DIY Halloween Invitations

October 7, 2014April 30, 2015 Kate 12 Comments

I love Halloween. It’s one of my favorite times of year for making stuff! I imagine a lot of people will be planning their parties at the moment so I thought it would be a good idea to design an easy DIY Halloween invitation.

DIY Halloween Invitations // Minieco

I’ve made two versions of this skull card – a simple papercut version and an ordinary printed version (if you are short of time). As usual I’ve kept the style very minimal.

DIY Halloween Invitations // Minieco

If you want to make some then check out the templates at the foot of the post.

DIY Halloween Invitations // Minieco

What are you making this Halloween? I would love to know so please leave a comment with a link to the project!

DIY Halloween Invitations // Minieco

MAKE TIME:
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10 Minutes

YOU WILL NEED:
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+ Good quality A4 paper
+ Craft knife
+ Scissors
+ Ruler

HOW TO
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1. Make your envelope.

2. Print out the invite (pdf’s at bottom of post). Set your printing preferences to ‘photo’ and ‘grayscale’. Cut around the outside of your invite.

3. Using a craft knife and ruler cut away the holes (unless you are making the standard printed version)

4. Make some confetti to pop in your envelope.

PRINTABLE FILES
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Invitation – papercut version
Invitation – standard version
Envelope

DIY Halloween Invitations // Minieco

Leaves

September 22, 2014April 30, 2015 Kate 26 Comments

I‘ve been having a clear out and came across some leaves that I pressed last year.

Silver leaves // Christmas decorations

I sprayed them with silver paint and they look ace. You could use them for all sorts of things – such as an autumnal garland or gift topper. I’m going to use mine as Christmas tree decorations (what do you think?).

Silver leaves // Christmas decorations

The best thing is that they are cheap and quick to make.

I pressed my leaves in a heavy book. I put a single layer of leaves in between two tissues and then popped them in between the pages. Make sure you use an old book just in case any moisture seeps out.

Silver leaves // Christmas decorations

Silver Leaves // Christmas decorations

Finally I took them outside to spray them – my spraypaint is a bit smelly. Make sure you put plenty of newspaper down – unless you want silver grass of course!

printable paper // marbled edition

September 10, 2014April 30, 2015 Kate 10 Comments

I was looking for some printable marbled paper last week to make some envelopes out of – I couldn’t find any anywhere so I made some instead. You might be able to use it for a project or two? If so you will find the links to the pdf’s at the bottom of the post.

printable paper // marbled edition

PDF’s
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Make sure you set your printing preferences to ‘photo’ or ‘best photo’.

Blue [pdf]
Pink [pdf]
Purple [pdf]
Green [pdf]

Book // How many jellybeans?

September 10, 2014September 10, 2014 Kate 6 Comments

Hello there! Well the holidays are over and my kids have gone back to school so normal service(!) is about to resume on minieco.

I thought I would kick things off with a book recommendation. It’s a brilliant book for children and is called How Many Jelly Beans? It’s written by Andrea Menotti and illustrated beautifully by Yancey Labat.

In spite of my best efforts ^_^ my sons are turning out to be much more interested in maths and science than anything creative so it’s great to find a fun book all about HUGE numbers.

The characters in the book are called Aiden and Emma. During the book they have a chat about jelly beans and are trying to decide how many jelly beans are enough! As you can imagine their conversation soon starts to turn to some really big numbers.

On the last page are a million jellybeans to look at which made my sons and I squeal with delight when we saw them. I’m not going to spoil the surprise and tell you how it’s done but it’s well worth a look.

(Yes – there really are 10,000 jelly beans on this page!)

If you fancy getting hold of a copy try thebookdepository.com, Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com.