This has been such a cold, gloomy winter... but this weekend was just plain miserable here in Colorado. So we spent our time cuddling up in blankets on the couch, sipping hot cocoa and watching the Olympics. It was lovely! But trying to keep my now-very-mobile son contained in our small apartment is tricky. We are going a little stir crazy. I am going to have to get creative this week for sure!
Anyway, I wanted to share the name banner I made for the birthday bash last week. I couldn't let an occasion slip by without creating a banner! But this one was really fun to make!
I love the dollar bins at Michael's. I found some chipboard stars in a stash, and knew they were perfect. I have a crazy thing for stars. As a teacher, my classroom was decorated with stars. They are just plain happy. And for the birthday, I figured I couldn't go wrong with the primary colors--red, yellow, and blue. I found some coordinating paper and mod-podged them on the stars.
Using my trusty Cricut, I cut out some stencil circle shapes for the letters of his name.
I glued the letters onto the stars, and couldn't resist the bling-bling of glitter. I really wanted the letters to stand out and... well, sparkle.
Now for the fun part! I embellished the stars using buttons and Happy Birthday ribbon. My husband complained that this was too cutsie for my very boyish boy... next year, he insists that I make him an airplane banner!
To hang the stars, I punched holes in the top points and strung it with twine. I had to dab just a dot of hot glue to hold the stars facing forward on the twine so they wouldn't swing.
Just one more view...
By the way, isn't my parents' mantel lovely?!
That turned out so cute!
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