More Tiles

I had promised you more tiles awhile back and here they are!These make a great housewarming gift.  They can totally be customized to the recipient's style and tastes.  Be sure to use permanent ink and I sealed them with a matte spray. They work like a dream!  Enjoy!

Gorgeous Gift Bag

Isn't this cute!?  New purse or gift bag?  Both!  One of my SU! teammates came up with this idea.....not sure who, so I can't give credit by name.  Sorry!  Sooo simple!  2 sheets of black 12 x 12 cardstock, whatever DSP that you love for the patterned strip across the front of the purse, another thin strip of patterned DSP to crimp and create the flower, an antique brad and the bag on the inside!  Went to my favorite dollar store, Dollar Tree, and purchased their very sturdy gift bags (2 for $1).  I cut the top off and then adhered the black paper to it.  I know that you can get gift bags cheaper, but Dollar Tree sells them in a variety of colors that match all of our DSP!  Wouldn't this make a great best girlfriend gift bag?  A great gift bag for your bridesmaids?  A new mom gift bag?  A mother's day gift bag?  Best yet, a Valentine's gift bag?  The possibilities are endless!!!

Four Seasons Scrapbook Frame

I have had this frame for about a year......I just couldn't decide what I wanted to do with it.  Finally, last week I decided that I was tired of storing all of them ( I have 13 more!).  So, I found this great website, http://www.52sketches52weeks.com/  and starting looking for sketches to case.  These are the pages that I came up with......and a new class was born!  Four Seasons Scrapbook Frame!  Attendees will get the frame and then create the four 8x8 pages.  The small white discs in the corners are really strong magnets that hold the pages in place.  So, you can create the pages, display them for as long as you'd like, and then add them to an 8x8 scrapbook!  The stars of my pages are my two great kids through the seasons (and the years)! What do you think?

Rudolph Day!

Can you believe that Christmas is only 2 months away! My friend Leann over at The Old Parsonage http://somewouldevensayitglows.blogspot.com/  introduced me to Rudolph Day.  Celebrated on the 25th of every month, it is a day set aside to do something for the Christmas holidays.  In honor of Rudolph Day, I am sharing this ornament.  Isn't the fabric wonderful?  This is the new Stampin' Up! fabric.  I do not sew so I was sooo excited that this is a no sew project!  What is also nice, is that there is matching Deisgner Series Paper too!  A version of this ornament will be made and given to my co-workers, to our family for our annual ornament exchange, and for my daughter's teachers. So, if you are any of those people, please act surprised when you receive it!  Oh, I almost forgot,.....we will be making this at my Christmas Stamp Camp in November!  Happy Rudolph Day!  What will you do to celebrate!

Dollar Store Decor

Hello!  It has been awhile since I have posted!  We had a wonderful 10 day vacation during the first two weeks of August and the rest of August was spent preparing for the new school year!  I am returning to my fifth grade teaching position after four years.  During those four years, I was an instructional coach in my school district.  While I loved the job, I really missed being in the classroom with the students on a daily basis.  So.....we started back to school this past Monday.  It truly feels like I was never away! I know that I am where I belong!  It just feels right!

Anyway, that explains where I've been!  I have been stamping too!  This is a project that we did at my late July Stamp Camp and at my Senior Circle class.  We made a summer flower insert and also a Christmas wreath insert.  It is a great frame to be able to change out the picture depending on the season or holiday.  The frame came from our local Dollar General store.  I am not sure where else they are located, but they just seem to have better quality items. Everyone seems to be looking for inexpensive items that they can embellish, alter, or use to add to their projects.  This frame was $1 and it came with a beautiful white ribbon.  You can't see it in the picture because I couldn't get it to stand up correctly for the picture. I have had such fun scouring the store for items, that some of my customers have asked me to have a class with those items.....I am considering Cheap to Chic as the name of the class!  What do think about that idea?

Fun Candle Holder

This is my newest creation!  A little SU! + a little Home Depot = a cute candle holder for my deck!

This is the metal flashing that is used for roofs! I ran it through the Big Shot with the Flower Folds Die and presto!  I did use my Crop-A-Dile to attach all of the pieces together in the centers of each of the flowers, and put a little tealight over the top!  The bonus that I wasn't even thinking of at first.....they won't rust because it the roof material!  I showed it to some of my friends and they are already asking to make them!  I think that we may be getting together soon and there will be lots of flowers popping up on decks all over town!  Do you love it as much as I do?

Teacher Gift Set

What a practical (and stylish) end of the year teacher gift!!!  This gift set includes a clipboard, paperclip holder, post it note holder, and notepad & pen.  All matching of course!  Urban Garden Designer Series Paper is a retired SU! product but I love the big, bold flowers and the color combination!  As a full time teacher, I would love to give and receive a gift like this!  This is another class that I will be offering throughout May and June.  It is a great class for a mom or dad to bring the child along to assist with their teacher's gift don't you think?

Calendar Creation

This is the calendar that we created at one of my classes.  I will be hosting it again in a few weeks.  I love the Razzleberry Lemonade Designer Series Paper!  It is nice and bright!  Good for spring and summer projects.  I also like the fact that the calendar is perpetual.  Everything is on magnets and when the month changes all you need to do is shift the dates around. You may be thinking, where are the rest of the months?  They are hidden on the back!  What an ingenious hiding spot that my friend Dee discovered!  This is a great gift for everyone......you can pick papers that fit anyone's style! Enjoy!

Flower Jars!

My daughter wanted something to put on her desk for utensil storage.  I just picked up these jars at the Flower Warehouse.  Only $1.95 each!  Aren't they great summer/spring colors!? I dug out some of my old rub-ons to dress them up.  She was very happy with them and they are already on her desk!  I was also planning to use some of them on the deck for candle holders.  I really seem to be loving all things flowers lately!  Maybe it is the season!!!