Red, White, and Blue...

We are having a 4th of July BBQ after our services at church. I thought it would be fun to put together some quick centerpieces to give things a more festive look tomorrow. I got the tin pails and the bandanas for a $1 each and the flags were 3 in a pack for $1 - all in Target's dollar spot...where else? =)

Cootie Catchers and Centerpieces...

Cootie Catchers...just typing it makes me chuckle. I don't know what else to call these little things. Remember folding these and labeling them ever so carefully in grade school? Some people call them 'fortune tellers'...either way - they've got another great use. Candy dishes!

I used 12x12 scrapbook papers for these, but you could make them with any size square sheet of paper. Loved how they turned out, but wasn't as crazy about the little heart picks that I added. They were a little top heavy and kept leaning - not too bad though.

The other things I did as center pieces for this years Valentine's Banquet was a frame that I picked up at the dollar store and added our theme, a clear vase filled with a "velvety" rose" and Red Hot candies (also purchased at the dollar store) and the black tin planter with the roses. I bought the black tins at Wal Mart on clearance and then got the roses at Michael's for 99 cents for a bunch of 6 flowers.

I liked how everything turned out this year. Did all of them in one evening.

Oh, where or where has my little blog been?...

Oh! It's been here all along...I guess I am the one that's been missing. Wow. My life just got CRAZY busy ever since I started back to work full-time outside of the home. I used to stay up late and wake up early to blog and play in the craft room...now I stay up late to grade papers and wake up just in time to get everyone ready and out the door for school. *sigh*
I really need to get it together, right?? After all, if I am going to be TRUE (see my other blog), then I'm going to have to be true to myself! Anyway...here is just a little something that I did tonight. Two etsy orders! Woo Hoo! I promise I will do some fun stuff for myself soon.


This mailbox is a custom order for a sweet boy out there somewhere. I also have Hello Kitty, Hannah Montana, Thomas the Tank Engine, Sponge Bob, and more.

This is for the same person and it is a school/teacher theme. I would be glad to make one for any occupation or theme.

Please take Note...

I teach a ladies Bible study class every Sunday and I often give out little incentives for the ladies to do memory work of the Scriptures. I have given them things like: Burt's Bees lip balm, chocolate Fling bars, Altoids, decorative pumpkins...basically my favorite things. So, I decided that I would make up some little note cards and give them a set of two each. Just for fun. No envelopes, just like this.

I used DCWV cardstock stack, Target dollar spot chipboard shapes, heidi grace stamps, SU ink, and ribbon.

Oh, and I even used some old apple print paper that I've had FOREVER...

Not bad, right? Super easy and super cute. Just take note!

Thankful thoughts...

Here are some thank-you cards I made after my big surprise birthday party. Just some cardstock from my DCWV stack, thankful thoughts stamp is SU, thank you stamp is heidi grace, Creative Memories Harvest stickers, and ribbon.

Helloooooooooo...

I haven't posted anything here FOREVER. So sorry! I will be catching up A LOT... in the mean time I wanted to share this awesome giveaway with you!! Hope one of us wins it! Go to Donna's site to see more about it!

Quick signs...

My hubby had a little leadership luncheon at our church. We went with a sports theme because he wanted to emphasize working TOGETHER.
I didn't have time to print out anything or get out the Cricut...but he wanted something with the theme written on it.
This is what I came up with. Simple hand-lettered signs and treat bags.

Dontcha just love streeeeeeeeeetch writing? =]