), also purchased some removable gl

ue dots to adhere the paper to the board.

A few stages into the project...

adding a strip from another paper to add some interest to the grunge red paper

then cutting out a floral swirl to finish the embellishment and fit in better with the other tiles

I ended up adding another sheet of 1/2" thick foam to the backs of each to make it stand out more and instead of covering the sides with black paper, I cut our 1" strips from the other sheets of coordinating paper to cover the sides. Here are the pictures of the finished project.

Daddy Daughter Dance 2008

These are pics from the Daddy Daughter Dance that was held at the Keller Campus of Cross Timbers Community Church. The theme was Sugar & Spice so obviously we went with a candy and candy colored decor.
I used Foamular insulation purchased from the Home Depot which comes in 8ftx4ft sheets about 1"thick. I painted it with interior gloss paint and then used glue and glitter for accents.

The hanging candies were made with Foamular and styrofoam discs that we painted with the same interior gloss paint. The styrofoam candies were then covered in clear mylar wrap to look like cellophane.

The lollipops framed the dance floor. I used white plastic trash cans purchased from Ikea that we painted with interior gloss paint, stuffed the can with floral foam to hold the stick which was made from wrapping paper cardboard tubes that we spray painted with chrome spray paint. The top of the lollipop was made from a beach ball that was painted with the same interior paint and covered with the clear mylar wrap an secured with fishing line and a ribbon.

The window decor was done using the Foamular insulation sheets, painted with brown interior paint to frame it out and create the swirl patterns. We hung it with a brown satin ribbon.

The registration desk was surrounded by the pipe from a pipe & drape set that was wrapped in white Christmas lights. We hung a few extra candies and 2 light kits purchased from Ikea. The white lamp shades also purchased from Ikea I painted with acrylic paint and accent ribbon from JoAnn's. Although, once the light shown through, the paint appeared splotchy, so I inserted a piece of construction paper to obstruct the light from coming through the lower part of the shade so the light still came out of the bottom of the shade to give additional light to the volunteers working registration.