HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This year we decided to stay home for New Years Eve so I made everyone do a couple of activites, which they all willingly participated in :)  We made our own party hats (color and taped some paper) and I covered sugar cones in melted chocolate and then the kids (and the hubby and I) decorated them to make them look like party hats...then we ATE them.  YUM!  TFL.

Hand Sanitizer Holders

For a couple of ladies at work I wanted to make them something small for the Christmas holiday.  I baked some brownie covered oreos (YUMMO) and made a Christmasy hand sanitizer holder.  Here are some pics of the hand sanitizer holders.  Sorry for no pics of the brownies :(  I found some perfect round/tall tins at Michaels that fit about 6-7 of the cookies.  TFL.

Christmas Goodies Bags for Kids

I made some goodie bags for my 2nd and 4th grader to give to their classmates before the Christmas Holiday.  My 2nd graders tags were cut from Jolly Holidays with a the wreath also cut from there.  My 4th graders tag was cut from Jolly Holidays as well and the Christmas Terp is from Create a Critter.  The kids loved them.

Cards-I love this Pop Up Gift Card Holder!

So I needed to make a couple of cards for a babyshower and a retirement.  I decided to do the Pop Up Gift Card Holder I found online.  It is fairly easy.  First I made a card for my cousins babyshower using my Imagine and the Nursery Tails cart.  Then I made a retirement card for a colleague using Lyrical Letters, Hello Kitty Font and Life's a Beach.  TFL!

WOW, It's Been a LONG Time!

I am not sure what happened this summer but I really have been unable to log on to post.  I have still enjoyed reading others blogs but hope to post AT LEAST once a week from now on because I really miss it!  I feel like I have still been creating but not posting.  Well the most recent craft I worked on was making a slider box advent calendar for my niece.  She had her tonsils out recently so I wanted to give her a get well/early Christmas gift.  I think for my first time making anything like this, including the slider boxes, it turned out cute.  I am hoping to get a few more made this week for my children (minus my 16 month old) and maybe my other niece, if  I can get it done.  Wish me luck! 

Here are the pics of the advent calendar.  Each drawer has a little surprise in it.  It was hard to find little items to fit in there but I really enjoyed making it.   I covered chipboard to make the top and bottom pieces to attached the boxes too.

The top is just a piece of chipboard covered in paper that I embossed using a sizzix die. 

 

Turtles (My version of the MD Terp)

My sons 4th grade teacher loves the Terps and they are considered the 4th grade terps of his school.  He happened to be the Terp of the Week and wanted me to make a treat for him to take in (last minute of course).  So I thought I would do homemade donuts and make a little bag topper.  Of course Create a Critter immediately came to mind.  I love the little Terp, I am planning to do a big one with a Santa hat for his teachers Christmas card!  TFL.

Cake Pops!

I have been wanting to make cake pops so since I had an October all day work meeting to go to I decided to do some.  I used orange suger to decorate the outside.  They were yummy.  Tasted a lot like brownings because I mixed yellow cake with chocolate icing.  TFL.