{"id":19873,"date":"2019-03-25T00:01:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T04:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/?p=19873"},"modified":"2019-03-24T22:07:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-25T02:07:17","slug":"decorating-for-spring-with-stampin-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/decorating-for-spring-with-stampin-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Decorating for Spring with Stampin&#8217; Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, I&#8217;m going to share another way I&#8217;ve been thinking outside the box with Stampin&#8217; Up! lately.<\/p>\n<p>I purchased some new furniture for the entryway of our house at the end of last summer, and I have been enjoying decorating it with each new season!\u00a0 I&#8217;m going a little more simple for spring. I&#8217;ll just share pictures of the one area, but be assured there is a handmade wreath, flower arrangement, and spring sampler on display as well (all of which have been pictured on here before).<!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/IMG_2552.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"448\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That flower topiary has been a long time in the making!\u00a0 I started on it years ago and each spring I pull it out and work on it a little more.\u00a0 This year was the one to actually finish it! Finally!\u00a0 It matches the wreath and other flower arrangement I have around (you can see the wreath in the mirror).<\/p>\n<p>Do you see the little &#8220;balls&#8221;?\u00a0 They are made from our Stampin&#8217; Up! Baker&#8217;s Twine! I wanted a little something more so I pulled out Elmer&#8217;s Glue (mixed with some water), some balloons, and our Baker&#8217;s Twine.\u00a0 After soaking the twine in the glue mixture I simply wrapped it around an inflated balloon and then set it aside to dry.\u00a0 Once fully dried, I popped the balloon and gently removed it.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8216;balls&#8221; are not incredibly sturdy, but as long as people aren&#8217;t rough with them, they should hold up through the season.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you have enjoyed this little peak into my home.\u00a0 When you come by to attend class you&#8217;ll be able to see the rest.\u00a0 I hope to see you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As promised, I&#8217;m going to share another way I&#8217;ve been thinking outside the box with Stampin&#8217; Up! lately. I purchased some new furniture for the entryway of our house at the end of last summer, and I have been enjoying decorating it with each new season!\u00a0 I&#8217;m going a little more simple for spring. I&#8217;ll [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,32,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-3-d-projects","category-becky-jensen","category-paper-flowers","category-punch-art","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stampthat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}