Christmas Cookies

No Christmas is complete without plenty of cookies to enjoy. One of my husband's favorite cookies is a sugar cookie with frosting. Over the years I've tried several different recipes and several different ways to frost them. I think I'm finally getting it pefected! If you want a great tutorial, go HERE!

Gift card holders

Some more gift card holders that I made around the holidays... the tutorial is in a post further down. Sorry, the 3 year old's constant tantrums today are hindering my willingness to hunt it down again to include the link!

Bow holders

Here is another bow holder that I made for a friend of mine and her 3 girls... ironically, their commericial is on TV as I type this... sorry, random, I know. Anyway, here is proof that boy colors can be adorable and girly too :) If you want one too, please contact me. Pricing starts at $20.

 

Diaper Cake

Another diaper cake that I did for a co-worker's baby shower last weekend!

 

Hair bows

Ok, so I'm really just adding this for MY future reference... here you go, straight from the same site as below :)

Stuck...

I'm seriously stuck. I know that I want to do something about the walls in the kids' toy room and the bar area (where they currently hang ALL of their art work), but I'm not sure what. I saw these HUGE cork boards at Michaels yesterday for $19.99 - and when I say huge I'm talking 3 feet by 4 feet. It doesn't seem like a lot, but it's taller than either one of my kids. And then I could snaz it up some how... yet to be determined. Of course, I didn't buy then while I was there, and I want to go back and get them until I make up my mind, but the kids are napping right now. I secretly want to wake them up to go to Michaels, but I can count at least 10 ways that it will backfire on me big time. Not a good idea.

Instead, I'm sitting here googling ways that I can decorate the walls in the toy room and figure out some new way to display all of their art work.

I found this which could be cute, but I need it to hold more art work that that! I'd definitely make something myself, so I could make it bigger, but it has to be gender-neutral, but still cute.

Then I found this other super-cool (and cheap) idea to put some of my favorite pictures on canvas, which happens to be on sale at AC Moore this week... I saw it there today while I was looking for something else. (And I wonder why I get nothing done while the kids are at school!)

Birthday Gift Card Holder

This is a birthday gift card holder that I made for one of Kate's teachers. There is a spot for a little note card and, of course, the gift card. The tutorial for the whole project can be found at Split Coast Stampers, or by clicking here. When it calls for coin pockets, you can just make your own like I did, or google it and print out a template. I used the Party Hearty stamp kit from Stampin' Up, as well as one from the Seasons of Joy kit that I have (those are the swirls). The funky paper is Paisley Power from Stacy Claire Boyd that I bought forever ago and have been waiting to find something cute to use it on!

All packaged up ready to go - Kohl's gift card and a cute new Duke (gag!) t-shirt. Happy Birthday, Ms. Shelley!