whimsical window displays

There are many times when I’m not so sure how a display window idea is going to turn out.  I wanted to make some tissue pom poms & work them into a flower theme… however after making my first few, I was inspired to turn it into a cheer leading theme.

I can’t think of a better thing to cheer for… although maybe I’m a bit biased since my name is April ;-)

I will say these fluffy flowers are a lot of bang for your buck.  I got this multi-color pack of tissue for 6 bucks & it made all of the flowers in my window.  I would recommend using a higher grade tissue as it’s not prone to rip as easily when pulling apart the petals.

Want to make your own colorful garden?  You don’t need a green thumb, just some scissors, wire & tissue.

For our second window I was inspired by the latest Ruche look book…  I just turned up the color on our kites.

Now we just need 55+ degree days, sunny skies & daffodils popping up to say hello.  Let’s hear it for S-P-R-I-N-G!

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I had so much fun putting together the Christmas window displays with Tessa, I asked her to work her magic for Valentine’s day.  So with some tissue paper, a stapler & tape she crafted up these fabulous frocks.

And the finished scene….

Wishing you a mailbox full of fantastic valentines from friends & family this February 14th!

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I have to say part of the inspiration for our holiday windows this year came from an art exhibition Tessa was invited to model for this past September.  The artist behind Paper Dolls is Matthew Richmond of Ferndale & he transforms yesterday’s news into amazing dresses of all kinds.

I employed the whole fam to help me get all the goods ready to dress the windows ~in case you ever wondered what we do for fun on a Thursday night  (…too bad Gus doesn’t have opposable thumbs otherwise he’d also be making oodles of garlands)

Now that we had all our decorations made, I asked Tessa to create her own ‘paper doll’ dress with our tissue & wrapping paper.

I made one too…

And after we squeezed everybody in….

Ta-dah!  Two gals that really know how to make Christmas merry & bright.

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