Christmas Chapstick Cards

Me and my daughter made these chapstick cards for my Activity Day girls and her friends for a cute little Christmas gift.

Materials used:

• Green cardstock
• Red cardstock
• Red glitter cardstock
• Warm wishes stamp
• Red ink
• Red and green ribbon
• Snowflake brads
•  Stampin Up snowflake punch
• Sixxix Big Shot embossing folder Northern Flurries

Directions:

• Cut the green cardstock 6 x 3.75 and score at 2.5 and 3.5.
• Cut red cardstock 5.5 x 3.5 and score at 2.25 and 3.25.
• Emboss red cardstock with embossing folder.
• Punch snowflake from red glitter cardstock.  This cardstock is a little thicker than normal so it is a little hard to punch through. 
• Stamp and place glitter snowflake with snowflake brad on the green card stock (front of card)
• Lay green card stock down, lay ribbon down on top of it and glue red card stock on top of green and ribbon.
• Place chapstick in the middle with removable glue dots.
• Tie ribbon on the side.

Advent Calendar

I made a new advent calendar this year.  We didn't need a new one but I saw this idea and LOVED it.  I got the printables for the numbers here.  I already had a 12x12 piece of sheet metal from a gift I was given years ago.  I covered it with a piece of scrapbook paper and added a piece of ribbon for the hanger.

On the inside glued the cute printables from the same website as the numbers.  There are some preprinted as well as blank.  The only one I used preprinted was the Christmas day one.  I have seen so many cute ideas for things to do during December such as: make cookies, make ornaments, build a snowman etc.  However my kids are a little older and honestly we just don't have time to do all kinds of great things like that and there is really no snow in Maryland I decided to only have activities on the weekends.  A few of the activities are, driving around looking at lights, a live nativity, going to a train garden and going to the temple lights.  The rest of the days I just left blank.

Each day I put in 3 kisses.  One for each kid.  And to make them somewhat special (though that may only be for me because I doubt they care) I used these adorable printables.  Punched them out and stuck them on all 75 kisses. Just and FYI, you can only fit 3 kisses in each little tin.

Thankgiving late again.....

Wednesday when I should have been baking pies or something like that I was making cute table decor instead. 

This cute 2x4 Turkey was so easy to make.  I the cute idea here.  I am sure there are many variations to this as well around the blogging world.  I just used what I had on hand.

I also made these cute edible turkeys for each person at our table.

Supplies used:
Stampin Up Sweet Treat Cups
Googly eyes
 M&M's

Punches:
2 1/2 inch circle
1 3/4 inch circle
3 inch scallop
1 1/2 inch scallop
Stampin Up Blossom Petals

First I punched a 2 1/2 inch circle for the base. Then punched 3 1 1/2 inch scallops for each turkey.  Two cut in half and glued on the 2 1/2 in circle.  The full one as the middle top and the halves on each side. Next I punch a 1 3/4 inch circle through the middle of the 2 1/2 inch circle for the sweet treat cup to go through.  If you don't cut your scallops in half there will be too many layers for the punch to go through.  (I learned this the hard way haha) Next punch out the large petal from the blossom petals punch in 3 or more different colors.  I chose to use red, orange and yellow.  The glue petals to back of scallops.  Next punch a 3 inch scallop or you could use another 2 1/2 circle to cover the back of the treat cup.  I used a small amount of adhesive on the front lip of the treat cup to secure into place.  Fill with M&M's or any other fall colored candy.  Remove adhesive backing and cover with 3 inch scallop.  Next glue on googly eyes and beak which I just free handed.

I love the way they turned out and the kids loved them as well....of course they were filled with chocolate!!

Apothecary Jars

A while ago I posted that I had found these great candlesticks at goodwill.  I am so excited that I finally turned them into apothecary jars.

There are so many great ideas going around pinterest and the blogging world for apothecary jars but this is what I did and I love how they turned out.  So this is what I used and how I put them together.

I bought these jars at hobby lobby.  I bought them all the same size although they come in a variety of sizes.

I built the tops with these wooden knobs and mini candlesticks.

I glued them on the lid of the jar with E6000 so they ended up looking like this.

I spray painted the lid and candlesticks satin black then glued the jar to the candlestick with the E6000 glue.

Filled with fun fall candy a beautiful finished product!!

Halloween late....

I know it has been forever since I posted last.  It seems like there has been so much going on but I am just going to start with now and move on.

We survived hurricane Sandy.  Power out for only a day.  Thank goodness.  We weren't sure that we were going to get Halloween this year and the kids were very concerned.  But Wednesday morning we got the announcement it would be on. Yayyyyyy.

Anyway I just wanted to share some of the decorations I made this year.

Road Trip

Sooooo me and the kids are getting ready to go on a 2200 mile road trip...yikes!!!  Where to start and what in the world are the kids going to do in the car for 5 days???  I found some great ideas on some of my favorite blogs and pinterest of course.  Here are some of my favorite.

 

I love Six Sisters Stuff

 

                         There are a ton of great printables at Mom's Minivan.  We are now set with bingo, scavenger hunts, and battleship.

Fun game and DIY ideas her at Kids Activities Blog.  

I think we are now set with games, coloring, pipe cleaners and yarn for making crazy animals,  lots of snacks, and of course DVD players.  Wish me luck!!!

4th of July Centerpiece

I made these cute centerpieces for my Sister in Laws baby shower but thought they would be cute for the 4th of July as well.  Filled with candy they were also the prizes at the baby shower.  I am going to show you how to make them.

First get a 12x12 sheet of paper.  Score each side at 4 inches.

Your paper should look like a tic tac toe board.

Next score from the corner of the paper to the corner of the score lines.  Do this on all 4 corners.

Next fold the corners in to form the box and punch a small whole in each corner.

Now thread ribbon through 2 holes across from each other

Thread ribbon through the other two hole and add a bunch more ribbon just for looks.

I used some scraps that I had since you don't need very big pieces.

I added red squares cut 3 3/4 in. on each side and punched out a few white stars to finish it off.  Fill with candy, fireworks, poppers, whatever and have fun.

Baltimore Star Spangled Sailabration

It is the 200 anniversary of the War of 1812 and also the Star Spangled Banner.  We are lucky enough to live close enough to Baltimore and Fort McHenry where the Star Spangled Banner was written we got to go to the fabulous celebration!!  At Baltimore's Inner Harbor there were tall ships from all over the world and a great show by the Blue Angels.  As well as all the other great things to do in Inner Harbor.

Kids also got to make their own ships to sail.  And paddle boating.  Had a great weekend. :)

End of School Fun

Wow I can't believe how busy the end of the school year has been.  Plus my internet was down for a couple of days and had to have a repairman come fix it.  Also had  a root canal.  I am really hoping that once all the school end parties, field trips, graduations and everything else things will calm down a lot!!

Crazy Kid #2 Field Trip to Washington DC

We had a very long day trying to see everything we could in DC.  Luckily it wasn't too hot.

Also went to a NASCAR race at the Monster Mile in Dover.  Goooooo Kyle!!!