Christmas ornaments

I found a really neat site in Dec of 2012. but of course it was just after Christmas, so I waited a whole year to make these little ornaments.  They are made from paint sticks that you find at any hardware store.  I called  home depot and the sales associate told me that they are free up to ten, but I needed 50 of them!  Well she gave me my ten free ones which would have made plenty of ornaments but I really wanted to make one of each so I only paid 5 cents each for the other 40!  Very affordable!  Needless to say I got so busy with everything else in my life, I only got a set of 7 made.  The cool thing is that you get three of the ornaments from each paint stick and the part that is left over, makes the most adorable snowman ornament ever!  Love it when you can utilize every single part of whatever medium you are working with.  For the free downloadable templates and a complete tutorial on how to do this yourself, you can go to Today's Fabulous Finds.  I chose my own colors of paper and curled my wire hangers hanging a little silver bell on each of them and stained my wood a dark brown.  I had decided that I am going to do an entire set for my tree next year, but with maybe 50 of the 700 names that Jesus is referred to in the Bible.  I want to do them all on Gold glittery paper distressed with brown ink edgings.  Should be fun!  TFL

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Destination Wedding Gift

Gosh, December was just a very hectic and busy month, not that I am complaining, but I have so many things to blog about and just haven't found the time, so here goes...My boyfriend's cousin and her hubby got married on October 26th in Ambergris Caye, Belize...yes I know it says 29, I changed it lol.  I wanted to do a wedding gift for them that would always take them back to that moment in time when they became Mr & Mrs.  I found this really neat placemat online that showcased the island and all of the attractions that it encompases.  I then of course vinyled on the names and date.  They really loved their gift and it hangs among their other cherished items in their living room! :)  TFL

Purse giftcard/money holder

I saw a really cute little purse on "Beth's Paper Cuts" blog.  She made hers using diecuts and it is a flat fold item.  I wanted a little purse that would stand up under the tree or hang on the branches and would hold money or a gift card, sooooo, since I don't have die cuts to use and I am not a very patient person when it comes to working with paper and gluing and such, I set out to make one on my cutter that would work all in one piece...well two when you count the inside piece, but the main purse is just one shot that needs to be folded and can be embellished however you like.  I just wanted to make sure it cut on paper how I thought it would in my head and this is what I came up with.  simple embellishment for the closure.  I kind of like how it turned out and will defiintely make these for the cash and gift card recipients on my list this year! I used one sided paper, and of course double sided paper would work best, or you could just cut two of the single sides and tack them together with runner tape. TFL :)

Snowman Muffin Tin

I love the beautiful red background and snowmen that are hand painted onto an old muffin tin, they are gorgeous!  But, I love vinyl and I wanted my snowmen to have a blue background to get a colder feel...snowmen and blue represent cold to me lol.   Thank God for the dollar store!  I painted the blue and white and then sprayed it all with a varnish so it will hold up, if I choose to hang it outside, then added the vinyl faces, lettering and snowflakes.  This is my version of the muffin tin snowman with vinyled instead of hand painted faces. TFL

Dragonfly Zipper Pull

I found a really cool little beaded dragonfly on pinterest.  I have tons of beads so after seeing it I drug out all of my beads to see if I had what I needed to make it.  Now the one I saw on pinterest had the bead hole of the wings on the end of the bead.  I didn't have any of those.  The only wing type beads I had went from end to end, so I improvised by using a small bead at the end of the wing to be able to thread it back through the wing and on to the next wing.  I think it turned out ok for not seeing any directions and just doing my own thing lol. TFL

HTV Onsies

A good friend from highschool and I have kept in touch since graduating, 34 years later, her Son and his wife are having their very first baby (her second grandchild).  The shower is coming up soon and so I thought I would make some onsies with HTV.  I can't wait to give them to the happy couple!   I would have loved to have been able to make them more specific, but since this is the first baby for this couple, they want to be suprised with the sex so we don't know if it's a boy or a girl yet...we'll find out soon though, she is due in November. I think my favorite is the "Potty like a rockstar" shirt.  TFL

Happy Hallo-Scream

This is probably one of my favorite new files in the Halloween section.  I saw a sign in a store that just simply said, "Happy Hallo-Scream" and I thought cute, but so plain!  Immediately my brain was reeling with the possibilities of what I could do, so I went home and set to work!  This is the results.  It's a devilish little

child trapped in the crystal ball of an evil, wicked witch.  I love how it turned out!  TFL