Cupcakes, Foofala and French Inspired Ribbons

Wow. Today is the first day of spring, and also the first day of sunshine we've had in I can't remember how many days. The sun feels like a balm to my winter weary soul. Around this time of year, I start examining why I live in Ohio and begin to long for the gorgeous climates you girls in SoCal have. And I fantasize about moving to somewhere where the sun shines all the time!

Okay, back to reality -- the topic for the day is paper favorites, and I have two projects to share. Have you ever had a paper company or a particular line of paper that you love so much, it becomes a classic with you? I've always felt that way about Foofala and particularly, the Savannah Collection from Foofala. I know it's old and last season -- but by now you know that I am a lover of things old as well as new...

I found a generous pack of the Savannah papers on clearance at Target - I think they were $4.18 or something like that. And I had to scoop it up. I think I was especially giddy to have it knowing that there was no new Foofala release at CHA-W.

The first project is a sweet cupcake box - the lid comes off and you can hide a treasure inside. The cupcake box was a shopping find at Tuesday Morning - it's a discount store here in Ohio. The boxes are made by Lang - note the darling candle and scalloped candle holder -- the bottom is magnetic and attaches easily to the top. The box is pretty enough on its own but I wanted to alter it as soon as I saw it. And I love how it turned out; mine will be used to contain a small bridal shower gift for a friend. I also used glittery white paper on the top of the box and I happened to my great delight, to find the sweet little pink pressed glass cake stand at the same time I found the paperboard cupcake. Here is the before pic of the cupcake box:

The second project with my beloved Foof is this Puttin' on the Ritz Shadowbox. The image I used in this shadowbox project is from a circa 1920-30s vintage French postcard -- I love that the woman is wearing a top hat - it reminded me of the Irving Berlin song, Puttin' on the Ritz. I love reading about the Roaring Twenties. This photo says so much to me -- the fact that the woman chose masculine dress - yet remains totally feminine -- it says something about her confidence and determination in an age where women were breaking out of the restrictive Victorian molds and daring to define themselves in ways they'd never done before. I wanted a feminine color palette to offset the masculine pose and dress to convey that women can have it all - they can be powerful and affluent, wealthy and worldly, and yet retain their femininity too. I used a Hobby Lobby shadow box for this project - just a plain wood box that I painted, then papered. The legs of the piece are old wooden spools covered in paper. I used a Seven Gypsies crystal knob on top. But my favorite part of this piece are the wooden number discs at the top. The wooden discs were actually a BEADING find at Joann's - just plain, thick wooden discs strung on bead wire. I brought them home and applied Seven Gypsies numeral rub-ons to each bead. That was fun to do and a great way to create your own custom looking wooden beads. You can apply any rubon though you may want to seal it with a clear coat of matte varnish to protect the rubon from wearing off if the piece will be exposed to a lot of wear and tear. The fabric label is a vintage dress label and the rhinestone piece is vintage jewelry as well.

Finally, some lovely French inspired goodies are trickling in - I have yet to put these in the shop -- but I fell in love with them on sight; the second photo shows the Place Vendome ribbon that isn't here yet -- but will be here by next week. The ribbon will be sold by the yard in the scrapologie store - yummers! The pink and black fleur de lys (on the bottom) is feminine and pretty but the lemon and black is my favorite. The one on the top is a lovely coppery peachy iridescent color. Very French. Off to lunch now -- have a great Thursday.

Comments

[Meera]

I absolutely adore the cupcake box. But I highly doubt that I will find it here at our Tuesday Morning!

This is definitely a project you should be submitting.

[Alisa N.]

very inspiring as always!

[Cris Cunningham]

beautiful! I love those Foof papers as well. I think I first discovered them in one of your kits.

[Julie Loeschke]

Are you able to offer the Top Hat Girl as a download in the shop? She is amazing! Love both projects.

[Sherry B]

I love all these goodies! The box is soooo pretty!

[Jan]

When I saw your cupcake project I thought to myself ~ I have one of those boxes with the candle magnet out in the garage sale box. Whoaaaa, out I ran and scooped it out. Family said, here she goes again :) Thank you so much for sharing your creative goodness. Love the shadow box and will look forward to the ribbon in the store :)
Jan O

[stacy]

LOVE the cupcake and the shadowbox!!! Foof is my very favorite brand too.
i check your blog first thing each morning. it makes me so happy!

[Martha]

I love making this type of project -love the mini cake platter ~ oooooooooh!