Christmas Tree Lot (Money Gift)

I made this cute tree lot to give my dad for Christmas. I bought my supplies at Hobby Lobby. I had seen an idea like this on Pinterest, but there were no instructions on how to do it.

I got a box from a grocery store and cut my foam to fit it. I googled how to fold a tree out of money and found a tutorial on YouTube. I wasnt sure how to get them in the lot so I used a razor knife and cut lines and pushed the trees into them. That worked for the most part. I took skewers and cut them to the height I wanted to string the lights from. I alternated lights and sequins. I loved how it turned out. It took me a long time to put it together but I was in love. I made it a couple of weeks before Christmas and I noticed the trees started to all lean forward. I am not sure how to fix that but I might try taping them on the back to hold the folds closed. That might help? Not sure

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Crochet

I have been in a crochet mood lately. I find it hard to crochet unless I am in the mood. I started making dishcloths, but found some coasters on pinterest. I made them and dishcloths to match. The dishcloths look like hot pads...oh well.

Not the best picture, but you get the idea.

Gifts

I made these for graduation gifts again this year. I think they are so cute

I also did these. I bought the wrappers on Etsy

I have a co-worker that is moving so I made this suitcase for her. I put travel games and treats inside.

Wedding Gift

I wanted to give money for a wedding gift and was trying to think of a cute way to give it. I remembered I had purchased the pattern to make this car gift card holder and thought it would be perfect to hold money too.

The money (or gift card) goes in the trunk. Cute huh?

Flower Coasters

I saw a link to the pattern to make these coasters on Facebook. I thought I would give them a try. My first one I followed the pattern exactly, but it left a hole in the middle of the flower. I made the second one but I started with a magic ring instead of how her directions had me start it and no hole in the center.

They were easy to make and I like them. My husband on the other hand wasn't so sure about them. He didn't think people would know that they were coasters and he wondered if anyone would use them. Tell me your thoughts. Would you know? What is a cute way to tell someone it's a coaster if you gave as a gift? Would you use them if you got them?

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Halloween Treats

Just thought I would share a couple Halloween goodies I made.

I made these little coffins for the ladies I go visiting teaching to.

Then I made a bigger version of the candy box I have made before. I actually made this for my son to answer for a dance. He put candy in it and said: It would be a "TREAT" to go to girl's choice with you.

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8 x 8 scrapbook album

I made an 8 x 8 scrapbook album as a gift. I haven't scrapped in a long time. It was nice to get back to it again.

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Flower Cookies (How to)

I made flower cookies for a Mother's Day gift for the ladies I visit teach.

Here's how I made them

My supplies. Any flower shaped cookie will do. This was what was available to me locally.

Take out  a skewer and put a spice drop on it.

Then put a cookie on

Then put another spice drop on

 Im a little OCD so I like the same color on both sides, but you can do it however you like.

There were 43 cookies in the bag. I made 40 of them, 10 for each lady I visit.

I put bread baggies over them and tied them closed with a message.

Cute and Easy!!

Easter Treats (Carrot)

Here's what I'm working on for Easter. I found this VIDEO TUTORIAL on how to make them. I changed the measurement of the carrot to be 4 inches by 5 inches, just so I could get more out of a 12x12 piece of paper. (I got 6 out of one piece) I did the green the same size as she did. I found the BUNNY TAGS online and so my punches are bigger than what she used also. Cute huh? I put 10 mini Cadbury eggs in each of them. One bag made 8 carrots.

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Conversation Hearts

I made a couple of these to send to my son on his mission and made them for Visiting Teaching. Cute huh?
There is a box of conversation hearts in the middle.

Picture shows front and back.

I cut my cardstock 3" x 9.75" I scored at 1 inch and 4.5 inch from each end. I found the printable for the back on Pinterest.

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Friendship bags

I saw a tutorial on how to make these cute little bags on pinterest. I made these for gifts. I think they turned out pretty cute. I need to figure out how to make a bigger version of it.

Which one is your favorite?

Santa Christmas Treat Holder

I made these cute little Santa treat holders to give as some gifts. I think they turned out pretty cute.

I cut my red cardstock 4.25" x 7.75". I used a corner rounder punch on the corners. I scored at 3.25" from each end. I used a scallop border punch to do the white center. It was 1.25" wide.  I cut black cardstock .75" for the belt. I used a Stampin Up punch for the buckle and cut a 1 inch piece of the black strip to put in the center. I punched a hole in the center and tied ribbon through it to hold it closed. It held 4 bite size candy bars.

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Test Tube Halloween Treats

I have been a slacker at keeping up my blog. I made some halloween treats to take visiting teaching, and for my co-workers. I found the tutorial at Split Coast Stampers. I thought they turned out cute!

I will try to do better at updating more frequently. Not sure that anyone even looks at my blog anymore.

But if youre here, thanks! and have a great day!

Graduation Gift

I have slacked at updating my blog. Life just got so busy for me. This is the last thing I made. It was a graduation gift.

I hope to start being creative again and sharing what I make.

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Merry Christmas

This Christmas season has been more than usual busy for me. I ran out of time quickly. Sometimes I work well under pressure and I feel like I accomplished quite a bit in a short amount of time.

I made this Christmas Journal to give to a couple friends for Christmas.

Then my husband and kids needed a gift and both were Mountain Dew lovers, so we made Mountain Dew trees. Cute huh?

At school one of the ladies there had made snowmen out of pop bottles, so I decided to copy her idea for my other son to give to a friend.

And I made these santa pockets to hold a hot chocolate packet and a candy cane.

I need to prepare much earlier for next year LOL. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas!! And Happy New Year!

Halloween

This week our assignment was to make Halloween/Fall stuff.

This layout is of my family on Halloween last year. I used Echo Park Happy Halloween papers.

I found the pattern for this box at the Martha Stewart site and thought it would make cute halloween gifts. I used Happy Halloween on this too :)

If you decide to make them, I learned through trial and error that a spray adhesive is the best option for gluing the paper and cardstock together. The other ways left bubbles inside my box, but the spray adhesive left it smooth.

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Trek gift

This is what I took around to all my "trek kids". There are Reisens chocolate candies in the cart. Inside the card it says: You are the "Reisen" trek was so much fun. To make the cart, I just made a box. The wheels are cut from my accent essentials cricut cartridge. The thank you stamp is from the set I won from Pagemaps card contest!

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Easter Boxes

Jeff and I were asked to be a Ma and Pa for Trek this year. We just got our official list of "our kids" for Trek. We thought it would be fun to take around a treat to let them know we would be their Ma and Pa on Trek. I made these little boxes out of cardstock, then filled them with candy eggs. I covered the boxes with paper and stamped the eggs for the tags. Inside the tag it says: We are so "egg"cited to be your Ma and Pa for Trek! I hope they like them.

I will have more scrapbook stuff to post on Tuesday!