Crafternoon

I had quite the evening last night. Nothing particularly eventful happened, but it was just stressful and I was mad (like post-junior prom mad for all my lovely friends who know what that means).  A few highlights include me having a rubber stopper batted into my leg, then me storming out of the lab giving all my colleagues “the Emma look” (that’s for you Amanda), me almost pulling my hair out because I hate the 442 laser, me practically crying at the train station, me racing to finish a group project and then me freaking out because I thought my friend was going to punch someone. Oh yeah, and I broke my nail. And for all of you who are like, “Oh my god Emma you broke your nail? Like big deal, get over it”, um no I will not get over it because: a) it freaking hurt b) I have nice nails and when one breaks then they’re all different lengths and look funky and c) I drink a lot of milk so that I have strong nails and when one breaks that’s disappointing. So you get over it. I care about my nails, big deal. So after that ordeal I obviously made plans to drink and watch Means Girls with my friends.  Everyone has nights like that but now I’m determined to make the rest of my weekend enjoyable. Soooo here we go..

 (This is where the post title comes in)

As I said before I made those super cute arts and crafts for my wall.  When I got home form London and didn’t have much to do I was like “I want to make really cute Christmas cards!”  So I went to the queen of homemaking herself, Martha Stewart, for inspiration.  I totally aspire to be Martha Stewart. In case you haven’t noticed, I aspire to be a lot of things: professional homemaker, baker, scientist, wife, mother, friend, scientist, dancer, ice cream shop owner, veterinarian (maybe) and the list goes on. We’ll see what I actually cross off the list.  So, I downloaded some templates from Martha and pulled out my arts and crafts bin.  I realized while I was making these that I had so many supplies scattered across my house so I consolidated them all into one bin. It’s much more convenient and seeing everything together leads to more inspiration.  My cards received rave reviews so when I went to Martha Stewart looking at Valentine’s Day stuff, I was like “I want to make a cute Valentine's Day card”.  Which then lead me to make the card below.

{Arts and crafts bin}

{Songbird template}

{Glitter glitter everywhere}

{Outside}

{Songbirds kissing inside}

Isn't it cute? I only made the one card and gave it to my sister, because let’s be honest, she appreciates it way more than anyone else.  It was actually extremely simple.  There’s lots of templates on Martha’s website and there’s instructions, but you can always get creative and do whatever you want with them.  I also made this cute airplane and decided just to stick it on my wall with my paper snowflakes.  I used cardstock instead of computer paper because it is way more durable and makes the cards look nicer.  So now I want to have my own card shop, so let’s add that to the list. I really enjoyed making the cards because handmade gifts are always very thoughtful and nice.  I enjoy giving people gifts that they appreciate. 

{Christmas card that I used a template for}

{Other Christmas cards that I made by myself}

Also, on Martha's website there was this article about a crafternoon craft party.  Basically a bunch of friends get together with some good food and lots of arts and crafts supplies and make cute cards and such.  Isn't that a sweet idea? When I have my own place again I want to have a craft party with a bunch of my friends,  good food, music, inspiration, and lots of laughs.  

I hope everyone's weekend didn't start off like mine but they're having a really good one! I know a couple of my friends are in Germany and Turkey for the weekend and I'm totally jealous! The weather yesterday completely reminded me of London and all I wanted to do was walk down Queen's Gate Road one more time listening to British accents.