Gift Card - Birthday Card Hand painted

Sparkly DIY Birthday Card

{ make it don't text it }

"Happy Birthday" - card stock, blank card, acrylic paint, gold glitter, three clear tiny gemstones, typed and printed "Happy Birthday", scissors, foam tape, craft glue.

Using a small piece of card stock, cut a frame, paint with black the inside of it, leaving .25 inches of white framed space around the edge. Below, I painted the white framed space with blue's and aqua's. Once this is dry, I outline the black paint with craft glue and glitter it gold.

...let dry...

Using a small (4.75" x 6.75") rectangle (to fit size of card) card stock, I brush strokes of black, blue, aqua, gray and gold (same paint I used for the frame) - from top to bottom

wait for the paint to dry, then glaze some glue over the gold streaks and glitter gold to match the frame...let dry...

While waiting paint three "sparkles" on the frame, adhering small gemstones in the center of the 'sparkle' ...let dry... add four small pieces of foam tape to the underside and place it centered on the 'streaked' small rectangle.

Place the printed "Happy Birthday" inside the frame and secure with glue.

DONE. HAPPY BIRTHDAY. SO SPARKLY.

-JKD

Christmas - Personalized Gift Tags Janel Kaden

Custom Christmas Gift

{Gift Tags / Cards }

-JKD

Christmas Decor - DIY Advent Calendar Janel Kaden

12 Days

{ Christmas Advent Calendar Gift Box Set }

12 tiny envelopes, filled with tiny treats and daily devotionals, hung like garland: makes for a functional (and inexpensive) Christmas decoration.

Happy Christmas.

Placecards - DIY Pilgrim Hat

Pilgrim Hat Placecards

{ DIY 4 Thanksgiving }

DIY, under $5, under 7 min (including dry time,) and 1-2-3 level easy-ness-yes.

To begin. Supplies: All those bottles of wine consumed last night while stressing out about hosting Thanksgiving dinner have come in handy: CORKS. • glue gun • scissors • string/yarn • colored & black cardstock • sharp knife • black pen • black paint & paint brush

snip the corks in half

paint the 1/2 corks black

while the corks are drying...plug in the glue gun... cut the colored card stock into tiny squares. with black pen, draw a smaller square in the center (this is the pilgrim hat 'buckle')

punch the desired amount of black card stock circles (1.5" diam)

paint should be dry, begin dabbing glue to the black circles and adhering the cork (flat side down) - take the string/yard and wrap around the bottom of the cork, closest to the circle. Adhere with a dab of hot glue and press the 'hat buckle' onto the excess glue to secure string.

Slit the top of the hat with a knife, inserted the name of guest.

1-2-3-E-Z-est 7 minutes (8 including clean-up.)

- Happy Thanksgiving -

-JKD

Inspiration - Thanksgiving Tablescapes

Thanksgiving Tablescapes

{ someideasifoundclickingaround }

platter with leaves

center piece

happy thanksgiving photo props

icicle cookie stand

cheese platter set up

trading post

Sketchbook - The Holiday Season Returns

In My Sketch Book

{ The Holiday Season Returns }

...ordinary, blank, white copy paper comes to life with a few colorful/traditional/nostalgic/whimsical additions...

The first blossom of the Holiday Season in the sketchbook. Soon to be in full bloom.

-JKD

Current Projects - Christmas

Photoshoot Shoot

{ ... it's that time of year ... }

props, backdrop, glitter, champagne, paper, stylist, scissors, soundtrack, lights, camera, action

-JK

DIY Halloween - Candy Bag Tag

Candy Bag Tags

{ creepy WIDOW spiders }

...this monday, trick-or-treaters will grab bags of candy with creepy widow spider tags...

i snapped photos of a community of widows and their eggs by the local organic garden -

creepy & fascinating ... spooky & alluring

1) print out small images (in black and white)

2) sparkle red hour-glasses on the underside

3) punch out / cut out in tag shapes

4) hole punch - string through - tie around candy bag

Trick or Treat

-JKD

DIY Gift - Birthday Decor

DIY Birthday Decor

{ make/send a celebration }

i was unable to attend a favorite friend's benchmark (forever22) birthday... so instead, I made (& glittered) a personal decorative banner...put it in the mail, and sent my love.

1) begin with sketch - choosing colors, textures, etc

2) paint each letter on the white card stock, let dry, add embellished glitter, let dry part 2

3) cut out letter/shape

4) adhere to black construction paper (8" x 10") with foam tape, hole punch top of paper (2x) and string upppppppaaahhhh

5) put in mail 6) your fabulous friend receives package / decorates her NYC appt. with bday garland made with time, love, representing years of sincere friendship (photo sent from friend - elated to have a festive birthday home)

-JKD

DIY Halloween - Painted Pumpkins

HALLOWEEN DECOR

{ DIY Painted Pumpkins }

chic halloween

begin with pumpkin

wipe down extra pumpkin patch dust, and cover with a white acrylic painted base coat

paint away.

three pumpkins... 1) pastel blue with silver sparkles 2) one metallic silver

3) one missoni

with a gold tinsel vine.

AND NOW I PRESENT THESE UPSTAGERS:

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-JKD