Caprisun Purse

Ok, so I saw a lady at Walmart with one of these and had to try my hands at making one. I am so pleased with the way it came out! So who wants one for Christmas??  It was really easy too! Sewed it with a denim needle on my sewing machine. It took me about an hour to make. I will put the link for the directions at the bottom if you would like to try yourself. Happy Crafting!

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/capri_sun_bag

Chipboard house, My Moms Birthday Present

I bought this kit at the greatest little craft store in Pendleton Oregon called "The Heart of the Home." I was a little intimidated when I took  it out of the package. I couldn't decide just how to cover it. Should I paint it or cover it with paper? In the end I ended up covering it with paper and adding some old fashioned stickers friend had given me, popping some of them up with pop dots. I printed small 2x3 pictures of my children and fit them in the windows and door opening. I am really pleased with how it turned out and my Mom loved it! 

Bind-it-all post it note holder

These cute post it note holders were made using my Bind-it-all. The instructions came from youtube. If you go to my site www.youtube.com/user/bekiew (look for link at the bottom of this blog) and look under favorites you can find the instructions. I decorated the covers with paper from Creative Memories Earthy power palette and attached ribbon to the binding. They were so easy and turned out so cute. 

Baby Shower Favors!

Aren't these cute??!!! Another youtube find. I love that site for finding new craft ideas. This was one posted by a member called irvinehouse. It is titled 2-4-6-8 valentine box. For some reason I am unable to copy and paste the URL. My sister is doing a Mickey Mouse theme in the baby's room so I chose to cut a baby head with Mickey ears using my Cricut. ( I love that thing!) The poem below was again something I found on youtube. Needless to say, everyone loved them and couldn't believed that I made the little bags. I filled them with Hershey Kiss Cherry Cordials. 

Cowboy hats

I was working on these hats for my sisters baby shower. I got the plans and ideas for it off a you tube video. I had plan to fill them with candy and wrap them with cellophane. And even though they came out cute, they weren't the right look I was looking for for the shower. So I chose something else that I will post in different post. Don't know what I am going to do with these... :) 

A baby gift for my Nephew

This was my first attempt at decorating wooden letters. These will be hanging in my Nephew's Room. His name is going to be Colton John Alford. The little disney characters were cut with my new Cricut machine that I got for Christmas. I painted the edges of the letters with a darker blue paint then the paper I had chose for the front of the letters. Once I attached the paper to the letters I used a emory board to distress the edges of the letters and the fronts. I used hot glue to attach the ribbon, and tied bows to be hung on the wall. I am extremely happy with the way they came out and my sister loved them too! Let me know what you think. 

Christmas Gifts!

I got this idea to wrap the kids up as presents for my Christmas cards from a group in the Roseville holiday parade. Ryan got so excite when he saw me wrapping them. They both couldn't wait to play in their "box".  They posed pretty good and I do say they make cute little packages. 

Jaiden playing Peek-a-boo

Embossed Card

I made this card a couple weeks ago for my Mom. I hadn't gotten my craft supplies out since we had moved back to CA and I decided it was time to do so. I was itching to do some crafting. So I locked myself in my craft room and made this card. I usually don't put printed paper with printed paper but I decided I would try it. I think it came out pretty cute. I am still pretty new to embossing, but I love how simple it is and how cute it comes out. 

It is so great to finally have space and time to craft again. I stared making some small albums for christmas gifts. I am also going to be organizing my craft room this weekend. (I CANT BELIEVE I HAVE A CRAFT ROOM!!!! :) ) My Mother gave me her old sewing cupboard that now will now become my craft cupboard. I Cant wait to get all my craft supplies out of their boxes. I will post some pictures once I get it all together. It is even being installed with a lockable doorknob with key to keep little hands out. I cant wait!!!

A couple new crafts

So lately I haven't had time to do any crafting. And Frankly I have felt a little lost without it my favorite past time but I have been so busy with my house. Our newest project is painting the living room RED. It is very bright and I love it. We have also chosen carpet finally and it will be installed on the 14th. So I thought I would post a couple projects that I did before I left Pendleton. The first is a magnetic Calendar that some friends and I made on the back of a cookie sheet. There is a different sheet for each month  and magnets to place on the calendar for appointments and special events. It came out so cute. I will try to create instructions if anyone is interested. 

These cute paper cupcakes are a project that I found on the chatterbox blog called the Chatterblog. But it can also be viewed in video format on youtube. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcCTYZM3hrM They are not the quickest craft to make but sure have a cute result. 

Paper Bag Album

This little paper bag album was another class I taught. It was so easy and so cute! I got the directions off of a youtube users site. www.youtube.com/users/angik08 It uses 5 brown paper lunch bags. You can also buy these bags in white from the store. I cut cardstock at 4.5 x 7 to use as the cards inside the paper bags. You can put 2+ in each bag so this little album can really hold a lot of pictures. I hope you try this album, it really has cute results. 

Rose Card

Creative Memories came out a great paisley shape maker. This card was an idea that came from the Paisley Shape maker section of the Creative Memories project center. I love all Creative Memories shape makers but I think this one is my favorite. The paisley can be made into so many different things. (angel wings, flower petals, lion manes) 

Explosion Box

I made this box for a workshop I taught at my house. I found the directions in the Creative Memories project center on www.creativememories.com . The only change I made in the directions was in the lid. We found that if you score the lid at the distance they say to, then the lid doesn't fit, but if you score the lid at 1/4" less than the directions say, than the lid fits well. It can hold up to 10 photos. Everyone who has seen this box has really liked it and it looks great on a table of shelf. I found the directions for the bow on top on Youtube. It was a easy process and am excited to try this technique on packages during the holidays.  I am really happy at how this project came out. I would give this project a difficulty rating of Medium. 

explosion Box