DIY Glitter Table Number Vases on POPSUGAR Girls’ Guide

By Kelly on May 22, 2013

Hey guys! My latest DIY for POPSUGAR is up and running, woohoo! This time, I had to throw a little glitter in. If there’s one thing I know from working in the wedding industry, it’s that reception tables can get pretty full, pretty fast. Centerpieces, place settings, table numbers and more.. that’s one packed table! These DIY glitter table number vases double as centerpiece, saving you a little room and adding a little sparking. How do you say…. win-win!? Check out the video tutorial below!


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For more confetti-filled ideas, you’ll probably want to head this way!

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DIY Fresh Flower Hair Bows

By Kelly on May 21, 2013

In case you haven’t noticed, wearing a giant bow is kind of my signature. It’s rare that I leave the house without one, and when I do, I feel kinda lost! So it’s about time I brought the Garden Party to the hair bows of the world, yes? Oh yeah! I think it would be fun to have a bunch of the felt bows made up at a party and allow the guests to pick their flower and then don the little hair accessory for the event! Once the flower on mine had seen better days I just popped it right off and put on another bloom, but I have a trick for making the flower more easily removable below too. Hop to it!

DIY Fresh Flower Hair Bows

DIY Hair Bows with Flowers

Felt
Fresh Flower (I used ranunculus!)
Hair Clip (You can get these at a local craft store.)
Hot Glue Gun
Scissors

Cut out two pieces of felt, one 2″ by 10″ and one 1″ by 3″. Fold the larger piece and half and glue the ends together with your hot glue to form a loop.

How To Make Flower Hair Bows How To Make Fresh Flower Hair Bows

Pinch together the center of your felt loop (with the seam in the center back). Then wrap the small piece of felt around and glue the ends together in the back.

Flower Hair Bow DIY FresH Flower Hair Bow DIY

Snip off your flower at the stem, just below the bloom. Carefully hot glue the clip to the backside of your bow and the flower to the front side. Alternatively, if you want to be able to easily remove the flower (so you can re-use the plain bow later), glue the flower to a small circle of felt and use a safety pin to pin the flower to the bow.

DIY Flower Bows Flower Bow DIY Tutorial

Put on your bow and get to garden partying!

DIY Fresh Flower Bows

DIY Fresh Flower Bow Tutorial

All Photos by Studio DIY

To see the entire Garden Party series, click here! And for more DIYs all around, head this way!

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DIY Surprise Streamer Door

By Kelly on May 20, 2013

Birthday surprises are just the best. And this one is an in-your-face-awesome surprise. Literally. I know we’ve all seen streamers hung on doors, or those fringey door curtains but this one has a little more “WOW!” factor. (If you ask me!) Once the birthday boy or girl goes into their room (or home, if you live in a climate where you can do this outside!) for the night, tape up this streamer curtain so when they open the door on their birthday they are instantly hit with festive fun!!! Surprise! WOO!

DIY Surprise Streamer Door

Surprise Streamer Door DIY

DIY Surprise Streamer Door for Birthdays

Twine/Ribbon
Streamers
Tape (Clear tape plus painter’s tape or other, depending on the surface you have to tape to.
Scissors

Measure out how long you need your twine to be. Do this by taping it to the door and to the wall when the door is all the way open. You want it to be long enough so that it doesn’t break when they open the door! Tape the twine to a wall so you can easily hang the streamers.

DIY Streamer Surprise Door Curtain

I cut my streamers in half to make them skinny, your choice on whether you want to do the same! Then I slipped each one over the twine, folded over an inch or two and taped it to the back of my streamers. Cut the streamers so the length is about the height of the door, or longer if you want a look like mine. Repeat this until you have enough streamers to cover the entire length of the twine.

Streamer Surprise Door DIY Tutorial How To Make A Streamer Door Curtain

When it’s time, move your curtain to the door. Tape one side to the door itself, and the other to the wall. Then just wait for the birthday honoree to awake!!! (The hardest part!)

How To Make A Surprise Streamer Door

DIY Birthday Streamer Surprise Door

Streamers

Happy Surprising!!

Remember this birthday balloon surprise? Imaginging combining these two!? And of course, for more DIY ideas all around, head right here.

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Happy Weekend!

By Kelly on May 17, 2013

Holy Cannoli. I’ve gone from Florida to DC to New Jersey this week, and am headed into NYC as we speak!! And I’ve been crafting the whole way. First I made the flamingo piñata, on Wednesday I made a few dozen more honeycomb business cards, yesterday I made a dozen piñatas for a meeting (Yep, I said piñatas and meeting in the same sentence.) and my task this weekend is making giant letters and banners for Nole’s Paper Party at the National Stationery Show! Who needs sleep anyway, right!? If any of you are headed to NSS, please let me know! I’d love to say hi and I’ll be there all four days wandering around, squealing over every booth and piece of stationery. Goodness, I’m excited! But for now, I craft.

Streamers

Behind the Scenes of the DIY Giant Balloon Messages via My Instagram

{Inspire} Links to Love

How awesome are these “What to Pack” cards!?
This puppy themed party! Can I attend!?
Colorful cards you’ll find me drooling over at NSS.

{Create} DIY Projects & Recipes

I just think these gilded bear vases are too cute.
A cute way to package taffy favors!
Chocolate bar cake. Genius.
Loving these little painted cake toppers!
Gorgeous tablecloth DIY.
These popsicles need to happen in my house, immediately.

{Celebrate} Studio DIY Elsewhere

DIY piñatas rule! Honored to be included a few times!
Talking Gatsby on Oh So Beautiful Paper!

Find out what crafty things are happening in your area this weekend right here!

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DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

By Kelly on May 16, 2013

Since I’m running around like a crazy lady getting ready for NSS, I invited a few crafty folks to share their DIY genius here on Studio DIY over the next few weeks! Woohoo! First up, the ladies behind Icing Designs. You may remember the gorgeous paper flowers they shared here back at Christmas time, and now they have another paper flower DIY to share, this time for the warmer months! YAY! They jazzed up some paper lanterns with their faux floral creations and these are so perfect for outdoor bashes. Let’s get to crafting, huh? Take it away, Melissa and Kellie…

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Mini paper lanterns (You could really do this with any size lantern!)
Tissue paper
Flower stamens (You can get these in the baking section of any craft store)
Ribbon
Scissors
Hot Glue
Layer 6-8 sheets of tissue paper (color of your choice)

Cut out a 2×2 inch square. Fold the square into quarters. Hold the folded tissue at the folded point, starting on one side cut around to make a petal shape (be careful not to cut to close to the point).

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Unfold the tissue and layer the flower shapes on top of each other, staggering the petals.

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Take the petals and fold them in half gently, cut a small slit in the back middle.

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Stick the floral stamens in, put some hot glue on them {under the flower} to hold them in place. Also put a very small dab of glue on the top, layer by layer begin to squeeze each layer of the flower upward. Then fluff and separate them.

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Trim the back if there are stamen stems hanging down, put a dab of glue on the back of the flower and glue it onto the lantern. Repeat until you have 3 flowers. If you are doing a larger lantern we suggest using 5-7 flowers.

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

Turn your lantern over and tie a piece of ribbon on the bottom. You can hang the lanterns with fishing line.

DIY Paper Flower Lanterns DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

How To Make Paper Flower Lanterns  DIY Paper Flower Lanterns

All Photos by Icing Designs for Studio DIY

Gorgeous!!!! A huge thank you to the Icing Designs ladies for getting us all ready for our outdoor events!! You can check out all their awesome DIYs on their blog right here.

For more paper flower DIYs, click here! And for more DIYs all around, head this way!

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