Proverbs 31 in the Making: If You Want My 2 Cents

As some of you may know, my sister Nicole recently got married, and I had the wonderful privilege to host her bridal shower. The world of Pinterest has really required that we step up our game to be the hostess with the mostest, and I was definitely up for the challenge. The most important thing to me was not however all of the food (breakfast casseroles, sangria and yogurt parfaits), but rather creating something she could carry into her marriage as a reminder of those who love and cherish her.

So as a shower activity (Lord knows there are far too many cheesy ones of those) I hand stamped card stock tags laced with twine to read ALWAYS on one side and NEVER on the other, allowing guests to dispense all of their words of wisdom for the bride-to-be. Nothing gets women talking like asking them what they think after all. These were then hung from a "tree" in the corner of my living room, on display for all to see.

I had already purchased this fabu feline for the project, and pulled it out at her shower letting her know it would be going on display in her new home. She, of course, refused, but little did she know I was right.

Nothing quite like popping tags to get my creative juices flowing. I obvi removed the cat painting from the inside of the frame, and have actually repurposed it underneath my cutting mat in my sewing station.

Removing the paper, painting and glass was the easy part, but pulling the staples out that held it all together took a little bit more wiggling.

Then I chose a nice black to paint the front of the frame, acrylic paint works wonders and dries super quickly, cause "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

There was no need to sand, just slop the paint on with a sponge brush and call it a day.

Then I flipped the frame back over and nailed two lengths of twine across the long diameters of the long side of the frame.

Make sure you use short nails so they don't pierce through the front.

After that was done I cut a piece of burlap to fit the frame, laid it across, and nailed it from the back as well.

Once that was finished I simply hung the tags (that were mostly appropriate) from the twine with bamboo clothes pins (which she of course switched out with silver glittery pins.) I tried to keep it neutral for her husband, but of course the Wifey's always right.