Whoa! Was my last post really in April?? Yikes!! Summer has fully consumed my life, and I can't say that I'm complaining!:) The weather has been crazy and confusing here, but all in all it's still great! Last week, we reached record high temperatures with ridic humidity levels! I have never experienced heat like that here! It was a little overwhelming! How is the weather in your area??
Just wanted to share something sort of crafty...This is a banner that I made for an old Etsy friend! I haven't talked to her in a while, but she contacted me to ask if I could make a banner for her daughter's 1st birthday party! It was so nice hearing from her and good to hear that she's now married and celebrating her daughter's 1st birthday! :) I really love how this came out!! The colors are so cute and the gold glitter letters just added that little something extra!!
Here's a little glimpse of how I've been spending my days! Sand in my toes and salt water in my hair!! I hope you guys are having an awesome summer!
Hello there! It's been a minute! Just wanted to pop in and share some Easter goodies! I know that I am a little late, but what else is new? haha! I did some Easter egg decorating with my niece and nephew. Here's what I came up with...
Of course I had to do some Hello Kitty eggs! I saw the strawberry egg design on pinterest, sorry I can't remember who it was done by. The last is by attempt to do a daruma, for those of you that aren't familiar with the daruma I linked it to give a description of it. I got a bunch of cool new pens, and this was the first time trying them out! I love them all! The gold in the daruma is a paint pen. It has a brush as the tip, and the well part is clear so you can see the liquid coming down. (I should've taken a pic of it!) Lastly I had a cute spring colored manapua!
How was your Easter?? Did you decorate/dye eggs? What are your Easter traditions?
Happy July!! Hope your summer is going great! Just wanted to share some recent projects. I've been very busy, and haven't been taking as much pics of my projects as I should.
I made these wands for my besties daughter to give her little friends for her ballet recital. I really kinda just winged this 1. Jumped in totally blind, and just went with what worked! I was so excited to make these and even more after they ended up being cute! After I was done, I kept thinking to myself why didn't I try making this before?
It was very simple! I had some left of dowls from previous projects, so I just used those. I ended up needing more last minute, so I used chopsticks. You can get a bag of assorted size dowls for a couple dollars at the craft store or I've even bought it at Walmart. I wrapped all the dowls and chopsticks with grosgain ribbon to jazz it up and make it more colorful. I used foamies to make the butterflies and Hello Kitty. I cut the foam with my big shot, using the diecuts. If you don't have a die cut machine, you can easily trace and cut your own design or even just buy some cut pieces at the craft store or even Walmart. I glued the pieces together and let set. After the glue dried, I added a bow to finish it off!
I made her a little ballerina Hello Kitty goodie bag! To go with her Hello Kitty wand!
WhoaMG!! Another month has gone by and this is my first entry! Ugh!! I will seriously need to fix this!! Just wanted to pop in and share a little something that I've been working on. I ode to previous years Hello Kitty ornament making, I've been whipping up a something a little different this year. Here's 1 of them!(sorry for the bad quality photo!)
I mustache you a question?...Do you think I'm cute?? haha!! This is 1 of the ornaments that I've been working on!! I recently did a banner for a baby shower mustache party, and since it's popularity is growing and growing, I figured I'd jump in and give it a whirl! Gladly, I LOVE IT!! Stay tuned for more to come!!
Hope everyone has a great weekend!! Cheers!!
Hope everyone had a fun and safe Independence day!! It was a scorcher here!! A miserable heat, that just filled the entire house with thick air! It was much cooler outside under the tent! The kids had fun cooling off with 5 buckets of water balloons!!
I wanted to share a delish slushie treat that I made. I made it the first time for Super Bowl, and it was such a hit! It's called RED ROOSTER, it's a recipe from Emeril "bam" Lagasse! I twisted it up a little, and made it a little different. From my pictures you can tell that I put too much orange juice, and it turned to a ORANGE ROOSTER! It still tasted very good!!
To make this, you will need cranberry juice, orange juice, 7-up and vodka if you're making it an adult treat! Omit the vodka for virgin drinks.
You will first need to get a large plastic container to put everything in.
When it comes to making drinks for this type of party, I don't measure anything out. Everything is to taste, and it's a lot easier if you're serving a large amount of people. Also a side note, because this is meant to be slushie, make sure that you make this way ahead of time, preferably the night before to allow enough time to freeze. If you're adding the alcohol, remember that alcohol doesn't freeze entirely, but allow yourself enough time to let the liquid set.
pour the cranberry juice into the container
Next is to add in the orange juice
This next part is optional, this is my own twist just to give it a little more kick.
I added a can of 7-up, like I said it's all to taste and it's up to you if you want to add 7-up in to your mix.
Now if you're making yours for adults only, proceed on with the vodka. If you're making virgin drinks, now that it's all mixed put it in the freezer.
Now it's time to let the freezer do the work.
I told you that I went to heavy on the O.J.!!
It's ready to serve!! Get a spoon and start scooping!!
Cheers!
I took a morning drive to check out what was going on around the area, and stumbled on some houses displaying their patriotism!! There were so many others that I passed but wasn't fast enough to get pics of.
It's days like this, that we really appreciate all that we have!!
red.white.blue.
pride & true
Of course I couldn't leave without sharing this little gem!
Here's a little shout out to all my fellow hello kitty lovers! I promise, this is hello kitty!! I wasn't able to catch it earlier, and it's sideways...but it's her!!
I recently found a penpal, not just any penpal but a Hello Kitty penpal! :) Obvie, I'm a HUGE Hello Kitty fan, so this is exciting for me! What we're doing is exchanging Hello Kitty stationary and stickers, as well as getting to know each other. This was my first letter to her! I used this pretty pink and gold Hello Kitty stationary with matching envelope! It was fun writing a letter, I felt young again! haha! With technology keeping us going at a quick pace, who ever writes letters and mails them these days? I remember having penpals as a child, writing to friends and family all over the U.S. Children these days are sort of robbed of that experience. Sure they can write emails, and send e-cards, make photo books, etc., but I still think that a handwritten letter is so much more sentimental and personal! I hope children at least know how to write and address letters? I remember my niece and nephew learned how in school before. They had to write a letter to their parents, they learned how to write it, address the envelope, and got to go to the post office to buy a stamp and mail it. I hope every child learns how to do this.
These are some of the things that I used and added for my package! She's a huge Hello Kitty fan as well, so I know that she'll love everything!
Since I know that she has a lot of Hello Kitty things, I decided to add some handmade Hello Kitty items in the package as well. I know that she can use these for other letters or to decorate with.
I added a handmade Hello Kitty card, that she can use for a birthday gift!
I have this Mighty Wallet that I wanted to share, since it looks like an old school letter and it's Hello Kitty I felt it was appropriate. This wallet is so cool! It's very strong and the story behind the company is pretty cool! Check it out!!
