Paper Cutting Workshop!

Hi!

The exciting workshop that I went to tonight was a paper cutting workshop with Annie Howe of Bmore Papercuts!

It was so fun!!  It was a two-hour workshop at Artifact Coffee, which is such a cute place!  Alex and I need to go there soon for coffee.  There were probably about 25 people there and when I got there I checked in and got a goodie bag with a personalized name tag!

There was one of these adorable tea towels with a paper cut print on it in each bag!!  So pretty :)

Each seat had a cutting board, an x-acto knife, a cute little bag of candy, and an envelope with instructions, etc. in it.  The tables were decorated with candles in blue jars and flowers, too!

Annie demonstrated how to cut the templates she provided (there were four that she designed) and then we got to choose one and start working!  I picked a template with cute mushrooms on it, but they were all adorable!  She showed us how to add our own details, like words, and how to cut the letters in negative and positive space.  Annie is so nice and she and the woman helping her were so helpful throughout the whole workshop!

It was harder than I thought it would be!  Especially cutting the really tiny details.  It's important to cut out the little shapes first so the paper doesn't move around (which it does when the larger parts are cut out).  To do anything with letters, you write them backwards since you end up turning the paper over when you frame it.  I added "Home is wherever I'm with you" to my template.  It was hard to do the letters but I'm so glad I did!  I finished my paper cut right at the last second!  We got to pick the color of paper for the background and they put them in frames for us!  We also got to take an extra template home with us to try later.  

Look how cute it turned out!!

I love it so much and I can't wait to hang it up!  I'm going to buy an x-acto knife and cutting board soon so I can make my own at home!

I'm so glad I took this workshop!  Everyone that I met there was so nice and it was in such a neat place!!

Thanks for reading!

More House of Cards Fun

Hello!

Today was a rainy, gray day!  Luckily it wasn't very cold :)  We went to the mall and got Alex a nice jacket! We ate lunch there too.

Later we went to Target and we saw Michael Kelly, who plays Doug Stamper on House of Cards!  That was cool!!  We saw him a few times while we were shopping.  Then, when Alex got off the shuttle after school tonight, I met him across the street to pick up a pizza we ordered.  There were trucks and food tents set up everywhere on one corner and we figured out that they're filming House of Cards right now!  I'm not sure why they didn't ask us to be extras...!  

Alex also saw online that Veep was filming right by the mall where we were this afternoon!!  Sheesh!  We need to get onto one or both of those shows!  :)

Target had restocked their Sugar Paper area so we got a big desk calendar (for the wall)! :)  It's kraft with white and the months are written in pretty calligraphy.  Love it!

The workshop that I'm going to tomorrow night is at Artifact Coffee!  I'm really excited!!

Thanks for reading!