Dec 262012
 

As 2013 quickly approaches it dawned on me that I have yet to purchase our annual calendar.  Then I thought, why not just make one?  And then, why not share?

I was inspired from our trip to Whistler when walking through the village I saw a sign hanging above the North Face store that read:  “Never Stop Exploring.”

What wonderful words to live by!

{ The calendar is a PDF that you can download by clicking on the image below.  It looks best on legal sized paper (and even better on 11 x 17), but letter sized paper is fine too.   If you like it, please feel free to share with your friends.  If you would like the Illustrator file, just let me know and I can email it to you }

~ Monica ♥

Click to download and print PDF

 

Sep 292011
 

Wine Labels for Halloween

Are you attending a Halloween party this year?  Do you love to decorate your Airstream for the Halloween season?  If so, I encourage you to make this as a Halloween gift or as a decoration for your own Airstream/dwelling during this time of year.

Thank you to Love Manor for some awesome (repeat: awesome!) Halloween graphics.

Please, do come in!

First, I soaked some wine bottles overnight in our bathroom sink so the labels would slip off nicely . . .

Then I printed off these free lables from Love Manor on our color printer and cut them out (you can find the graphics at the end of this post).

Took this little tool from Tim Holtz and roughed up the edges of the labels but a sharp knife or razor (becareful!) would work perfect!

Grabbed myself some Modge Podge and a sponge brush and got to work . . .

Coat your bottle with Modge Podge and affix your label . . .

Cover your label with a generous amount of Modge Podge . . .

Let your bottles dry (takes about 2 hours) . . . Here is how they look before they are dry.  Make sure to wash off your sponge brush as it is SUPER easy to clean when the Modge Podge is wet…..once it’s dry on your brush, forget about cleaning it.

Once dried, take a fork and scrape off the Modge Podge “here and there,” as it will give your bottle a very old feel to it like it has to mine here . . .

Here are the graphics.  If you right click on them with your mouse and select “copy” and then “paste” them into a blank Word document, they will print up beautifully. I would also like to mention that I was very pleased with the outcome of the wine bottle with the “red” seal as it matched the red on the label perfectly.   Enjoy :)