You know you’ve lost your mind when you walk into the examining room, spot these things, and immediately wish you would have brought your stamps, ink, scissors, and glue. Yup. That was me on Friday when I took my daughter to the doctor. The nurse whipped out the paper examination […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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By Adding One Small Extra, Your Creation Can Go From Boring to Amazing When I first created this card I was happy with it because I thought it had an understated elegance about it and that’s why I liked it. However, I couldn’t help but feel that something was missing. I […]
This project passed the test! When I showed it to my daughters, they both asked me to make them one with their names for their bedrooms. Impressing teenage girls is the most difficult thing to do! I used thin cardboard coasters for the back pieces. I covered them with Stampin’ Up!’s […]
I found these snazzy wooden oval frames for $1 each. I covered them with decorative paper, added some cut-out designs, and used a window sheet to cover them. They can be used as spring décor before, during, and after Easter…and even into the summer.
Okay, I have been beating around the bush because I don’t quite know how to say this. I am just going to come out with it…I don’t like making things for St. Patrick’s Day! Just the thought gives me hives! Nothing at all against the holiday. It’s just the colors! […]
Erica (8th grade) had to do a project for her French class where she had to teach a lesson to the students while speaking French. She taught her lesson on the Euro. She printed out fake Euro bills and coins. Of course I couldn’t allow her to just carry in some paper money […]
I put all of my green scraps to good use and made this home decoration to display during the month of March. St. Patrick’s Day is a difficult one for me to create for. I think it might be because green is a really difficult color for me to work […]
Download the PDF template (dollhouse.pdf) I absolutely love dolls and dollhouses. I was so excited to find a tutorial on THIS BLOG that showed how to make a small fabric dollhouse. I adapted the pattern to make it work for a house made out of paper. I am pretty happy with […]
A friend of mine gave me these plastic tubes. Here is the before picture. Pretty boring, huh? Here is what I came up with. Pretty simple. I made it in less than five minutes! Think “Message in a Bottle.” You can use it as a tube to send love notes […]