October Classes

So as some of you know, I am one of the scrap booking instructors at the local Ben Franklin Crafts store here in Monroe.  This month I am teaching Scrap booking 101, Halloween Candy Wrappers and Vials, Halloween Treat Bags, Halloween Candy Garland AND something new............ (I'll tell you at the end of the blog).

Halloween Candy Bar Wrappers and Candy Vial Holder AND Halloween Treat Bags.  These are two SEPARATE classes that are being offered for JUST October.  All materials included, that means candy too!!  Walk away with 6 finished projects per class AND all the templates to go with them.  Let's scare up some treats!!

Halloween Candy Garland.  You will make in this 1 hour class a 9ft candy garland.  This is a really fast project and you can make the length as long as you like by adding more sections.  What project isn't complete without snacking along the way? ;)

This is ONE of the TWO page layout for the Scrap booking 101 being offered this month.  You guessed it it's a Pumpkin Patch theme.  The other page not displayed has twine and clothes pins to help display those pictures.  All the white portions you see are the photos that you insert at a later time.  This is great because you don't have to have the photos prior to creation!

AND for something that's reallllllllllllly cool.  Ben Franklin asked me to make a Make-N-Take for their Special Event "Witching Hour", that's Saturday October 20th from 6pm-11pm.  This is the adults section as all the kid make-n-takes are from 11am-3pm.  Anyways they asked me to make a couple Halloween Treat Containers for the Make-N-Take and TEACH them that night! Yay!!!!  So here they are.....

Aren't they just the cutest?!?!?!?!?!?!  The Tall one has double sided pockets that are the PERFECT size to hold a single Reese's Peanut Butter Cup and the other candy holder holds TWO snack size Snickers or Milky Way candies perfectly!  Come play with us that night and walk away with these two cute holders!!!

Busy Card Month

Okay so I know that I've been realllllllllllly bad and not been posting like I should.  But I have a handful of cards that I put together last week that I'll share.  September is a busy month for us because it's my dad's birthday, my birthday, Chris's birthday, his grandma's birthday (and her twin), my twin cousins birthdays and 4 of our friends birthday's.  So I went and got a clump of them done quick.  So here's some....



This was made for my wonderful husband.  He turned 30 this year, so it was a big mile stone.  To celebrate it, I threw him a party that only included friends and his immediate family.  It was really nice I had been putting it together for 2 months.  I made the meal to go with all things he liked or either went well with beer, because for his 30th I thought I'd bring out the "Man's Drink".  He loved it and had a great time with those who came.  I loved the simplicity of this card and the outdoor theme for him.  Happy Birthday Honey!!!



This was my least favorite card that I made.  I put this together because my mother has a co-worker who has been kind enough to give us all the baby boy clothes that her grandson has grown out of.  At last count there was 7 bags and more coming as he gets bigger.  To say thank you to her, I wanted to make her a card.  Because she doesn't have to do that, and it really helps us out.  Thanks Karen!!!

I made this card for Chris's grandmother, Jean.  She's turning 80 and the family is throwing her and her twin a big party to celebrate it.  She doesn't want any gifts, but I thought a card was a must.  Hope she likes it.  Happy Birthday Grandma Jean!

This is for Jean's twin, Joan.  I have only met Joan 4 times, but you haft to have a card for such a big milestone.  Happy Birthday Joan!

This is Chris's sisters, Jessica, birthday card.  Her birthday is in the beginning of Oct, but I just had to put this together.  She owns a horse and I thought it'd be cute to make a card that incorporated her "horse side".  I used pink bakers twin on the inside down low with a bow to add a little more cuteness.  I LOVE the stitching on the edges of the pink background piece of paper.  I love her!  Happy Birthday Jessica!!

Christopher and I met a local photographer in town, just a couple weeks ago when we booked our fall photo session.  Her name is Kayla and she was 39 weeks pregnant with her first.  We got to chit chatting while there and we really liked her.  After leaving I told Chris I wanted to bring her a meal for when her son was born, because I know for me, when my mother in-law brought over a couple of meals it was the greatest thing.  Soooo I made a card to welcome little Blake home.  The photo down below includes the tag I made that wraps around the tubaware container containing Chicken Enchiladas, all ready cooked, just need to be rewarmed when ready to eat.  Welcome to the world Blake!!!!!

Scrapbooking Teacher!!!!

For those of you who don't know, I am now teaching in BOTH the Bead department AND the Scrapbooking department at the Local Ben Franklin.  Yayyyyyyyyyyy!  Some of the new classes are as follows...

Scrapbooking 101-  Where each month there's a different theme and you will learn and make a new 2 page layout.  ALL materials are included in the prise except for adhesives and scissors.  For many of us, we don't have time to sit and scrapbook all the little moments in a year, BUT for just ONE 2 hour class a month you can have ONE FULL YEAR of memories done, just like that!  Also this is a GREAT gift for someone who isn't really craft savy or for grandmother's, because all the work is done and they get to do the fun part of dropping in their favorite photos.  Come join me for one of the two classes offered each month.

Halloween Treat Bags-  There is actually 2 DIFFERENT Halloween Treat Bag classes.  In each you will make 6 different containers and learn many different techniques from Distressing, making Lollies, playing with ribbon, stamping and basic layering.  You ALSO walk away with ALL the TEMPLATES for future projects.  Each is a 2 hour class.  Offered September AND October.  ALL materials included, INCLUDING all candy.  You bring adhesives and scissors.  This is a great, fun class to learn a few different candy/ gift packages that you can turn into different themes later.  The possibilies are endless.

Halloween Candy Garland-  Have little ones at home that want to help with decor, or just love having fun colors around?  This is a REALLY cute candy garland that goes together fast.  You can make it as long as you like AND you get to "snack" along the way...  Offered during the month of October.  All materials included.

Thanksgiving Hostess/ Table Gifts-  You will make 6 different containers with ALL the embelishing to make your Thanksgiving dinner table so welcoming and fun OR to say Thank You to the Hostess who put together the wonderful meal.  This will be offered in November.  All materials included.  Come relax and craft in this 2 hour class.

Christmas Tags-  There will be TWO DIFFERENT classes offered.  In each you will make 8 Christmas Gift Tags and learn different technizues in each, from Glubing, Stamping, Distressing, playing with Buttons, 3D, Lollies, placing photos and layering.  One Series will be offered in November, so you can get your Christmas Tags done BEFORE the Christmas Rush.  The other Series will be offered in December.  All materials included in this 2 hour class.

PHOTOS TO COME OF THE OTHER PROJECTS.....

Waaaaaaay Behind

Okay, so I know that it's been MONTHS since I was last bloggin, but I'm here and to be honest I don't have enough time to post everything that I've done since the last.  But I do have acouple things that are quick to share.  They're kinda jumbled, so just hanging in there with me. ;)

Okay so, this was the Birthday card that I made for my Mother InLaw.  I had fun distressing everything and putting the flower together.  Hank (my Father InLaw) was just amazed and couldn't figure out how I made the flower.  Ohhhh how I love my cricut.  It never ceases to let me down. ;)

I do have to admit that because of this one card, I was able to justify to Chris the "necessity" of haveing the Art Philosophy Cartridge.  Don't think he really bought the "need" for it, but he always spoils me and hence, it's already in the mail.  I SOOOOO LOVE that man!!!!!

So this is a Knitting Needle Holder.  I came across a brief pattern for it in a quilting magazine last year and really wanted to make acouple for my friends who knit.  Then of course, I found a passion for knitting and realize that I have already had Cody, AND I was going to see my friends in a week, AND I had to make 5 of these, PLUS put together the beginning template.

 Needless to say, I didn't get all of them done, but I do think that it turned out great.  I decided that they are recieving them as Christmas Gifts.  I have toyed with the idea of making acouple to sell at the craft fairs and on Etsy.  Not that long to put together and I love that I can change the color and pattern, like that!!  =)

They call this block the "Pioneer Star".  Not a huge fan of it, but it does show off nicely whiled rolled up.  The finished size of this Needle Case is, 14in x 14in.  With every comparment filled, it's about 2in thick.  So it stores nicely with all my knitting supplies.

There are 12 needle comparments here.  Mostly what I have are DPN's (Double Pointed Needles), so this worked GREAT for storing them all together and not keeping them seperated and misplaced in the plastic casings.  The compartment furthest to the right is wider than all the rest, and it fits PERFECT for my circular needles.  Thought I might have got the pattern wrong (and to be honest I did), but I LOVE my mistake because now all my circular's are together too!!  Think I'll have to keep this "mistake".