halloween blocks

I don't have many Halloween decorations. So, today I decided to make some B-O-O Blocks. I used scrapbook paper and cut the letters with my cricut. I love them.

New card

Our card group took a little break this summer. We are all anxious and excited to get starred again. Our first swap is in October. The theme is Halloween or Thank-you. I figured more people would use Thank-you, so that is what I made. It is similar to my last Thank-you card. I like the way it turned out.

More teacher gift ideas

I made these yesterday for my daughters preschool teachers. I thought they would be a good gift for a teacher because they can hang art work from the clothes pins. Of course I used my cricut to cut out the letters and the Thanks. I mod podged them on and then did a coat of mod podge over the whole board. I used a glue gun to stick the clothes pins on. OH--the paper on the clothes pins is just glue stick. I roughed up my edged with a nail file and inked the edged. I love how they turned out.

Teacher appreciation

This is a little thank-you I made for Riley's teacher. I just covered an empty container with paper and the fun stars I cut out with my cricut. I found some stamps that I thought worked perfect--the one says Thanks so much.

Birthday party invitations

I made these purse invitations for my daughters 5th birthday party. She wanted a tutu party and I wasn't sure how to do a tutu invitation SO...purses!! They open up and have the info in the inside. They were really fun to make and pretty easy once I had the pattern right.

Jean dress

My friend made my daughter this amazing dress. She made it out of a pair of teen size jeans. I wish I knew how she made it BUT she just thought of it as she went. You can see under the arms where the pockets were. She is so talented. We love it.

Room make-over part 2

So I put these up today. I made the tile with vinyl from my cricut. I need to get some fun candles for the holders. It is a work in progress. I think I like it. We will see what my husband thinks:-)

Room make-over

My bedroom needs a make-over. I have this wonderful plant shelf above my bed with NOTHING on it. This is a start--what do you think??

Super cute paper flowers

These are so fun to make. All you need is a scrap piece of paper 12 in. x 1 3/4 in. and 2-1 inch circles. Score your paper every 1/2 inch. Fold it like an accordian. Glue the ends together and make it a circle. Then hold the top ends together and push down. Hot glue one of the circles to the back and the other to the front to hold it in place. You can put a magnant on the back or put them on a picture frame. It's a great way to use your scrap peices of paper. Have fun!!

More cards

Baby girl shower

I did a baby shower for my good friend Becca. It was a lot of fun. I found these cute trees at the dollar store. I knew I had to do something with them. I painted them pink and brown and put a cute bow on them then decorated them with baby items. I put moss in the bottoms--TA-DA!!! Super cute. We made the suckers out of oreos dipped in chocolate. Yummy. Becca's mom made the cute cakes. Those are marshmallows on top with a Mike and Ike in the center. My favorite thing is the banner. I love it. I cut out the letters on my cricut.

Magic

Have you used these?

They're a little touch of Magic.

We had an old hand-me-down leather couch that was D.I.R.T.Y. I whipped out my Magic Eraser and went to town. See the difference? I left the middle dirty to show you.

Well, a nice scrub down later we were looking a whole lot better. But the creases were very noticeable. So I pulled out some shoe polish and filled them in.

Then, I gave it another good wash down with water to fix the "whiteness."

Now that nasty couch almost looks brand new.

Just incase you didn't know, you can use the Magic Eraser on shoes, walls, leather coats, crayon/sharpie marks, etc. It's pretty amazing. Trust me, you need one if you don't have one, and you HAVE TO GO GET ONE if you've never used one!

Valentine's Day Fun With Leftover Candy Canes

Got a few extra candy canes left over from Christmas?
Here's the VALENTINE'S solution: break them, bake them on some parchment paper (imperative!) and add some sucker sticks.
With the broken pieces from that, make some stained glass by putting the pieces in a metal cookie cutter and adding a hole to put thread through.I didn't have metal cookie cutters but just cut them down with a knife directly after removing them from the oven.

Happy Valentine's Day!
Sorry the pics are so crappy; I'm still using my phone as my camera.

Valentine's Cards