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Friday, May 02, 2008

For Lauren's baby shower, made these seed packets to go with the favors. Since she was born early she had her shower after her birth and got to be featured on her favors.

Looking back at that project gave me an idea.

I designed photo seed packets that can be used for wedding favors or baby birth announcements. The project seems timely because spring always seems to bring lots of weddings and babies.

You can download the templates here and there are also step by step instructions. It helps if you have photo editing software, so you can add the pictures before you print them out.

Labels: craft, photography, project

posted on 5/02/2008 :: link :: (9) comments

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Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

in an effort to combine St. Patrick's Day and the looming Easter holiday, I made shamrock Easter eggs. You can read about how I made these photo eggs with decoupage glue and blown eggs on 1000 Words today.

. You can leave me a comment there if you want... it's sadly commentless

Labels: 1000 Words, craft, eggs, holiday, project

posted on 3/17/2008 :: link :: (2) comments

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I blogged about the recycled Valentine's candy box picture frames on 1000 Words... with another tip I discovered recently.

Labels: craft, project

posted on 2/15/2008 :: link :: (3) comments

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I made Candy Bar Cozies for my friends for Valentine's Day.

They were pretty quick to make, they are felt envelopes with hearts and buttons.

I like mixing and matching the colors of felt and buttons.

Each cozy has a yummy bar of dark chocolate tucked away inside.

You can see more pictures of this project and how I made them on my Project Gallery.

Labels: candy, craft, project, valentines

posted on 2/14/2008 :: link :: (10) comments

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I am really excited about this project I created for work. It's a picture frame made from an empty Valentine's Day candy box.

Now you can reuse your heart shaped candy boxes instead of throwing them out. Reduce, reuse and recycle!

It's just the top and bottom of the box glued together with an easel cut in the back for it to sit up on.

Here is a close up shot of the back easel configuration.

You can see more pictures and detailed instructions here. (note: I have added the extra support arm you see above since I wrote up those instructions)

I blogged about it on 1000 Words too.

I ate a lot of chocolate while making these frames by the way.

Labels: candy, craft, project, valentines

posted on 2/11/2008 :: link :: (9) comments

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I am so lucky that I get to do stuff I enjoy at work. I just designed these Valentine's Day Candy Bar Wrappers for the project center.

Aaron had no idea he was going to be the cover boy for all the candy wrappers.

There are three different wrappers that you can download. They all have funny little sayings on them.

You can either open the pdf's up in a photo editing tool and add your pictures or print them out as is and cut out the hearts and place your picture behind the cutout.

Go here to download the wrappers and see more detailed instructions.

Labels: candy, craft, project, valentines

posted on 2/06/2008 :: link :: (8) comments

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A few people have asked me about the string I used to tie up my Christmas packages. It is a large spool of baker's twine I bought online... quite inexpensively. This spool should last me the rest of my life. I don't remember the exact place but a google search will turn up several alternatives.

It was the Little Italy pastry shops that I frequented during our visit to Boston that inspired me to use baker's twine.

Labels: christmas, craft

posted on 12/28/2007 :: link :: (5) comments

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I have been collecting plastic deer for a few years now. My mom has found quite a few for me at yard sales and flea markets. I even decided that they would play a big role in this years Christmas theme.

So you can imagine how surprised I was when I saw this spread in this month's Martha Stewart Living.

Little plastic deer everywhere.

Sometimes I feel like she is watching me.

But I am using her Michaels craft stuff for my "Woodland Creatures" Christmas themed projects so it's all good.

Labels: christmas, craft, martha

posted on 11/29/2007 :: link :: (4) comments

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