Quick and easy homemade Easter gifts
Need a quick gift to make to take as a hostess gift? What about something cute to add to your child’s Easter basket? Whomever it’s for, we have found some awesome tutorials on quick and easy gifts you can make. PS, they’re so quick and easy that you’ll have time to make some for yourself […]
Wedding Cupcakes – Large Gallery For Inspiration
Cupcakes are now the thing and many brides are choosing to have cupcake wedding cakes instead of the traditional tiered wedding cake. I completelyy understand why, less mess, easier to serve and more cost effective. Plus you can have more flavors and designs than if you go with a traditional wedding cake. Regardless of the […]
Super Cute First Birthday Cakes, Boys and Girls
So I did Carson’s first birthday cake as a Toy Story Cake and Courtney will be having her first birthday in Walt Disney World, and her theme will either be princesses or a mad tea party. Maybe even Minnie Mouse… I have a few months to decide still, but I got to looking at first […]
Altered Paint Can/ Magetic Note Board
What you need: – empty (new) paint can – Claudine Hellmuth Gesso – Claudine Hellmuth Acrylic paints (I just love using these paints) – Claudine Hellmuth Sticky Back Canvas – Black archival ink – Stamps – paint brushes (foam and fine tipped) – magnets 1. Cover the entire paint can with the gesso. I find […]
Flip Style Desk Calendar Tutorial
You will need: – 31 squares of patterned paper (cardstock weight) cut into 3.5 x 3.5″ -2 binder rings – sheet of chipboard – crop-a-dile or strong hole punch – various embellishments – number stickers or thickers – scoring blade – ribbon 1. cut your chipboard sheet into a piece that measure 3.5 x […]
Origami Card
Supplies Needed: 6 – 2 inch circles of double sided pattern 2- 1 inch circles of solid cardstock (this is the stems of the flower) scrap of white paper about 4×6 strong adhesive scissors for the card: cut solid cardstock 5×8 and fold it coordinating pp or cardstock for the top of card 4 1/2 […]
Mini Accordion Book Tutorial
You can see photos of my entire finished album right at the end of the tutorial. What you need: – 12 x 12 sheet of cardstock – patterned paper – scoring blade – inks and embellishments – twine 1. Start by cutting your cardstock into 3 equal strips measuring 4 x 12″ 2. Pop your […]
Hybrid Mini Clipboard
Supplies needed: -computer -white cardstock -trimmer -mini clipboard (6×9) -modge podge (glossy) -paint & brush/sponge -adhesive -scissors -ribbon -misc. embellishments Step 1: The first thing you need to do is create the image you want for the front of the clipboard..a mini layout so to speak. I used Traci Reed’s Urban Vintage kit and the […]
Altered Paint Can Cookie Bin
You will need: – 1 Paint Can (please use a NEW one for this project, especially if you will be filling it with food related items): you can go to any paint store or home depot and just ask for a new empty can – they usually only cost a dollar or 2. – […]
10 Pregnancy Must Have’s for the 1st Trimester
Since I’m just about out of the first trimester, I thought I’d share the top 10 things I felt were must have’s for me during my first few months of pregnancy. This is also my first pregnancy and although I’ve read lots of books, read lots of online articles, and got advice from many moms, […]