Vicki O'Dell… The Creative Goddess

  Have you ever wondered what to do with vases and such AFTER the wedding? I see brides-to-be buying 20-30 cylinder vases or Eiffel Tower vases and I wonder… What the heck do they do with them after the wedding?? I imagine a few simply wash them out (or not) and return them to wherever they [...]

  Can I just tell you that I love this stuff? It’s so easy to use and can make an old vase, window or any other clear glass object look different with just a little spray.   I should have taken a photo of the clear vase…but trust me, it WAS clear.  And now it’s not. Coolness! [...]

  Ivy Vases are still a very popular choice for wedding flowers. They are great on reception tables because you can have a floral arrangement that is low so that your guests can see one another across the table.  Even if you do a grouping of 3 or 5 they still have quite an impact [...]

I’m running late today… Today’s chaos is brought to you by… too many large projects due at the same time and a lack of planning. Oh well. “Roll with it” I always say… I mentioned on Facebook a week or so ago that I’d been struggling with some ideas for an upcoming bridal fair (that [...]

  Here is an easy to make and inexpensive favor for a wedding, shower or beach themed party. All you need for these little candles is; Natural Bees wax for candles, short wicks and clean sea shells.   Melt the bees wax, dip the bottom of the wick in hot wax then put in sea [...]

  Sometimes the easiest DIY Wedding Favors Ideas come from browsing the aisles of your craft store. While I’m not listing the exact instructions for each wedding favor I hope you’ll get lots of ideas here. In the above photo I simply dressed favor containers with ribbon, stickers or other small embellishments. It’s easy to [...]

  Here is a favor that is a little more “green”. A small clay pot with a hint of color.     Just dab a bit of Brilliance Platinum Planet (or any color) ink onto the pot. I left some of the pot color show through on purpose. Then fill it with a small evergreen plant or [...]

  Wedding season is quickly approaching and I often get questions from brides for wedding favors. I found these plain fabric covered, heart shaped boxes at the craft store and came up with a few ways to decorate them. I hope you find something that you like. Most of these ideas are super easy, not terribly [...]

I was asked to work on some scrapbook pages… one for a wedding and another for travel.  The tricky part was that it had to be in a photo album. You know the ones that have pockets for the photos? YIKES!  (Don’t ask me why it had to be that way because I don’t know.) [...]

Someone gave me a clear plastic cylinder with a plastic lid and asked me to see what I could come up with. The first thought I had was “firecracker” and the second thought was ”wedding”.   So I came up with a wedding firecracker -wedding favor. I cut a small hole in the lid and made [...]