Friday Guest: Shannon from AKA Design

Happy Friday!  We are gearing up here for some real Fall weather this weekend, perfect for soccer games, morning coffee and walks, and sleeping with the windows open a crack!  Love it!  I might just have to hit Einstein's this weekend for my favorite of the season.... Pumpkin bagel!  YUM!  Anyhow, how bout I introduce a wonderful guest!  Today I have the lovely and talented Shannon who makes up one half of AKA Design. (Her husband, Dean, makes up the other half).  The first project that lured me to their awesome blog was this headboard....

You are drooling, aren't you?  Well wipe it up and check out more of their home...

Super talented and super stylish, they are a dynamic duo!  So excited to share them with you today!


Hi! I'm thrilled to be guest posting here at Primitive & Proper today!

I don't know about you, but I love a good project. Hubby and I do loads of big projects around here like gutting our kitchen, building a bedroom, and of course plenty of furniture face-lifts. But much like John and Sherry we like to tackle small projects in between to get our mojo back.

Can you see where I'm going with this?

I have a quick and easy, although I must admit, not entirely original idea to share with you. I've written a little tutorial to make some cute little flowers out of 'admit one' tickets.

I first saw these at Timeless Southern Home back in February. I bookmarked Traci's post, but I didn't get around to making them until now. I also really wanted to do the tutorial with photos of each step. DIY is so much easier that way, don't ya think?!

All the supplies you need are a roll of tickets, some buttons and a hot glue gun. I have a button jar with a bunch of odd buttons and I bought the roll of tickets at Dollarama. I'm sure you could find them at the party supply store if there are none at your dollar store.

Step 1
Tear off a length of tickets (I used 30) and fold accordion style (back and forth, back and forth). If you have a double roll like the one pictured above, just tear in half.

Step 2
Hot glue along the short edge of each ticket on the fold and press together.

Step 3
After all the edges are glued, fan around to form a flower and hot glue remaining seam.

Step 4
Hot glue a button onto one side in the centre of the "pinwheel".

And that's all! Four easy-peasy steps!

You could display these on a side table, or tucked into a Christmas tree or along with some candy corn and pumpkins in a fall gathering!

What do you think? Pretty easy - yes?

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