A Gift For Me

My Sweet daughter Mikensee made me a couple of great Mother's Day gifts and I just had to share!

First this altered tin stuffed with Kit Kat's. . . Yum!


Didn't she do a great jog? She's only 11 and she did this in her room completely on her own. She used her paper stash, but raided the tin and flowers from me. She only has her own white ribbon, so she colored it with her markers to match! Clever girl!

Then she made me this flower pot/pen holder. She made this with her Achievement Day leaders. Thanks KC, you know it made my day!

It's a Hybrid!

This is my first digital/Hybrid project. You can see the pages on my

digital ink blog

from the link to the right if you want to see them. I like how it turned out, but I have a long way to go before digital is faster for me than paper. . . There is a LOT to learn!

On the 12th Day of Christmas

Merry Christmas Glass Pebble Magnet Tin

So I did this quick and if I were really doing it to give away I would have taken a bit more time and dolled it up just a bit more. Additionally, my rub-ons didn't want to rub on and I'm not sure why, so I should have cleaned them off and used white Staz-On and stamped something, but I SHOULD be wrapping presents or sleeping. . . ha, ha, ha.

I also didn't have any really clear pebbles. You can find them much clearer than the one I had in my craft cupboard. Other ideas would be LOVE YOU with some hearts, the receiver's name. . .Tic, Tac, Toe pieces, etc.

So How do you make it?






I hope you'll try one and post back so I can see. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and that you enjoye my 12 Days of Christmas. It didn't turn out exaclty as I had hoped and there unfinished projects I can't wait to still do! I'll try and transpose them to Valentine's Day or Easter. . . or there is always next year, which is only 367 days away!

P.S. Everyone who has posted on my 12 Days Projects will be entered to win a little blog candy. You have until January 31st to post. Winner will be notified if they have a blog profile with email or blog links OR an email address/blog/web-site in their post! Good Luck and again, MERRY CHRISTMAS! May you and yours be blessed with the spirit of love this Christmas.

On the 8th Day of Christmas

Treat Pails! Stampendous makes these adorable clear pails. They come in 2 sizes, but I prefer these pint size. Jen carries them at J4FUNand they aren't expensive at all!


This wasn't a project I had planned, but my CTMH Secret Sister (you know who you are!) sent me the Queen and Company Felt self-adhesive ribbon (which I've secretly wanted, but haven't splurged on!) The second I saw it and the star pattern I knew I had to make treat pails to hold my homemade carmels and truffles. The truffles I make are the really easy Kraft Recipe ones. The carmels I make are to die for! The recipe will be posted on my blog, but not tonight! I made the topper with scraps left over from other holiday projects and the cute Paper Trey Ink Stamp set called Holiday Treats. So, if you're looking for a cute way to package your holiday goodies this month (or any other small gift too) this is a fast, simple project that you can make too!

Spooky Sweets

Just a little Halloween Goody for some friends:

Tins can be purchased with Jenn here.
Stamps and paper are CTMH or Papertrey ink!

More on D for Dear Daughter!

Mikensee also made me these little cuties!
This MM band-aid tin was also stuffed with
Twix and now houses my 2"Cuttlebug dies!
The little mini candy bar purse is too cute to let go!
The little purse is made by cutting a 1.25" x 4.5" CS,
Scoring at 1.25, 2.25, 3.5 and 3.75"
Stamp, fold and glue a Hershey nugget inside!
A brad and small flower keeps the flap closed and a
ribbon slid through and tied creates the handle. She
learned these by helping me make bunch of them for
a valentine workshop. She pays attention well! (or she sneaked this one and kept if for a special occasion.)
I'd bet on the later, but hey, I'm the lucky special occasion!

C is also for Card Tin

I made 6 of these for thank you gifts. . . They each hold 5 mini thank you cards! The Tins are a steal at just4fun. Jen's supply of projects in the raw rock!

Blogging for dummies

Okay, so here I am, loving all the blogging going on in the world around me and I decide, hey, why not me? So, now I'm wondering if there is a blogging for dummies so that I can actually do something with the space I'm taking!

I'm sure I'll figure it out, and if anyone finds me before that I promise I'll get better!

This is a recipe tin I created for friend. . . Had to find a use for all thos Prima's and seed beeds in my scrap space! I'm also loving the new ghosty sticker things from HS!!!

Make it a great day!