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Easy Valentine’s Day Craft Idea: M&M Candy Pouches {Free Printable}

January 14, 2014 by Kaysi 17 Comments

One of my favorite things about Valentine’s Day is coming up with fun and easy valentines.  Some of my favorite posts have been my M&M candy pouches that I made for the holidays.  They have been a huge hit, so I had to make them for Valentine’s Day.  It’s a very easy Valentine’s Day craft…

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Filed Under: free printable, paper, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, vinyl

Easy Winter Craft Idea: Washi Tape Penguin

January 3, 2014 by Kaysi 10 Comments

I am obsessed with washi tape, have you gotten addicted yet?  You can never have too much washi tape.  Every time I find a fun design I get it.  I just love it!  Well I wanted to make something really quick for my winter decor.  I love penguins, so I thought that a little penguin…

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Filed Under: home decor, paper, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, washi tape, winter

Easy Christmas Treat M&M Candy Pouches with Free Printables

December 3, 2013 by Kaysi 19 Comments

Back in September I made some candy pouches for Halloween and fall.  They were such a huge hit that I HAD to make them for Christmas too because they are an easy Christmas treat.  I love how they turn out and how easy and cute they are! This time I decided to do dress them…

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Filed Under: Christmas, free printable, home decor, kids, paper, recipe, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized

Light Bulb Sucker Neighbor Gift #freeprintable

November 13, 2013 by Kaysi 1 Comment

Disclosure: I was given product for this post, all ideas, content and opinions are 100% my own. It’s crazy as it sounds, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas.  I don’t like to decorate or really do anything for it until December but I still have to start thinking about what kind of things I’m…

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Filed Under: Christmas, free printable, gifts, kids, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

Paper Towel Roll Turkeys

November 8, 2013 by Kaysi 6 Comments

Disclosure: I was given some products to use for this post.  All opinions, content and ideas are 100% my own.  This post contains affiliate links. Craft Project Ideas has a material of the month every month and this month it was cardboard tubes.  When I was thinking about a fun kids craft to do with…

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Filed Under: autumn, kids, kids craft, paper, Thanksgiving, Uncategorized

Autumn Chalkboard Vinyl Banner

November 6, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

 I wanted to make a fun banner with the pendants that I got from Pick Your Plum that I could change up through out the month.  The chalkboard vinyl was the best thing for it. This is how I made it: I used some pendants, scrapbook paper, chalkboard vinyl and mod podge.  I traced the…

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Filed Under: autumn, Cricut, mod podge, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, wood

Monster Paper Bag Puppets

October 22, 2013 by Kaysi 5 Comments

Monster Paper Bag Puppets Lately my kids have been really wanting to do some kind of craft.  I have been busy lately and haven’t done one with them for a couple weeks.  So I came up with this idea.  It was super easy to do, very little prep and the kids had a blast. All…

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Filed Under: Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, Uncategorized

Halloween Candy Bars {Free Printable}

September 25, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

  I think that fun holiday treats are so much fun.  They are great to make for your kids, grand kids, neighbors or for a class party.  Well these are super cute and so easy to make (I did all the hard work, you just have to print, cut and tape). Some of my most…

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Filed Under: free printable, Halloween, kids, paper, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape

Halloween Board Game {Fiskars Kids Craft}

September 24, 2013 by Kaysi 9 Comments

I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias and their client. I know I have said this before, but I’m going to say it again, I love playing games with my family. One major problem we…

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Filed Under: Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

Halloween Memory Card Game {Free Printable}

September 10, 2013 by Kaysi 8 Comments

I have three kids that are home all day and they get bored really easily.  They are always wanting to play games with me, but right now we really don’t have any age appropriate ones for them.  So I decided to make them one and it was a huge hit!  They loved it.    I’m…

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Filed Under: free printable, Halloween, kids, kids craft, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

Halloween and Fall Candy Pouches Tutorial

September 4, 2013 by Kaysi 34 Comments

A couple days ago I posted about some yummy and fun fall treats, and in that post I made these fun candy pouches.  I had some people ask if I could expand the tutorial on how I made them, so I decided to make a full tutorial on how I made them!  These can be…

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Filed Under: autumn, Halloween, kids, paper, silhouette, tutorial, Uncategorized

Cricut and Ubooly Kids Craft {Photo Props}

July 16, 2013 by Kaysi 6 Comments

Disclosure: I was given the Ubooly and card stock to create with.  All ideas and content and 100% my own.  This summer I am focusing my crafts on my kids.  We spend the majority of our time at home, so they get bored pretty easily.  I’ve seen these photo props all over at parties and…

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Filed Under: Cricut, kids, kids craft, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

Treasure Map {Summer Activity}

May 30, 2013 by Kaysi 2 Comments

This summer I am going to try to do more and more crafts with my kids.  I love creating and I want them to love it too!  Luckily there are so many great ideas out there that I really don’t have an excuse for not doing it.  Jo-Ann’s has a spring catalog that has 72…

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Filed Under: Cricut, fabric, kids, kids craft, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized

Handmade Baby Annoucements

May 25, 2013 by Kaysi 3 Comments

I love handmade cards.  I have never bought a card from the store, I have always made them.  For all of my kids I have made the baby announcements, I know that digital announcements would have been easier but handmade are cuter. 🙂 Before I had little Koy, I did a lot of the prep…

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Filed Under: baby, cards, Cricut, paper, Uncategorized, vinyl, washi tape

Easter Decor Ladder

March 21, 2013 by Kaysi 2 Comments

When I got out my box of Spring/Easter decorations, I was most excited about these decorations for my ladder!  I love the bright colors and all the paper and glitter!  Go here for the full tutorial. I would love it if you followed along.

Filed Under: home decor, mod podge, paint, paper, Spring, Uncategorized, wood

Easy Valentine’s Day Decor: Bakers Twine Words

February 5, 2013 by Kaysi 10 Comments

I love the look of bakers twine but I hadn’t done anything with it until now.  It’s really fun to use and I can’t wait to use it some more!  There is so much you can do with it.  This is what I came up with to make with it. This is how I made…

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Filed Under: bakers twine, Easter, home decor, paper, St. Patrick, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine

Candy Pouch Valentines

February 1, 2013 by Kaysi 3 Comments

When it comes to Valentine’s Day, I’m not very romantic.  My husband and I don’t do gifts or anything, but I do like to make him something every year.  He loves Reeses, so I decided to make him something that involved that.  So I came up with the idea of a candy pouch with silly…

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Filed Under: Epic 6, gifts, paper, sewing, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine, washi tape

Easy Homemade Valentine: Train Valentine

January 25, 2013 by Kaysi 3 Comments

My youngest son is obsessed with trains.  He just loves them, so I had to make his valentine into something to do with trains.  And here is what I came up with. This is how I made it: I used a box of conversation hearts, two boxes for nerds and a Hershey kiss. Using a…

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Filed Under: boys, Cricut, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine

Textured Tissue Paper Pom Poms

January 23, 2013 by Kaysi 4 Comments

I love the look of the tissue paper pom poms, but I wanted to do things a little differently and give the tissue paper a little texture, I did this using my Cuttlebug.  Before I get to the pom poms, I wanted to let you know about these awesome embossing folders from Anna Griffin.  They…

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Filed Under: Cricut, home decor, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine

Easy Boys Valentine: Mustache Valentines {with free printable}

January 11, 2013 by Kaysi 21 Comments

There is a huge mustache trend right now.  I personally don’t understand it, but there are some things that I think are cute and hilarious.  I guess that in November, they are a symbol of prostate cancer, maybe people like it so much that it just kept going.  Having boys, it’s something that works great…

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Filed Under: boys, Cricut, free printable, paper, tutorial, Uncategorized, Valentine

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