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5-Minute Watercolor Phone Case

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Fri, 08 Jul 2016 23:03:19 +0000

Up until last week, I’d been gallivanting around town for months with an old, chipped gold case on my cell phone that looked like it had endured one too many hard nights on the wrong end of Sunset Strip. As each day went by, another gold chip would flake, and at one point, I honestly considered just chipping the rest of the gold off, giving it a good scrub down and keeping it as an all-white case….until the case itself began to crack. It’s funny how things align, because the next week I was invited to join The Makeful Challenge by Makeful, a creative community for makers, where they send members a particular material in which to give your personal creative spin. Then the community votes on their favorites. This challenge, of all projects, is a cell phone case! I got right to work on my case design (because I genuinely really needed a phone case) and decided to go with a refreshing blue watercolor design for summer. The project took about five minutes between painting the stripes and cutting out the template, and now I’ve happily said good riddance to my chipped and cracked out old case. If you’re […]

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Last Minute Preparations: Watercolor Candy Ribbon Place Cards

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Mon, 21 Dec 2015 17:56:24 +0000

If you’re still in need of some last minute entertaining ideas for Christmas, or even New Years, for that matter, pull up a seat because you’re in the right place! Recently, I created these oh-so-cute and quick candy ribbon place cards for Sugar & Cloth using what other than candy ribbon for the base. They’re the prettiest little tablescape detail, and they literally take 10 minutes to make! Brush Lettered Candy Ribbon Place Cards for Holiday Entertaining Use watercolor paints to write out your guests names. Break each ribbon candy in half and place name cards atop each candy piece. Pop over to Sugar & Cloth for the full how-to! How to Make Candy Ribbon Place Cards for Your Next Party Find more of my Sugar & Cloth projects here! Follow

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Hand Lettered Menus + Watercolor Napkins for We Make Collective

francoisetmoiblog@gmail.com — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 14:34:35 +0000

I almost can’t believe we’re talking New Years when Christmas is still at center stage, but if you’re hosting a New Years Eve gathering then you’ve probably at least started thinking about what you might want to do or what the gathering might look like. And if not, well these hand lettered menus and watercolor napkins will be here for you when you do! As you guys know from the last We Make Collective kit, I’m lucky to be part of a group of makers that create exclusive tutorials for

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