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***sunmountain***
I love the month photo banner you have in your siggy pic. Would you mind sharing how you did that? I'd love to do something similar for our little guy's birthday.
Thanks so much!
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Re: ***sunmountain***
Sure! It took me awhile so bear with the long instructions. I hung it up in DDs room b/c I can't part w/ it yet.
Prep/Materials
1) Figure out theme and colors
2) Order custom onesie stickers from Etsy (used seller BabyFables) that match the invitations or make them.
3) Buy matching paper from Paper Zone to coordinate w/ invites/stickers (around 12 8 1/2 x 11 80# card stock sheets of 3 colors)
4) Buy 2-3 rolls of matching ribbon (Michaels, WalMart wherever). Nothing too wide or too narrow. I used 1" & 1/2" or so wide ribbon. Too wide and it won't go through the holes all that well and it is a pain to thread through. I think satin ribbon would work the best - I used sheer which was pretty but harder to thread and got wrinkled from threading through the photo portion. I only used one roll of each color (I threaded w/ pink and green) but could have used an extra in the wider ribbon.
5) Choose 13 (or 14 is what I did) photos from birth to a year (or for any 12 months - I am doing one for DS for his 3rd year and just labeling w/ calendar months) and printed them in 4x6 - color photos are okay but it looks better w/ sepia or black & white for consistency.
Assembly:
1) Get kids in bed, pour a glass of wine and set yourself up in front of Idol or Housewives or something mindless
2) Make a template for the photo "frames": Green/Pink layer was 5"x7" and the brown layer where I backed the photos was 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". If you have a paper cutter that works best but I didn't so just did my best w/ a ruler. Cut 14 (or 13 if you just do 0-12)
3) Use double sided tape or photo tape to mount photos and the backs to each other. Leave more space at the top where you'll punch the holes.
4) Use a tiny hole punch and center two holes for the ribbon at the top of each of the "frames".
5) Make circle backs for the number stickers using a compass or if you happen to have some tupperware that was the right sized circle - that works too. ;-) A special circle paper cutter makes them all even but I just cut them out...Martha wasn't coming over.
6) Use double sided tape to mount the stickers to the circle backs. They are printed on vellum type paper so I didn't pull the backing off or it would be too transparent.
7) Punch 1 small hole in top of circle and set aside.
8) Weave ribbon through your "frames" with the photos starting from the back through to the front then through the back again and then through the next one sliding them down the ribbon carefully. Do not cut the ribbon from the spool to start - just start with your ends and then cut it off from the spool (near where your newborn photo will be) when you're done weaving so that you can make even tails on each end. If you can find a really large needle to thread it and do it that way it will be faster b/c threading the ribbon frays the ends and getting it through the small holes is tedious.
9) Adjust the photos for spacing and you can add ribbon between each photo if you'd like. They can be bows or just knots - other fun stuff could be used too. This is easier if you have somewhere you can hang it so you can see where it's uneven.
10) Either punch a hole in the bottoms of the frames or just use double sided tape and thread some narrow ribbon onto the circle numbers and affix to the frames so that they hang facing forward. I used tape so that the ribbon would lie flat and the numbers wouldn't spin too much - but you could also add something to the back if you had time/wanted etc.
11) Adjust as needed!
I also made bows the day of the party and put at each end where I hung it up over the doorway. I used tulle and some of the wider ribbon left over for those. For a boy you might not need all of the embellishment so you could do something simpler.
I think that's it but let me know if you have questions!
I saw the posts on your little girls party, and that banner is awesome! I love the sticker idea, and the rabbit ears and the colors - such a nice preview of spring in the heart of a dreary Washington winter.
Nicely done!
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