It's that time of the year again!!! October! Halloween!! Yes!! I love Halloween!! Every year I think all year long about ideas for potential costumes. I always do this, in hopes that I will be well prepared with a costume, but it never fails, here I am the week of Halloween and I'm scrambling for a costume! UGH! I have so many great ideas, so why can't I nail it down and get it going?!! I think the only answer I can really come up with, is too much excitement over the season! That combined with a little(a lot) of procrastination. I love giving goodies out for Halloween!! Honestly, when it comes to the kiddies I don't like to give them all candy. I like giving them a little tricks too. Here are some tags that I made for this Halloween. I made all of these tags with my cricut, using the Create a critter 2 cartridge for the images, and the tags, bags, and boxes cartridge for the tags. I will post more to follow!
Do you dress up? What are you going to be this year? What is your fave Halloween treat?
Hello there!! It's been a long time since I've posted a card! This is a thank you car that I recently made for my aunty! I've been having fun making this style of card, it is very simple but I love it!!
This is the card all put together.
This is the card, I wrote my personal message on the back of this card.
I folded an accent piece of card stock
I added the sentiment to the "band" part of the card
The assembly of this card is very simple. It is basically 3 pieces. You will need 1 card as your main card, add some die cuts, stickers, draw a picture, whatever your heart desires. Get a smaller piece of paper and cut it down to at least half of the first piece. Make sure that it's the same width as your main card. Fold it in half, slip the main card inside the card that you just folded. Now for the last piece, since it is just an accent, it can just be a strip since it is just an accent. Wrap it around the entire width of the card. This piece holds the card together. You can leave it as it is, or decorate it like I did. It will also look cute, with a ribbon or tulle tied around it as well. You can also add more cards if you'd like. This design is great for invitations as well.
To make this card I used the cricut walk in my garden cartridge, and butterfly punch.
Hi! Just checking in!! I wanted to make a note, that my last couple posts have been from my phone via blogger app! It's pretty wonderful! I know I'm a little late to the party, but I did have it on my old phone bit didn't really use it. I'm still getting the hang of the features, but it's pretty easy!
Anywho! How is your summer going so far??! Can you believe how fast June has gone by?! It's getting hotter around here, and currently I'm sick! #ick I hope to get better soon, because it sucks being sick when the weather is so perfect outside! I hope you're enjoying the summer so far!
Just wanted to share a little birthday tag that I made recently! It was a pirate theme, and such a cute parrrrrttyy! I used the cricut for the entire tag. Tags, bags, and boxes for the tag shape. Create a critter for the rest of the images. I used raised double stick tape to make the images pop out a little more, and of course decorated the entire tag with my fave, white pen! Super simple, and fun!!
It's been a little bit since my last post! I just wanted to share some things that I made recently for a couple of 1st birthdays! I'm enjoying the Summer so far, and trying to make the most of the sun!! What are your plans for the Summer?
Happy Easter! I know that it's a little late, but you know how it goes! I just wanted to share some Easter goodies that I made this year.
This is a little goodie jar that I saw on pinterest! I have to admit that I thought it was gonna be super easy to make, but was a little harder than I thought. I tweaked it a little here and there, and just went with what worked!
To make this, I used edible grass, egg shaped candies, candy bunnies, mason jar, ribbons, and stickers. The edible grass is very interesting, the green grass that I used here is green apple flavored, there is also little yellow bunny confetti that is banana flavored. Stuff the grass inside the jar, I used a spoon to push it down and flatten it a little. I added the egg shaped candy to the jar. Through trial and error, I decided to leave the bunny in the wrapper. I've seen on pinterest that people use chocolate bunnies, and put them unwrapped in the jar. I did not use chocolate bunnies, just because they were a little on the pricey side, and I wanted to keep the cost down. The price of one chocolate bunny, was the same as a pack of five bunnies. I got Reese's and cookies and cream bunnies. Since they were a little on the smaller side, I opted to put two together in one jar. I put them back to back, so you could see it front and back in the jar. I also want to add that the jar that I used, is completely smooth. No writing, or designs on the jar. I got them at Walmart, I was excited to find these babies! I wedged the bunnies in the middle of the grass, and added more eggs around the bunnies to make Iittle more secure. Adjust things around to your liking. Now to add a little sass to the jar, I wrapped the outer rim of the jar with grosgain ribbon, and put stickers on the top of the jar to jazz it up a little. To top it of I added an Easter tag!
I love how these came out! It's so festive, and doesn't it just make you wanna smile?! :)
The fun thing about Easter, is that you can use pretty much any color! It doesnt have to be just pastels!
It's been awhile since I have posted anything craft related. Here we are in full Spring! April is here and soon it will be summer! This is a little birthday card that I made for a first birthday party. For some reason, I have a thing for hotair balloons. I don't know what it is, but they fascinate me. This entire card was made with either punches or cricut cut outs. I love using shades of pink and purple! It's just the right amount of girly. I hope to one day be able to go on a hotair balloon. It looks like so much fun!
Hello! Wow! January just flew by! I know, I haven't done a good job of keeping up with blogging as promised. :( Well it was a quick but busy month. I wish that I could say that it was all good, but it wasn't. We were saddened with our first death of the year. It was a sudden and very shocking one too. When things like this happen, it really makes you put things in perspective. It makes you realize that life, really is precious and that you should live it to it's fullest. I hope this is the last sad new for awhile.
February is a new month, and a new year for the Chinese zodiac! It's the year of the horse! Unfortunately I wasn't able to partake in any Chinese celebrations this year. So far it's been a quick paced month, filled with all kinds of different events. Super Bowl!!..was well, not so super!! For those of you that tuned in, you know why! For those that didn't, you didn't miss anything in the actual game itself. BUT!! that halftime was AWESOME!!! Shout out to our Hawaii boy Bruno Mars!! He did a great job, and the addition with the Red Hot Chili Peppers was the cherry on top!
This is a fun little flyer I made to invite people over for Super Bowl! It was the Bruno Bowl!!
Sadly, I didn't make that much decorations, because I was busy with cooking, and other things going on at the same time. I was able to make this super simple banner, and a Bruno sign, and some "D-fence" signs. Unfortunately, I didn't get good pics of them!( I really gotta work on the photo part)
Just like last super bowl, I used the baby onesies to make jersey looking shirts for the banner. I used colors from both teams, so it was a biased environment.(even though I was basically the only one cheering for Seattle)
This is from the Cricut cartridge Wrap it up. After you cut out the onesie, snip the bottom part by the leg area off so it will look like a shirt.
Just add your letters on an viola! For this banner, I wanted it to be a little more simple and manly, so I opted not to add ribbons to it. I just taped it to the wall. in order. All in all I am happy about how it came out.
Getting back to Bruno. The following day, Bruno Mars tickets went on sale. He is coming to Hawaii in April for what started as 2 concerts, but because of the fast sell out they added a third show. Well like the thousands out there, I waited by my computer from 8:30 a.m. Tickets were going on sale from 9, but I was thinking who knows, maybe I'll get lucky and somehow get something earlier?? Haha! Wishful thinking. The night before my auntie and I came up with kind of a plan to purchase 13 tickets. We printed out the map of the arena he will be at, and were trying to see if we were able to actually pick out our seats or even an area. We got it down, and thought we had everything planned out. Boy, were we wrong! I knew that there was a chance that we weren't gonna be able to get in, but I really didn't expect how slim the chance would be. I asked my friend to purchase 2 floor tickets, for her and myself. My aunty was supposed to buy the maximum 8, and I was gonna buy the other 3. When 9 a.m. hit, I was clicking, and I got in! YES!! but wait, what? Upper level seats was all I could get, we were aiming for risers. The site gives you a time limit on purchasing, so I was quickly trying to think what to do? My aunty and my friend were both texting me that they're not able to get in. So I just took the tickets. My aunty wasn't able to get in at all so she kept changing her amount of tickets, and still nothing. She got all the way down to 2, and it still wouldn't let her in. So I jumped back on, and started trying again, and was only able to get 1 ticket at a time. UGH!!! This can't be right!? Having to think what to do in the 90 sec. time limit you're given, I booked it. 1 seat? Who wants to sit alone?? I tried again...1 seat! ugh! noooo not again. I booked it! This went on 2 more times!! I kept thinking to myself, am I making a mistake getting individual seats?? What if nobody wants to sit by themselves? The concert sold out within minutes. They quickly added a third concert, so I tried again. Sadly I wasn't as lucky and couldn't get in at all!!! Out of the 13 tickets that I needed, I was only able to get 7! :( I kept trying all day, hoping that something would open or that there was a mistake and there were more seats. As the days of the week progressed, the tickets ended up on third party reselling sites, craigslist, etc. for ridiculous prices! It's so sad, that a lot of people weren't able to get tickets. I don't regret getting the solo seats, and they are somewhat close to each other. Hopefully if everyone is standing up dancing, then the 4 people can stand together, and won't bother anyone.
Here's a shot of the Platinum seating that was left on the first day. In the morning the tickets were about $260 or so, and by the end of the day this is how high it went.
This is from a third party reselling site, the day after tickets went on sale. Yes! that does say $8800.00 OMG!!!WTF??!and every other word you can think of! Granted these are great seats, but c'mon! Who has that kind of money to pay for tickets? It's just crazy!!
For those that haven't seen it yet, here is the halftime show!
I'll leave you with this parting shot!
This was basically the only food pic I got of all the good eats! It's fresh sashimi!! Thanks for sticking with me, on this long post!
Just a quick share! Here's a tiny banner that I made for one of my friends. She was having a baby shower luncheon, so I made this for her to decorate the table. I love the little onesies! Super cute and represents a baby shower so well!! This has been my go to for baby shower banners!
The weather's still all over the place, the only good things coming out of it are rainbows and green grass!
In hopes that the weather will turn around, I'll leave you with this!
Here's another lollipop garden, but this time I made them in sakura or cherry blossom flowers. I even embossed the little bags with a tiny sakura pattern. I used all different shades of pink, because this was for a baby shower! I love how these came out!! I want to make more!! Just looking at them, makes me smile!!
What's up for the weekend? The weather has been a little wonky over here! It's all over the place! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Here is a completed garden! This is one side of the box, I used the sames bunny for both sides but decorated it a little different.
This is the other side of the box. For the box, I just used an old box that I had. It can fit 8 lollipops with a little space all around.
Here is the side view of the box, that I decorated with a basket and some tiny hearts.
This is the other side view of the box, just kept it simple.
Since everything is scaled to the smaller side, this is a great way to use up your scraps. All the details on the box are all using scraps!
Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic of the individual treats! UGH! They are each in little shopping bags and I used the See's lollipops since they are perfect shape!
This is a great little treat for Easter! This gift is great because it can be used as favors and a centerpiece at the same time! This pack of 8 is great for office or school treats!
Hope you're all hopping into Spring!! Easter is next week!
Here's a little sneak peek to some of the Easter sweets that I'm making! Sorry, I was trying some apps out that's why the pics are kinda weird looking. I will post better pics soon! These are bunny garden boxes. Similar to the ones that I made before, but a little different. These pics don't have the flower candy lollipops in them yet. Stay tuned for more to come!
