Some yumminess!!

Do you ever just get lost in blog land? Once in a while, okay - all the time, I come across a blog and it mentions something from another blog, like directions for a project, or just a picture of a finished project. I go to that blog and then just look and look and look and suddenly, I don't even remember what led me to the current blog or what I originally was looking for at that particular blog. I'm sure I'm not the only one that happens to.

I just spent about 45 minutes on this one blog and ended up linking to about ten more for that one!!

Well, this blog - I came across in the same way - not sure how I got there, but I've never really left. It's one of those in my blog reader I never skip! Never.

So - check out The Hostess with the Mostess - you will be there a while, so go grab a cupcake and a Diet Dr. Pepper and enjoy!

I made a diaper cake last year for my cousin's baby shower and then another for my aunt-in-law's baby shower. It was totally inspired by this blog. So, it's no wonder I'm back today looking through baby shower ideas. I have another cousin who's expecting a sweet baby girl in April. My mom and I are planning the baby shower and I just know this blog will help out!

Look at this:



How cute would this be in pinks and browns for little finger sandwiches (or cupcakes, but we aren't having cupcakes at the shower).

And this:



Those suckers are so cute!! I wonder if I could find some pink ones now (since all the valentine stuff is out) and use that for the shower. Pink is just too fun!

Then I saw this:



I wish we could do a candy buffet at the baby shower - but with Easter right around the corner, I think there's a better use for all that candy. Each Easter, my mom has done a huge Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. Well, now the kids are too old for the most part. There's only two that really like to look for eggs and there are six that just really want a prize. So my mom decided that she'd do a scavenger hunt last year and it was fun - the kids enjoyed it. Now, this year, she's thinking about something different - we decided to fill up some clear containers (we have several different sizes and types) with candy and let them big kids guess how many pieces are inside. Then after guessing, the one the closest will win and instead of winning the container (which I don't want to give up) they'll get another cute little decorated tin with the same treat inside and if I know Mom, some cash!! So, I'm thinking I'll make up some cute little labels for the containers - and they'll match the cute little tin they'll actually win. It'll be fun and cute! Can't beat that!!

Lisa

Dear Lizzy kit

I had a couple of requests for exactly what is in the kit.......here you go!

We are doing immediate pre-orders for Elizabeth Kartchner's new line from American Crafts....Dear Lizzy. This line is so whimsical and fun!! Included in the kit are 9 patterned papers, 2 fabric papers, Flair, rubons, buttons, brads, and Thickers.
(*Dear Lizzy bag is not included in kit)

List of patterned papers included:
Sunny Spot
Puddle Play
Giddy Grasshopper
Swallowtail Social
Honeydew Hop
Beehive Brunch
Dragonfly Dance
Growing Green
Humble Honeybee
Tickled Tulip
Firefly Festival

Bliss Thickers in Clover

Buy this entire kit for $40.00
estimated retail $44.00

bonus
Everyone that places an order will be put into a drawing for the Dear Lizzy bag and a signed copy of her new book,
52 More Scrapbooking Challenges.

A Candy Kind-of Birthday!

***Attention, here's a Dollar Tree Craft For ya***




So, how fun in the world is this, if I do say so myself!

A Christmas time, I fell in love with this Dollar Tree vase (thanks to Virginia).....so, when it was time to make a birthday gift for Scott's Administrative Assistant, I fell back to this new fave!

I started with the candle holder, and the vase.....a little bit of E6000, and let it set!


Then, I used my Can't Buy Me Love Scripts Kit , and made the little "J" tag, and the "happy birthday" note. I love those JilliBean Soup alphabets!

I then hot glued some candy bars to skewers, the tags to skewers, and the best part.....the marshmallows as filler!!!! Ahh, I love it!

And, then, topped it off with an Apple Gift Card....and tada! Happy Birthday Jenny!

I hope she loved it as much as I do!

Tea Technique

So, I was completely inspired by the tea bag in this month's "Can't Buy Me Love" kit. When I was little, my Mom and I used to make treasure maps (fun crafty idea for little kids). We'd draw all these pictures and paths. We wanted to make them look old, so we would get wet tea bags and rub them all over the paper to give it that aged, lost treasure map look. When I saw the tea bag in this month's kit, I immediately thought of using it to distress and age some of the kit elements.

I wet the tea bag and put it in a mug with the white shipping tag and one of the tiny doilies. I crumpled the doily and tag up and rubbed the tea bag all over them. Then, let them sit in the mug for several hours. When I thought they had achieved the right level of aging, I (carefully) took them out of the mug and laid them on a paper towel to dry completely. Once they were dry, I had some nice, aged elements for my layout.

This layout is all about the journaling. I layered a bunch of stickers and embellies over the envelope included in the kit. I journaled on some regular paper and then made a little enclosure for the journaling out of some of the Jenni Bowlin paper. Then I tied some embroidery floss around the journaling to seal it up.

Valentine's Decor

Do you decorate for Valentine's Day?

I always dream of doing something pretty, and fluffy, and pink & red, and glittery... but I have yet to do it! I do think I'm going to Valentine's my house up this week as a fun lead-up to Sunday!

Here is a little something I made with the "Can't Buy Me Love" kit to hang up for V-Day, but I'm not sure if I'm loving it or not. Even so, it was really fun to experiment and create it, and I'm all about that when it comes to scrappin'!
Here are a few other things that I love:

(Tutorial here on the UCreate blog.)

I will so be making this for my house. And it will stay up year round. Because we love each other year round. :)

(Tutorial here.)

This is made from coffee filters. How much do I love this? A whole stinkin' lot.

And this is really simple, but oh so easy... you could even use your kit to make it!

Link me up to your favorite thing that you've seen for Valentine's decor!

Dear Lizzy CHA pre-sale

We LOVED this collection!! We LOVE Elizabeth! If you were at our Wishful Thinking event in the Spring, then you had the wonderful experience to learn from this amazing girl! She has so much talent and is such a sweetheart! We enjoyed seeing her at CHA and are very excited to bring you this amazing offer! We have her collection for pre-sale. Shipping in March and the kit is $40.00! Just click on the link in the Paypal store to the right! The best thing about this pre-sale is you have a chance to win an autographed copy of her book, 52 More Scrapbooking Challenges!! We are also going to throw in an official Dear Lizzy bag from CHA! All you have to do is pre-order the kit and your name will go in a drawing. We will draw the winner right before they ship out. This means it will come in the mail with your kit!! I hope you win!

One of our FAVES from CHAW 2010!

We were blown away by Margie's new line The Girls' Paperie. I loved both collections so much, I decided to order the whole line and offer it to you! We ordered both entire collections.
The Paper Girl line is $70.00 Here are the pictures from both collections.

On Holiday $40.00 - both collections are in the paypal store to the right. click on the sample to purchase!! Enjoy!