Crafts

{Lifestyle Crafts} Halloween Goodies and Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie in a Jar

0 · Sep 6, 2011 · 10 Comments

I hope everyone had a fun and safe Labor Day yesterday. We had a ball swimming and playing games with some great friends!

With Labor Day now come and gone it's time to start getting ready for one of my favorite times of the year… AUTUMN! Lifestyle Crafts is launching their new line of Holiday die cuts and I'm so excited to give you a sneak peak…

I made this fun Halloween treat container using the cute skull and cross bones {made from the turkey leg die cut} along with the Spooked Printing Plates using the Epic Letterpress. Isn't it fun?

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Back~to~School Teacher Gift & Printing on Fabric

8 · Aug 18, 2011 · 33 Comments

I am so excited about this project for a couple of reasons… I love back to school! It's not that I am ready to get the kiddos out from under foot, I just love the fresh new possibilities, the new teachers, the old and new friends, the new crayons and pencils… I love it all!! I am also excited because I figured out how to run fabric through my printer! Yes, you heard me right… PRINTING ON FABRIC!!!!!

Here is what you will need for this project…

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DIY Baby Gift ~ Portable Growth Chart Kit

112 · Aug 3, 2011 · 107 Comments

I grew up with a Mom who religiously made those cute little tick marks inside a door frame every year to mark our growth. Sadly when we moved we didn’t get to take the door frame with us. Sooo, I thought I would make a portable growth chart kit for my kiddos that can stay on the wall or be tucked away and taken out on special occasions. Here is what you need…

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Ribbon Christmas Trees {Tutorial}

288 · Dec 21, 2010 · 81 Comments

I wanted to do something different with my Christmas décor this year to break away from the traditional red and green. I decided to go with black and white.

But in an effort not to break the bank, I tried to make a lot of the new decorations. One thing that caught my eye this season was the ribbon Christmas trees we’ve seen so often. But I wanted to do them a little bit differently.

Instead of folding the ribbon in half (picture on left), I looped it around (picture on right).

First I spray painted my Paper Mache cones black. Then I cut black and white stitched grosgrain ribbon into pieces ranging from 2.5 –4 inches. I started with the longer pieces at the bottom. After looping the ribbon, I secured each piece with hot glue, and finished row by row, shortening the ribbon lengths as I got higher.