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

Giving back to the Community

There is a very special little girl in our community who has seizures. They have reached the point to where she could lose her life if medication is not administered fast enough. The family of this little girl needs to buy her a special dog that will be able to alert parents and her teachers of an impending seizure up to one half hour before the seizure comes on. The problem with this is that the dog costs appx $13,000.00. Our community is coming together with several fundraisers to help this sweet little girl, one of them being a silent auction. I thought since Halloween is just right around the corner, I would make these two Decorative Halloween Signs to donate to the silent auction. TFL

Fabric Christmas Tree Ornament

I had seen these on pinterest and really loved the look of them, but...I hate sewing lol, I will do it if I have to but it's definitely not my favorite thing to do.  Anyway, the original pattern has all this sewing that I really cut down on.  In the original pattern you fold the circle in half, right sides facing, sew outer edge of the circle to nearly the top, turn it all right side out, iron in place then fold and iron again and sew any imbellishments to it that you want. Not this girl!  I decided to skip all that prior sewing and ironing. I folded it, ironed it and then sewed rickrack to the outer edge, covering up the edge of the fabric so you don't see it.  I added some more rickrack to the top for a hanger.  Much easier, and in a fraction of the time..  I like how it looks and am happy with it. :)  TFL