If you're an ocean-loving girl like me, then you'll love these mermaid party favors I recently made for my daughter's mermaid birthday party last week. She and I are both infatuated with anything from under the sea, and I wanted to share these sweet little mermaid party favors gift bags that we made for her and her friends. Party favors are an essential for me, and I usually try to make my own instead of buying cheap plastic toys at the store. The girls absolutely LOVED the bags and the ... [ Read More ]
DIY Cake Topper
A DIY cake topper is a really fun way to spruce up a cake for a birthday, anniversary, bridal or baby shower, and more. Did you know that you can whip up your own DIY cake topper in about 5 minutes? Today I'm going to show you how! DIY Cake Topper Supplies: Sizzix Big Shot Machine Extended Cutting Pads Celebrate and Make A Wish Sizzlits die Colored paper Instructions: Step 1. Stack a cutting pad, the Celebrate die, the colored paper, and then another cutting pad on ... [ Read More ]
Cat in the Hat Cupcake Toppers
If you're a Dr. Seuss fan like me, you're going to love these Cat in the Hat cupcake toppers! I made some simple paper medallions, attached them to a lollipop stick, then glued on some images from The Cat in the Hat that I sized perfectly to fit onto these cupcake toppers. For the full tutorial and the FREE printable Cat in the Hat cupcake topper centers, head on over to the Sizzix blog where I shared it all! I've got another Dr. Seuss FREE download coming soon that I know you will LOVE. ... [ Read More ]
Paper Teacup Party Favor
With the start of season 6 of Downton Abbey this past Sunday, I've got all things English and tea on my mind. I'm SO excited about the new season, and yet so sad that it will all be over soon! Sniff sniff. You probably already know from my first Downton Abbey tea party and my second Downton Abbey tea party that I love the show and a formal tea party, and when you combine the two pure magic happens. It's such a great way to relax with family or friends and slow down and relax a bit while ... [ Read More ]
Free Printable Christmas Advent Scripture Cards
As much as I love Christmas, I sometimes get wrapped up in all of the excitement and fun of Santa Claus, parties, fun family outings, etc. that it's easy to lose focus on why it is that we celebrate Christmas. I created some free printable Christmas advent scripture cards that I am going to be using with my family this December to remind us about the spiritual side of Christmas. Our family already has a Christmas advent calendar that I made a few years ago that I fill with wooden activity ... [ Read More ]
DIY Winter Village House
Can you believe that the holidays are amost here? I love absolutely everything about this time of year!! I'm starting my Christmas crafting and projects early this year, and I wanted to share this cute little DIY winter village house that I made. This is one of those projects that looks like it would be really complicated and time-consuming to make, but was actually quite easy! Tim Holtz has a new Village Dwelling Sizzix Bigz die that makes is fun and simple to make cute little winter ... [ Read More ]