It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday - #35

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas filled with lots of love and family time. I know that I was busy finishing up my last minute to-do's so I suspect some of you were too. Plus, it's not like you want to post what you have made on your site for your friends and family to see. So guess what... now is your chance to share... I want to see what you made for Christmas... shell it out. Show us! Make some tutorials... I mean Misty from Creative Itch shared her 12 days of Christmas and did a wonderful job! If you didn't see them, pop over and take a look they were FANTASTIC!!!

Speaking of Misty, what a GREAT idea for cards that look super duper cute!!! These are scalloped Christmas Cards. I love them, and really you could do this for any day... birthday's with paper that says happy bd, or mothers day I mean the possibilities are endless. As always Misty THANK YOU for linking and sharing!



Thank you to the four of you who made it online long enough to include your link!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site)!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


Rules for linking:
(1) Link to specific blog post, not blog home page!
(2) Link craft projects that you have done!
(3) Make sure to visit a few of the links and leave some comment love!
(4) Linky Tools will remain open through Wednesday, January 5th so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Merry Christmas!!!

TTFN~

It's Stinkin' Cute Craft Thursday - 34

I love Christmas... I have enjoyed shopping with my best friend which I did yesterday... then today I went grocery shopping and got the last card I needed. I am so excited that I have gotten the chance to enjoy the last couple of days and not been running with my head cut off... Anyways, thank you to this weeks participants I hope that you are all having as great of a week as I am!

I want to thank Amy from Gabriel's Good Tidings for sharing her Reusable Lunch Sack. It is super cute and you can make them with any fabric you want. It is really, really cute!


Also, this gift card holder is super cute! Stephanie from Silly Precious Piggies made a tutorial on how to make these... At first glance before reading I thought they were cookie cutters... hehehe but I love them. Thank you for sharing!


Thank you to all this weeks link ups. Hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to seeing what you have made for Christmas.

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site)!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


Rules for linking:
(1) Link to specific blog post, not blog home page!
(2) Link craft projects that you have done!
(3) Make sure to visit a few of the links and leave some comment love!
(4) Linky Tools will remain open through Wednesday, December 29th so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Merry Christmas from our Family to Yours

Just incase I forget to hope online on Friday or Saturday, I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas! You are all so wonderful, and I enjoy sharing my thoughts with you every chance I get! Have a great week, and I hope everyone gets the chance to do all their last minute shopping/crafting done!



TTFN~

You are the best!

You know... Christmas is about giving, well... needless to say I have the BEST friends.... I mean this morning, one of the girls at work brought me Starbucks Coffee... um, yummy and thank you.

But the reason for this post is that one of my wonderful blogging buddies, you know who you are... got me something I wanted and was looking for. Needless to say, it goes perfect in my craft room and with me. I mean it is just Sew Cute!!!



I didn't know if you wanted me to keep your identity secret or not (so I did just incase... but let me know, becuase I can always change the post to tell them who is just sew awesome). But as I have already mentioned multiple times... Thank you from the bottom of my heart! It is really just wonderful to have a FRIEND like you!

Have a great week folks! Merry Christmas... I mean it is only 5 days away... eek!

TTFN~

It's Stinkin Cute Craft Thursday 33

I am so totally psyched becuase I have wonderful friends like you all... I will explain that further tomorrow with a detailed explination as to why I am so happy to have this blog.

Christmas is 9 days away... eek... yikes... I haven't wrapped a thing. To do list is longer than a page. I just have been going non-stop and tonight is no exception. The big red guy is coming to the house tonight.... yup, Santa Claus is coming to the house. I was up late cleaning and getting ready, and I can't wait to share that either. I think I am finally getting into the spirit... yeah! Anyways, with this being said, I do think it mildly appropriate to show case some Christmas projects... keep em coming folks. I am eating them up they are Sew Stinkin Cute!

Staci/Mariana over at Just Sew Sassy has the most adorable fabric wreath tutorial. I will have to use my left over fabric from Christmas and try and do this for next year. I just love the bright colors and how pretty it is! Great job!


Karly over at Jellybean Junkyard has me wishing I could find these same socks. I mean this is just the cutest shirt re-do! I just love the stripes, cute fuzzy part at the end of the sleves now. I mean just ADORABLE... and your model is just super stinkin cute!

Karly also linked up a REALLY easy, but SUPER CUTE and EASY project that you could use as a change jar, decoration, or a gift... I LOVE IT! It is a "Save the Elves" jar... just awesome!


Thank you to all this weeks link ups. I just love looking at them all! Thank you to both Just Sew Sassy and Jellybean Junkyard for sharing the adorable Christmas ideas and tutorials! I hope you all have a FABULOUS Thursday folks!

Let's get to linkin'!! Rules:

1. Please link craft projects that you have done (not advertising an Etsy site)!
2. Linky Tools will remain open until next Wednesday evening so there's plenty of time to link your projects!


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TTFN~


Rules for linking:
(1) Link to specific blog post, not blog home page!
(2) Link craft projects that you have done!
(3) Make sure to visit a few of the links and leave some comment love!
(4) Linky Tools will remain open through Wednesday, December 22nd so you have plenty of time to add your projects!

Laci's 2nd Birthday -Curious George Party - 2nd Post

Here goes day two's post on Laci's 2nd Birthday Party. Today I shall cover, food, activities and decorations. Enjoy!

As far as food... let me tell you. This was the year that we tried to grill.... When you have 70+ people flowing in and out of your house... this is a BAD idea! So take it from me. Crockpot hot dogs like we did for Laci's 3rd Birthday, they are good and no one will care!

Otherwise we had chips and salsa, you see the bananas cut up in the bowl in the back (come on we had to have bananas for Curious George), crackers, dip, and I am sure other good stuff, but I don't remember.


The cake was really cute, from my favorite bakery, and over priced... Again, if you are trying to save money take it from me, do cupcakes and cute picks like we did for Laci's 3rd birthday.


Every year for her birthday we read a book to the kids and do an activity that coordinates. In this book, Curious George was in a band. So what did we do? Made tambourines of course. They were all already hot glued together, so all the kids did was decorate them with stickers.

Here is Laci with hers.


Here the kids are having a blast making theirs. You can also see crayons in the bottom of the picture. While we were waiting for kids to arrive we had coloring pages and crayons out (great for kids who don't want to do other stuff anyways. Keeps them busy). Oh, and my table is not yellow... but for the purposes that I don't want my tables destroyed, we cover them with butcher paper so that the kids can color on them, get them messy, and I can just tear the paper off at the end of the day. Awesome I promise!


My mom and her class made this for Laci. We used it for her 3rd birthday party too, but we will need a new one before next year. It got a little wind damaged this year.


Just like the Mickey decorations this year that we made with the opaque projector, there were Curious George ones all around the house. This is a nice reminder that I do need to get started on the Cat in the Hat/Dr. Seuss ones for Laci's 4th birthday party.














Anyways, for any of you that have viewed Laci's 3rd Birthday Party, you know that things were bigger and better this year. But, still I wanted to take a minute to share some of the cool and fun ideas that we had for the George Birthday Party. Hope you enjoyed!

TTFN~

Laci's 2nd Birthday Party - Curious George

I started this blog after Laci's 2nd Birthday last year. I always said I was going to share it and never got around to it, but I figured in the midst of unfinished projects now would be a good time to share it. I am going to break this down into two posts. Tomorrow will be food, some wall decorations, and activities. Today is just a quick over view and a clear shot of the outfit I made for her.

Here you will see the Man in the Yellow Hat (Uncle Tim) and Laci... hasn't she gotten so big since then?


Here is the Mantle with all sorts of Curious George books as decorations and one of our blown up George prints.


We had to have a George Bounce House...


Here you can see Laci with the big present Jake and I bought for her... but you can also see the cute outfit I made for her to wear. Isn't she just such a little cutie! I loved the cupcake shirt and the cute jeans that matched... You can't tell in this picture, but the back pockets of the jeans also had the fabric on them. They were really cute. I need to make more jeans for her like that now, since she is bigger it will be easier. Tiny clothes are hard to sew.


Check back tomorrow for a quick re-cap of the other half. Also, if you haven't seen some of her 3rd birthday party posts... take a look at them starting here as a short HI then here and here for the full recaps... her 2nd birthday party was nothing compared to the chaos we pulled of then. Also... there are tons of party prep posts if you go back further... if you want to know how to do anything, just e-mail me and ask. I will either point you in the right direction or make a new post just for you. Thanks for stopping by!

TTFN~

Candy House Tutorial

Ever wanted to do a candy house but didn't want to buy an expensive one, make the cookie part just to fail, or bought one and it fell apart? Well your in luck.. I have a solution thanks to my wonderful mother (who is a kindergarten teacher) who does this with her class every year.

Saturday night we went over to my mom's house who had all the stuff ready for Laci. Here is the candy house that Laci made this year...



Side 1:


Side 2:


How do you make this really cute little house?

Supplies:
(1) Heavy Duty Paper Plate
(2) Milk Cartons (washed out and dried)
Hot Glue Gun
Graham Crackers
Large Marshmallow
(2) Cans of Icing
Candy to decorate

Here's how it goes....

Take your Milk Cartons and hot glue them shut, then hot glue them together like this...


Take your paper plate...


And hot glue your milk cartons smack dab in the middle...


Take your graham crackers and hot glue them on the side of the house like this...


Take two more full graham crackers and hot glue them to the top like this (do this to both sides)...


Take your big marshmallow and hot glue it to the top like this (this is the chimney)...


Then ice the house (best to do this step for your little one too... I promise, the process is MUCH better if you do it for them)...

Here you see my mom using a piping bag to fill in the holes and under the roof line...


Then she would glob it on and use a knife to spread it around...


Here you can see that it by any means isn't perfect looking icing, but by the end it doesn't matter at all, you can't tell...




Then you let the kiddo decorate to their hearts content...


Here you can see some of the candy at the bottom of the picture that we had in a container that separated it out so it didn't get all mixed up...


Then when you aren't paying attention they will grab the spatula with the icing on it...


Then make sure to get a cute shot of your little tyke who is super proud of their candy house...


Enjoy and I hope you have fun making a candy house of your own to dawn your table.

TTFN~