Birthday Crown - Pretty Little Studio

 

I am up on the PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO BLOG today with a fun tutorial on how to make this birthday crown.  How did I come up with the idea, you ask?  Well, last year, my oldest baby and I were at Party City, where she saw a crown that she just had to have for her birthday.  Of course, I got it for her but I vowed that the very next year I was going to make her a bigger, better crown.  And that is just what I did!  Here is my kalliebeth last year wearing her cute but average-looking crown:

And here she is this year wearing the birthday crown her very proud mama (that's me) made for her:

The crown was extremely easy to make, and it turned out so cute using various collections by Pretty Little Studio.  The supply list and tutorial are on the BLOG, along with wonderful close-ups like this one:

Hope to see you over there!

Pretty Little Studio Welcomes...Me!!!

PRETTY LITTLE STUDIO has been announcing the new Design Team members on its blog all week.  Have you been following along and entering to win free Pretty Little Studio Products?  You have GOT to stop by today for a couple of reasons!  Why?  Well, first, because today's blog is all about m-e-e-e-e-e-e-e!!!!!!!  Yippee!  And, if you need a good laugh, I am pretty sure I have somehow managed to turn in the absolutely, positively geekiest design team member picture ever in the history of design team member pictures!  But, you know what?  I have decided I am okay with that - because I am a big geek AND because, for the next six months, this geeky girl gets to play with fantastically wonderful PLS products and make fun layouts like this one - using papers from the Hopscotch Collection and a few goodies from the new Birthday Cake Collection.

 

(I totally stole borrowed the bunny button tail idea from the wonderfully talented Izzy Anderson, whose cardmaking and scrapbooking style I adore!)

For those of you who know me, MY favorite product that you can win is...wait for it...BANNERS!  Actually, technically, these are called (super adorable) bunting flags from the brand new Birthday Cake Collection, but guess what you can make with them?  You got it - banners!!!

And even better, there are also two coupon codes so you can go ahead and grab all the vintage die cuts, and mini-calendars, and journaling cards that you want! They expire March 1, so don't wait!

Oh!  Real quick, before you head over to Pretty Little Studio to laugh at my picture, enter to win those suh-weet bunting flags, and indulge in a little on-line shopping with these coupons, here are a few close-ups of my layout:

 

(Seriously, how cute are these clouds?!!!)

 

(Most adorable animal die-cuts E.V.E.R.)

 

(Here is how I used one of the bunting flags.)

 

That's it for me.  Try not to hurt yourself laughing too hard at my picture.  And have fun shopping and loading up on Pretty Little Studio goodies!