I absolutely love it when my plans come together so easily and quickly. It’s just the greatest when you come up with an idea and then you start working on a project and it’s so easy to put together that it’s almost like magic. And then there’s weeks like this one, when everything in your life decides to happen this week. And then you find out that the product you wanted to use in your next make and take is actually on back-order for at least … [Read more...] about On To Plan C…
Treat Holders
Top O’ The Mornin To You
We're celebrating St. Patrick's Day a little early since it falls on the weekend. What do you do to celebrate this Holiday? For years, I would make authentic-ish Irish meals, but nobody cared for them. The recipes I found tend to use a lot of cabbage and my family just wasn't a fan. So we won't be having corned beef and cabbage tonight. And I'm trying to do a no-carb thing so green beer is off the menu for me. Oh well, maybe I'll just have to … [Read more...] about Top O’ The Mornin To You
Sweets For You
This Saturday, I'll be at the Just Crop Retreat again with Stampin Up make & takes. The How Sweet It Is Suite of products is so perfect for treat holders. One of my favorite treat holders is our clear 2x2" treat boxes. They look so festive filled with candy.One of my favorite ideas for these boxes is to wrap the pattern paper around the outside. And this rainbow paper is so fun and festive - perfect for party favors. If you are making a bunch … [Read more...] about Sweets For You
A Little More Love
Valentine's Day is this Thursday. Can you believe it's already here? Crazy. Don't worry, you still have time to whip up a bunch of treats for your kiddo to swap at school. Today's treat holder is a mini mailbox, complete with "love you" flag. The flag arm is glued in the up position. I could have used a small brad instead so I can raise and lower the arm, but I went with a glue dot and sequin instead. Check out just how cute this is. It … [Read more...] about A Little More Love
Hey Love
The Hey Love stamp set in the Occasions Catalog has the most adorable animal images with matching puns. I met up with some friends earlier this week and wanted to take them a little something for Valentine's Day. Here are just a couple the cute treat bags I made.The animals are stamped with our Memento Black ink pad and colored using our Stampin Blends markers. I love our Blends alcohol markers. There are so many different techniques that you can … [Read more...] about Hey Love
Tis the Season
For gift-giving! When the kids were little, they would sometimes need Holiday treats to pass out at school. Our elementary school had a rule that all treats had to be individually packaged and store bought - nothing homemade and bagged by us (for allergy purposes). I always liked to dress up the treats. I never wanted to just pass out a bag of candy. Today's treat holder uses the Making Spirits Bright bundle (stamp set and … [Read more...] about Tis the Season
Blending Your Blends
For the last couple of OnStage events, I’ve taken small boxes of treats to share with other Demonstrators. I give these to old friends and new friends I’ve made this trip. They aren’t meant to be a swap that I’m trading to get something in return. Instead, these are given to lots of different people, to Stampin Up employees that may have helped me with something or people who were just extra nice. The boxes are our Pizza boxes and these are a … [Read more...] about Blending Your Blends
Happy Halloween!
Can you believe it's Halloween today? Where did October go? Nevermind, October... where did September go?!? It amazes me every single year how quickly the end of the year comes once school starts. It feels like I'm wishing the kids a good first day of school and then two days later they are off on Winter Break. I know it's really not quite that fast, but once we get back into the daily school routine with sports and activities, time really does … [Read more...] about Happy Halloween!