celebrating mom

This afternoon at the studio, we got the bug to do a little crafting. This often happens around here when we’ve been sitting in front of the computer for 7 plus hours. We just needed to use another part of our brains and get our hands moving!

Heidi had brought in a shoebox full of cupcake and candy liners that were left overs from baking projects at home (she does a LOT of baking). A few of this color, a few of that color….perfect to put to use in a paper crafting project. We had something in mind right away.

The inspiration? Last weekend at the Unique LA sale, a food vendor named Platine Cookies had a mobile cart that they used to sell coffee and baked treats around the venue. They had used a range of cupcake liners in their company colors to decorate their coffee cart. It was adorable and really stood out in the crowd as you can see here.

So with the memory of their delicious baked goods and our leftover cupcake liners, we decided to make a little celebratory banner for Mother’s day. How cute would this be tacked up on the wall above the breakfast table or across the fireplace mantel ready to greet Mom on Sunday morning?

Very simple and fun to make, we whipped this out in about a half hour. This project could be done by kids with some adult supervision. We cut the yellow triangles from some vintage index cards and punched holes on each side so that they could be strung on a length of ribbon. Hot glue was used to assemble the paper “blossoms” and to attach all the elements together.

Our blossoms are made from multiple cupcake liners in different sizes stacked together, combining metallic and matte papers. It’s real fun to experiment and see what looks good. The basic idea for this banner could easily be used to create fun party decorations for all sorts of occasions.

What ever you decide to do for Mom this weekend, remember that small gestures of creativity go a long way to saying you care.

-Susie & Heidi

(NOTES: photo of Platine Bakery Cart by flickr user uniquelosangeles. Orange & white fleur wrap by our friends at Feterie Paper Goods)