The Spanish Dahlia

Lilac's Are My Muse Right Now...

Happy Spring friends ! Sorry I haven't been posting lately, but I think you already know I've been playing in the gardens for the past few weeks. This is my busiest time if year next to Christmas! I took so many pictures of my lilacs so kick back relax and grab your favorite drink !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dont you just LOVE my " Lilacs And Dreamcatcher" watercolor illustration painted by the very talented and very nice Ruth Macotela from the beautiful and unique blog~ http://ruthsimplelife.blogspot.com ! She's a lovely woman from Texas I met through Instagram and we have become fellow friends !!!! One day she took a picture of it on IG and I fell in " love" with it !!!! Just had to have it big time ! If you get a chance pop on in and visit her, you'll be smitten like I was !

 

 

On to more lilac love...

 

 

 

I have to say...... I LOOOOOOOVE this picture the best ! Is that ok to say that ?

 

 

 

A couple weeks ago I got inspired by Selina Lake's " Pretty Pastel Style" book and created this super easy dreamcathcer made from all my fabric ribbons and other lovely treasures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, I thought my Darcy chair would like mighty fine with a couple little sprigs of lilac. This was so enjoyable putting these photoshoots together I can't even begin to explain!!!! Love arranging flowers, dolling up my pretties, and photographing them so much! But I'm really enjoying being in the garden with my " plant babies" !!!! Ha ! Well, I hope you enjoyed the lilac tour and you know where I'll be........ Working on more projects as usual, and I'm also trying to spend more time working on listing more pretties in my Etsy store. I know some of you are interested in my hanger's and the garment rack as well. Please bear with me as I have a full time job, and always have umpteen projects going on all the time. As soon as I plan on listing, I'll give you the heads up first ! 

Happy Spring my friends !

 

XOXO ~ Steph

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another NYC Shopping Day Trip and Mother's Day Presents !

This is my wooden shabby chic style garment rack made by the talented and oh still "so useful" Jim Bradley ! Ha !!!! LOL ...... I've wanted one of these for a long time, and not only am I  in "LOVE" my rack, but I will be selling these in my Etsy shop in one week or less. So be sure to be on the look out for that !!!! I'll also be selling several other treasures as well !

 

 

 

 

 

 

A close up of the appliques I put on. Applied 6 in all.

 

 

 

Shabby Chic bed linens, yumm....

 

The floral fabric dress hangers are my latest creations. LOVE them, so special to hang your gorgeous sundresses, prom dresses, cashmere sweaters, bed linens, Christening gowns, and wedding day dresses from! I'll be selling them in my Etsy shop too!!!!

 

Already sold this one to the lovely and talented Jo-Anne Coletti !!! Thanks so very much Jo and I hope you love it! Hard to see these go!!!! I want to keep them ALL!

 

 

A little crown veil I made last week, LOVE it !!!!

 

 

 

 

Going to be selling this oil painting too ! Let me know if your interested and email me!

 

 

It was so incredibly sunny and beautiful over this past week, I just had to hang my laundry up on the line ! I also wanted to show you the new RASCC chair slips I bought. I bought calico rose, and blue posie. LOVE them so much and they were on SALE !!! Happy Mother's Day to myself !!!! Yay !!!! Happy dance big time !

Don't worry.... there's more pretties to share !

 

Love this vintage sundress I found at one f my favorite fleas while in NY called ~ The Garage. I always seem to come away with something super special to me.... So much FUN !!!!

 

I absolutely LOVE this print and the texture is so soft...... I would even wear this as a nightgown it's so soft, lightweight, and cozy....

 

My blue posie apron

 

 

 

 

Notice the Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture water bottle.... The lovely sales girl named Allison gave Jim and I a couple. Cute and fun !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The large pink millinery fleur I found at New York Vintage which is right across the street from The Garage. It was thee most expensive piece of millinery I own!!!

 

The little pink roses I bought from the sweet and talented ~ Rachel Pallas. Thanks so much Rachel !

 

The hat shown is the hat I also bought from Rachel Pallas.

 

 

I found thee most beautiful Italian Tole bath towel holder'
s and found this hat all at The Garage. Great finds indeed !

 

In LOVE with the flowers, the colors, and details.... Super yummy .... Lucky me.....

 

 

And lastly......

 

 

Ok all my lovely and wonderful friends, hope you loved the post. Super busy with the onslaught of " glorious spring " but doing my best to keep me and you happy. The weather here has been absolute heaven and loving every second of it too. Hope wherever you are you're enjoying these lovely sunny days too. If not, I send all my love and  send my sunny weather to you !!!

Have a beautiful and may all you mom's have thee most beautiful Mother's Day ever ! I know I will because I'm spoiled.....

XOXO~ Steph

 

 

 

 

 

 

Happy Friday ! Beanbag, My Painting, and a Round Roses Pillow

Hi there! After a very stressful and horrible week's event in Boston and in Texas, you 'll be able to ease some of the burden by looking at some pretties I've aquired and have been working on lately. The story behind the beanbag all began a while ago when I first saw Rachel Ashwell's beautiful beanbags come out a few month's ago. I am fortunate enough to have  befriended a lovely and very talented lady by the name of Rhoada Smith out of Casadaga, New York. We met through Facebook last year and have been friends ever since! For those of you who have seen her beautiful sewing creations, you already know what fine work she does. So, a while back I decided to ask her if she could sew me a beanbag with some fabric of mine and thankfully she happily agreed. Long story short, we both decided rather than paying for eachother's goods, we would trade eachother's talents! So here is my beautiful beanbag, made from a vintage Simply Shabby Chic queen size duvet I bought several years back for a song! Isn't it gorgeous? Im so beyond thrilled with it so much I've already asked and sent more fabric to have her make me another beanbag!!!! If anyone s interested in having one made, please email me or drop a message on my comments and I'll help you get in contact with her.

Enjoy the other pics of my "prom dress painting" and my ruffled round pillow I sewed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed some  shabby romantic eyecandy and hopefully with God's help, our country can be healed from so much tragedy. Thanks again for taking the time to pop in. It really means alot to me.

Have a lovely weekend and God bless you,

 

XOXO ~ Steph

 

My Girls Day Shopping To Visit My Daughter And My Treasures Found At RASSC !

Inside the magical and amazing Tinsel Trading Company where you'll find every beautiful flower and ribbon you have ever dreamed of...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loved all the vintage and antique ribbons and the wooden case so much !!!!

 

 

 

 

Yay !!!! Tash and I made it to Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture !!!! I took alot of Instagram pics inside, so am sorry for that!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you see me wagging my tail ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My antique french vanity and TTC millinery fleurs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My pink barbola roses child size hat stand

 

 

 

 

Yay !!!! This was really what you all have been waiting oh so patiently to see right ?

This was the RASCC petticoat duvet I've been dreaming of for two years !!! I am so tickled pink over this girls you have no idea!!! It's an absolute dream duvet, and I saved up for this for a long time. My husband also loves it and of course loves anything I do !

 

 

 

 

 

Ok friends, I hope all the waiting was worth it ! Enjoy the pics and hope you all had a fabulous Easter. I took a well deserved " me" vacation and worked on some projects right up until I caught a nasty cold !!!! Fortunately with some tips from my " rosebuddeb" in  California , I was able to bounce back very quickly and still go to New York to spend a couple days with  my daughter. We had the best time ever and walked miles that day !!!! Boy were my feet sore for a day or two!   We went into a few other stores like Prada, Sabon, and a few others. I also treated us out to one of our favorite famous pizzaria's called " Lombardi's Pizza". This pizza is the best in the world mind you !!!!! Shopping at Rachel's store is an absolute dream, and I wish that I could take each and every one of you with me! Her staff is so nice and always takes alot of time talking to me and my family. This paticular time, a sweet employee named Erin wanted to get some feedback regarding Rachel's products, blog, IG, The Prairie, and her books considering waht a big fan I am . As nervous as I was, I happily answered her questions and really felt honored to be asked. I told her that we LOVE her blog, her pictures on IG, her books, and I also suggested we'd like to see RA in a styling show ( like before ).  My big suggestion was we'd LOVE to subscribe to a quarterly Shabby Chic magazine. How wonderful would that be ?

Well, must go for now. It probably wont be for a couple more weeks when I post again because spring is here and I need to start tending to my gardens..... For those of you who do your own gardening, you know how much work it is !!!! So thanks for stopping by to visit and happy spring !

 

XOXO ~ Steph

 

 

 

 

I Have Been A Busy Late Winter Early Spring Bee.....

Hi everyone! As you well know, it's always spring or summer here... I'm really loving the variety we're getting at the local supermarkets! Loving the stock flowers so much too. Well, I have been rather busy painting, sewing, and working on some wonderful projects and that's why I haven't posted like I use to. Before you know it, spring will have arrived in New York and I'll be living outside for three months !!!!

 

 

Take a good look at the RA fabric draped over the farm table. You'll see what I did with it when you get to the end of this post..... Don't cheat.... LOL !

 

 

 

 

Here are some of the books that are favorites of mine that I look to for inspiration. I recently had a lovely blog follower of mine named Alicja from Warsaw write to ask me which ones I loved.  What a sweetheart you are, and I'm so happy we're friends!!! I can't wait til Rachel Ashwell's new book comes out in the fall ! You know I'll be at her Soho store during her book signing !!! Yay!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ok, see the round pillow on the chair? Well, I took on of my vintage silk pajama bedcoat's and turned it into a " Marie Antoinette" style decor pillow. It was the first round pillow I've ever sewn. It took me several hours to make, but well worth it.

 

 

 

 

I also took an antique wooden parasol I bought for 5 dollars and sewed a piece of tambour lace onto it. I also added a couple pieces of vintage fabric I overdyed and some swiss white velvet to the parasol. I think I'm quite pleased with how that turned out, considering I didn't know what I was doing.... LOl...

 

Lovin the details on the end handle of the parasol. It has beautiful swags of pink roses !

 

 

Ta da !!!! This was the other project my husband and I worked on over the last weekend. I have been looking for a vintage divider screen for  awhile  and either couldn't find one in good shape or one that I could afford. So, I decided to wait and look for just the basic frame. Thank goodness I found one at a flea market last week! Believe me, this took alot of time to work on..... Many coats of paint and drying time after disassembling it. The easy part was sewing the fabric. However, I do LOVE the after!!!!

 

 

Also, the other side is vintage seersucker fabric. I'll show you the other side in the next post. I'm going to have so much fun using this for my pics !!!

 

 

 

 

Yes, this is a very special delivery that made it's way all the way from Seattle, Washington yesterday! This was created by the one and only ~ Rachel Pallas ! For those of you who may not know who she is, I'll tell you. We met through blogging and through Tausha Salat of the blog Shabbychicgirls.blogspot.com. I've had the pleasure of getting to know Rachel over the past year and have to say, she is a class act, super nice, and an extremely talented artist. Ever since she began creating these "crown jewels", I've been pining for one!!!!! I'm absolutely in love with it and feel that this is a family heirloom. I can't thank Rachel enough, and will probably buy one more!!!! I know sevaral people who've bought her veils and are enamoured by them. Also, I encourage you to pop into visit her at her gorgeous blog~ shabbyfrenchforme.blogspot.com.

 

Hope you liked my post and that spring is upon you or just around the corner!

 

XOXO~ Steph

My Darcy Chairs Got A Spring Makeover

This vintage nightstand I've had for many years. It use to be in my daughter's bedroom. But, you know me, I'm always up for change! I feel like that side of my livingroom is finally complete now. Also, that antique oil on canvas was an ebay find from the seller Winter garden. I've bought several things from Denise Cote and she is a real kind lady and very professional.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you tell how much I LOVE this romantic roses painting ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

There's nothing more enjoyable for me than sipping on a fresh brew of coffee, sitting down in my cozy chair, and  reading a romantic themed magazine on a Saturday morning ( while listening to Tony Bennett or Enya). The books I read over the weekend were Jo- Anne Coletti's stunningly beautiful books. They 're called,  The Feminine Home and The Feminine Home " Where The Heart Is". These books are  abundant with inspirational poems, bible verses, and heavenly pictures of many talented women's homes and gardens.  I highly recommend her books!!!!

 

 

Here's what the Jo-Anne's magazines look like up close. Aren't they so beautiful? Also, I bought SSC new sheetset, and I LOVE IT !!!!! Recommend that too....

 

 

This beautiful antique wrought iron cross I bought from the lovely Janet Coon of Shabbyfufu.com. This beauty originated from the beautiful country France. One day I will travel to lovely France! Especially since my daughter will be going to school in Florence, Italy next Fall! So proud of my girl !!!!

 

 

Is there anything more lovely than a vintage ruffled prom dress, a parasol, and a handmade flower corsage, on a ornately wooden carved  couch ? I could keep look at that all day long..... Just dream away....

 

 

Now, the slipcover makeover.....

This vintage baby blue roses seersucker ruffled coverlet I've had for years as well. Since spring is right around the corner and I'm always looking to work on a project and save money I decided to make some pretties out of this flawless and super soft fabric. 

 

 

Voila ! Here are my new spring themed slipcovers I sewed! This was the first time making slipcovers for my Darcy french chairs. I learned alot, and I think i will make more!!!!! Who knows.... I may even make them and sell them in my etsy shop.....  I'll keep you posted!

 

This is a view from my stairs, one of my favorite places to take pictures of my farm table Jim built for me last November. I'm trying to convince him to make more so we can sell a couple at  our next yard sale!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

A close up of the ties I sewed for them as well. I really am so excited and very pleased with how nice they came out. I hope that doesn't sound like I'm bragging because I don't mean to.  It's just that this was my first time making chair slips!!!!

 

 

Spring flowers are so lovely, and accompany the Darcy chairs just perfectly!

 

 

 

I'm ALWAYS thankful for being so incredibly BLESSED...

 

A vintage millinery veil I made recently. Inspired by Rachel Pallas of Shabbyfrenchforme. Rachel is a doll, and I bought a lovely veil of her's. It's making it's way to my home right now. So excited to get it and take many pictures of it for you all.

 

 

Hope you enjoyed your  visit to my little world! I'm so eager to say goodbye to winter's slumber and reawaken to the birdies singing their familiar spring songs!!!! Yes, my friends, spring is in the air and I can't wait to get digging in my gardens to do begin winter's clean up!

Also, I hope you all know I had been having computer issues for a few weeks and I am sorry for not getting back to you. Great news now, looks like my computer problems are over thanks to my daughter suggesting Mozilla and a big thank you goes to my BFF, Laurie Shoemaker of Heavens Walk. You are the BEST my dear!!!! XO

Have a lovely week,

~ Steph

 

Vintage Lace Consignment Finds And A Handmade Tutu Dress

Wow, this week I went to a Couture Consignment shop I hadn't been to in several month's and oh boy!!!! Did I hit the jackpot on my romantic finds!!!! I found a white ruffled Ralph Lauren duster sweater, a Ralph Lauren rose print and lace blouse, a lace vneck blouse, a vintage bed jacket, and my favorite is the designer Jill Stuart's lace dress with baby blue silk ribbons throughout that you'll see at the end of this post!!!! This was seriously a lucky find and I'm still pinching my cheeks over!!!!! Apparently this dress had been in the shop for over one year, waiting just for little ole me !!!! I think I'm one of the few people in Bethlehem that have a love and appreciation for romantic vintage dresses!!!!

 

 

 

 

A close up of the lace I handsewed onto this vintage corset I found a few years ago. I had to first overdye the corset my favorite hue of petal pink and tan, then I had to remove some thick elastic straps, cut some of the lacing that laces the corset in, then I attahched the corset to the tulle skirt that I had removed off another dress. After that I hand sewed the vintage millinery fleurs onto the tulle and added the white vintage rose corsage on the upper left of the corset. Done ! For my first time creating this tutu, I'm very happy with the result!

 

 

Love my aqua mason jar, the colors of the roses, my vintage wallpaper remnant, and the feeling of spring right around the corner!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can you believe all the romantic details in this Jill Stuart dress ? Also, I've been doing reasearch on the how to's on the art of ribbon making and have been busy making some. This blue one I created with using leftover fabric from the tulle dress underlayer. I also sewed in the millinery flower petal beacuse I liked it ! Trying to find vintage fabric so I can make more of these to sell in my Etsy shop!!!! Please tell me your honest opinion on that, I d really love to know if you love them or not.

 

 

 

 

A close up of my overdyed  handsewn blue flower

 

 

 

 

Last one!

 

 

 

 

Hope you liked the latest post! I'm sorry I haven't posted more often, but some of you may know I've been having pc problems again .........  UGH!!!! Jim's been on a skiing trip so, I can't have him fix it til he has time. So Im sorry about that and I'm also unable to leave comments on other blogs as well! So please know I'm not ignoring you, it's my computer!

Thanks again to all of you! You really are so special and important to me and very lucky to be apart of such a tight knit group of lovely, kind, and talented women.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend and thanks for popping in.

Stay tuned for the next post because I've been hard at work on a painting I began last week and I also was lucky enough to buy Rachel Ashwell's Toms wedges from her Soho shop In New York!!!!

XOXO~ Steph

 

French Chair Makeover Is Done !

Found some feather plumes, ribbon rosettes, pretty flowery paper plates, and some Shabby Chic stationary at Michaels Craft store last week. I love all their spring themed pretties! I took the last 4 feather plumes they had, I'll need to go back for more.

 

 

 

 

Love, love, love this horse pastel my daughter did in Middle school !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love this baby blue chippy plant stand I bought at my favorite consignment store!

 

 

Shabby Chic stationary I bought at Michaels, just adore all the colors !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Found this beautiful vintage ribbonwork piece to hold ladies delicates.

 

 

 

 

 

Spring colored roses, a lovely vintage tablecloth I've had for many years! I'm really trying to usher in spring!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When I found this beautiful Virgin Mary statue many years ago, I loved it ! However it was quite weathered from being outside here in the northeast for many years. So I thought  although she was already so lovely,  I felt she deserved a makeover too!  I grabbed my paints and paintbrushes and painted away!

 

 

Now for the before and after french chair reveal......

Drum roll please.....

Dunt, dunt, done!!!!!

 

Hope you all love it as much as I do....

 

 

My hardworking husband slaving away for his sweet, loving bride once again....

 

 

My hardworking and oh so loyal husband working dusk til dawn..... LOL....

 

 

Annnnnnnnd the dramatic and tremendous After......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So here it is!!!! Originally when I announced I was going to do a makeover on this chair, I showed some friends on Instagram three fabrics I was going to choose from and I needed their feedback as to which one they preferred. This wasn't one of the three fabrics I showed them. I actually found this fabric tucked away in one of my vintage linen storage bins. Truth is, I've had this fabric remnant for several years!!! I knew I loved it and eventually would find the right piece to use for it! I really am very appreciative of my hardworking and oh so smart man of a husband for all the time, effort, money and trial and errors put into recovering this chair for me. I have to tell you that this project wasn't easy and Jim and I have so much for respect and understanding of how and why a decent chair can be so costly. All in all, I spent about  two hundred dollars on this project including an air compressor that you must use along with a special electric staple gun. This chair is a keeper and one day our girls will inherit this lovely chair.

Hope you all enjoyed the pics and I can't wait to hear all your comments, ( I especially need to tell Jim all your lovely compliments), it gives him more motivation to work on another project that will eventually be thrusted onto him.... LOL! Also, a side note to Laurie Shoemaker. Jim wanted me to tell you to show Rog the pics to see that Jim used Harbor Freight tools !!!! Men are so funny aren't they!!!! Got to love them!!!!!

Have a fabulous week and thanks for taking the time to visit me!

XOXO,

~ Steph

 

 

 

 

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Happy Valentines Day To All Romantics.....

And the answer is yes.... You ARE all wonderful to KNOW !

 

 

 

 

 

 

This vintage Valentine card is one of thee most cards I've ever seen !!!! Love it !

 

 

Little hearts that I sewed with the schoolagers that come to my home. The pink ones were made out of a vintage cashmere sweater. The floral one came from an old bed sheet.

 

 

This cherub locket was given to me from my mama, I LOVE it soooooo MUCH ! Of course I had to open the locket and show you my two beautiful daughter's. It's an old picture, but it's precious to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Being the romantic I am, I LOVe this shot the BEST !!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well my lovely and wonderful friends.... I hope I added just a little bit of sunshine to your day! I wish you a fabulous and lovely Valentines Day whether your in love with a special someone or not. The most important thing is that you love yourself and that you love life. Life is the greatest gift God bestowed to us, don't waste that gift for one second. Every one of us is like a flower to me. We all need to be nutured and tended to every single day of our lives!!! So remember how precious and beautiful you are and claim your victory in life!!!

Happy sweethearts day !!!!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

~ Steph

Steph's Banner Tutorial

Hi there! Hopefully everyones having a great weekend so far. As many of you know, we got hit with a major snowstorm here on the East coast!!!! My husband is snowplowing  right now as I write this tutorial!!!! Looks like we got about 7 inches of the white powdery snow. Poor guy, he'll be out there for at least a couple hours, so I made sure to load him up on a good old fashioned american breakfast with a stackful of pancakes, a fruit smoothie, and several cups of coffee !!! Anyway, I hope I didn't make you wait too long, but I had no other time to do this and actually went a few steps to reinact my recipe and measurements for you which include some pics of the colors I used after mixing them. So, thanks so much for your patience and I wish  you all the luck in the world!!!! Now go out and make your beautiful homemade banners, and please send me your pics through facebook or send them to my email.

 

Supplies needed~

1.Your choice of fabric ( I bought mine at Walmart) Sorry, don't know the exact type, but assume it's a cotton blend. You'll need at least 2 yds.

2.Your gold paint for the lettering. The exact kind I used is by FolkArt called Metallic.

3. Unfortunately, I can't help with the exact lettering font because that's where my multi talented husband stepped in and drew the letters freehand. Practice, practice, practice. However, I can give you the exact measurements of the lettering. The E is the largest and measures 5" X 3". The other letters measure approximately 3 and3/4th's X 1.5 inches.  The crown was something we found by Googling " pictures of  crowns". Choose any crown from there, you have a number to choose from. My crown measures 7.5 X 5.2 inches at it's tallest center.

4.My banner measures 22" X 40".

5. One wooden dowel, and paint that the same gold as the lettering. You may also buy the chain, and paint your chain too. I had my own chain already, however I'm sure you can find chain at Michaels or Hobby Lobby.

My RIT recipe~

1. I used a half CAPFUL  of Petal pink and slightly less than half CAPFUL of Purple into 4 cups of super hot water in my sink. I use a large whisk to mix my two colors thouroughly!!!!! I can't stress that part enough!!!!!! I then submerge the fabric right in and make sure one side has completely absorbed the color and within a couple minutes and I turn the fabric over and do the same thing.

2. I then drain the color and remove fabric  from the sink and I squeeze the water color right out. I dont rinse just yet.

3. Refill sink again with 4 cups super hot water and add a half CAPFUL of Tan, whisk thouroughly, and repeat my steps with mixing and allowing the fabric to absorb the color properly and submerge the fabric, then you RINSE with COLD water to lock in the color. Then either line dry or throw the fabric in the dryer. Either works fine, just depends on your patience.

4. After the fabric dries, begin your lettering and drawing your crown. Paint the lettering and crown, then sew the top from left to right. Insert your painted dowel with chain already attached and hang your beautiful banner!

Here are the other helpful pics I took~

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the mixture of Petal Pink and Purple with 4 cps hot water.

 

 

This is what your fabric should look like after that first step.

 

 

This is the color that it looks like with the half capful of Tan and super hot water after thouroughly mixing.

 

 

This is what the fabric should look like after dyeing in the Tan, its drying in the sun here.

 

 

Close up of the lettering.

 

 

 

 

The banner I chose by Googling " crowns".

That's it ! I hope that all my recommendations, steps, and recipes will help you. I can't tell you how happy I am with mine and you will LOVE yours! There's nothing like the inspiration of other art, but it's also important to make yours your own.

Have fun, and I look forward to seeing some beautiful banners being made!

XOXO~ Steph