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Throw Back Thursday Valentines Copy Cat Vignette

I'm going on my own little trip down blogging memory lane.  

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com
Since it's Throw Back Thursday, as well as the day before Valentines Day, I decided to revisit one of my first posts.

It's January 2012, my 8th post in my first month of blogging.  

I really had no idea what I was doing, much like 3 years later.

But there was this gal named Debbie-Doos, Ms. Doos as I call her now, and she had a thing called the "Newbie Party".  I jumped right in to that, but it was her monthly magazine copy cat challenge party that got me excited.

She would get tons of participants every month, and I thought why not?.
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And darned if that Ms. Doos didn't feature my little Valentines Vignette on her blog.  Much like the Velveteen Rabbit, I felt real in the blog world getting my first feature, and for that Ms. Doos, I thank you.  You created a monster didn't you... I'm still here.

Re-post below.

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OK, I have to start small, I'm new. 
Nothing big and ambitious for my first try at Debbie Doos Copy Cat Challenge. 

I was looking through a new mag on my nightstand and saw this little Valentine set up. 
Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com
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I thought how cute- could I do that?  Naaahh.  

Then I learned Debbie has a monthly copy cat challenge.  I'm not good at math but I could put that 2 + 2 together!  

I decided to give it a whirl and duplicate the Country Living magazine vignette.
Inspiration Magazine
I've always wanted to try my hand at those cute little banners. 

I do have an abundance of random playing cards because I am not playing with a full deck, but I didn't particularly think the card banner in the inspiration photo was "Valentine cute".

So I came up with my own.

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com

I pulled a couple pages from the 'ol red encyclopedia, printed out BE MINE on the computer, and cut it out.  Then I ransacked the school supply drawer for a glue stick.

I located ribbon and scallop scissors and I was in business.

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com

I think I really could of put this together just like the magazine photo, but we're suppose to put our own twist on it right?

The only things I didn't have a match for were pink spray paint for the tray, or the cool paper straws.

I also opted to use a hydrangea since my rose bouquet didn't do a thing for the display - and my white tea pot was buried somewhere in the garage.

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com

I had some left over tags from Halloween specimen jars and made them personal for Brawn and I.  Doesn't everyone make specimen jars around October?

I even have a couple of the same glass jars but they were packed away in Halloween bins and I wasn't gonna dig through those! 

Notice Brawn's decanter, it's a vintage reproduction from some king that I picked up at a garage sale.

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com

I learned from my first copy cat challenge that I don't really try new things anymore.  Instead of looking at all the beautiful photos in the magazines and on blogs, then thinking I could never do that, I realized it's all set up right there in front of me, all I have to do is just as Debbie says...... make it my own.

Valentine Copy Cat Vignette Bliss-Ranch.com


                                                     

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11 comments :

  1. Your vignette is so much cuter than the magazine you copied. I miss Debbie-Doos newbie parties. They were so much fun.

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  2. I remember this well and that inspired me to my own version of your copy cat! I still put it up for V'day in various forms.
    http://ourlifeinaclick.blogspot.com/2012/02/valentines-day-decor.html

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  3. I hadn't seen this cute project, Bliss...love it! I like seeing some of your earliest stuff! Happy Valentines Day!

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  4. Yep, yours is way better. But then yours always are! Showoff.

    -andi

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  5. I think it might have been at Debby Doos that I met you. I was a newbie then too and appreciated her party very much. Your copy cat project was darling!

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  6. I have to say my friend yours is better. Have a great weekend

    Cindy

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  7. Anonymous2/14/2015

    I have to say I like you copy better MUCH BETTER..for sure! Lovely

    Hugs

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  8. Yours, definitely.I can see why Debbie Doos featured yours, it's adorable! What I love about holidays like Halloween and V-Day is that you can use those thrifted decanters once owned by a king as part of your decor.

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  9. I can't believe that was your 8th post (I remember it too) and now I see that your cute banner must have been the very thing that inspired my Christmas banner for the café, a couple of years later - isn't the mind a wonderful tool.

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  10. I remember this post - must have been right when I started blogging. I love the banner. Way cuter than theirs.

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