Saturday, November 22, 2025

Paper ornament angels


Hey there!
Bringing this sweet angel back around for you to try for this holiday.
They are so pretty and easy to make, let's get started!!


Packaged up and ready to go.....


Want to try and make one?
Here are the directions..... 










And there you go,
one sweet angel ......
Send me a picture if you make one! 







Thursday, November 20, 2025

Christmas gift idea


Hello!
I am always looking for a great small gift idea for friends, women's groups, family members and this one takes the cake.






I love packaging and thinking about how to put together
the gift.  


You're most likely wondering what the gift is...
I found these cute little round dishes and was able 
to find on Etsy this incredible shop that sells dish soap
disks.  Have you heard of them before?
You can use a little brush or sponge to lather
the soap up. 


This is the dish soap disc, I chose the rosemary
mint scent and it's amazing!


The cute little dish....


The soap fits perfectly in the dish!


Using some cello wrap and greenery pipe cleaner 
and ribbon, it's all tied up and ready to gift.














Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Wrapped in Cheer


Check out these cutie holiday boxes complete with tags. 
This is this month's paper pumpkin,
"wrapped in cheer"
If you have yet to try a paper pumpkin,
they come monthly to your mailbox complete with 
everything you need to create the 
what the kit holds.



This kit has all these cute die cuts all ready to go.
As well as boxes to add the tags to.
Are you working on any holiday crafts?











Sunday, November 16, 2025

Friendsgiving 2025


Friendsgiving 4.0!
Love watching my youngest and her hubby gather their friends together each
year to celebrate one another through friendship and gratitude.
Shae does an amazing job with cooking, the decor and her tablescape!


After two turkeys and lots of baking and cooking,
we were able to seat all 22 of their guests.
thankful for costco tables!


She went the extra mile this year by hand embroidering personalized napkins for each guests in different fall colors.   Love this! a labor of love for sure!


Her tables were gorgeous with homemade dinner menus,
dried fruit and dried hydrangeas.  
It's so rewarding watching the next generation gather friends together
and share traditions...... my heart is full! 






Thursday, November 13, 2025

Mini Starbuck's cups



Now is the time to order!
The mini starbuck's cups are available as well as 
the mini dunkin donut cups.
You can pick your color straw as well.
They are great to give to friends, teachers, coworkers,
and as I have learned from my customers,
for newborn shoots!


Here are the two cups available.....
you can order them HERE
at my Etsy shop- 2340 West Newton. 


Below in the picture are the available colors of straws you
can pick from......

Order early! 











Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Dollar Tree Candy Cane


Happy wednesday!
Have you seen these LED light up candy canes?
they are now at the Dollar Tree and they will sell out fast.
I forgot to take a picture of them lit up, but boy are they cute.


What I decided to do was to use Christmas ribbon I had on hand
to cover the candy canes and make a bow to attach to them.
I'm sure you are asking if they still light up if they are covered and they do!


To make them you will use your glue gun to tack down at the bottom of the candy cane your first piece of the ribbon you choose.
Start wrapping the ribbon tightly, going slowly all the way til you get to the end where you will glue the tip.
Then make your bow and hot glue it to the candy cane.
If you don't want a bow, you can always add some greenery instead. 


You can set these out on the porch or put them in the ground,
also set them up inside your home or like I show you, at your hearth. 









Monday, November 10, 2025

Wooden Tree ornaments


Let the wild rumpus begin!
The holidays are just around the corner,
here is a fun craft for you to try.
These are wood slices that I found in a pack of 5 at Michael's.


For this project you will need:
a green ribbon, I also chose a black and white one
a glitter pom pom or a ribbon you can tie into a bow and add to the tree top. 
Some white acrylic paint, and glitter.


Cut your ribbon into 2" in strips, you will cut 15 pieces.
Using your glue gun, put a small amount of glue on the end and
make a loop like you see in the photo above. Make 15 of these,
they will be your branches for the tree.  


They will look like this.....
set them aside and take your wood round and using a brush,
paint the bottom of the wood slice.  It will dry quickly, once it does add your glitter.  Now, using a pencil, dip it in the white paint and gently add little dots all over the wood rounds for the snow.  


For the tree trunk, you can us a small piece of cinnamon stick
or go outside and find a small twig. 
What ever you use, glue it to the round and continue by adding 
the tree pieces.  To do this start at the bottom of the tree,  I used 4 pieces and then kept adding layers til I got to the top of the tree,
where I added the glitter pom pom.  I love how they turned out!!!
Would you try and make one?
If so,  send me your pictures! 


Here is the green one too.