Kids Valentines

Amazingly enough I got the kids Valentines done this week while I unpacked the house. I originally saw these over on Eighteen25 and they found them here. I thought it was a cute idea and perfect for the boys who are starting a new school and the fact that the kids don't know who they are yet. I did a couple of Ellie to send to Grandma's and Grandpa's but none of the littlest munchkin, I couldn't get her to hold her hand just right~oh well next year.



I bet you're wondering why they're holding their hands like that. Well this is why. . . . .


Cut a small slit above and just beneath their hands and insert a sucker. Cute!!

baby shower invites & address labels

I'm helping a friend of mine with some paper things for a baby shower she's throwing this month and thought I'd share. She's doing an animal print theme in brown, yellow, and pops of pink.

These are the invites and address labels to match. It was so fun designing these and I've almost got all the thank you tags, food labels, and toppers done, I'll share soon.

subway art

I have to say in general I'm not a huge fan of Subway art. But on occasion I think it fits well with some themes and holidays. I've been brainstorming ideas for my one day mantle/ledge that I want to decorate for holidays. I've been working on of course Valentines. I've decided to do a "Love Letters" theme and have a few ideas in mind. One of them is a framed Subway art using salutations in love letters, this is what I came up with.

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I plan on using black, cream, and red as my color palette. Hopefully I'll be able to pull it off before Valentines Day but with the move I'm not holding my breath. Good news is I can work on it for next year and get great deals on Valentine sales.

Thank you cards

My last crafty act before the move. I made some thank you cards for my wonderful friends and neighbors who watched my kids while I was on my cruise.








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Peppermint Perfection

Last week we had our annual girls night cocoa party. This year's theme was Peppermint Perfection, and was it ever. The best part about these parties is that I get to do them with the two most amazing girls I know. We had so much fun prepping and getting things together and it was all worth the hard work to see the end result.

The invitation we made to look like a peppermint with a peppermint treat inside.

This is the table scape

We had some really yummy food this year. White chocolate covered pretzels with red and white nonpareils, chips and homemade salsa, cheese ball and crackers, sugar cookies, dipped Milano's, and of course all the toppings for our hot cocoa.

I used a lot of my decorations off my tree at home for this party, it was fun to put them to another use.

For our favors this year, though you can't see exactly what they are, we did milk and white chocolate on a stick that you could stir into hot milk for a yummy treat.

I has so much fun designing the invites and tags for the party. Thanks again Dacia and Lynne for being my partners in crime. Love ya!

*all pictures taken by Dacia (she did a great job) Lynne took some too but I'm waiting to see those so they may be added later.

Tissue trees

I FINALLY finished these trees. My good friend Dacia shared a link on the how to to make them and after seeing her finished trees I really wanted to give them a try. Do not attempt these if you are not fully commited. They take a lot of time to do, BUT they are SO worth it. 

So there you have my one holiday craft, pretty cute if I do say so myself.

Crate & Barrel

Half Baked is doing a great giveaway for a $100 gift certificate to Crate & Barrel and I'm hopin' they pick me. Sadly I have to say I would use this for myself and not to get gifts for others. But on the plus side the things I get will be used to throw parties for others : )