Shooting Star

It really is funny how ideas come to be. I wanted to join in an anniversary giveaway to help get my name out there. I decided to do something small, and with a popular color combo, it also has to be one of my favortite combo's too. So I found a 4x6 frame I had sitting around for a little while and got out my colors. I started cutting all the strips into 2 inch pieces and coiling them.

And there is where I sat. For a good hour I had no idea what to do. All I knew was I wanted to use those colors, in that frame. So, my daughter sat down with me and decided to quill something herself, and I asked if she wanted me to teach her how to make a star. That is when the light-bulb went off. Why couldn't I use those colors to make a shooting star? So, as I was teaching her to make a star I made one for my self. Everything else was easy peasy since I already had everything made up.

 

Laid it all out, then started gluing. 

 

 This piece will be apart of a giveaway later this month. I will be posting the details over on my face page, click here.

Rustic Romance Crafts

I was approached by Kristen from Rustic Romance Crafts to see if I could quill her logo. She recently had this logo designed for her and I fell in love with it at first glance!

Isn't it gorgeous? It is so flowing and whimsical, perfect for quilling. The only issue I had with it is all the black. It is hard to quill with black. Since the paper stands up it casts a small shadow. If you have black paper with the shadow in tight coils, you can't really see the coils. So I decided to flip the colors. I chose a grey background, put the tree as white, and alternated between white, grey, and black hearts. 

As with my other tree, I started with just the basic outlines.

The hearts were not glued down. They were just there for reference. Also I have not glued at this point. I like to lay out the papers first to see if I need any adjustments

This is when I started filling in branches. I glued down the basic outline, and then laid out the fillers.

Once I had all the branches complete and glued, I started adding the hearts. 

I used some waves to fill in the trunk and voila:

One gorgeous recreated logo! It really was fun having the freedom to change certain items and I can not be happier with how this came out.

What do you think? Please leave your thoughts in the comments!

Also, check out Rustic Romance Crafts shop on Storenvy! She makes charming burlap home decor and I can't wait to get one of her wreaths!

Quilled Tree

I thought I would take a minute to show you the progression of my quilled tree. I loved making this project, and love it even more now it is complete!

I started out with just an outline.

I started gluing down the leaves first. I had to make sure I had the larger outer branches done first, before I moved onto the smaller leaves.

Once I finished with the larger branches, I started filling in the leaves from bottom to top.

I was using 2 shades of green to give it a little bit of dimension.

Here it is with all the leaves, and I added a small heart to give it a little pop of color.

Then I worked on the trunk. Again I started with a basic outline first. I also used 2 shades of brown.

Here it is all finished and framed! This really would be a great addition to anyone's living room.

Final product photo:

I hope you enjoy seeing this piece being put together as much as I enjoyed putting it together! I can not wait to start my next project!