Bubblegum Fun

You may remember a few weeks ago I featured an adorable bubblegum necklace from One Charming Party in my Friday I'm In Love favorites.  I said I was going to make one for Addie for Valentine's Day, and well - I stuck to my promise!

The instructions required using a metal skewer to poke holes in the bubblegum.  Hubby was hovering over me the entire time saying "I know you - you're going to end up stabbing yourself".  SO TRUE - I am a total klutz!!  So, he discovered a way to make the skewer slide right through the hard gumball.  If you heat up the point of the skewer with a lighter - it goes right in, no slipping or chance of "stabbing yourself".  Just a little tip!

The necklace was super easy to make, and Addison LOVED it! I think these would also be great for party favors as well - may have to do these in July for Addie's birthday party!

Have a great Thursday!  One more day till the weekend!!

XOXO

Day 17 - Valentines for my sweetie!

Happy Friday Everyone!!!  


Addie's teacher sent home the class roster yesterday which reminded me that I better get a jump on her class valentines!!  I {heart} these that I whipped up today.  I may do some type of treat bag as well, but for today, just the cards.  I need to pace myself!  

I also stopped into Joann's today to pick up their class schedule.  Looks like I will be learning to sew on Feb 12th!  Just in time to end my 30-day challenge...


Till tomorrow!  Have a wonderful weekend!


 - Jenn

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Day 6 - Valentines and Roses!!

I LOVE Valentine's Day projects! So many bright colors and flowers - reminds me that Spring is right around the corner (well kind of).  I made Addison a headband over the weekend, and thought the fabric was cute, so I wanted to adapt this project into some Valentine's stationery.

Addie's Headband

The card itself is made on a heavy weight textured ivory cardstock.  Rather than line the inside, I decided to print on a lighter weight textured white paper.  The I just sewed some of these beauties on there and Voila! 

I scoured through some of my old Stampin Up paper and found the coordinating designer series paper, so I lined the envelope as well.


Done, right?  Nope.  As I was working I had another idea.  What else do you think of when Valentine's Day comes to mind?  CHOCOLATE of course!  So I added this as well...

Front of the card

Back - cute, huh?

Lots of fun projects today - I could seriously go on and on with these.  Hope you enjoyed them!!

Till tomorrow!

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Flower Pin - Day 5

Aren't Sunday's supposed to be a day of rest?  I have been so busy today - church, target, Kohls, a birthday party, and now we're finally home.  This is the first chance I have had to post all day!  I knew today would be crazy so I actually cheated and made this last night - shhh, don't tell!


I bought this striped fabric the other day and fell in love with it.  I knew right away that it would look great with burlap.  I wore it today and got lots of compliments on it.  I think it would look great on a jacket too.

Now - to go relax.  Time to get food on the table, bath for Addison and I think we may watch a little football too.


Till tomorrow!!

Happy Halloween!

October 31, 2010 (Moved from my website blog location)


I hope everyone has a safe and spooky Halloween!  Here are a few things I made for our annual Halloween party.  I loved using the black and white color scheme for a more gothic themed setting.  I was able to pull this off using a lot of things I already had around the house, and then incorporating my paper and color scheme throughout with black candles, a few white pumpkins (I couldn’t resist) and some key purchases from the dollar store!

My Mantle

Close Up of Garland

Mantle Close Up

Foyer Decor

Food Table in my Dining Room - yumm!!

Spooky with Fog

Foyer

Be-deviled Eggs