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Versatile Bunny Banner

A while ago I created this bunny banner and offered it for sale through my Etsy shop. To my surprise, Easter came and went and no one had purchased my cute bunny banner. I was about ready to remove it from the shop when, all of a sudden, I discovered it had sold. Come to find out, a kindergarten teacher had bought it for her classroom. She thought it would be cute hanging in the "animal" section of her room.

This all made me think, "What a neat idea!". I also wondered if this sale had opened my eyes to another way to market my banners. Maybe I could make more animal banners that could be used in other ways and places; ones that I had not thought of. At that time, I fully intended to create more original, one-of-a-kind banners for my "shop"...

BUT, other commitments and distractions came along. You know like~ regular life, my business, this blog...and, as it turned out, I never got around to it......until now. With Easter approaching again, I figured why not try to make another bunny banner? I've always loved bunnies, anyway.

So, here is how the process went~

I started by making this stencil. I was kind of proud because I made it myself with plastic-coated cardboard and a pair of scissors. When I was done, I thought the stencil was adorable and would work well for the banner I had in mind.

I had already purchased this pre-made burlap banner from Michael's. My other bunny banner had been totally hand-made in white burlap by me but, I liked the look of this banner. It had stitching around the edges to lessen the fraying and, also, I had a coupon! It seemed like a no-brainer.

Here are some of the supplies I used for this project: A bunny stencil, acrylic paint, masking tape, foam brush and some plastic-coated paper plates to use as paint "dabbers".

Here the bunnies are stenciled in white paint.

Here the pink pom-pom tails are glued onto the bunnies :)

When I was done stenciling the bunnies, I strung them onto a pink ribbon. I took a look at the banner and realized I needed a way to add the word BUNNIES to the banner. I went back to Michael's and, low and behold, I found these pennant-shaped tags. I had found them in the clearance section of the store so, this banner is going to be a "one-of-a-kind" (OOAK) item! I don't think I'll be able to find the exact same muslin tags again, unfortunately.
I, then, stenciled B-U-N-N-I-E-S with brown paint on the tags and voila! A bunny banner!