Brown Paper Packages

Another Pinteresting way of Wrapping up my Handmade Gifts this year.

Simply recycled brown grocery sacks and a black white photo of the precious one the gift is for.

I thought this would be wonderful for the little kids who can't yet read and for the older ones they now have their Aunts favorite pic of them;)

So here is the wrapped gift for my Nephew (Marshmallow Gun)

This is where the idea came from

Everyday Inspired

Here are more from

Happy Clippings

Want more...

Song Birds Nesting

Bugs and Fishes

Inside Stitch

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Candy Cane Reindeer

I found this project on Pinteretst you can take the link below to my 

CHRISTmas idea Board

My Husband will be taking these to school for his Kiddos.  My girls love them I have to tuck them away before a few go MIA.  They have also asked for a few for friends, by the time I am done there will be around 50 candy cane reindeer, YUMMY!

There was one broken one that said eat me I will claim that loss;)

Tutorial:

Cut your brown paper

4 1/4" by 2 3/4"

Attach canes to each other with red liner tape

Run one line of liner tape on back, long side

Wrap card stock around canes and press the tape firmly

Glue two google eyes and one pom

Let dry

And let the reindeer fun begin

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Marshmallow Guns for the Nephews

Handmade gifts for my Nephews this CHRISTmas, Marshmallow Shooters from 1/2" PVC.

WARNING** these are super fun one won't be enough;)

**Make sure you use a spray paint made just for plastic or purchase a plastic primer.**

Here is the gift set complete with ammo and safety glasses.

Every Year they also get an ornament from me you can see the beaded wire star on the bottom right.

It is so cute when you walk into their bedrooms they each have a small CHRISTmas tree decorated and lit, so darn cute!  Night light and the beauty of CHRISTmas all in one.

Here is the link for directions Mom's Crafty Space

These are really fast and easy not to mention they won't break your bank account!

If you are looking for my seasonal 25 days of CHRISTmas please go to facebook

 I have posted 13 days so far there.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Arise and Shine

Brings me back to Sunday School....

Arise and shine and give God your Glory Glory...be happy you can't hear me singing;)

Also goes along with CHRISTmas day 9

Isaiah 60:1

"Arise, Shine for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rise upon you"

Thank you for following along this year on Facebook, 

I am getting better daily hope to be back blogging daily soon.

Soon and very soon... (there I go singing again;)

We have been working on some lanterns for the trees outside here is a sample

Jesse Placing the lights on the fence line.  I Picked white, plan on leaving these bad boys up year round can't wait to see them in the summer.  YES, we live in SD and Yes, there has been no measurable snow this year.  We are getting VERY dry!  

Have not been able to use 4WD in the new SUV yet either.

  Doesn't she look sweet?   Her name is Pearl;)

And for your singing pleasure.  You are welcome, LOL!

Hope this post has you singing along and shining your light.

A quick easy tutorial:

Fill cleaned Steel can with water.

Place in freezer or outside if you live in the right climate.

Take a nail, hammer and template and start punching your outline.

(I used a star cookie cutter for our template and taped it to the can)

You can find more elaborate designs on the web however, I was shooting for easy.

Spray paint and let dry.

Attach wire to one side of can, bead around to the opposite side and attach creating your handle.

I am using battery operated tea lights you can also use regular tea lights just have to keep an eye on them.

Hang and enjoy.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!

Penguins and Popsicles

My Great Nephew's CHRISTmas gift

He is 2 this year so Auntie Sara created...

Penguins and Popsicles

A personalized gift containing...

Book

Memory Game

Vinyl decorations

Popsicles Freezer Accessory

Here is a view of the Popsicle memory game fronts...

Here is a look at the flip side

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Cooper

and Penguin friends

I made it this way so they have lots of options when playing the game with him.

All the pieces fit nicely into a salvaged Mayo container.

I used wooden spoons to hopefully make it easier to turn the pieces remember he is 2.

And the book I printed off and created for him.  It is so darn cute, I continue to amaze myself at times.

This gift took me literally days to create.  A little here and there and lots of love and prayers.  Lots of prayers for patience.   I need to count how many google eyes I used they were about to drive me CRAZY.

That is another reason I love creating my own gifts instead of going out into the crazy world of retail and pick out a meaningless toy that in two days will probably be lost or broken and not remembered.

It is giving from the heart that makes this season beautifully special for me.

From my Pinterest Board Signs and Sayings

Here is the link were I found the idea on the book

I made it my own and personalized it for Cooper.

Hope you are inspired to go get creative on some of your gifts this year.

25 days of CHRISTmas day one you can find on my FACEBOOK post for today

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Rachel's Christmas Gift 2011

I love these altered Oatmeal canisters used for hair goodies. 

 I made one for Jessica now everyone is begging for one.  I can't eat that much Oatmeal peeps;)

Below is a CHRISTmas gift for my niece who loves pink and purple.

I also altered a few barrettes and some headbands.

Now for the inside goodies I recycled a cardboard tube to hold the hair bands and a magnetic paper clip holder for those DARN bobby pins that are so in love with my  vacuum!!!!

I cut a felt circle for the bottom of the tube so the inside can be used for storage of more bands.

So one gift down and many more to go.

She is going to adore this, can't wait to gift it.

These ideas can be found on my pinterest boards, I have been a busy on pinterest as of late;)  I need to stop getting distracted and get back on the crafty MAKING track.

If you live in my area and have Oatmeal Canisters please if you would save them for me.  Thank you;)

Have a happy stamp day!  God Bless!

Pumpkin Place Cards

My Aunt and Uncle called me this past week asking if I would have time to make some place cards for Thanksgiving.  Heck Yes, sounds like fun to me.

They turned out really cute here is how they are done.

Punch 8 circles, fold them in half and run your score tool over the fold.

I used quick dry adhesive to stack the eight half circles.

Cut off a small amount of the bottom so they will stand correctly.

Glue halfway up a toothpick and insert into the center of the pumpkin.

LET THIS PART DRY, does not take long but makes life easier;)

On the computer I generated all of the names and used the center point function on the cricut to cut the names out on the leaf.

Emboss the leaves that do not have the name printed on them.

Tie bow right above where your toothpick was inserted.

Glue on the leaves, placing the name leaf on the right hand side.

(I also glued leaves to the back to make the project looked finished from all sides.)

Tie button and adhere with dimensional foam dot.

Trim down toothpick so it is just above the leaves.

Products used...

SU DP, card stock, impression plate and ink

Quick dry adhesive

Circle punch

Toothpick

Computer and printer

Cricut and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge

PTI twine

Here is the link for you to my Pinterest pin so you can see where my idea came from.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless!