Getting Ready for some Halloween Treats

I will be making some cupcakes to take over to my granddaughter for her Halloween party this weekend. Decided it would be fun to make some Halloween Cupcake pics to decorate them.

Since I didn't have the cupcakes ready yet, I bunched up some

spider web material and set them in it to show them off.  LOL

I started out by making small paper medallions for each one in a variety of

Halloween patterned paper.

Here is a close up view.  I added stickles around the edges

on some of the paper medallions.

Michaels craft store had a pack of the these glittered

embellishments that were perfect for some of the centers.

I punched a piece of cardstock, added some stickles to the

edge and then used a glue dot to put on the embellishment.

To make the paper medallions into a cupcake pick,

I used extra long tooth picks, a punched out circle out of

cardstock and my Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher to

staple the toothpick to the cardstock.

I then used hot glue to glue the cardstock piece to the back

of the paper medallion.

And waaaalah !  My very own custom made Cupcake Picks.

You could do something like this for any occassion.  It was so fun to

make these and didn't take much time. I made 24 (4) of each design.

Halloween Tablescape

Putting out more Halloween decor.  These are some fun tablescape items that I created out of spools.

First I covered each of the spools with different Halloween patterened paper.

For this spool, I painted a chipboard cat and added some orange pearls and gold stickles.

Then I added some fun orange garland fringe to the spool for a finishing touch. 

For this little spool, I used an orange ticket and stamped a Halloween image on to it.

I then added a 3d Halloween sticker to finish it off.

For the largest spool, I started off with some great black glitter on black pattern paper

to cover the spool.  I then added the awesome orange fringe to the top and bottom of the spool.

I added some tulle to the center, then placed some Jenni Bowlin Halloween Bingo Cards

and a date embellishment with October 31st. 

For a finishing touch, I die cut some black glitter paper with a scalloped punch,

layered some orange and black silk flowers and a blingy jewel

and placed it on the top of the spool. Love how it turned out !

Check back tomorrow for more Halloween decor and join us in the Fall and Halloween Blog Hop.

Daisy Crazy....

Recently I went a little 'Daisy Crazy" making some items for a family member's bridesmaid luncheon that we attended over the weekend.

We wanted something to go with the daisy centerpieces for the luncheon tables to liven them up a little so I came up with making a placemat for each arrangement using Elegant Edges daisy shape cut at 10.50 inches.

To give them stability, I cut a solid daisy shape out of white cardstock, then the daisy cut out using shiny yellow cardstock, then the green polka dot is scalloped circle for the center. To match the polka dot theme, I then cut the daisy cut out using white cardstock and kept the petal center pieces only. I used the cuttlebug to emboss with the polka dot embossing folder to give them a little more dimension and then glued on each petal.

Next came the idea to make some matching "daisyfetti" using the the Cricut Quilling Daisy...after making a 100 of these, I am now a quilling pro !  They sure looked pretty scattered on the tables around the arrangements.

Here is a close up of a few of the daisys.  I kept the yellow theme going but used different shades to give them more detail. I love how the polka dot leaves really livened them up.

Most importantly, the bride was really happy with them since she loves daisys. 

I haven't downloaded my photos from the wedding events yet but will post pics of the entire table so you can see how they looked.

It's Thanksgiving Time ... Are you Ready?

It's almost time to roast that bird, mash those potatoes, make cornbread dressing and gravy plus a pie or two !

We LOVE Thanksgiving in our family.  It is traditionally the time we all get together and just enjoy a great communal meal and each other's company. To catch  up on what we have all been doing.  To share and laugh.  There is a lot of talking and laughing when we all get together that is for sure !!!!

We have 26 people gathering together this year from my hubby's side of the family.  We can hardly wait to see everyone!  It's been a while since we were all together.

Part of Thanksgiving is also about giving Thanks for all that we have been given.  We are reminded of the hardships and sharing by the pilgrims and indians on that first Thanksgiving in America. And of our own hardships and sharings since.

Our holiday table decorations always reflect those pilgrims and indians.

This year I made some candle decorations for 4 of the tables with inspirational words.

I used the Cricut Lacy Labels and Thanksgiving carts. 

My granddaughter and I also made boy and girl pilgrim napkin ring holders for everyone.

She even wrote "Give Thanks" on each one.   So adorable !

And last year I had made a "Give THANKS" Banner which we used on the

 Fireplace Mantle in the family room this year.

I will be doing a lot of cooking and cleaning in preparation for everyone's arrival later this week and may not blog more until next week, so let me take this chance to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and to enjoy those you gather around your table.

Lambs, Chocolate Bunnies and Easter Chicks...Oh My !

I am having so much fun with my new Cricut Easter 2010 cart...LOVE it!

We are having more people than originally planned for Easter Dinner so I don't have enough Easter napkin rings to go around (they were flower felt ones I made ages ago)...so, I had the brainiac idea tonight to make new ones using shapes from the Easter cart. Lambs, Chocolate Bunnies and Easter Chicks, OH MY !

I hope my family loves the Easter Napkin Ring Holders as much as I do!

Directions for those that are INSPIRED to make this quick Easter project:

I cut the shapes at 5 inches and used a glazed pen to highlight their bows and a 2" X 6" green strip of cardstock rolled up to form a little tube, stapled using Tim's Tiny Attacher and then glue dotted on to the back of the die cut shapes.  Super, super easy and fast ! 

You could easily make these as place holder to depending on the placement of the paper ring.

HOPPY EASTER everyone !

As We Gather Together

November has been a loooooooooong month and I just haven't made time to blog. Sorry blog followers.

I spent a lot of time in the Transplant ICU helping take care of my dad who had a tumor removed from his liver including cutting out entire right side of his liver and was in the hospital for two weeks. It was so hard to see my dad so weak and in pain. You just never think that your dad will ever be like that. Wishful thinking on the part of all daddy's girls I think.

Happily, dad is recovering well and we were so Thankful to have our family together this Thanksgiving. Bianca came over the day before Thanksgiving and helped us decorate and set out our special Turkey place cards we made last year.

I did find some time this month for a little bit of "scraptherapy" and created a "GIVE Thanks" Banner. The pictures are not the greatest but you will get the general idea. Loved using a mix of wonderful fall papers from some of my favorite manufacturers.

I took some close ups of the banner and will post latter this week for those that want to see it.

Hope everyone of my friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family. Enjoy the rest of your long weekend.