Your Creations

Happy monday!

Sharing a little late some of the creations you all sent to me of projects you tried a hand at.

I always love seeing what you are making.  

The picture above is all the wood tags Marcie sent me that she made for the holidays. Impressive how many she made! and so cute!

And below the pumpkin spice chapsticks I featured that another one of my followers Sindy sent me that she made.

You all blow me away with the ideas you add to the projects I share with you!  Keep them coming!

Giveaway!

Happy Saturday!

Sharing a fun giveaway for any locals out there!

My uber talented daugther Shae @shaerosephoto

is giving away a one hour photo session.

Calling all lovers!

Valentines day is coming up very soon, what a better way to celebrate your love thank capturing memories that will last forever!

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1. Like the post you see above

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Valentine Treat idea

How about a little Valentine treat idea?

I found these candies boxed together at HomeGoods.

Once you open the box the candies are wrapped separately.

Look at how cute all the candies look.

I thought it would be fun to wrap them separately to gift.

I had some of this sparkley ribbon and made the little tiny love

tags a punch I have, you can hand cut one if you don't have any punches. 

To attach the tag I used a small gold safety pin.

What do you think? 

Valentine treat holders

Happy tuesday!

Today I am sharing these cute treat holders I made up for my women's group.  The kit is actually from last year but is still available this year.

It's easy to put together and are super cute. 

The stamp I have had on hand.

All the pieces you see come in the kit. 

I used double sided tape to put the hearts together

and dimensionals to add the pop ups. 

Fill them up with some treats and add a ribbon and there you have it!

Check out the link below to pick up the kit and remember,

for every $50 spent you get to choose free stamps or product.

Take advantage of Sale a Bration, it lasts until Feb 28th. 

The kit can be purchased below;

HERE

Key to My Heart Paper Pumpkin kit

Here's the lastest Paper Pumpkin this month,

all lovey dovey for Valentine's day.

Cute subtle colors with funny puns to stamp

for your favorite Valentine's.

All you have to do it assemble each card,  all the pieces

come already to be put together. 

You even get the stamp set and all the papers needed to create these cards. 

How do you like the soft subtle colors over the bold red and pink for Valentine's day? 

Valentine Yarn Hearts

Happy friday!

Sharing this friday these yarn hearts that I have shared a few years ago.

Although when I shared them before I showed them in bright pink and red and white.  This time I decided to make them in neutral colors. 

I was able to find the cotton skeins of yarn at the Dollar Tree if you can believe it!  They had so many colors and the yarn is very soft. 

If you like to try and make them the original link is below...

HERE

Adorable Owls

These little boxes are from last month's paper pumpkin.

I put them together and added the little owls from the Adorable Owls set.

Each box is made for a different occassion, birthday,

graduation and baby.   The little boxes hold a gift card nicely.

This owl set is one of the sets you can earn for FREE this month by placing an order of $50 or more during the Stampin Up! Sale a Bration

promotion going on.

Check it out here.....

HERE

Dont miss out on all the freebies you can earn through Feb 28th!

Valentine felt pillow

When it's cold outside and wintery it's time to find something to do.

I thought I would try making a little felted pillow with some felt I had on hand.

I cut a red felt heart out by drawing with pencil a heart onto the felt and cutting it out.  I also had drew "love" in white felt and cut it out.

I started by using pink embroidery thread and sewing a straight stitch around the love til it was all sewed onto the red heart. 

I decded to cut out a few small pink hearts to add and also

a few sequins on top of the hearts.  

All sewed and ready to fill with stuffing.

After you fill it up start to sew it all together.

Now either gift it away or decorate with it! 

So sweet and something you can do while watching a show or just relaxing.  I was able to make this in under 2 hours. 

Boho candle

Happy friday!

I am always on the look out for new trending

wedding ideas for the decor.

This one can be used as home decor or for luncheons or

weddings or..... you get the idea!

You start with purchasing some of the glass cylinder

vases at the Dollar Tree and some 16mm wood beads.

I had some baby's breath dried on hand, you could use fresh or any dried flower or greens. 

You will also need some glue,  I show you in this picture 

E6000 glue but once I got going I switched over to a hot

glue gun.  It dried must faster and was easier to work with.

Just start by gluing each bead around the base of the vase.

Keep going.....

Once you finish now add just a few small beads (10mm)

around the vase on top of the 16mm ones. 

You can see how I just added about 6 total around the vase. 

Once done, add just a bit of hot glue to the ends of the 

baby's breath and tuck it into the small bead.

Fill each little bead all the way around.

The dried flowers lay nicely right up against

the glass vase.  So pretty!

Now add a battery operated candle and there you have it!!

What do you think? 

Dutch Babies

Good morning!

We've had my husband's family visiting all well which calls for lots of food on the table over here.  Big itlalian family that LOVE thier food!

And I mean every meal!

Since I've felt like I've been feeding an army I choose to surprise them with some dutch babies.  

Have you ever made them?

They are so good and can be made savory or sweet.

 I chose savoryto make for my guests. 

I made THREE and they were gone, I included in mine;

breakfast sausage, spinach, onions, garlic salt.

The link to the recipe is below.

Just know if you decide to make a sweet one you will

just make it minus all the savory flavors to the recipe.

For the sweet alternative, add blueberries on top or raspberries

or any fruit you prefer.  Also top with devonshire, whip cream, cinnamon or syrup.  Even the savory is delish with a bit of syrup drizzled on it.  

Enjoy!

Dutch Baby recipe - HERE

Gold Creek Trail

It's been a busy few days so far with our extended family visiting from the east coast. 

We thought we'd take them to to the mountains for a little snow and snowshoeing. 

It turned out to be such a gorgeous day outting.

Hardly anyone was out at all which made for a very peaceful,

serene time. 

This is Gold Creek Trail east of 190.  It is a great snowshoe

area with beautiful scenery. 

It was so magical.

All smiles on the trails,

we will have family here til tuesday.

Time to find some more activities to keep them busy! 

In the Country

Good morning!

Isn't this a peaceful view?

This is another new set now available in our Sale-a-bration catalog.

What is Sale-a-bration?

For every $50 spent you get to choose a free stamp set or other products offered!  How fun is that!

So for this card I just used the Old Olive and Mossy Meadows

ink pads with the aqua water painters pens. 

Super quick and easy card for you today. 

Sale-a-bration catalog HERE