This post was sponsored by Oriental Trading but all of the ideas and opinions are mine. With eight Girl Scouts sleeping over and spending their evening making items to sell at their first craft fair the next day, I decided it was great idea to make theme elves to center our festivities. Oriental Trading supplied the most amazing things that really made it darling, special and fun! The table was …
DIY Snow Globes Over the weekend I had a lot of fun creating snow globes to put around the house for the holiday season. The inspiration for this DIY Snow Globe project came while stuffing the inside of a beanbag with Poly-Pellets and found that they reminded me of snow. I am excited to share that they worked perfectly. To get started, I gathered up some things from my studio …
My Girl Scout troop has been busy busy busy creating items to sell at their first craft fair this weekend. They have been learning about financial topics like expenses (materials and labor) and profit. Mostly though, they have been learning to work together as a team to put together the event and create goals. I am excited to share some of the awesome projects they have been completing using felt …
We did A LOT of shopping over Black Friday weekend! Three stops that are always on my list are Starbucks, World Market and Hallmark. I always get Starbucks gift cards to go around. Hallmark is filled with so much joy and happiness. World Market…let’s just say that I could happily live in the store. We get a new Christmas puzzle each year along with lots of other goodies from Hallmark. …
The holidays really are the perfect time to break out the crafty and artistic supplies and access your inner maker. This watercolor Christmas cards post is sponsored by Oriental Trading but the ideas are mine. I can’t wait to share what I created with just a couple of basic supplies and a little imagination. You will need a few things. I have listed them for you with links to where …
I shared a few of my favorite dies last month and am excited to share a few more of my favorite Ellison dies now. With the holidays coming, there is so much opportunity for spreading creative love. These three dies are perfect for adding handmade paper crafted tags to homemade goodies, gifts and favors. The heart is such a great size. I love it as an embellishment to this bag …
Darling Tags for Christmas Christmastime is so much fun. It is a time filled with such a huge amount of creativity and imagination! While I love shopping for gifts, wrapping them is my favorite part. I especially love adding special touches. Here is a quick and easy way to whip up darling tags for Christmas gift giving in a flash. This is a fabulous way to make use of fabric, …
I am super excited to share about my new adventure. I have designed a monthly mail subscription program and named it A Little HAPPY in a Box. It is going to be awesome and I realllly hope you will be a part of the launch. I am getting it up and going through Kickstarter! To get it going, I set up a Kickstarter campaign. I would be simply THRILLED if …
Turn a paper popcorn box into an adorable mummy! So without further chat, here is my box for this year. It’s a mummy! I made these candy coated mummy cookies with Oreos and Wilton’s candy wafers and candy eyes. This darling one was created using the magnificent scarecrow want designed and given to me from my friend Donna who blogs over on Memes Art Place. The popcorn boxes were all …
I love being a designer for Ellison Education and Sizzix. As the seasons come and go and the holidays cycle; I find that I have favorites based on the times of the year. Right now I am crushing in these three dies the most.. my woodland mask, my pumpkin and my leaf. I am excited to not only share a fun way to use each of them, but also an …