Thanksgiving Theme - Teacher Appreciation Cards

Every year at my kids schools - yes 2 kids - 2 schools - I join up with parent council to make some wonderful little gifts for the teachers. This year at my son's jr high school we wanted to have a thankful theme  (as we handed them out just in time for Thanksgiving)- as we are very thankful for the teachers & the hard work they put in daily for our kids! We got our list of 43 staff members & I got to work. 

Here is what I created:

I wanted to keep with a fall feel - so I went for Kraft cardstock & Raffia rather than ribbon or twine.

Sorry for the blurry pic - I can't always get the best pics :(

I made a little pocket in each to hold the $40 Indigo card they all received.

I used Kraft cardstock

K & Co. Olive tree kraft paper

Pink By Design stamp - Bracketful

Hope you enjoyed a little something special!

Till Next time ~ J 

We've been BOO-ED!!

Last week my daughter came home from school & brought in this lovely bag... I asked her where she got it? 'Off the front step' she replied. Well let's see what it is then - On the outside had a lovely tag that said We've Been BOO-ED... Well looks like we were in for a treat! I forgot to take a picture of our treats :(

 Some chocolate marshmallows & little pumpkin chocolate balls. 

The catch - we in turn needed to 'Boo' two other families, so I got to baking banana bread & made up some super cute little kisses with perfect stamps from Jaded Blossom :)

Now it was our turn.... 

The front side of the card says 'We've been BOOED' You are to hang that out where others can see - so no one else boos you - On the other side the poem reads:

You've been Booed

The phantom ghost has come to town

To leave goodies, I see you've found!

If you wish to make this a happier fall,

Continue this greeting, this phantom call.

First, post this phantom where it can be seen

And leave it there until Halloween.

This will scare other phantoms who may visit,

Be sure to participate, you don't want to miss it!

Second, make 2 treats and 2 copies today,

Deliver it to 2 neighbors, and that's how you play!

Don't let them see you, be sneaky no doubt...

And make sure they put their phantom ghost out.

Next, you've got only one day so be quick!

Leave it at doors where the phantom hasn't hit.

Deliver at dark when there isn't much light,

Ring the doorbell and run, stay out of sight.

And last but not least, come join in the season,

Don;t worry, be happy, you need no good reason.

This is all in good fun, and we're just trying to say...

Happy Halloween and have a GREAT day!

I used stamps from Jaded Blossom - Halloween Kisses & Halloween Poop

I stamped the little pumpkins & faces from My Thoughts Exactly

The bats are from a Stampin' Up punch

Yummy Trendy Twine perfectly closed the parchment paper!

We dropped them off to two of our favorite neighborhood families - I sure hope they had as much fun as we did! 

Till next time ~ J

Master Crafter

A few weeks ago we had the opportunity to get in on a 'MasterCrafter' project that Sarah Hamer from Pink Cricut was hosting. We just paid for shipping & some amazing companies donated some fabulous goodies for us to use in our projects. 

Here is what I received in my little box :

The 'Rockstar' Mat Stack from DCWV - Super cool prints! - DCWV Deals

A zebra print scissor mouse - a really awesome little gadget! - Westcott

A little cloth bag - State Line Bag Co.

A few gemstones - Queen & Co.

2 buttons 

 'note' sentiment stamp from Pink By Design

At first I was really stumped with the sentiment I had & after thinking about it for a day or so, I thought 'MUSIC"... So here is what I came up with....

 I stamped with Staz On ink onto the bag

Made the gems into music notes

Tied up the buttons with a little kraft Trendy Twine

I made 3 little 3x3 cards with the super cute paper

And wouldn't cha know - They fit inside the little bag perfectly!!

Might be a nice little gift for my son's band teacher..

Thanks for stopping by!

Till next time - J

Halloween treats

My second post of the day... Yes it is :)

I wanted to get these uploaded so I could share some inspiration for Halloween that is coming in just over a month!

Here are my little treat bags

 The little ghost is from Create A Critter 2
There was a few images available to cut free for a week on CCR, I took advantage & get the cute guys ready for my bags!

Happy Halloween was heat embossed with a stamp from the $1.50 bin at Michaels from last year

The twine is all from Trendy Twine - 3 of the new colors, all part of the 'licorice' line

Lime licorice

Grape licorice

Grey licorice

The chevron print bags I bought from Pick your Plum 

I was able to fit 3 Halloween sized treats in each bag!

Till next time,

J

Amara's Birthday Cake

My daughter LOVES Monster High!!! My sister is a great cake decorator & offered to make her a birthday cake..... Here it is....

She got to cut her own piece, yes she tried to eat the whole bow.... didn't even eat half of it ;)

Till next time,

J

My baby girl's 9th Birthday!

Saturday we spent the day preparing for our big party....

We went with a 'sweet shop' theme.... 

Here are the highlights....

 My 12 year old drew the gumball machine & I punched a whole lot of 1" circles to make the gumballs.

 Here is the craft we made... gumball machines - I got the idea from pinterest

 Here is the cute shirt I made her for her party :)

 Her guests...

 A little thank you...

 And some more candy....

We had an amazing time!!

Till next time...

J

Birthday Party Invites

About a week ago I thought I should start getting birthday stuff in the making. First on the list, invitations!

After a little time of thinking about what I was going to do, I began the process. I started with the banner, added some blueberry Trendy Twine. I though a 9 stamp would be a great touch, so on went the 9 from Pink By Design. I cut the edge with a scalloped border punch, added 3 different washi tape from Pick Your Plum. I finished it off with some glittered 'You're Invited'.

 The inside I stamped from 'party time' in Melon Mambo - Stampin' Up! & added little lollipops from Mickey & Friends Cricut Cart.

Hope you like it as much as I do. 

I can't wait for my little girl to see then tomorrow & let me know if she loves them - I know she will :)

We still have a lot of planning to do & some serious shopping to get all of our craft stuff. I'll let you try & figure out what her theme is......

Till next time - J