Sweet dreams.

Just a few more of my favorite pillowcases. These past 3 years having an etsy shop have been a lot of fun for me. Besides decorating my home, this has been a great creative outlet as I am on year 8 of staying home with kids (my favorite job). Though my shop is on hold right now, it's a whole lot of fun to look back and reflect on all that was created, requested, & purchased all over the United States. To my surprise I have had over 200 sales. Who knew!?!? My favorite part of this whole endeavor is receiving pictures of my products in clients homes. Real people. Real joy. Thank you all for cheering me on in this journey. It's been special.

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Banners!

Some of my favorite banners I've created over the years:

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Pillowcases!

It's been a solid 2.5 years since I've added any content to this blog. Now that kids are back in school & life seems to slow down a bit, I wanted to do a little update. Mainly because we did a kitchen remodel & I'm so excited to gather our before & after pictures & share them with friends & family both near & far. So, here I leave you with some pillowcases that I did a few years back for my shop that were a lot of fun and brought me great joy to create with my mom. Blessings to you and yours in 2017. I'll be back with more updates soon!

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Pillowcases with a purpose.

I have thoroughly enjoyed making and sharing scrap banners with this sweet little IG/FB and blog community over the past two months. Y'all are great! I will continue to sell scrap banners in my shop and take custom orders time to time but I want to share with you a new little crafting journey that I am about to embark on and would love for you to come along with me. My mom and I are now creating standard size pillowcases that are completely inspired by and in memory of a friend. Her name is Sara. After a long battle with cancer- multiple surgeries, hospital stays, chemo treatments, hair loss and pain- she went home to be with her Savior.  Sara was PURE joy. Throughout her battle, she wanted God's love to be shown through her.  During her frequent stays at UCSF Medical Center, one way she chose to serve those around her was to deliver fun pillowcases to children that were spending the majority of their time in bed.  I want to remember the joyful sweetness that she radiated, so for every three pillowcases I sell, one will be delivered to children at Seattle Children's hospital. Sara inspires me and I hope her story can continue to spread joy and love; one pillowcase at a time.

 More pillows will be in the shop next week! {the olive grove shop}



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the olive grove shop

I don't have much time to post let alone get a shower in these days (though I do miss blogging and hope to be back at it in due time)! The story of my life these days. So, I will keep this short as I have one kiddo down for a nap, one jumping on the couch and one about to make his way home from school. I have been busy creating a little shop on etsy and selling fabric banners and about to dive into pillow making (I'll be back with more details on that!). I have thoroughly enjoyed crafting and creating and meeting a sweet little community of momma crafters! Here is the link to my shop: THE OLIVE GROVE SHOP ...and some fun pictures from our little photo shoot by my friend Cassie at Simply Cherished Photography. Stay tuned for more!

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Book Wreath DIY

I love wreaths. My mom made one similar to this that hangs over her mantle that I have been inspired by for quite some time. I decided it was time to try it out and taught myself along the way. I completed it in a couple hours while Sterling was at wrestling practice with a cup of coffee and an episode of Arrow to pass the time. It really is easy peasy...don't let it intimidate you. Happy gluing!

Materials:

a wreath

a book

&

a hot glue gun

Instructions:

1. Tear out all the pages to your book. I think I used around 100 or so pages.

2. (Optional) Cover the back of your wreath with strips of book pages just to ensure you won't see any wreath showing through.

like so....

3. Make book petals

I highly recommend making ALL the petals first and then applying them to your wreath base once they are done. It makes for quicker production to get the tedious part out of the way all at once.

 4. Flip you wreath over on it's front and glue your first layer of petals on. (back )

 (front)

5. Then start layering the petals. You shorten each layer by an inch or so by gluing more of the stem down. By the time you are in the middle you wrap your petal all the way around to the back. 

 6. Finish it off by giving it a hook or something for it to hang. I used the title page and some more hot glue. (You can see the tips of the inner layer of petals in this picture that wrapped around to the back)

And voila! I will probably go back and fill in some gaps but for now it's nice to have off the dining room table where my little people could mutilate it in second and on the wall in somewhat of a safety zone. You can make it as full as you would like with adding a couple more layers on the inside. I left room for a pair of antlers to come out of the middle....just another project on the horizon.

Happy Crafting!

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