Snister for hire
I’ve mentioned that my snister, Christina, is crafty. So when I saw her post these pictures of artwork she made to Facebook, I had an idea…
All photos except the last one are from my sister.
Idea for what? Well… my NYC bestie, Gina, is now my Dallas* bestie! Exciting! Gina and her family moved to Dallas in March. I wanted to get them a housewarming gift that signified their love for New York and also included their new home, but didn’t have any ideas. Until…
Wait! “Christina, do you think you could make one of those state thready things for Gina and Steve like the one you posted on Facebook? Only with New York and Texas overlayed? And a heart over their new city and their old city?”
I am surprised Christina humored me. Hee hee. But she did.
We drafted out ideas, and got to work. And by “we,” I obviously mean her (and later on, her fiancé, Will). Christina and I corresponded mostly by text. She sent me pictures of ideas, and I told her what I thought. And asked if what I thought would look okay, ha ha.
We decided to keep the states to scale, and with the correct orientation (rather than focusing on having them twisted so the two cities overlayed where the heart is).
I asked for a small size – 12″x12,” not even thinking about how that meant Christina would have to work even harder with the threads being closer together. Oops.
Dexter helped out a bit. Mostly quality control.
Gina likes purple, and I liked the green and purple pop on a black background. Okay, okay, this color combo was also inspired by a pair of running shoes I have.
Paw of approval.
We decided to use white nails. Christina had to repaint the tops white after hammering them in!
Almost ready to start threading…
Purple’s done (it’s all one piece of string)!
Completed project! Overall, Christina said it took about 8 hours.
What a sweetie. Besides making all this, Christina wrapped it in some crazy bubble wrap and sent it to Dallas for me so it would be there this weekend when we visited!
I thought for sure that Gina would see my sister’s handwriting on the “Do not open until in the presence of Kim” note and figure out it was from my snister and guess what it was! But, she didn’t suspect a thing! Muah ha ha. Darn. I should have played it off like I made it. Nah. She never would have believed that!
Anyway, Gina and Steve really loved it and were impressed by Christina’s craftiness. I sure am! And I am impressed with her capability to put up with me and my crazy vision.
Thanks a million, snister! I think you should start making these for $$$, no?!
*Or as I have been calling it, Dally.
Themocracy
Your sister is so talented! And patient. These look tedious to make!
Super creative and so cute! Love the color combo too!
You are such a great friend!! Your sissy should open an ETSY store!!
IKR (re: my snis, lol)?! She makes tons of other cool stuff too 🙂
That is really cool! She could totally sell those!
Super cute! Such a good idea!
Isn’t it amazing!!!! Look what happens when these sisters combine their talents! Watch out world! We are STILL marveling over it!
You will have to let me know where its permanent home ends up being 😉
Awesome craft project! So thoughtful, and I’m sure Gina loved it even more because you made it for her. I also love the top photo, except the heart should be a little further south over Cedar Rapids. 😉 (hehe)
Ha ha ha! It’s only off by 45 miles to the north 😉
Are you from Cedar Rapids?! I love finding other Chicagoland people from Eastern Iowa. I’m from Cascade!
Get your sister on Etsy, these would totally sell! I’d totally get a Chicago one 🙂 What a cool idea to incorporate Gina’s old and new home!
A Chicago one would be so neat!!! What color combo would you do?
Hmm…. I think that would depend on where I’d hang it! I’m thinking it’d be a cool addition to our hopefully-soon-to-be-made-over sun porch, but I have no idea what we’re doing with that. Still.
That is such a cute and mega thoughtful idea! Your sister is really talented! I’m sure if she opened up an Etsy store, tons of people would want them!
So impressive! I love the paw of approval.
Thank you everyone for your compliments! I’m so happy Gina & fam are happy with it! 🙂 Maybe once I have a house with space for an office/craft room I will consider opening an Etsy shop, but unfortunately we don’t have the space in our little town home to work on projects like this frequently and efficiently. 🙁
They are pretty simple to make once you have everything you need!! (Doesn’t hurt having a fiance willing to sand down the wood and put all of the nails in!)
Just noticed the cat hair on the second pic of the Iowa one I made… I’m sure some was sent to Dallas too… No project is complete without cat fur, right? 😉 😛
We welcome cat hair in Dallas!
We brought Manny hair to ORD! 🙂
Thank you so much for making it, snis! 🙂 I might have to commission you for some more 😉
I think you should take over Will’s area in the basement as a craft room… jk… maybe?! 😉
That is so cool! I’m not even the slightest bit artistic or crafty so I would never think to make anything like that.
Those are beautiful! Your snis is seriously talented 🙂
have I ever asked, why do you call her your snister? She’s very talented, and I love the idea!
LOL! We come up with silly names for stuff. She started calling me snister so we just keep doing it to be silly 🙂
That is pretty awesome 🙂 Very Creative!
Gosh, it turned out SO pretty! I agree, Christina – when you have the space you should ABSOLUTELY open an etsy shop…you could charge a LOT for those and people would absolutely buy them (especially UNcrafty people like me) 🙂
You are somewhat crafty! You made those schweet Angry Birds cupcakes… and the ones from the year before that I posted on your wall and forgot about.
And then there is the upcoming Grumpy Cat ones for my birthday…
This is really neat! I love it and it turned out great…I’m filing it away from a some day soon project!
Oh my goodness- this is so cool! Super crafty- love it! (And the paw of approval!) How long did it take?! It looks SO cool!
It took about 8 hours of work, overall, but she spread it out over a week or so.
Having a crafty person in the family who is willing to do projects for you is awesome! It turned out great and I’m happy Gina liked it so much 🙂
I LOVE this and totally want to make one of Maine. I have a feeling that I will start and get tired of it. So yes, open an Etsy shop so I can save myself the frustration and just buy one!
Not only is your sis obviously talented – she has a super cute kitty too!
I’ve seen those floating around Pinterest- so cool! I do that kind of thing with Mr. Darcy- come up with an idea then ask HIM to execute it. (He’s the artist, not me. I’m an idea woman!)
that is adorable!
Dang. She’s good!
That’s so cool! I wish I was crafty!!
This is such a cute idea! I might have to make one for myself. After I finish all the other projects, I’m supposed to be working on.
That is awesome!! What a great idea for a gift! Love the color combo!
How cool is that??? Your sister is really talented!
I give up! Snister, sister, wut?
She added the “n” in sister to be funny so we just call each other that 😉