Today is my sweet boy’s birthday!!!! This cute kid is 5 years old!!! I don’t know what it is about 5, but it’s a big age and they all the sudden really start growing up!! Happy Birthday to you Tyce! Have you gone to Expressions Vinyl for their 25% coupon yet? This is the biggest…
Archives for November 2011
Whatever Wednesday: NOEL
Do you remember my post where I made a 1 out of cardboard and felt. Well I loved how it turned out. It didn’t cost me anything, plus I have a ton of felt left over from the Angry Birds costumes, so I decided to make something for Christmas. So I made a big NOEL…
Neighbor or Teacher Christmas Gift Idea: Cookies for Santa Plate and Cookies
Did you know that December is this week?? Before I know it, Christmas is going to be here! Times really does fly! This year for my neighbor gift, I decided to make something that they could turn into a family activity. I saw this post and thought that it would be a good idea for…
Motivate Me Monday #98
Sponsor of the week: Photo Making Jewelry I hope that everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!! Mine was filled with family and food, can’t get much better than that!! Now that Thanksgiving is over, I can let myself get ready for Christmas. I don’t like to decorate for it until after Thanksgiving, but the day after…
Crafty Wood Cutouts: JOY
I really excited to share with you a new company that opened up in Orem, Utah a couple of weeks ago, it’s called Crafty Wood Cutouts. They have some super cut wood cutout there. Here are a few that they sell at their stores: Cute, huh? They even have more at their store in Orem,…
POM POM Monster Salon GIVEAWAY
I have a very fun giveaway for you today!! Klutz Books has a lot of fun books prefect for kids. They have craft kits, games and puzzles, science and building and much more! Pom Pom Monster Salon With Pom-Pom Monster Salon, anyone can make pom-poms and turn them into stylish monsters. Use their exclusive pom-pom…
Silhouette CAMEO 101: Heat Transfer
You all know that I LOVE heat transfer! I love taking a plain shirt and transforming it. I especially love making something personal. For Christmas, we are doing a cousin exchange. My baby has her cousin that is only 4 months older then her. I wanted to make him a cute shirt. So this is…
Silhouette CAMEO 101- fabric interfacing: Christmas Tree Pillow
This post contains affiliate links. There is so much you can do with the new Silhouette CAMEO!!! I love it!! One of it’s many features is the fabric interfacing. Yup, it cuts fabric!! I saw this pillow and loved it, so I decided to make one for myself! This is how I made the pillow:…
Motivate Me Monday #97
Sponsor of the week: The Ribbon Retreat Get all of your Christmas craft supplies there!! Ribbon Fabric Sorry, no features again this week. Life is super crazy right now. We are heading back to Wyoming for Thanksgiving and so I have to have all of the presents for my husband’s side finished before we go….
Thanksgiving Subway Art
By now you probably know that I love subway art on tiles, I almost have one for every holiday. They are cheap, easy to make, cute, easy to store and easy to change out! Here is one that I did for Thanksgiving. I used these colors: maize, nut brown, olive and light brown from Expressions…
Silhouette CAMEO 101- SD card
I have only had my CAMEO for a one week for I am LOVING it!!! I love that extra 3 inches! I had no clue that it would make such a big difference, but it does! One new feature of the CAMEO is that you can use a SD card with it, so you don’t…
Silhouette CAMEO 101- Scrapbooking
By now I’m sure that all of you have heard about the new machine Silhouette came out with this past October. They discontinue the Silhouette SD and came out with a bigger and better CAMEO! The new CAMEO is 12″ long and can cut material up to 10 feet long! I love my new CAMEO….
Whatever Wednesday: Cardboard 1
My baby turned 1 on 11-11-11 this year, so we had a day of 1’s! I decorated with 1’s. This decoration was completely free for me, I had everything on hand and it was super easy and cute :). This is how I made it: 1) I traced and cut out the number 1 from…
eShakti Discount
Do you remember my eShakti review?? I got this awesome dress for them and had it customized for myself! Well I have an awesome discount code for you! Use code CRAFTY0811 and you can get $20 off your next purchase!! Good until 12/31, so go see what you can find at eShakti now! Check out…
Tutorial Tuesday: Birthday Shirt
My little girl turned one this past weekend!!! Where does time go? I wanted to make her a fun birthday shirt, so I came up with this. I picked up this shirt back when we were in Kansas. It didn’t even cross my mind that it was short sleeved and that she was going to…
Motivate Me Monday #96
Now for the party!!! I hope that everyone has been crafting lots! I can’t wait to see what you have done this week!
Fall Pillow
By now, you probably know that fall is my favorite season. The colors, the weather, the holiday season, I love it! It’s so fun to decorate for it too! This is how I made it: 1) I took two pieces of fabric, both are 18″x18″. 2) Then with my Silhouette, I cut out the tree…
Happy Birthday
Happy birthday to my little girl!!!! She turned one today, on 11-11-11 🙂
Pinterest Picks
With Thanksgiving coming up soon, I’ve been looking at crafts for autumn or Thanksgiving. Here are some that I have found on pinterest and loved! Yarn turkey Turkey onesie Pilgrim plates Turkey bows Turkey cookies Fall wreath If you repin these, please have them link back to their original source!
Tasty Thursday: Santa Fe Chicken
Oh how I love crock pot recipes! They are so easy and so yummy!! This one I got from my friend’s recipe blog. If you ever been over there yet, you need to. She is amazing!! She has 4 little kids and her recipes are easy and so yummy! My husband especially liked this recipe!…