Mekayla's 1st Birthday

Wow can you all believe that it's been over a year since I posted pictures of my sister's baby shower!? We just celebrated Mekayla's 1st birthday two weeks ago and I can't believe how fast time flew by! I had been MIA from my blog but with good reason. Besides the car accident, I had been working on this birthday party for the past few months amongst other orders that I had to fill.

Well enough with the chit chat...let's move on to the pictures!


These are the favors that I created. I had to make 240 of them. All the boxes were cut by hand so you can imagine why this took me a while! Each favor was filled with two Ferrero Rocher chocolates and tied off with a lavender ribbon.


These are the centerpieces that we made. Our friends over at Popcorn Express Hawaii made us a special blend of matching pink kettle corn to place in each centerpiece. If you haven't tried their Kettle Corn yet, you are so missing out! Talk about delish!!! We made 24 of these centerpieces but I accidently forgot one at home so I got to keep one for myself after all (LOL!).


Here we have the card box. If you remember my post on my sister's baby shower, I used this same basket to wrap her gift in. She saved it and wanted to use it for her party. I wanted it to match the party theme so I redid it a bit. I just love how Hello Kitty is peeking over the edge of the basket. So cute!


This cupcake tower took me about 5 days to make. I wish I took better pictures of it so that you could see the fine detail but unfortunately with all the running around that day, this is the best I have. I'm hoping my sister has better pictures of it. Each of the four sides has grass, flowers with button centers, butterflies and a picket fence that was popped up with 3 layers of pop tape. Even though we had a full sheet of birthday cake, we used this cupcake tower as the focal point of the dessert table. Oh and no, I didn't bake the cupcakes, we ordered them (LOL!) but I did make a Hello Kitty pick for each cupcake. I was supposed to bake the cupcakes but by then I was so tired I that I ran out of steam! Haha!


Here is my adorable niece Mekayla. She truly enjoyed herself that night and I am so glad. Isn't she a cutie!?

Happy 1st birthday Mekayla!


Thanks for visiting!

Chals~

Girl's Day Treats

Okay, as promised here are the Girl's Day treats I made for my daughter's friends. I used the tutorial shown here for the box. This box was so simple to make and it only uses one 8 1/2"x 11" sheet of cardstock! I used the Four Dolls images from Hero Arts again. There are three other girls in this cute set but this little cutie is my favorite!

Here is what the box looks like opened. It's filled with Japanese candy.

I'll be making something different for her teachers so I'll post those tomorrow.

Ciao!

Chals~

Creepy Crispies

With Halloween just around the corner, I figured I'd better hurry up and post these up before it passes! Can you believe that it'll be October already? Where did the days go!? Anyways, I had a whole box of rice crispy treats that we didn't end up using for my sons football team so I decided to create a box to wrap them in for Halloween. It was really simple, I just measured the rice crispy treat and designed a simple little box that measures 2" x 3.5".

I think I will make these for my kids to give their classmates this year. Even though my kids are getting way too old to be passing out treats in school, their friends always look forward to what I'll be making them next. So it's always fun to make things for people who really appreciate them!

This cute little witch is from TGF's Spooktacular set.

Here's another one with Spooktacular's little mummy. He is so cute!

A close up of the embossed spider web pattern on the back of the box made with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. Isn't that just too cute!

Have a wonderful evening everyone! Thanks for coming to visit!

Chals~

Easter Anya Round Top Boxes

There are 4 posts today so make sure to scroll down.

Once again I didn't realize that this was the last day of school before Easter.  I don't know what it is but it seems that I am so out of touch with dates lately!  It hit me late last night and so I had to scramble to make some treats for my kids friends.   With little time on my hands I decided to make these round top boxes and fill them with Jelly Belly's. 

Easter Anya is a digital image from The Greeting Farm.  My goodness, she is so cute!  The little chick and sentiment are from Stampendous.

Here are the different colors.  I made about a dozen of them.

Sweet Love Letters

I have been waiting a while to post this project.  Do you remember when we were in grade school and the teachers would let us make these boxes to put all of our Valentine's Day cards in, and we would get all these sweet little cards and treats from our friends? Well, with that in mind I have been on the hunt for these cute little mailboxes and I finally got them in!  My best friend lives in Texas so I had her raid all the Target's she could find.  She bought whatever she could get her hands on and sent them to me!  This is the first one I made.  This cute little monkey is from The Greeting Farm's Sweet Deal set.  Isn't he stinkin' cute?  I wrapped some Hershey's Nuggets in DP from My Minds Eye to fill it with.  The mailbox is metal and both of the doors open.  It measures about 5" x 3".  I'll be making much more since I have orders for them already so I'll post those pictures in a later post. 

Cupcake Gable Boxes

Remember those gable boxes from an earlier post?  Well, I down sized them a bit to make them the perfect size to hold cupcakes.  I included an insert to set the cupcake in so that they won't slide.  I used the cute little cupcake image from The Greeting Farm's Sweet Deal set.

Floral Lollipop Along

I just love these Lollipop Along holders as you will see in the next two posts (and one I did the other day!)  I wanted to do different versions of it to show how versitile it can be and also to show you that you can alter pretty much any template to make it your own.  I will be making more of these because my daughter wants to give them to her friends for Valentine's Day and I want to make each one of them different.  Make sure you scroll down because I have 3 posts today.  

Valentine's Crispy Cones

How about this treat to satisfy your sweet tooth!?  These are rice crispy treats made with strawberry marshmallows and candy sprinkles stuffed in an ice cream cone.  This holder was also inspired by Lauren's Lollipop Along template altered to the size I needed.  I just love how these came out!

Hello Kitty Valentine's Treat

I found these cute Hello Kitty candies the other day and just had to make a cute holder to present it in.  I made another one too but the pictures for that one came out pretty bad, so I'll post that another day.  Anyways, the holder was inspired by that Lollipop Along box by Lauren that I posted the other day.  I just adjusted the measurements to the size I needed.  This box measures about 2" x 6".

Date Night In

If you haven't heard of Lauren Meader yet, I suggest you go and check out her blog.  She is amazing!  I must say that she is super talented.  She has a line of templates on Papertrey Ink's webpage that can be purchased for a super low price.  The past few days she has been showing samples of the new templates that was to be released tonight and I fell in love with this one called "Take Along Tote".  This is what inspired me to create this box.  I couldn't wait for her template to be released so I sat and tried one on my own.  I was hoping to finish these samples earlier but I was too busy to wrap things up fast enough.  If you like this I suggest you purchase her template cause I'm sure hers is much nicer. 

 

This is a great Valentine's Day gift for a couple you may know who don't have 

much time to go out to spend some one on one time.  Give them a "Date Night In" gift box.

  The front pocket holds some Hershey's Chocolate Bars.

The back pocket holds a bag of popcorn.

In Lauren's sample she included a movie gift card but I thought I would make mine to hold a DVD instead since there are so many DVD's that are really cheap these days!  (Now isn't The Notebook the most romantic movie?)

Here's a sideview picture.

Here's another sample using stamps from The Greeting Farm.

Okay, I really don't know why I put the Transformers movie in there but that was just the first DVD I grabbed for taking this picture.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed these.  Make sure you go and check out Lauren's blog.

Have an awesome Aloha Friday!

Valentine's Day Lolli-Pop Along

This box is called the Lolli-Pop Along.  It carries 5 lollipops and is so pretty to give as a gift.  Notice the lollipops...they're pink and red hearts!   The template for this box can be purchased from Papertrey Ink.

Here's a better view from the side so you can see the lollipops.  I have a couple other samples of this coming soon.

My Sweetie Box

Here's a cute little acetate box with heart flaps.  You can find the template for this box at The Cat's Pajama's.  Box measures 3 1/2" tall (not including the raised flaps) x 2 1/2" wide.  Big enough to fit the entire jumbo box of Strawberry Whoppers!  

This box would also be great to use as favors for a wedding all you have to do is change the colors to suit the wedding theme.

In the upcoming days we will have a lot more Valentine's Day items.  I've been creating but haven't had time to take pictures of everything so check back often to see what's new.

Will You Be My Valentine??????

Now who could resist this cute little guy?  Meet Dress Me Ian from The Greeting Farm.  This is a box that's looks like a little book.  It even has chipboard covers.  Flip open the cover to reveal a sweet treat inside.  I used the same candy as yesterday's post cause that's all I have on hand right now but you could fill it with what ever tickles your fancy.  This box measures approx. 4" x 3" and is about 1" deep.  

I used dp from My Minds Eye called Quite Smitten - So In Love, 3-d sticker by K & Company and pearl studs from Kandi Corp.  Colored the image with Copics.

Dorothy Anya and a Valentine's Day Treat

 

  After taking a very much needed break from crafting and blogging (since the holidays wiped me out!) I'm back with our first Valentine's Day treat.   This adorable Dorothy Anya is a digital image by The Greeting Farm (formerly Pink Poison).  Marie over at The Greeting Farm has been creating digital images and they all are just the cutest!  Be sure to check out her website.      The box measures about 5" tall x 3" wide, has a removable lid and has an acetate window on the front so you can see the delicious goodies inside.  Below is a close up of the image.  I added pink embroidery thread to her pony tails and inserted a rhinestoned heart under her hands.   I filled this box with Hapi Strawberry Gummy candy.  I bought it cause the wrapper is pink but they taste really good!

Hello Kitty Elf Gift Box / Bag

  Okay, so I didn't quite get Hello Kitty out of my system yet, but just take a look at this Hello Kitty in an elf suit....isn't she just the sweetest!?  Well, I'm still trying to create new little treat boxes for Christmas since so many of my customers have children still in grade school and they would like something small to give all of their classmates.  After much thought I came up with this at around 1 o'clock this morning!  (no, it didn't take me all night to make....I was also creating another box that I'll show you in the next post).  Anyways, this box stands 6" tall and is 2" wide.  It's big enough to hold 8 or more of those regular sized candy canes or other small treats or trinkets.

Cocoa packets

I whipped up these little cocoa packets for the craft fair yesterday.  I figured they would make a great little gift for the kids to give their friends for christmas.  Something small and inexpensive but cute enough to show someone you care.  We have more styles available but as usual I only took pictures of Hello Kitty and that sweet little Angel Anya.

More cocoa sets

Here are a few more cocoa sets I managed to whip up after the fair on friday night.  Since the other ones sold out I went home and did these.  I decided to do these in Hello Kitty since all the other Hello Kitty stuff was the first to go that first night.  These cocoa sets were a big seller and this is what I have the most orders for.  Thank goodness they were really fun to make.  

Lip Smackers

  Some of you may have already seen the lip smacker favors that we made this past Valentines Day.  I decided that it would be great for Halloween too!

  Most parents don't like their children eating too much candy so I think these candy flavored lip smackers are the perfect alternative!  We have the following yummy flavors: Strawberry Twizzlers, Junior Mints, Reese's Peanut Butter Cup, Sugar Daddy, Hershey's Milk Chocolate, Kiwi Berry Blast Blow Pop, and Bubble Yum Bubble Gum.  Now doesn't that just make your mouth water!?  All the sugary sweetness without the cavities!!! 

  These can also be made with all of our other Halloween prints shown on past posts.

Another Halloween treat box

  This will be the last of our Halloween treat boxes this year.  We have been so busy with creating new things for the Fall Fest that we haven't had time to come up with new candy boxes.  This style box is available in all the Halloween papers you have been seeing featured in our other posts.  It holds the same amount of candy as our Spooky Treats box.  Can come empty or filled with candy. 

Caramel Apple Paint Cans

  The paint cans are back!!  This time we've filled them with a caramel apple kit!  Since these are the small (1-quart) sized cans, the kit is only enough to make one caramel apple.  Each can comes with an apple, wooden dowel, handful of caramels to make the caramel sauce and a bag of chopped roasted peanuts.  All you have to do is insert wooden dowel in apple, heat caramels in the microwave, dip apple in melted caramel and then into the bag of chopped peanuts.  Really, it's that simple!!!  But we've included instructions just incase.  

I made them for my kids tonight and they just loved them!  This is the perfect little gift for those little ghosts and goblins on Halloween.  A friend of mine just ordered a bunch to give to her guests at her Halloween party.  Remember Halloween falls on a Friday this year....so it's perfect for a Halloween party!

We also have these kits available in our large (1-gallon) sized paint cans with enough ingredients to make 4 caramel apples.