This is my first of a few holiday stars that I am creating (I love snow, so I had to complete the snowman star first :) I will be posting the others within the next few days. This star measures 18" tip to tip. I used coordinating paper from The Paper Studio and cut the lettering and snowflakes from a few of my Cricut cartridges. The cute little scarf is made from polar fleece.

I have enough of the same materials to create duplicates for sale or instruct others to create their own at one of my gift gatherings.

Finally, here is my first 'baby' star! It is for my brother and his wife since their new little Megan is not on their family star. I had a blast embellishing and glittering up the words and cut designs. I really loved the thought of making a 'baby announcement' for the wall....I am thinking about doing one of each of my kiddos since there won't be any more babies for me until grandchildren :)

This star was kind of spur of the moment, and the pictures were random of her little girl years. I usually don't use color pictures, but I liked how they looked against the red star and muted coordinating papers. I loved the font that we used for her name and have used it for another star since then. The star measures 24X24 inches tip to tip.

This is another star that I created for one of my close friends of her son's 1st birthday party. I love red stars and I used baseball/star themed papers, so that made it even cuter! This is the first time I used letter stickers and they worked out well....love the mixed up font of the stickers!

I made this star for one of my close friends for her daughter's 1st birthday. I found the perfect paper pack to do my first all black and white star. It came together a lot more quickly than other stars because the coordinating pack took all of the deciding out of creating the star. I love black and white :)

This was my first attempt at a 'guy' star. My husband loves biking in Moab and has gotten all of us interested as well. I made this star for his son, Adam for a Christmas present two years ago after he and his dad rode the Kokopelli trail earlier that year. I found the star in the clearance section of a home decor store and it was all beat up...perfect for my project! I'm going to have to purposely beat up some stars to make more of them :)

Welcome to my facebook friends...I hope that this blog site answers any questions that you may have about my photo stars (especially if you are wanting to attend one of my gift gatherings and create one of your own :)

Please send me a message if you do have any questions or even ideas that you would like to try out. I am really easy going and I love the creative process. I am looking forward to seeing some of you soon!

~Edika

These are the colors that are currently available for the background of the stars.

This was my first wedding star that I created for my husband for our 2nd anniversary.

I chose to use only black and white photos & cut out lettering and designs from my Cricut.

The star measures 22" tip to tip and was originally a bronze colored tin star which I painted with black outdoor metal spray paint.

This was the first high school graduation star that I created. I used the school colors and chose to not use any paper, but just flourishes and lettering cut from my Cricut. This was also the first time I placed a flower in the center...it just needed something and that finished off the project very nicely :)

This star was created for my youngest step-daughter, Andrea. It was another of my favorite 'red' stars to create. I cut out flourishes from patterned paper and used rub-on flowers and phrases. I also added the flower to this star thanks to Addie. This star also measures 24" tip to tip.

I created this family star for my oldest step-daughter, Ashley. I loved the look of flourishes and rich colors on black. It is definitely a more fashionable design than the previous family stars. This star measures 24" tip to tip. I added the flowers after learning a thing or two from my youngest, Addie :)

My youngest daughter, Addison, created this star (with some help from mom) when she was 7 years old. It was a 'friend' star and we cut out all of their names on my Cricut and used the negatives instead of the letters. She had fun adding glitter glue and the flower...it hangs above her bed and she loves showing it off to her friends!

My daughter Cassidy made this star when she was 10 years old. She is obsessed with basketball! We utilized my Cricut again to cut out the basketball designs and her name. She did a really great job! This star measures 24" tip to tip.

This star was created for my in-laws of their 50th wedding anniversary party. I had not made a bronze star for a couple of years but loved how the sepia-toned photos looked on this one. I kept it simple and completed it in the same layout as those that I made for my two sister-in-laws. They loved it and it was definitely one of my favorite moments of giving.

I created this star for my other sister-in-law at the same time as the one in my previous post. It is the same photos and phrases, just different colors. I also chose to hang this star with ribbon, rather than the hook on the back of the point. Red stars are so much fun to create...and I usually hate red :)

I created this star for my sister-in-law and her family. It was pictures taken at my in-laws 50th wedding anniversary. I love this patterned paper...I have found that stripes and polka dots work well with these projects. This was one of the first stars that I used my Cricut Expression to cut phrases to adhere to the star...now I can't stop :)

I loved creating this red star for my sister and her family! It was definitely more bold and the photos were candid shots from their family vacation. I didn't follow as many rules as the first two, but still included coordinating paper and rub-on phrases. I loved the family photo on the top point...it fit perfectly over the point! I looked for those kinds of photos now when I am creating new stars :)

This family star was created for my brother and his family and was also one of my first that I made in the winter of 2007. This star is 32" tip to tip and I used both wallet-size photos and 4x6 photos. It has coordinating patterned paper and numerous rub-on designs. This is one of my favorites! I am currently working on my first 'baby announcement' star for my new little niece born 7/8/09, since she wasn't here yet when this star was made.

This is one of the first of three stars that I created as Christmas gifts in 2007.

I made this star for my parents.

The top point has a picture of each child and their spouse.

One side of each of the other points is dedicated to each of their grandkids

(now there is one more and I am trying to figure out how to add her :)

It is 36" from tip to tip and I used wallet-size photos in order to fit more.

Most of the stars that I have created only have 5-10 photos.

This star also has alternating patterned paper under the photos

and metal monogram letters for each of the kids names.