Blame it on the rain

We often get starry-eyed taking about rain. It was raining a lot when we started dating and we lived in a place that doesn't get much rain so it feels romantic. Yes, we are those kind of people. We are indoor kids who like to curl inside. Sometimes its with a book, sometimes its crafts, sometimes its as many seasons of a treasured tv show as can be consumed.

This craft is admittedly a copy cat situation. I saw it, I think on Etsy?, and it made my heart flutter a little bit. Here, I found it! Let's talk about the cute little girl in the picture for a second?? ......OK.

The craft I copied used fancy Marta Stewart puffs which cost a million dollars and make me a little angry. And they used two colors of plain blue paper, which didn't blow my hair back. I had leftover puffs from the Valentine's that I'd purchased at the magical world of Daiso and lots of patterned blue paper calling my name. It kinda became a project that helped me get some use out of stuff I'd been havin' for a long time. Use-up catch-up project? I forget what these things are called. There's probably a real, universally-acceptable craft term for this...Kam would know. Kam?

BACK TO BUSINESS:
Step-by-step for you:
1. Puff up your puffs
2. Stick them to a cardboard backing or some other backing with some substance to it
3. Cut out your raindrops. I had a little system going with cutting 2-3 inch strips and then cutting those into fourths and free-handing the crap outta those raindrops.
4. Took some baker's twine (that shit is everywhere these days, isn't it?) and hitched the raindrops to the twine at intervals that pleased me

[This is when I realize that explaining creativity on a blog is really tedious and gain a really funny out-of-body experience.......]

5. Twine is now glued to board
6. Cloud is lovingly hung on wall
7. Raindrops were then spaced at intervals again...man, those raindrops just call out for intervals, don't they?!
Here is a pic of the reinforcement I made for the drops; yes, that is just tape.

And then, magic on the wall.

This would work for baby showers and sad parties too. Me? I leave it up all the time.