Felt Fiesta Garland Cinco De Mayo is such a great day to celebrate and learn about Mexican heritage and traditions. Cinco de Mayo, also known as the fifth of May, is a holiday that celebrates when the Mexican army (on May 5th) in 1862 triumphed over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. I whipped up a felt fiesta garland to share with you today. I think …
Girl Scout Cookie Sales FREE Printable Tools Use this free Girl Scout Cookie Sales Printable and have a successful season with these sales tools. These are some of the things my troops have done to create successful sales seasons. It all starts in the goal setting and planning stages and gets executed during the selling season. I hope these tools are things that you can use with your girls! If …
I create a gnome advent calendar to make at home that is easy and fun for those of you who love gnome and are getting ready for the holiday season. I love to watercolor so I used ooly’s watercolor paint pods to color the gnomes that I drew first with a permanent marker (on watercolor paper of course). I think this advent calendar is wonderful because it is small and …
You can create a rainbow sprinkle party on the go and take it with you on the road. This is such a fun and simple way to plan ahead and take the festivities with you to a park, the ski lodge, camping or wherever! Deflecto makes an awesome storage system that I have come to love love love, the Stack ‘N Go. The storage caddy kit comes with all of …
Create kindness rocks to create and spread cheer. How do you feel about spreading kindness. If you have been here long on Me and My INKlings then you know it is super important to me. Let’s kick this off with the WHY Kindness matters. Did you know…. Being kind is FREE. My heart fills up fastest when I am being kind. Kind acts connect people and connection is healing. It …
I love the idea of magic and rainbows and love that never ends. This summer I have had the opportunity to spend a lot of time with kids in creative workshops and am amazed at how much they love rainbows too (and unicorns!). In one of the classes a kiddo made a rainbow to put in a potted plant. We were talking and she informed me that it would make …
Mixed Media Flowerpot This mixed media flowerpot project is a great one to do all year round but especially in the summertime. It can be done using so many different colors of paint and decorative papers. It is a great thing to make to keep for yourself or to give as a gift. The Americana paints and Decou-Page were both sent to me from DecoArt to use in the creation …
These bees are great little projects to do on those crazy hot days in the summertime. Kiddos love bugs. This post is sponsored by Xyron and features their awesome Mega-Runner as my favorite, easy to use, adhesive. The ideas and opinions are my own. I love this tool because it creates great adhesive strips that work on paper for making cards/scrapbooking but is strong enough to work with other mediums …
Satin Stitch Embroidery Up a Magical Unicorn Pocket Pillow Let’s Stitch Up a Magical Unicorn Pocket Pillow! I don’t know about you but I sure have a lot of fabric and old clothes with big dreams of becoming amazing masterpiece because I save things like fabric scraps from big projects and old jeans for repurposing. Sometimes things work out and these “scraps” get put to good use. If you want …
Terra Cotta Pinch Pots We have really been enjoying the backyard this summer! The Colorado weather is so beautiful and inviting. Sculpey sent me some of their Terra Cotta clay and we got right into it. With flowers on the bushes and growing wild in the garden; we decided to make some little pinch pots to put them in. This was my first time working with the Terra Cotta clay …