Graduation Candy Bouquet

It's that time of the year - Graduation time! Time goes so fast.

I made this candy bouquet for a special young lady who graduated from the University of Washington last week. I've known her since she was a little girl and it is just amazing to see how she's become a wonderful, smart and talented young lady.

It's my first time making a candy bouquet and I think I did okay! I'm sure I'll be making more in the future.

Summer Projects

Summer is almost done, and soon I will go back to work. I'm glad I have some time to get ready for my fall craft fairs. Here are some projects that I've done.

I LOVE how this card came out. The stamp is from Impress Stamps here in Washington.

The Cougars are from Washington State University. These are 3x3 cards with envelopes.

If I have WSU, I definitely have to have cards from the University of Washington, home of the Huskies. Otherwise I'll get in trouble with my customers! 

I'm a HUGE coffee drinker, so I need to have some cards with coffee cups. These are perfect!

Finally, I have these gift card boxes. Right now I am working on Christmas ones.

Well, gotta go. I have couple more weeks before I go back to work. Enjoy the rest of the summer, everyone!

A Purse for a Special Little Girl

A friend's daughter celebrated her 10th birthday a couple of weeks ago and I decided to make her a little paper purse to put her gift in.

Her party has a shabby chic theme so I used some "vintagey" paper, plus some ribbons and beads.

It's summer so I am trying to get stuff done, getting ready for my fall craft fairs. I'll post projects as soon as I can. Have a fun summer, everyone!

Spring Craft Fair

Hello everyone! I know, I know...it's been a while, but I'm here. I just finished my first spring craft fair and I would like to share some projects that I did.

I have a lot of succulents at home, and so I decided to package and sell them. I made a basket for each one and decorated each one differently. Gina K Designs has a great, detailed tutorial on how to make these.

I also made these purses which are bigger that the ones I had in previous posts. This uses an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. I found the measurements in Silvey's Craftroom.

I've had these light bulb containers for a while and when I saw this stamp from My Favorite Things, I had a "light bulb" moment (ha!) and decided to put them together. This is the result.

I've seen these key fobs before (I actually use one) and they are so easy to make. All the materials are available at Etsy, and all I had to do was to put them together. They are a best seller! Of course, I have to use ribbons from two of my favourite things...the Seahawks and Starbucks!

Finally, I LOVE these popsicle greeting cards. They take a bit more work than the other items, but I think it's worth it!

Hope you like these projects!!!

GO HAWKS!!!

In honor of the Seahawks I made this little decorative ribbon thingy...

 

The Seahawks have come a long way, and getting in the Superbowl is a HUGE accomplishment. Hope they do well!

Holiday Gifts

The holidays are always a fun but hectic season. Doing some shopping, making last minute gifts - I like that last part the best.

This year I made these candy jars for my friends. Here's an empty one to show the details better.

 

 

I've finally learned how to use my Silhouette to cut vinyl. Here are the jars with candy in them. Who doesn't love candy, right?

 

 

I finished them by putting each one in a plastic bag and attaching my homemade Christmas tags.

 

 

They are so easy to make! I had so much fun that me and my girls decided to make some for my friends' dogs as well. They are Jake and Snowball.

 

 

We filled them with dog treats.

 

 

Now I have another idea for next year's craft fair. Have a wonderful happy new year, everyone!!!

 

More Craft Fair Projects

I finished three craft fairs this season and I must say it was a lot of fun! I enjoyed talking to the customers and sharing my projects with them. I'm almost out of inventory, so this is a good excuse for me to start creating again. Well, after I clean out my craft room. It looks like a tornado went through there!

Anyway, here are some projects that are new this year.

I am OBSESSED with making tags this season, ever since I got this tag die from Papertrey Ink.

Of course, I have to make these post-it note holders...notice the middle one with the rubber duckie? It reminds me of one of my favorite songs sung by Ernie from Sesame Street!

More post-it note holders...I love using stickers and stamps with quotes.

This is a project I saw online...cute and easy to make.

Looking forward to making more fun projects in the new year!!!

I'm still here...really!

Maintaining a blog, I realize, is pretty challenging especially when there are a thousand and one other things going on. I have been working on different projects ever since the summer but for some reason I haven't uploaded them. Now that craft fair season is here again, I have been trying my best to get stuff ready. Here are some projects that I will be selling this year...

Post-it note holders are always a big seller.

 

 I have these tissue holders...I enjoy using different fabrics for this project.



 

 Notebooks with inspirational quotes made especially for teachers.

 

 

I'll be back  with some other projects that I am working on... Have a good week ahead everyone!!!





 

I'm still here...

I know it's been a while - there has been so much going on. I survived another school year, packed to move to a new school building, had my daughter's 8th grade graduation, and celebrated her graduation with a party at our home. Whew!!! June was CRAZY! I am glad we were able to go on a much needed vacation after everything. Now I am settled at home and after cleaning the house and doing piles of laundry I am ready to do some crafting.

As usual, I was asked to make cards for the staff members leaving our school. These are the ones I came up with.
               
                            

I was finally able to use my Silhouette to make this adorable card. I purchased the file from the Silhouette Online Store.

Here's another one that I made. It's one of my favorite projects.

This post has information on how to make these purses.

I will post other projects that I am working on. I am also getting ready for some craft fairs this coming fall. Later!!!

Cake Slice Money Holder

A friend had a birthday recently and I made her this little cake slice to put her gift in. Her name obviously starts with a "G". It's so fun decorating these cake slices. I love playing with colors and textures. The lace detail was a last minute decision - I think it works better that plain ribbon. Looks like delicious icing!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valentine's Day Crafts

This year I didn't procrastinate and was able to make Valentine gits for my daughters' teachers early. Here are some of the projects that I made.

 

Isn't that little monkey adorable? I got him from Hobby Lobby, together with the paper and ribbon.

 

Here's another version...

 

 

I used paper with the same monkey design and my Martha Stewart heart punch. Unfortunately, I couldn't remember where I got the template for this Hershey box. I'll try to find it and post it here.

 

This time, I used Hershey nuggets. Can you tell that I love this little guy???

 

 

Love this idea from Martha Stewart.

 

 

 

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!



Happy New Year!

Happy new year, everyone! Here's to a wonderful and blessed new year for all of us. I am excited to do new crafting projects this year and share them here in my blog.

I have been off for two weeks from school so I had a bit of time for crafting. I would like to share some of the things that I've been working on.

I'm still doing 3x3 cards, but I'm using designs that I've not done before. There seems to be a craze about owls lately, so I decided to use these owl stickers from Michael's for my cards.

Here's a closer look at one of them.

The stamps I used are from The Pink Stamper. They just go perfect with the owl stickers.

Here's an acrylic post-it note holder that I did. The soccer ball stamp is from Papertrey Ink.

I noticed that sports-themed items are popular during craft fairs, so I will make more of those.

Here's a simple and easy, yet elegant card.

This card is made from glitter paper, the Daisy Punch from Martha Stewart, and some bling. This card measures 3.5x3.5 to get the four flowers.

Another thing I am OBSESSED with right now is crocheting. I've done some crocheting a long time ago (thanks to my mom who taught me how to do it) but now, thanks to Youtube, I am relearning the skills that I need to make different things. I finished an infinity scarf for my daughter, then yesterday, I finished this.

It was fast and easy to finish, and it's the cutest thing ever! I am going to add a flower to the other beanies that I will make. I want to make matching scarves as well to make a set. My younger daughter has friends who love American Girl dolls so this would be a perfect gift for them.

Okay, gotta go get some more yarn. They're on sale at Michael's and Joann's this week. Have a good rest of the week, everyone!

Halloween Birthday Party

My younger daughter had a birthday party at a local Pump It Up a couple of weekends ago. Since it was close to halloween, we decided on a halloween birthday party theme for her. Of course that made me excited because I can make different party stuff that are halloween themed. Here are some of them :

I made two of these for the center table. This is a variation of something that I saw at a local QFC. I especially like the medallions. They are very addicting to make!!!

 

 

These are her party favors. I filled them with candies and small halloween toys. I made 24 of these. I have tons of halloween paper that I got on sale last year so I used several designs. I used black clips to close them which I also decorated with different halloween ribbons from Michaels.

 

 

Here's a closer look at one of them....

 

 

I also made these...



I made them big enough so that I can put two boxes of Lemonheads in each one.

There is a funny story about these favors. I have made about 10 of them when I realized that something's not right - I put coffins and mummies together! I told my daughter about it and she said, "That's okay, Mom. We can call them MUFFINS!" Get it? Mummies and coffins together! Hahaha! Very clever!

Anyway, it was a fun birthday party and my daughter had fun with all her friends. :-)