Halloween is my favorite holiday and I like any excuse to dress up my little cuties in costumes or other holiday appropriate clothes. Naturally Lily needed a spooky little shirt this year!
I mean, really. There’s no way you can resist that face!
AND I whipped up this hybrid frame from another digi file that I printed directly onto muslin.
You can see step by step instructions on how to make both of these projects on the Pink Paislee blog!
Have a Happy Halloween!
Oh, shocker! I am late posting these. ::sigh:: One of these days I will actually manage to post time/holiday sensitive things on time! Until then feel free to file this under ideas for next year.
I whipped these goodies up for the Curtsey Boutique using there kraft bags, doilies, seam binding, twine, and chalkboard tags.
Each bag is filled with a glassine bag containing chocolate chip cookies! And the front reads “Thanks to you I am one smart cookie”… so simple and inexpensive but CUTE!
You can see my step by step tutorial on the Curtsey Boutique blog.
Way back before Owen could speak we called my mom “Grams”… a suitable grandmother name of her choosing. But somewhere in the land between babbling and fully talking Owen started calling her “Biggs” and it pretty much stuck. My mom is, what I call, “the petite flower” but what she lacks in largess she more than makes up for in personality. Somehow Biggs is SO right.
Unfortunately Biggs lives about a 2.5 hour drive (that’s without the pit stops and diaper changes…) from us and we all wish we lived closer. So what do you get for the grandmother who has everything *except* the hugs and kisses she really wants?!
You make her a long distance survival kit in a can. Duh.
Yeah, it’s pretty stinkin’ cute, right? As predicted my mom did not want to open it. But you HAVE to open it… you have to see your survival gear!
To make this all you have to do is eat some fruit. Ok, a wee bit more but it pretty much is that simple.
- Open a can of fruit or veggies *on the bottom*, leaving the pop top intact on the top. If you have a can opener that opens cans from the side that is best because it leaves a very even edge. But I just had the old fashioned kind and that works too! Just make sure you leave a small edge of the can intact so you can bend it up and it doesn’t come off entirely.
- Clean and dry your can.
- Fill your can with the contents, making sure to leave a small amount of space.
- Crumple a small piece of tissue paper on top of the contents of the can.
- Bend the can bottom back down. Use a hot glue gun to seal the bottom of the can.
- Decorate the outside of the can.
So you want to see the insides?
I used the awesome Park Bench collection from Fancy Pants Designs on everything for this project. The little envelope was the perfect size for a gas card (to come visit us), I had to include some “kisses”, and Owen also drew Biggs a picture (not shown) that I rolled and lay against the inside of the can.
Of course every long distance grandparent needs a brag book to carry around and show off the gorgeous kiddos…
This brag book is accordion folded 2.5” squares with 2” photos. It ties with a button and twine closure and it’s the perfect size to put in any purse. Biggs was pretty excited.
And there you have it! Thanks for visiting today!
Did you guys know that Pink Paislee publishes little ebooks filled with inspiration and instructions for projects all done with the same collection? Yeah, pretty awesome, especially when you love a particular line but just don’t know where to begin.
Secret Crush may be a Valentine collection but you really can use it for so much more. And while my home décor piece is lovey dovey you could translate the idea to any color combo or holiday.
All of the flowers on this are formed from folded hearts:
I love it so much it is still on my mantel… in May…
You can see the instructions for this project and others in the Secret Crush idea book.
Have you guys checked out Paper Crafter’s Library yet? I was new to this fantastic site until I was asked to create something for them with Fancy Pants Designs’ Swagger line.
I whipped up this cool shadow box of my two best guys… are they cute or what!?
You can see the full tutorial on how to complete this project over at Paper Crafter’s Library.
I am addicted to jewel tones lately, so today’s project makes use of the gorgeous Yours Truly collection from Glitz paired with a whole bunch of awesomeness from The Curtsey Boutique.
Check out the full tutorial and more photos on The Curtsey Boutique blog!
Have you seen my tutorial for this wedding box over on The Curtsey Boutique blog? I call it a favor box but it is large enough to be a gift box for something small (ya know… like a check or gift card! ::wink wink::) for the happy couple. I always like to dress up the packaging to make a gift personal and extra special.
You can get the full tutorial in pdf format at The Curtsey Boutique!
Y’all, I just could not bring myself to do another Christmas decoration AFTER the big day! I am already looking forward to toasting friends this Saturday night and (to be honest) I was getting a little antsy to move on from the red and green… this girl needs more COLOR in her life!
So this final Deck the Halls features some super fast and easy mini treat poppers for counting down to 2012.
We’re going to start with the most basic of “ingredients”… come on… you know you can scrounge up an empty Charmin roll!
I wanted these to be pretty small so I cut mine in two. Then cut yourself an 8” wide piece of tissue paper. It should be long enough to wrap around the tube a couple of times. Do just that and then tie one end off with twine. Fill your tube up with goodies (I used Hershey’s kisses) and then tie off the other end.
Cut a 2” x 6” strip of patterned paper and wrap it around the tube. Decorate!
I used the Pink Paislee Soiree collection for mine because I needed some bright, celebratory colors in my life! When I hand these out at our New Year’s countdown my guests will just have to pull at the tissue paper and the chocolate will come spilling out. That’s a sweet way to start 2012!
Wow, I can’t believe it has been an entire week since I have updated here! Unfortunately the entire house has come in contact with The Plague and we’ve been feeling mighty awful. I still managed to put together a little something for this week’s Deck the Halls feature:
The burlap triangles are by Canvas Corp and the loopy brads are so ancient I have no clue who made them.
Cut four 1”-1.5” circles from cardstock and edge them in white pen:
Cut four more circles from white cardstock. Add a ruffled edge with ribbon, paper, or (my choice) printed tape:
Cut four 1.5” x 4” strips from patterned paper, notch the edges, and outline in white pen:
My favorite part of this banner are the stinkin’ adorable twine pom poms! Begin by wrapping twine around a fork. I used twine from The Twinery and had to wrap it about 35 times. My Mind’s Eye also makes some thicker, softer twine that works beautifully for these.
Cut a smaller piece of twine and thread it between the center tines to tie it off:
Remove the bundle from the fork and pull as tight as you can, tying it off in a square knot. Cut the loops:
Fluff the ends of the twine to fray them and round it out as much as possible. Trim all the strands until you get it as pom pom like as you can:
Then layer each element one on top of the other, string the pennants with more twine and VOILA! I hung mine amidst our lit fireplace bough but it would also be super cute right smack on the tree.
See you next week when I figure out what to do about Decking the Halls AFTER Christmas… DOH!
It’s Wednesday and that means I am back with another ornament for December!
This week I went back to the feather theme (I have a huge bag of them just calling to me!) but added in some paper, chipboard, and other scrapping supplies.
First, cut yourself a pile of 1” strips of old book pages. I get my yellowed books at the thrift store for super cheap and don’t feel bad about cutting them up and giving them a new life.
I gathered three strips together and formed them into a loop. The fastest way to make the loops is to use a piece of clear tape on just the bottom.
You’ll need to form a bunch of these loops. I ended up using fourteen.
Punch a small hole near the very bottom center of each loop. I threaded some string through one loop and tie it so that the string is secure. Thread each loop onto the string and tie it off when you are done so that it they form a circle. They will lay all wonky for a while… just push them flat and line them up so they form the circle.
This next part is just a piece of Basic Grey chipboard covered in acrylic paint and Martha Stewart glitter. I used a paper piercer to punch three small holes in the bottom and hung crystals from them.
The bird is another piece of Basic Grey chipboard but this time I added a KaiserCraft pearl eye and covered the entire thing in Glossy Accents.
It’s glue gun time!! I wanted everything to be really secure so I hot glued the chipboard to the looped circle. I added some longer white feathers, then shorter white feathers, and finally a sprig of beaded branch from Prima. Then I layered on the bird and some Pink Paislee baubles.
To finish it up just thread a velvet ribbon through the top loop or two and tie a bow.
I really like the soft, non-traditional colors on this and I always love a project with book print! Thanks for stopping by today to check out my ornament. I will be back next week with another!
