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Apr 23

Modern Free Form Florals with Wet Foam | Modern Handmade Home

Apr 23

This post has so many photos you guys. I just couldn’t stop photographing these flowers! I’m officially smitten with parrot tulips and at $3.99 a bunch… they’re going to be a staple in my home from now on! Today I’m excited to be sharing a floral post with you guys- it’s been a while since I’ve done one of these- I used to have a whole category on my blog sidebar devoted to florals (you can still find all the floral posts in one place if ya like)… they really are one of my favourite things to play with! This post is from our monthly Modern Handmade Home Series and this month we’re so excited to be partnering with FloraCraft to share arrangements using their FloraCraft Wet Foam Bricks!

Lately I’ve been swooning over free form floral arrangements like the ones that Celsia Floral or Minim Designs and until I can attend one of their workshops one day, I’ve got floral foam to help make the ‘wild’ arrangements a bit easier to recreate. I love having fresh flowers in my house as often as possible. In the summer those blooms come from the garden, but in the winter (and early, early spring like now) I head to the florist. It’s one of the luxuries I love to indulge in and have found that by buying by the stem instead of by the bunch, I can have beautiful arrangements for less.

Apr 15

Cut out ANY Image | How to Upload Your Own Files to Cricut Design Space

Apr 15

It’s that time (I’d put the dancing girl emoji here but can’t figure out how to do that on my keyboard)… Alexis from Persia Lou and I are back with another Silhouette VS Cricut challenge! Today we wanted to go basic and take on something that we do all the time as bloggers who make our own designs. We’re talking through how to cut any image by uploading your own files! I’m team Cricut so I’m walking you through how to do that in Cricut Design Space and Alexis is going to walk through the process for Silhouette. But we’re not just talking basic uploads.

I’m chatting about the three different file types (.svg .png and .jpg) that I use on the regular (what are the differences!? what works best for what!?), how to change colours of designs, how to add patterns (2 ways) for print then cut, and how to get your picture from paper to vinyl using only your camera phone and the Cricut Design Space software.

If you’re looking for how to get your lettering ready for cut using PHOTOSHOP instead of design space… you can find that in this tutorial here. But you don’t NEED photoshop if you’d rather save those bucks.

Before I get into the step by steps of uploading each file type, I wanted to point out the three different ways you can get designs onto your mat in Design Space. There are a TON of screen shots in this post because I’m doing several tutorials in one SO what I’ve done is made them small for ease of reading and if you would like to see it bigger, just click and it will take you to the full image size. Sound good? Good ;) And before we do that… how about the video?Continue Reading…

Apr 10

Chugga Two Two! Modern Train Themed Birthday Party

Apr 10

Affiliate links are used in this post. Some party supplies were provided by Oriental Trading, more information in post below :) Read all my policies here if ya like.

Guys, see that title? I crack myself up. You can’t tell me that’s not gold.

Today I’m finally sharing Windsor’s second birthday party! He turned two back in December… but who’s counting, right? We had such a fun time celebrating this guy and his love for trains. It’s sweet to look back over the photos as I’m writing this post at these memories and all the little details.

I feel like every time that I throw a party, I do less than the time before. I’ve said this before but if you don’t throw parties all the time, I think it’s good to hear. I used to decorate every corner in a room; every table, every wall, every door. It was party time and the house had to look like it. But now? I decorate the table- wherever the focus is. And maaaaybe one other space (a garland or sign) and the rest? I leave as is. And here’s the thing. People still think I’m going all out. And people aren’t tripping all over decorations. And the kids (and adult guests) still have a good time. And then you can save yourself the time you would have spent decorating all those tiny things and make a pot of coffee and enjoy your guests. And get some sleep. And whatever you want. Does this give you permission to do a bit less? I hope so.Continue Reading…

Apr 05

Give Yourself a Little More Grace – April Tech Wallpapers

Apr 05

I feel like spring is fiiiinally here and I’m celebrating with some green in this month’s image… buh buy grey ;) But because I’m a sucker for grey and darker tones, I totally greyed out this beautiful photo my dad took. I couldn’t help myself. And even though it’s a few days into April already, I’m pretty proud to get these up within that first week. This last couple months has thrown me and I’m struggling to catch up. I’m trying to give myself a little more grace in this busy time and so I thought I’d make that the quote for this month’s tech wallpapers!

If you’re new to Lemon Thistle, every month, I create free handlettered backgrounds for you to download. I make each a quote version, a calendar version, and a monthly script version in each desktop, phone, and tablet sizes. You can take your pick! I also create a free printable 8×10 version of the quote for my e-mail friends. If you’re not yet signed up for my list, you can get in on the updates and freebies right here!

Enough with the chatter, am I right? JUST GIVE ME THE GOODS! Just click the linked words below to download them!Continue Reading…

Apr 04

How to trace and stencil with foil

Apr 04

This post is sponsored by Therm O Web (Deco Foil), all opinions and projects are my own! Find my full policies here.

I’ve been using Deco Foils for a couple years now (you can see all my projects with them here). And I really love how they can add shine to any project. It’s so hard to photograph the beautiful shine but it really catches the light so beautifully. For this post, I wanted to bring it back to the basics and take on a paper project this week. I decided to do a simple phrase for my kids art station and add some colourful details. There really are so many ways to do this using Deco Foil. You could design it on the computer and print it with a laser printer, then apply the foil with a laminator. That is my favourite way to use the Deco Foils because they apply so clean and perfectly. But since I’ve done that a few times (like on these Valentines), I thought I’d try creating a design by hand and skipping a trip to the print shop to get a laser printed design.

SO I wanted to share two different techniques on how to do this. Stencilling (that fun design) and tracing (the lettering). I wanted to show how both techniques can be used with the Adhesive Pen to apply the Deco Foil (using a laminator). I made a bunch of designs and this was my favourite of the lot. It’s funny that now I have it photographed and I’m realizing ‘fun’ looks a little like ‘fnn’. But I love how the lettering has almost a brush stroke look by using the pen quickly instead of slow and steady. I also love how the crinkled watercolour foil looks on the stencilled design. Honestly- you could play with this stuff all day!

Ready for the tips on these two techniques?

Apr 04

DIY Patterned Letter T-Shirts with Cricut

Apr 04

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine.

Do you have something that you just keep on crafting? Time and time again, I find myself whipping up shirts for my kiddos. I can’t help it. It’s so easy with my Cricut and iron on and they get ridiculously excited. So I’ll keep sharing them here, okay? And today’s is a fun one because it’s with a material I have never tried before… Patterned Iron-On!

I thought that since the iron on itself was already patterned, I’d keep my design fairly simple. So I decided on giant letters on the kids’ tees. And then the packs of patterned iron-on showed up and they each have three patterns in the roll that mix and match so nicely together that I decided to pair two patterns per shirt. I am so happy with how the two patterned iron on designs sliced together to make the one letter… isn’t that rad? I want to use this technique on more projects now… I could see this working really well with simple shapes as well.

I was originally going to do all four of my kiddos with that black and white patterned iron on and save the pink and blue for another project, but when I went to pick out plain tees from the store, this grey shirt with the lace bottom was too cute and I thought it would play with the lace pattern in the pink and blue designs perfectly. So the boys all match and Aubrey has a coordinating (but not matching) shirt. Continue Reading…

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How to trace and stencil with foil

DIY Patterned Letter T-Shirts with Cricut

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