Hello my Crafty Friends we are just about at Christmas! Today I start my baking! Oh I know just starting right? LOL Oh well at least it will be fresh! I've been so busy making the wreaths, card sets, gifts that I haven't had a chance and I can't not bake! :> Oh and I think I have one more card set to make.... :>
I wanted to pop in and share the gift I made for Chad's grandmother! It's always hard to think what to give her as a gift and last year I gave her a wreath so this year I made her:
I loved making it! And I love how it turned out! :> She really liked it too! :> I've always wanted to make a tree but until I make it for someone else I didn't take the time to do it! :>
I also wanted to share this photo from yesterday's family gathering of Ariel and me:
Ariel really loves leopard and had to have this dress when she saw it! Well my mom had actually sewn me this dress so I figured we could match this Christmas! :> I can't convince Chad to wear a leopard shirt though!
Well I am off to bake! :>
Hello my Crafty Friends! Only a few days left until Christmas! How are you handling the hustle and bustle of the holiday season? I have been quite busy making gifts! I *think* I am done all my shopping at least! A few more gifts to make! This week I have been busy making card sets for teacher gifts! I made 4! I always find that the teachers always really enjoy the sets! Today I shared one of them on the Scrapbooking Cafe's Online Blog! This is one of the favorites that I made:
I stamped the Newspaper Background stamp by Hero Arts with wet cement onto white cardstock, I used paper from My Mind's Eye's The Sweetest Thing Bluebell collection, one 6 by 6 sheet for all 4 cards! I die cut Memory Box's Chloe's Stem with polka dot paper stamped a few sentiments from hero arts and there you go a set! :>
I have a few more wreaths that I've made for custom orders to share. Not sure if I shared here but I had a great first etsy Holiday season! With local sales since end of October I've sold 35 wreaths! :> Yay! What a blessing!
I often get comments on my blog and in life about how I do all that I do. I don't know either! I've been so busy creating and with life this past bit! BUT I am loving every moment of it! Following your passion mine is creating and you will love the work! :> I hope to be back tomorrow and share about the 3 classes I taught at a inner city school here in my city! :>
Hello my Crafty Friends! Today I have more tags that I shared on the Scrapbook Cafe Online's blog! These one are more simple, I noticed that the Happy Holidays set from Hero Arts and Basic Grey had a cute tag on it, I decided to heat emboss it with white powder onto pp from Very Merry Christmas by Echo Park:
I added a button and some twine and some easy but pretty tags! Are you almost done your wrapping? I have yet to start! I have to finish my shopping first! Almost there!
Today after we picked Ariel up from school we went to see Santa! Ariel and Carter did so well! Maybe it helps that I tell Carter that he has to sit nicely and smile for the picture if he wants Santa to come!
My kids keep getting cuter! :> After we shopped (they played in the play area with Chad while I got them some clothes for Christmas!) As a gift with purchase I got a stuffed penguin. I was unsure what to do with it as I got one, and another was $10 and I didn't really want to buy one! So I left it in the bag (and had the girl staple the bag shut so the kids couldn't see) An older boy who was playing the play area gave his penguin to Ariel (I guess he was too "old" for it) than I pulled out the free one to give to Carter! Ariel named her penguin Pink and Carter named his penguin......Justin Bieber! LOL! :> Beyond cute! We did a bit more shopping and came home and had a family movie and craft night! :>
Well I am off to spend some time with my hubby!
Hello my Crafty Friends! What is outside your window? For me it's snow snow and more snow! Snowing so much here the past couple of days! Driving is a nightmare and I am glad we stayed home today!
I wanted to share that the videos from my segment on Breakfast Television are up, you can check it out here and the second gift bag segment here. :>
Today on the Scrapbooking Cafe Online's blog I am sharing a Holiday Tag:
For more details please check out the Scrapbooking Cafe's Blog.
Well I've finished all my etsy and custom local wreath orders! I've calculated that I've made 35 wreaths since the end of October! YAY! That is such a blessing! And actually I got another one today! I have some other great new wreath plans for the new year (when I have a chance to make them!) Here are a few of the new wreaths that I made:
The gold one is 14 inches and the second one is the biggest one I've ever made, 16 inches!
Well that's it for me! I am off to work on teacher gifts, I am thinking card sets!
Hello my crafty Friends! What are you up to? Working on Holiday cards? Working on Holiday handmade gifts (if so please share what your making!) Or working on your shopping? Today I finished up a custom wreath order, I plan to finish all local custom orders this week! Meaning next week I can either take more orders or start working on my handmade Christmas gift ideas! I HAVE SO MANY IDEAS! So excited! Today I am also working on my class for tomorrow, teaching Holiday cards to inner city girls here in my city! :> Quite excited.
I really wanted to stop by and blog today. Sadly Breakfast Television is having problems with there site and have not posted the videos of my segments from last week yet. So I thought I would stop in with another gift bag that I shared on the show, super easy but super cute:
I just adhered strips from Basic Grey's Aspen Frost collection, love this collection! And added a Memory Box leaping deer die cut! I so love making my own gift bags!
If your looking for some tag inspiration Scrapbooking Cafe Online is having a tags week! I will post on Thursday and Friday but there will be inspiration all week long, go and check it out here.
Well that's it for me! Dinner is in the slowcooker so I am back to working on my class for tomorrow!
Hello my Crafty Friends! Today is my birthday! And it's been a great day so far! This morning I was on Breakfast Television sharing a handmade Holiday card and a Holiday Gift bag! I think it went really well! The videos hasn't been posted on the site (yet?) (boo!) But I do have a few photos to share, this one is my favorite: (all photos are from the btwinnipeg facebook page!)
The card we made:
Here is the gift bag:
I had a great time and think it went really well! I really enjoyed it! Great way to start my birthday! One of the other guests mother really liked one of my wreaths and bought one! :> So awesome! And 4 more etsy wreath sales this week!
Went for breakfast this morning with Chad, Carter and some friends! And spent the afternoon relaxing and catching up with ny fav shows! Tonight Chad and I are going on a date for dinner and movie! :>
Hello my Crafty Friends! Hope you've had a great weekend and a fabulous start to your week! I wanted to pop in and share two new wreaths that I put my shop last week. They both feature purple which is a new wreath color for me, and I love them!
Sparkly silver yarn with three different colored purples flowers! This wreath sold in less than a week (I did relist it if you love it too)
Sparkly purple yarn (It's hard to tell but the yarn has a bit or purple tinsel in it) with three felt flowers with lavender, purple, white and silver grey flowers!
We moved this weekend and we are busy settling in! Happy with our new place in actually a different area than we used to live, but the area we lived in as newlyweds! We live 2 minutes from the new Ikea (just came to our city opened last week and is the biggest in Canada!) So looking forward to checking that out! It's been a long time since I've been in Ikea, still remember driving from Germany to Switzerland in less than a day and passing 4 Ikeas, here in North America you would have to drive for days to see that many!
I have on my plate right now :> On Friday I will be on Breakfast Television again (so come back than to see links to the videos!) sharing handmade holiday cards and gift bags! And next Tuesday I am starting a new venture, teaching Creative Classes to inner city girls at a after school program! I am starting with holiday cards, doing it twice this month, quite excited! Plus I have a lot of wreath orders to get through. :> I love being creative and am so thankful for all these opportunities!
