Holiday Elf Party with Oriental Trading

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 …

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Hot Cocoa Sprinkle Straws with Printable

Hot Cocoa Sprinkle Straws with Printable ‘Tis the season for all things sweet and festive.  These hot cocoa sprinkle straws are a delightful sweet treat for a party favor or a darling little gift.  The thing I love most, they are easy peasy to make.  Hot cocoa sprinkles straws are a great addition to a place setting, added to a stocking or simply used as an after school surprise. DIRECTIONS …

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A Dozen (Or More) Great Holiday Projects with Dies from Ellison Education

I am rounding up and sharing ten great projects with Ellison Education!  I hope that these inspire you to create and make lots of things.  These dies are super awesome because while they are designed with purposes to be used in education and classrooms, they also come in really hand for crafting and making!  To kick it off, I made these darling holiday tags with the bookmark die and my …

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Watercolor Holiday Cards with #OrientalTrading

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 …

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Whip Up Darling Tags for Christmas Gift Giving

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, …

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Tiny Red Cup Ornaments for Our Starbucks Team

Teaching kids to give back looks a lot of different ways.  While feeding the poor and collecting items for the needy is all super, sometimes the biggest differences we can teach them to make is much closer to home.  We were in Starbucks two days ago with the kiddos (yes, they all have their own rewards accounts – even Zoe) and noticed that they had employee stockings.  We decided that …

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Create a Hand Lettered Christmas Tree

Six day to go…and then it is CHRISTMAS!  Here is a fabulous last minute gift that you can create for your family or friends.  This hand lettered family Christmas tree can be done with print, cursive or even digitally then colored with whatever you love most.  I love this because it is a creation that expresses the love we have in our blended family!  Here are the directions to create …

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Free Christmas Preschool Printables

Free Christmas Preschool Printables These How Many?Free Christmas Preschool Printables are great for using in the classroom and at home.  They can be used in a variety of ways to teach academic skills.  The How Many? free holiday printables are also great for crafting and creating. I am excited to share them with you and can’t wait to see what you create using them. Ways to use the Free Christmas …

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Homemade Dark Chocolate Peppermint Bark

This homemade dark chocolate peppermint bark is delicious!  It was super crazy simple to make and not only is pretty but it is yummy too.  It is great for cookie exchanges or to wrap up festive and give as a gift.  I got everything I needed at World Market, of course.  Being an ambassador for World Market really makes my life so much sweeter. First step…gather your stuff. My girls …

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Fireplace Mantel Advent Calendar

This fireplace mantel advent calendar was created using my die-cut machine from Sizzix and the Santa hat die that I designed and license to them to sell.  I think it came out really cute and can’t wait to start sharing the treats tomorrow.  YAY for December and for all of the celebrations. I cut out 50 hats in red felt (25 fronts and 25 backs) and the fuzz with white …

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