{ Now Taking Christmas Family Stitchery Orders!!! }

 It's that time of year again!

Order your Custom Family Stitchery's soon, the deadline to order for Christmas delivery is 11.6.11. 

These make fabulous Christmas gifts for the "Hard to Buy For" and are completely customize-able. :) Be sure to order one soon, I only offer a limited number of these each year. 
Here is the link to my Etsy Shop.

If you have any ?'s about these just shoot me an email and I'll get back to you asap.

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{ Saint Patrick's Day Teacher Gifts }

I threw these little gifts together last night and I think they turned out pretty cute.

Here is what I used:

~Bag of Rolo Candies

~Green Baby Shower Gift boxes from the Dollar Tree

~Free Printable Tags from The Crafting Chicks

~Ribbon from Wal-Mart

~Tape

1. I printed the tags and cut them out but left the white on both ends.

2. I filled the bottom of each box with some green streamers that I had left over from a birthday party (you could use what ever you have on hand)

3. Throw in some Rolo's

4. Eat a couple Rolo's :)

5. Close the box and wrap the tags around the box and tape it on the bottom.

Note: I found it worked best when I wrapped it once, then took it off and creased the edges and taped it on.

6. Tie a little piece of Ribbon on each handle.

Easy Peasy!

I really wanted to find some little buckets but this town we live in wasn't providing the goods, so the Dollar Tree baby shower boxes had to do. I figured they were a shade of green so they would work.

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER MY GIVEAWAY WHICH ENDS  ON 3.23.11!

GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED!

Have a Fan-Tabulous Weekend!!

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{ i CAN craft }

I STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CRAFT!! 

And here I thought it was long gone.... :)

My girlies and I went to the cutest little cupcake birthday party on Monday and I had bought a Dress up Tutu as the gift, but then decided around 10:00 p.m. that she needed a little something else.

 So me being the 11th hr type of gal that I am, asked my husband if he would cut me some blocks and he against his better judgement  

(knowing I would be up till the wee hours in the morning) did just that! 

Here is the final result.

  I love them and have been requested to make a couple more for my girls room. 

Here is what I did:

1. Painted the blocks white.

2. Hit them with the sander on all edges.

3. Cut out some cute scrappin' paper.

4. Used mod podge to paste the paper to the blocks.

5. Used my Cricut & Sure Cuts Alot to cut out the letters.

6. Inked edges of letters (just a little bit).

7. Mod Podge the letters onto the blocks.

8. Wiped some stain on the edges that I sanded.

 DONE! 

Cost......

Free!! 

I had all the stuff already on hand and the blocks were made from leftover wood.

Note: I meant to wrap one of the letters with ribbon and tie a bow. But it was late and I forgot, sorry Tayler I will bring you ribbon another day. :)

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{ Some Baseboard, Trim & A Bit Of Photoshop = Wedding Gift }

My hubby's niece Brittany is getting married this Saturday the 18th and I've been scratching my head as to what to get them. For a long time now I've had a love of the Vintage Temple Pictures that you can buy. BUT my pocket book doesn't like the $160.00+ price tag these come with. 

SO I decided to do it myself.

 *We made the Frame out of Baseboard and some trim.

*The picture, I played around with in Lightroom & Photoshop then had printed at Costco in a 12x18.

*I painted it, then sanded down all the edges and hit it with some stain.

 Total price tag...... $28.00 people!!

I LOVE LOVE LOVE how it turned out. 

I see a few more of these on the horizon

FONTS THAT I USED:
For the name I used Hannibal Lecter. 
For the date I'm pretty sure I used Texas Hero.
Both, I'm sure I found free via the web..

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{ Custom Family Stitcheries } TAKING CHRISTMAS ORDERS NOW!!!

It's that time of year again and I am taking orders for Custom Family Stitcheries, these make excellent Christmas presents for mom's, grandmas, sisters, friends or anyone!

So hurry on over to my Etsy Store on the right or CLICK HERE & grab one for yourself as I am only doing a limited number of these this year. 

For Christmas delivery the deadline to order is 10/27/10

Please allow up to 6 weeks for your stitchery to be finished & Framed. 

All orders will be delivered in December in time for gift giving.Thanks!

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{ Baby Shower Gift Idea Quick & Easy }

I went to a friends baby shower last Thursday and decided that I needed to add a little something else to the gift bag to go along with the ubber cute outfit & hat with flower I gave her.

The place I knew to find such cuteness was my Internet friend Hilary's blog (which is private) she always has the cutest ideas and this is one of the many! Talk about super simple, and quick! I used a Dollar Tree frame which I spray painted black and typed up the rest.
Thanks for the inspiration Hilary! I think it was a hit!

FONTS I USED:
CK Alis_Writing (which is free)
Pea Colton (free from kevinandamanda.com)

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{ Teacher Appreciation Gift Ideas! }

If you are in need of a few last minute Teacher Appreciation gifts you have got to check out this BLOG.
She has the Cutest stuff I've seen in a while & all of these gifts are her ideas.
We ♥LOVE♥ our kids teachers, and I honestly don't think that most teachers get the recognition they deserve. So hurry & run to the store and whip up something super cute & simple to boot, I'll bet your teachers will love them!
ps. teacher appreciation week runs from May 3rd-7th.
all pictures borrowed from her blog ~ eighteen25

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{ CTR Towel Quick Tutorial }

I got this fabulous little idea from my Friend Hilary's blog- sorry ladies she's private, but she is ever so crafty and just as nice on the phone as she is on her blog! So Thanks Hilary!! With Brinley's baptism this coming Saturday I thought this would be a fun little gift for her. I made a second for our cousin's little girl who's baptism is the next day.

Supply list:

White Bath Towel
fabric of your choice
(I would stray away from prints with white, makes it hard to see on the towel)
Wonder Under
Sewing Pins
Iron
Sewing machine
CTR Pattern is just a Coloring Page, just Google it to find one and print it out.
Baptism Towel Poem- link- HERE

These would even make a great birthday gift with their name or shape on it
(princess crown, truck whatever!)
Oh the possibilities are endless!

1. Iron the Wonder Under to the wrong side or your fabric.

2. Then pin your pattern to your fabric and cut out.

3. Peel off paper backing and iron pattern onto towel.

4. Stitch around entire pattern.

5. Done!! I love quick and easy gift/crafts!

Here is the link to the Poem that I used to attach to our towels.

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{ Father’s Day Gift Idea }

1 Box of Whoppers and some paper =

I have been ‘trying’ to get these done for the last 4 days but finally found some time today to get them put together. I should have done them when I found the ideas earlier this month. Oh well at least I got them done right? (I made 3: one for Dad & two for G-pa’s) 

They only take about 15 minutes, so if you have a box of Whoppers, some scrapbook paper/cardstock & the time to watch a short video tutorial then you can make this quick and cute little gift. If I can do it anyone can. :)

The Whopper box idea I got from this Blog and the Shirt & Tie Tutorial from this Blog. I just combined the 2 together.

Don’t know if this will help or not but here are my paper measurements for the Box O’ Whoppers:

*Tan Cardstock: This is the paper that says Happy Fathers Day DAD, this paper I ran through the printer: 8 1/4 x 3 inches (cut 2)

*Green Cardstock: 5 1/2 x 12 you may have to add a little sliver in the back I did but that’s no biggie.

*Plaid Paper: 4 1/2 x 8 1/4 I just butted up the edges of the plaid paper that wraps around the box to the shirt paper. 

Clear as mud? Good :)

Paper Shirt & Tie Video Tutorial found here.

Have a Super Fabulous Father’s Day Weekend!

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{ Teacher Gifts For The 1st Day Of School }

Well school starts for my kiddo's tomorrow and we are excited. 

It just feels like fall for some reason and the smell of new pencils & school supplies are only adding to the kids excitement. 

These are the gifts that I made up for each of the kids teachers. I wish I could say that I came up with this idea, but thanks to the blogging world I got this idea & vinyl from this Etsy Store.

Can you tell which ribbon I ran out of? :)

I wanted all 3 to be like the small glass jar (Mrs.Crayton's) but living in this blessed little town I was only able to find 1 of these jars. So the other 2 are larger hurricane ones that I picked up at Wal-mart and had to fill them with 3 times the amount of pencils.

 It's all good though these teachers are worth it. I do hope that they like them :)

Well I must start dinner and make sure the kids have all their school stuff ready to go that yellow school bus will be here at 7:20 tomorrow morning. The clock is ticking!

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{ This Post Brought To You By The Number 3 }

Well for some reason this past Thursday my day seemed to revolve around the Number

1. I went to the kids last school assembly where my 3 kids got 3 awards they didn't know they were getting.

2. Then I sat through 3 Student led conferences where my 3 kids showed me all their accomplishments they did in school this year. I was at the school for 3 hours.


3. I made 3 Teacher thank you gift's (which I thought turned out stinking cute, thank you Heidi Swapp).

4. Went to Parker's last b-ball game & watched him Bat 3 times, I also was in charge of snacks so i took doughnuts & came home with only 3 left.

5. Then after the game I made 3 gifts for my 3 Visiting Teaching Gals (which I shamelessly blog lifted from Hilary you have such fabulous ideas thanks).

EDITED: HERE IS THE LINK TO THE SMORE TAG PRINTABLE!

6. I used 3 spools of Kelly Green Polka Dot Ribbon making the 3 & 3 gifts.

Image via etsy

7. Then my friend Melissa (1) and I (2) took our VT gal (3) out for her Birthday dinner.


8. Then I came home and pondered how to finish my 3 Pear Urns that I want to decorate with (I have big decorating plans for stuff around my house I'll update those as I finish them).


See I told you 3's!!! I have never had a day like this one coincidence? 
I think not. 
Maybe I should start playing the Lotto. 
I'm thinking I'll use the number...

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{ Teacher Thank You Gifts }

EDITED 5.17.12: Link for the printable tag is at the 
bottom of this post! 


 I realized yesterday that I had NO gifts for my kids teachers at school. 
So after the kids awards assembly this morning I ran to Wal-Mart and did a little thank you shopping. 

I have thoroughly loved all of my kids teachers and this year was no exception. All of the kids' teacher's are so great & they all genuinely love each of their kids in class. LOVE THAT. Anyway I was a total slacker & procrastinator and had to use last years idea (which I got from Heidi Swapp). Hey my brain is goo but at least I did something, then I waited for the kids to get home off the bus (only because I was still putting them together) then we ran off to the school in hopes that the teacher's would still be there. 
We were in luck and they all LOVED this gift.

It always seem to be a big hit.
 I used a beach towel, sunscreen, magazine, and a snack. 
Top it all off with a little note and some ribbon. 
I love it when things come together quickly. 


The last day of school is tomorrow so should be busy. 
Maybe now that my kids will be home & I don't have to run around so much I can get some crafts done, heaven knows its been awhile.

EDITED: HERE IS THE LINK TO THE PRINTABLE TEACHER SUMMER TAG

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