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Welcome to the 5th edition of Saturday Nite Special!

 
The theme this weekend is anything goes! Feel free to post a previous or current project you are proud of so we can clap along with you! I’ll be doing a highlight post after the party selecting some of my favs, so watch for that one too as you may be in it. 🙂
 
Party runs until Sunday 11pm so you have all weekend to join in! Yippee! Let’s party!
 
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I promised to keep you in the loop in re: to me preparing for the Christimas show, so here’s something I’ve been working on. I needed a brochure and biz card, so I put on my thinking cap and came up with something unique for the card.

 Always on the verge of creating something not done before,  I decided just a plain ‘ol card was.. well, plain. I wanted 3D eclectic something or other, that more resembled my style of decorating. So, I created ‘the eclectic handmade label card.’ (scrapbookers will probably groan.. I don’t scrapbook and never have but maybe I should!)

I love the quaint look of labels. Isn’t the round one the cutest? The card consists of 2 real labels and the last being a printout on stock. The round one has my phone and email, the 2nd the blog address …

… and the 3rd, the main logo. I stuck on a white hole reinforcer for strength and for the pop of brightness to tie in with the other whites. This is a prototype so it’s roughly cut as you can see.

On the back of the main card, I created another funky label with my full name and mailing address.

I’m one to like clean cards and all too many times I see them bombarded with soooo much info. These tags were simply a fun way to get all the info in but in a unique fashion.

When I get to the point of handing out a bazillion of these things (like tomorrow even… yeah), I’ll do something more time efficient no doubt!

For the brochure, I like working in CorelDraw. It’s a vector based drawing program I use for my vehicle graphics. (I have another life, maybe I ought to tell you about that some time if you’re interested…)

Here’s a closer screenshot of part of the brochure. Look! My dresser made it into print! 🙂

As cute as the colour brochure turned out, when I printed it out from the black laser printer, it turned out alright. I’ll probably just go with this version for the show as the other attendies are in a black and white brochure as well. I’m going to display the brochures in the clipboard as you see here and create a stand of sorts (out of rusty pencil rod steel… thanks Dan!) They’ll be handed out to the other participants in the show to get the word out.

I’m so glad that’s over!  I want to go play with paint and tools again. 🙂

(in case you were curious, Funky JunQUE is the client blog I’ve been feeding for an online portfolio. I can’t imagine they’d want to know about our link parties and such..) Check it out and let me know what you think if you wish!

So here we go! Rules are simple and same ‘ol:

1. Please link up to your post, not your home page address. How-to HERE.

2. Please link back to this party from your post others can join in the fun!

Party runs till Sunday 11pm. Happy weekend inspiration to all!

Welcome back to Saturday Nite Special linky party #2! This weekend’s theme is all about vignettes! I cannot wait to see what everyone has in store!

No vignettes to share? I’d bet you do too! I use to call them displays before blogland. Most anything constitutes a vignette. We all have stuff sitting on tables, windowsills, mantels etc. So fluff, arrange, click and come out and play!

TIP: take a pic of your vignette and view it in your camera first. It’s weird but if it doesn’t picture well, rearrange and try again. This really works! The eye of the camera is different than your own eye taking it all in.

The party ends Sunday midnight and the prize to the chosen winner is a feature of your project and blog!

 *Revised: you no longer MUST be a follower to win.* (more on what Sat Nite Special is all about HERE)

And here’s a vignette post that can help you on your way! So grab a button if you wish, link up your post and come on down! If you have no vignettes to share and you wish to link up a non related project, feel free! But this round I will be voting on the vignette entries to celebrate our topic.

Here are a few from my own home. Right click/open new window on the bold text to visit these posts.

Fireplace mantel vignettes

See how simple this mantel is? Because of the massive size of the objects, it does work. Nowhere is it written you have to jam your ledges FULL.

Layer it!

Build up those items like building blocks, creating interesting layered visuals.

Rustic bathroom window sill

Take one last look at that glass washboard. It’s now a wooden glassless frame. Sigh….

Kitchen window sill

Yes, I totally consider this a vignette! And the tap is even part of it. Consider what’s standing in front of your arrangements and make them a part of the picture.

Funky stereo cabinet

Vignettes should marry what they’re on top of. Rustic underneath = rustic on top.

Kitchen office

Must play well with others ~ This display is open for the entire upstairs to see. So I placed things that go with the entire upstairs rather than office depot plastic weirdness.

Laundry room fun! Where else to try an old sewing machine?

Create a story ~ This is a mantel I did for my mom just for fun. I didn’t spend a wadful of time on it but felt it was on topic too well to pass up! This mantel is chalk full from memories past. (No I didn’t think to take a before pic!!! But the mantel was full of cups, cards, and vases. She was due for a fresh new look.)

 The iron and white crock belonged to my grandma. The old wooden thing is my dad’s milking stool.

Here is the entire mantel area. My mom is such a good sport. 🙂 All the things she had on hand. And each item contain great meaning to her.

I totally got a kick out of the red paint on the window pane! Window is from my parent’s barn. Rogers can is from the farm kitchen.

The china cow I scooped up from the fancy china cabinet area and is a precious gift to my mom from my dad. (miss you dad!!) The pussy willows I believe are still from the farm. The green plant is REAL. If I had a plant like that, it would be rust coloured…

The cow pic was taken by my niece. Funny! And the chain on the window? I yanked the window off her garage wall and left the mounting chain in tact. She was missing some metal in her house anyway. 😉

This little stove is old as well and a gift from the family.

I found the milk can in her garage and is a precious item from her brother’s farm.

Enough about me! Let’s see whatcha got! Link up,  have fun and good luck!

To link up:

1. Make your post, then once made, click on the TITLE of your post for the correct address. Links simply brought back to your generic blog address will be deleted so if you link is gone, please try again! How-to HERE.

2. Please link back to this party within your post by either the linky button or text so others can join in too!

Weeeee! Fun!