Mandi

instagram crafts

By now I am sure most of you have heard about instagram. It is a quick, easy way to take photos and edit them quickly before you share them for your friends to see.

Now that you have taken all of these photos, what do you do with them? How can you capture your adventures of 2012?

Below are a few ideas for the DIY types as well as those that would rather let the others do the work!

DIY INSTAGRAM CALENDAR

This calendar is by the girls at A Beautiful Mess. You can read the complete tutorial here!

DIY INSTAGRAM COASTERS

These coasters are made by 2 Broke Cooks. You can read the complete tutorial here.

And now for those of you would would rather not do the work!

INSTAGRAM MAGNETS

StickyGram is a personalised printing service that turns your Instagram images into lovely little magnets. You create your pack online and they deliver them to your door.

Each StickyGram is 50mm x 50mm. That’s approximately the same size as they appear on your iPhone. They come in packs of 9.

INSTAGRAM CANVAS

You can order canvases online from your instagram photos through canvaspop. They have an inspiration page full of great ideas!

INSTAGRAM COASTERS

If you are not the DIY type, you can just order your them online from Coastermatic. A set of 4 for $25 – not too bad.

Here is a link of another blog post of where to print your instagrams. Great ideas!

Do you have any other ideas? How are you using your instagram photos?

Also – Sunny Slide Up is having another giveaway for December! Go over to Facebook today and enter so you can win 4 amazing books!

season for giving

by Mandi | diy, fun finds, style

Tis the season for parties. A time to spend with friends and family over amazing food and drinks!

You may remember a while back a post from Heather … Hostess With the Mostess. So many great ideas! I decided to take a look at monogramed items that we could give away… you know us southern women like our initials on everything!

1. Monogrammed thank you cards.

1. kate spade – monogram stationary. Click here for all of their thank you cards. 2. Paper Culture – monogram stationary. Click here for many more options of monogram stationary by Paper Culture.

3. Wine labels – My Own Label 4. Wine labels – Etsy – Designs by Tanisha

5. Embroidered Initial Hoop – Etsy 6. Monogram Glass Ornament – Pottery Barn

7. Homegrown Monogram Mug – Anthropologie 8. Monogram Mug – Anthropologie

I hope these give you a few ideas to not show up empty-handed!

calendars: digital or old school book?

by Mandi | creative tips

As I prepare to say farewell to 2012, there is one very important step I had to make – PURCHASE MY 2013 PLANNER!! You may call me old school, but I like seeing my weekly schedule at a glance, I like making notes about what I have to do, I like flipping through pages to see when and where a meeting was, I like doodling in the margins and so on!

Last year, I made a quick purchase at the local Tar-jay but it turns out, I made a pretty good purchase! In fact, I ended up getting the same one I got last year again for next year- the 2013 version of course! The BlueSky Weekly/Monthly Planner/diary (8×10). I can look at a month in a glance or at a week in a glance with plenty of space to write, I have space to take notes and it has one of those ribbons to keep me on the right page! For me it is exactly what I need.

While this is the one I decided to go with, there are SO many others out there for you to choose from! See below for a few of my favorites!