Christmas candy

Christmas is the time to indulge in homemade toffee - it is so good!  I thought I would package some up in a little paint can and send it off to my brother in Seattle.  Hope he enjoys it - I know I sure have!

Cupcake apron

I bought a play cupcake kit for my 4 year old grand niece for Christmas and thought a little apron would be cute - well after searching online for one I thought 'hey I could make one!'  And how cute is that SU material I had stashed.  My daughter came up with the idea of the cupcake applique and I am pretty happy with it.  This was not my first sewing project (maybe 5th!) and I am quite happy with the results.

Here is another picture with a matching tag for wrapping.  I sure hope she likes it.

Now more to prepare for Christmas!

Mini bundt cake box

A couple months ago I wanted to try making traditional pound cake, but I didn't want to have a whole pound cake in the house so I made individual cakes with a mini bundt cake pan.  I had little cakes to share so I had to do something for presentation, right?!  Well, those little cupcake boxes work perfectly - just had to adjust the dimensions to fit my cakes.  Here is another picture of the finished project; I forgot to take a picture of the cake - next time...

A lovely little teapot...

I love this little teapot from Papertrey Ink; it is just so sweet.  And what's better than a little hot tea to make one feel better?

I used some retires Stampin' Up! paper that I love - I think this was the last of it!

Have a great Sunday!

Christmas cards...

I always have this idea that I will make Christmas cards throughout the year, but alas I never do.  So, now that the season is upon us I am ready to whip some up.  Love this wreath set from Papertrey Ink.

Maybe I will make some time this weekend to get a few more made; it will be time to mail soon! 

More tags

I have been a on tag making kick lately - these will add a nice finish to some homemade goodies for family and friends!

Thankful

I had a great day yesterday celebrating Thanksgiving with family and friends. Here we all are getting ready to dive into a roasted butternut squash soup with crabmeat - yum!




On another note, what fun to come to my blog and see comments posted on the Papertrey blog hop post - was not expecting that! Thanks for all the niceness!

Maybe this will be an incentive to participate in more challenges and post.

Have a great day.

Papertrey Ink November Blog Hop

I finally am going to participate in a challenge or in this case blog hop. This one is perfect because I do love making tags - they are just so fun to make. Here are two different tags I made using the stocking stamp set. Can I say how excited I was when they came out with the die cut.

Then I wanted to have a bag to tie the tag on to so I made one. It makes coordination so easy. I will use this to pack up a few biscotti cookies - perfect size.

Well, I finally did it - a challenge - now to go link at Papertrey Ink.

Happy Thanksgiving!

A little treat

Sarah went to San Antonio for a journalism competition and I thougt I would tuck a little treat in her bag. It is Chex muddy buddy mix - our favorite. Hope she enjoyed it.

Quick birthday tag

Sarah had a birthday party this evening and put together this very cute gift bucket - she asked me to make a tag for it.

Here's a closer look at the tag -

We both thought it added a finishing touch to a great gift.

Thank you card

Needed a thank you card today and thought I would pull out some Stampin' Up! supplies. Stampin' Up is what hooked me on to stamping about 8 years ago; I am what would be considered a hobby demonstrator. I used only SU products for quite a long time and then I eventually branched out to all the many new companies that have sprung up over the last few years. I still do love SU; I love the way all their products are coordinated - makes things quick and easy!

On another note, Zach got a belated birthday gift this weekend!

With all the rain I could only get a picture in the garage...

Mother's Day

Mother's Day was filled with performances of Mary Poppins; Sarah performed 2 shows on Sunday and that is where we visited the mothers in our family.

She did a wonderful job and the entire show was great!

Little notebooks

I am hooked on making these little notebooks that I found on Michelle Wooderson's blog. I have followed her blog forever and love her style.

I also love Papertrey Ink. Michelle created the set 'take note' that I used here.

On to the project!

1st blog post

I'm finally going to post to the blog I created months and months ago...



Just a little bit of how I spend a some of my free time!