September 16, 2011

50 States Blog Hop - UTAH!

Welcome to the 50 States Blog Hop!!

Welcome to the 50 States Blog Hop! This hop was inspired by our host Shawnee's journey across the United States as she traveled with her family to their new home, and I am SO excited to be a part of such an incredible hop. The work that has gone into coordinating this hop is just beyond my comprehension, and I feel honored to be a part of it.

If you've hopped along from WYOMING, with Theresa, then you are in the right place!! If you are just joining me from your dashboard or happened along from somewhere else, please be sure to CLICK HERE to start with the first state in the union, Delaware, because you won't want to miss out on any of the fun (or any of the blog candy!!)...

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So what's the Grand Prize???
Cricut Cartridge - Destinations, beautiful handmade flowers from Shannon at Creative Chaos Flowers, and a $20 Gift Certificate to Scraptastical Kreations.
Now on to my state and my project....

Now, on to the project I created to represent UTAH.

Utah is known for a great many things. I've lived here my whole 27 years, and have found so many things to love about it. 4 very distinct seasons, you can travel an hour or two in any direction and get a completely different landscape from the mountains, to lakes, to desert to strange rock formations, such as Goblin Valley. But, the one thing we're most known for (aside from Mormonism, and no, polygamy is not a part of Mormonism LOL) is our SNOW! It's even on our license plates:





GREATEST SNOW ON EARTH.

So I thought about a project I could do involving snow. I'm not one for cheesy, seasonal decorations. So I knew whatever I did had to be a mix of contemporary and vintage design, probably geared more towards the holidays. (Christmas snow is the BEST!) I was perusing Pinterest the other day instead of doing something I probably should have been doing and came across some little Christmas trees made from book paper.

Done. Found my project! I, of course, expanded upon it to give it my own personal touch.


It's SUPER easy. The book I used is one I found at our local thrift store, Deseret Industries. It was a 1965 edition of Shakespeare's tragedies. LOVE me some Shakespeare!

I took the book to the FedEx Office where I used to work. Fortunately, I used to work there, because no one there dared to cut the spine off the book. So they let me do it instead. This gave me a nice, clean edge.

First, take a page and fold in diagonally.



Then fold it diagonally again. Kind of like a paper airplane.


I apologize for the poor lighting in the photos. The lighting in my apartment is horrible! :S

Next, fold the little triangular piece at the bottom up into the page, tucking it in. 


Make a BUNCH of these. I took one page and rolled it into a tube about 1/4" wide. I used this as my "base" to glue the triangular pieces to. Using hot glue, I attached the triangular pieces to the tube, all around the tube.



Top View:


Bottom View:



Now here's where I added my own "Brie" touch. I figure, if it's not glittery, then it's not Christmas. Am I right? ;) I rolled the top part into a pool of Mod Podge, letting it drip down the pages and run unevenly. I wanted no uniformity in this.



Then, I sprinkled some aqua/teal-y glitter onto it. (Teal/Aqua are SO my colors right now!)


I probably COULD have stopped there. But it felt . . . like it still needed something. Which, I just happened to have some blue buttons sitting in front of me for another project I was working on. So I hot glued them right onto the papers. I really love the extra touch they added!






So that's my project! Christmas > Snow > UTAH! I want to make a few more, in different sizes, and make a little "forest" to display on my table. I hope you enjoyed it, and I hope you're having an amazing time hopping through the country!

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such a pretty project... love it.
Very cute! The buttons were a genius touch!
I can't wait to visit your lovely state again! My brother lives in Ogden and I loved it
great hop idea very cleaver and cute project

TFS!!!
Cathie
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Love your project and Pinterest. Love the Blue Glitz, can't have enough sparkle. Would love to visit Utah someday...Provo Craft..Cricut central...lol.

Happy Hopping!
Dee B
Snow --- boy can i relate to that!!!! (MN) thanks for the great project!

Have a scrap- happy day,
Lisa G http://lisa-scrappingspot.blog.com/
Like your book idea. Saw someone had made pumpkins using paperback books. Have visited Utah in the Summer a couple yrs ago.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee" http://CreatedbySunshineHoneyBee.blogspot.com
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Mary Jane Blahnik · 695 weeks ago

Love this project reminded me of the Reader's Digest trees I used to make
This is absolutely beautiful Brie! I am a native Utahn myself, born and raised and still living here for considerably longer than 27 years :) And I can't imagine living anywhere else. I was born in Moab and even though I live in Salt Lake now, I have to get down south at least once a year or I feel deprived. Now, about this book you used.... 1965 edition of Shakespeare and you cut the binding off? Oh my heart ... just kidding. My son would probably really have heart failure if he heard about this. I would like to try this project and like you I will probably get a book from DI, but it will probably be some boring text book or something :) Enough of giving you a hard time - i love vintage books and buttons and I love creative ideas and you have used all of those for this project and thanks for the tutorial too! These would be beautiful gathered on a table!
What a simple yet beautiful project!!
Unique project and I loved it.

Barbara B.
Very Creative Project
TFS!
Rachelle
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What a fun project!!! My husband was born in Salt Lake City ... so beautiful!
Really Love Utah! Visited last Summer for a Convention! It's a Beautiful State!!
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Ashley Nicole · 695 weeks ago

Great project. Thanks for sharing.
Ashley
cute project. great idea for holiday decor. tfs.
What a great project!!! I LOVE the glitter!!!

Glad to be in this hop with you!
Awesome! And thanks for the tut on how to make it! :)
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Fun! I don't think of snow with Utah- I am from Maine so I know snow but I forget other states feel our pain :) I love your project.

It was fun to do this hop with you!
Rebecca "Crafting Misfit"
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very cute

Judy
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Thank you for sharing your beautiful project. I love the color of the glitter and the buttons.
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This is sooooo awesome and thanks so much for the tutorial! I love it and am gonna have to give it a try. You rocked the project and I love how you did something totally unique. I'm going to sign up right now to follow all your social media networks. TFS and for inspiring!

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