Hiya! It's Julia checking in for the evening crew with the last of our DIY projects for "He Brings Me Flours!" And this one is really simple to make, but looks stunning when it's finished!
So we started with 8x8 squares of colored paper and cut them in half. Next we folded over about a half inch of the top. If your paper has preforations like ours did, this hides the jagged edge nicely!
Then we used a glue stick to seal the paper and attach it to the ribbon.
To give it a little something extra we took about an inch of ribbon and tied it in between the different sheets of paper.
The finished product looked like this!! Isn't it nice of Justin to let me decorate his office?!? Seriously, how cool is that vintage camera display he has going?!?
Martha featured this garland as a unique guest book idea. But we are doing something a little bit different with it! And we can't wait until you see what!!! (Spoiler Alert!! There is a HUGE hint in the title of this post!!)
Hiya! It's Julia, reporting in on our way home from Nashville!
Before we left for the workshop, we finished up two more DIY projects that we wanted to share with you!
First up, our Favors!!
Remember the insipration for the shoot? He Brings Me Flours? Well, the favors for our wedding are... flours! Three different types of flours to be exact, so our guests could "pick a flour" Get it? :)
So here's what we started with. Check out those red tags! Justin designed them for us, aren't they cute?? Just to give you an idea, the ribbon attaches the square tag to the front of the bag and the long tag seals the bag closed! Here we go...
First off, we filled each bag with a different kind of flour. This one had Buck Wheat flour in it!
I used a rotary trimmer to cut out all of the tags and then I measured the ribbon.
The ribbon snakes through the tag, so I cut slits on both sides of the label that were a little bit longer than the width of the ribbon. Not gonna lie, the rotary trimmer probably wasn't the best tool for this. A straight blade would have been a little bit more precise!
Then I threaded the ribbon through the slits like this.
Put a 'lil glue on the back of the ribbon and glued it to the front of the bag.
Then, glued the ribbon to the back of the bag. And it looked like this!!
Next, I folded the top of the long tag over. We planned on using a bone fold for this, but alas, we couldn't find it. It turned out fine anyway!
Then we sealed the bag like so! Helpful hint! The tag hides the place where we glued the ribbon!
Justin put these tags together for us, but it was pretty time consuming. So with two days to go, we called in some experts to help us out with the rest!! I totally loved the stationers that designed the paper for my wedding so we called them up and they agreed to help us out! Amy & Matt are THE BEST! We really can't thank them enough!! We can't wait for you to see everything they put together for us, but you've already seen that amazing "Get Whisked Away" sign & tags from the sneak peek!
We're in full on workshop preparation mode over here. Seriously, we're pretty much going non stop 'till Nashville! If you've been keeping up on facebook and twitter you know we've been antiquing, and shopping, and DIY'ing like crazy! It may actually be illegal to have this much fun at the office!! :)
So to kick start the happiest day of the work week, we thought we would share another DIY with you. Yesterday, we mixed up a second batch of tea but this time, we didn't drink it! We used it to make Aged Recipe Cards. And we looove how they came out!
Here's the deal!
We started with card stock and printed out a recipe for Grandma's Buttermilk Biscuits. We used the font windsong so it looked a little like Grandma could have have written it herself! Next, we cut the recipe cards to be a little bit bigger than an index card and used a black sharpie to mark it up. Ya know, just like Grandma would have!
Next, we submerged the card in a tea bath.
Then we took it out and crumpled it up and gave it another soaking.
After it was saturated we took it out and blotted it with the tea bag. Then dried it and did it another time.
It ended up looking like this! You can see that the tea bag actually removed some of the word shortening. We thought about writing it back in, but then we decided we liked it! We thought it looked like a real aged recipe, faded ink and everything! :)
Just like Grandma used to make! :)
We have plenty more DIY's to share with you, so make sure to visit again this afternoon!
Hi again! I'm back! This time bringing you a totally sweet DIY project for your Thursday afternoon! Now this one sounded tough when we first started talking about it, but in reality, it turned out to be SUPER easy!! :) And, I don't mean to brag, but it also turned out to be SUPER tasty! :)
Here we go! First up, the ingredients. Looks easy already, right?! The DIY of the day was....Strawberry Jam!!
First, I hulled one pound of strawberries. Now, just like pitting cherries, we wanted to keep it as DIY as possible- so, instead of buying one of those neato strawberry hullers, I just used a regular old kitchen spoon.
Next, I mashed the berries in small groups until they were all smashed. Again, no crazy utensils here! Just a fork and some good old fashioned hard work :) And to be honest, I think I need to start going to the gym more. My triceps were burning! :)
Almost ready! Here we have 1/8 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice, a whole 'lotta smooshed strawberries, and 2 cups of sugar. With the way the strawberries looked, we couldn't help thinking it looked like we were working on the next Saw movie.
Pour everything into a large pot and set on medium. Bring to a nice rolling boil.
On the other burner, I was boiling the jar we were going to put the jam into. This not only steralizes it, but warms it up so that it won't explode when you put the steaming hot jelly into it! Seriously, this *could* happen so definitely make sure you don't skip this step!
You have to be super careful with the next step. And make sure your jar is hot enough to withstand the heat of the jelly! I was actually pretty sure I was going to end up as one big Kitchen Disaster- wearing both strawberry jam and bits of jar. I've never made jam before and I've heard horror stories! Happily, everything went as planned, and we ended up with THE cutest little mason jar of homemade jelly ever! :)
See?!?!
And that concludes the kitchen portion of our DIY extravaganza. But we have some favors and decorations for our workshop coming your way very soon! So be sure to tune back in often!!
In the meantime be sure to check out our Sweet Tea and Cherry Cobbler recipes if you haven't seen them already. Yuuuuuummmy!
...&J2
Footnotes!
1. To check to see if the jelly is ready to be put into jars, keep a plate in the freezer. Then about ten minutes into the cooking process put a dallop of the mixture onto the plate and put it back in the freezer. Take it out in about a minute or two and run your finger through it. If it stays seperated, you're good to go! If it runs back together, keep boiling it!
2. After the jelly has been put into jars you need to process it. Unless you are going to eat it right away! This involves putting the jelly jars back into the boiling water. Most jars will come with instructions for this! :)
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