Halloween Card and Spider Tags

Only 1 more day for the Halloween blocks giveaway!!  Click here to enter.

For a few years I was making Cards and Tags like crazy!  I love to give a handmade card!  I think it means a lot to people knowing that you made it.  Here are a few ideas for the Halloween Season:

This card is sooo easy to make!  You can buy pre-cut cards and envelopes, or you can make you own card by cutting down an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock to 4 x 6.  

Find some cute Halloween paper, cut it to size, then glue on the card.  I cut a coordinating piece of paper for the strip across the bottom.  

Then, using a scallop punch, I punched out a circle, added a the Happy Halloween sentiment which I just printed out off my computer.  I printed it out on printer paper.  EASY!  

For these tags, I simply punched a bunch of scalloped circles with my scallop punch, stamped the "Boo" and the spider with a cheap set of Halloween stamps,  punched  and cut them out, glued on the spider with a pop dot, and adhered the "Boo" with a tape runner. 

I bought some cute spider ribbon from Micheal's to finish off the tags!  I also edged the spider with black chalk ink. EASY and CHEAP!  

I challenge you to send out at least one handmade card this year!  You can do it!!  It's really fun too!  I would love to see what you made!

Linking here:
The Crafty Nest
Southern Lovely
A Little Tipsy

Taggie Crinkle Toy from Sisters Stuff

I saw this cute toy on Sisters Stuff (one of my favorite blogs!) the other day and I had to try it!  I did mine a little different than she did, but basically used her tutorial. 

I have told you before I don't do a lot of sewing, but this is just straight lines people!  You can do hard things, remember???  Here's how mine turned out:

Don't ya have some ribbon scraps laying around?  You don't need much fabric either!  Sooooo EASY!  What a great gift. I am invited to 2 baby showers soon and guess what I am giving?  These are PERFECT!

Have a SUNNY weekend:)

I am linking up to these parties:
Fingerprints on the Fridge
The Shabby Nest 
Under the Table and Dreaming
C.R.A.F.T.
Flamingo Toes 
Keeping it Simple 
The Girl Creative 
Craftomaniac

Giveaway- Scrapbook eye candy!

It's been a while since I have had a giveaway, so I decided to give away some Scrapbook Eye Candy!  Lookey what you can win:

There is so much yumminess in this loot!  You will get: 6x6 paper, letter stickers, cardstock stickers, tags, matchbook paper pads, self adhesive felt, ribbon, and silk flowers! 

All you have to do to enter this giveaway is be a follower of my blog!  Just leave me a comment.

Don't forget to leave me your e-mail address, so I can contact you if you win:)

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I can't believe how close I am to having 1000 followers!  When I get there I will be having a huge celebration giveaway!!  I can't wait:)

This giveaway will end at midnight April 24th.  I will announce the winner on Monday April 25th.  U.S. and Canada only.

Spring Burlap Wreath

I have wanted to make a wreath like this ever since I saw one like it on Tatertots and Jello.  Jen's blog is fabulous!  You have to check it out (if you haven't already!).  She is very talented and has soooo many fun crafts and tutorials!

I tweaked my wreath a little, but I pretty much did the same thing she did.  I used coordinating fabric, Burlap, and for the centers I used buttons and sticky back pearls.  I used one of those $.50 cent wreaths I got from Salvation Army (yay!), fabric and burlap I already had, buttons and pearls that I already had.  So this wreath cost me about $1 to make.  I LOVE that price;) It just gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling....

Here is my take of the Spring Burlap Wreath:

This probably took me about 1 hour to make.  I cut all the circles at once, folding the fabric over several times, so I could cut out about 4 at once.

Please excuse my ugly walls.  I soooo need to paint them and I am planning on it this summer!  

I absolutely Luuuurve this fabric!  I have had it for a while but just never used it until now. 

Hopefully now that ALL of my SPRING decorations are out, the weather will actually be warm enough to wear a short sleeved t-shirt!  I can tell it's coming....

Have a great week;)

I am linking up to these parties:
Sugar Bee Crafts
Someday Crafts
So Much Ado
Reasons To Skip The Housework

Spring Flower Wall Art- My Take

You know I love going to Salvation Army when they have the 1/2 off sale.  I have a huge bag full of stuff that I haven't done anything with yet, but I am slowly working my way through it!

During Spring Break (which is over for us....SAD) I got creative and made a cute framed Flower Wall Art for my living room.  I didn't do a tutorial for you, because I can't totally take credit for it.  Alison over at Oopsey-Daisy did one too and I patterned mine after her fabulous looking one!  She did a great tutorial on her blog.

Instead of using Burlap for my background, I used a fabric quarter I got from Joann's 40% off!  I didn't sew on mine, and Alison did.  I was too lazy:) I painted spray painted my frame aqua blue. 

Well, here she is.....Whatcha think????

I glued everything on with a glue gun.  I used a piece of cardboard from a cereal box for the backing.  I sprayed adhesive on the cardboard and attached the fabric.  

I love how it brightens up my living room!  

I start school tomorrow.  I am taking Math, Spanish, Health and a Running class!

I am going to be a busy woman, but hopefully I will still be able to have time for some crafting too!!

Linking up with these parties:
Flamingo Toes
Craftomaniac
The Girl Creative
Skip to My Lou

Lamp Shade cover Redo Tutorial

First I have to tell you I am by no means a expert in sewing.  I can do the basic stuff, and I have made costumes for my kids in the past, but usually they don't turn out the way I want them too!  I have very little patience with a pattern.

I have had these lamps for about Mmmmmm 17yrs!  I am really sick of the early 90's look of the fabric.  So the first step was taking the cover off.

See how ugly that fabric is?  I LOVED it when my friend first made them.  They were gorgeous and I was a newlywed who was clueless about stuff like that.  That is my lamp shade next to the fabric.  See all the lovely pleats?  I didn't want them there anymore, so I ripped them off too. 

Here's what it looked liked as I was ripping it off.  I admit I was a little scared that I may be ruining the shade, but I was willing to take the chance.

After the pleated stuff was off, then I picked the fabric.  I chose some Amy Butler fabric. 

Isn't it perdy?  Now, the next step I didn't take any pictures of, but I measured
around the lamp shade and took my fabric and kind of eyed it (like I said, I don't have a lot of patience and I am not a perfectionist). 

I liked the style of the old lamp shade cover, so I just copied it.

I sewed 2 basting stitches (don't backstitch) around the top (where the ruffle will be, about 1/4 inch apart) and on the bottom (about 1/4 inch).

Oooo, not a very clear picture, but I thought I should take one of me on the sewing machine!

This is what the 2 basting stitches look like.  Remember not to back stitch! 

Here is what it looks like after I pulled the gathers on the top.  It takes a while, and I am not a pro at gathers, so it took me like an hour....I didn't want to break my threads and have to start over!

Next, I pulled the cover on top of the shade and hot glued it in random places.

For the Rosettes, I just ripped strips (about 8 or so inches long and 2 inches wide) of a coordinating fabric.  I didn't include how to make a rosette, but there is a great tutorial HERE.

Next, I sewed a little pucker in 3 places around the cover to glue my rosettes too.

Here's what it looks like after you sew the pucker.

There is the finished rosette glued on. Cute, right?  I didn't include how to make a rosette, but there is a fabulous tutorial HERE.

There is my new lovely lamp shade cover!  I have more pictures to show you of my lamps new color!  See the black lamp?  It's not black anymore:)

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

My take on a Fabric Rosette Burlap Wreath

The other night, I got in the mood.  Not THAT mood. The crafting mood!  I ended up crafting the whole evening!  It was soooo fun:)  Here is my version of this wreath that I know lots of bloggers have made.  I had to try it:

It was super easy!  I was really excited when I finished it.  You don't understand.  It's a big step that I actually finished it.  I am reallllly good at starting and not finishing.

I have a few other crafts to show you this week!  I can't wait.....
Have a great weekend!

I am linking up to these parties:

Crazy Domestic

Young and Crafty
Sassy Sites 
Sew Much Ado 
My Backyard Eden
Everything but the Kitchen Sink
504 Main 
Katie's Nesting Spot
Fingerprints on the Fridge
Fireflies and Jellybeans 
Craftomaniac 
Skip to My Lou