DIY Bird Cage Decor Part 1

Well I could finish this project tonight, but the bird cage isn't here... So instead this turns into a two part deal.

I started by printing one of our monograms on white card stock & cutting out the monogram.  I sized it to be 5x5".  Then I cut a 6x6" piece of black card stock.  Next I used my exacto knife to cut two 2.5" slits in the black card stock.  The slits are for the three different ribbons I'll be wrapping around the bird cage & use them to support the monogram sign.  So far it looks something like this:

Well I wasn't completely happy with the product & thought it needed a little more.  So I went digging through my crafty lil tote in the closet & found a fine red ribbon.  I grabbed some Mod Podge & added a ribbon accent to the top & bottom.  The final product will look something like this...

I might remove the middle red ribbon & I might not.  I will figure it out when I attach it to the bird cage in a couple days.

We Made a Monogram!

Not bad for our very first attempt.  I used Powerpoint & we chose the font & clipart together.  The font was free & we downloaded it from dafont.com it's the Chopin Script.  The border was from Microsoft.  We will use this monogram to decorate several items such as the bird cage, invitations, etc.

I was able to find a couple more borders available for free download.  You can grab them here: http://www.eluckyme.com/home/2009/3/3/giveaway-thank-you.html.  After my great download find I quickly created two more monograms...

DIY Cake Topper

 

I saw this on oneprettything.com. This is a monogram cake topper made from foam board & some inexpensive rhinestones from Walmart. It's not the topper I'm going to do, but it might help someone.

You can view the tutorial here:

http://momtasking.blogspot.com/2010/02/diy-wedding-cake-topper.html#links