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Make DIY Paper Party Hats, Bunting and Decorations!

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I love getting mail. The other day I received a box of lovely paper crafting supplies from DAVID TUTERA™ Celebrate. So fun!! I couldn't wait to get started with some projects. You might not know this, but our family puppy Trixie and I have birthdays one day apart. Her birthday is a much bigger event than mine -- which I think is awesome. My kids start planning Trixie's birthday weeks … [Read more...]

Dimple Prints Giveaway — Win TWO Printable Party Packages ($60 value)!!

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I hope you all had a wonderful and safe FOURTH!! We are still recovering from a FABULOUS day spent with our families and friends, but in the meantime -- one of my favorite people AND contributors --  Carli from Dimple Prints is offering TWO $30 gift certificates to her amazing shop! No matter what kind of party you are planning for 2012, you will love the ideas at Dimple Prints: … [Read more...]

Make Spring Specimen Art!! (paper crafting tutorial)

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I have this little area in my kitchen that I love to change out for the seasons. From Summer {Summer Mini Gallery Wall}:   To Halloween {Creepy Specimen Art}:   To Winter {Snowflake Specimen Art}: And I thought it would be fun to make some paper flowers to use as Spring Specimen Art!!   Here's how to make it: … [Read more...]

Make a Spring Paper Wreath (tutorial)

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I have been wanting to make a paper wreath for awhile. I LOVE pretty paper and I thought it would be so fun to make a wreath using some bright and spring-y paper. I saw a couple amazing paper wreaths at the CHA show last year. So when I saw the Silhouette online store had some paper flower 3-d images, I decided to try making a wreath with them. {Spring 2012 Mantel} Here's what I did: … [Read more...]

Make a Valentine Vignette with Paper Rosettes!!

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I spent yesterday working on making a little Valentine Vignette in my little Beadboard nook. I love that little space. One of my favorite things in the world is pretty paper. And I was so lucky to pick up some beautiful paper at the CHA show over the weekend. I had a great time turning some of that paper into pretty paper rosettes to hang in my nook. And they are so easy to make. It's a great … [Read more...]

Gift Wrapping Idea — Make Magnet Gift Tags!!

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  I spent the day yesterday running errands and trying to get my Christmas put together. So now -- on to the wrapping!! And, if you are wrapping too - I'd love to share a little project I made -- Magnet Gift Tags. These little gift tags are fun because they brighten up your package, plus they have a little magnet on top that the receiver can keep and use all year long! … [Read more...]

Guest Project — make Glittered Burlap Paper Mache Letters!!

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Hello to all the Tatertots and Jello readers! I'm Allison from The Soladay Family I am so excited to share an easy project with you today! Easy = doable in my book. … [Read more...]

{Creepy} Halloween Specimen Art w/printable

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  I am sure you have all seen the Ali Edward's Awesome Butterfly Art. Genius, pure genius.    I had one of those nights the other night where all I did was dream about projects. Craaaazy! And when I woke up I wanted to make a project similar to this but with a Halloween theme.  So I headed off to Michael's to see what kind of frames I could find.  And it was my lucky day -- all of … [Read more...]

Creative Fridays: Cookie Sheet Calendars

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I have been trying to come up with crafts/activities for our Super Saturday (for those of you that haven't heard of this -- it's a day filled with crafts, classes and humanitarian projects) at church. I heard about something called Cookie Sheet Advent calendars. It's a calendar on the back of a cookie sheet -- with magnets for each day of the month. This is what I came up with: Then I also … [Read more...]

Creative Fridays: Make Your Own Birkin Bag

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Have you ever looked at photos of celebrities with their fabulously expensive bags and wondered what it would be like to own a couture bag like the Birkin? Well, now you can. Out of paper... Oh well, it's almost as good as the real thing. And it doesn't cost anything. Plus you can customize it to your taste! Just go to the Hermes site From their website, you can download templates to make … [Read more...]