Family tree!

One of my favorite recent projects for my dear friend Karen's birthday. Now I can't wait to make one for me!!

Shower Decor

Recently we had a bridal shower for a friend at work. I volunteered to make some little party favors and a banner. It was a lingerie shower and this friend loves to garden. For the favors I made little birdhouses which got filled with kisses and flower seeds. For the banner I decided to do it as a clothesline with hearts, bloomers, and bras. It turned out so cute!!

I used my silhouette for the birdhouses and the silhouette and cricut for the banner.

Home is where your scrapbook supplies are

Or something like that. I have quite a few rolls of vinyl in my craft cupboard and decided to test out my Silhouette Portrait with the vinyl. Just like butter. I started with the front door. Who knows what will be next!!

I *heart* crafting! (No pun intended - ok, its intended!)

I got a little ambitious the last few days making homemade valentines.  So much fun!

Little birdhouses for my girlfriends.  Birdies courtesy of Studio Calico.  Freakin' adorable birdhouses courtesy of the silhouette store (Lori Whitlock).

My 5 year old is a super hero fanatic.  This is what we made for his preschool class.  Plus he got great practice writing his name!  We are doing the same thing for his teachers, but with water bottles. 

And here are a sampling of Valentine's for my 8 year old daughter's class.  Cuts and cupid courtesy of the silhouette store.

Spring!

Since it is nearly May - I figured I should get a spring banner hung up.  Our Valentine's Day banner that my sister Bailey made me was oh so cute and so we have just kept it up ... until today.

Here are a few of the cute details.  I embossed all the letters (cut out with my cricut - embossed with my cuttlebug).  

Here is the final product -don't mind the top of Max and Ruby's head.  

Happy Spring!

Message Board

This is a message board that I made for my dear friend Karen's birthday.  I learned the HARD way that magnetic spray on paint DOES NOT work.  This was made from a 12x12 canvas.  

A cute gift idea!

Last night I worked on some cute little gifts for some of my cute girlfriends, and one for Jeff's secret santa at work.  If you are looking for a cute last minute gift, pick up some frames from the dollar store (these are 3.5 x 5) and use the supplies that you have on hand. 

I also made cute little matching notebooks for each of them.  I love being able to make cute handmade gifts!