Crafts - Star Picture Ornament

I've seen ornaments like these done on the web using different types of papers but I thought to myself...wouldn't it be nice if it was a picture instead of just paper. So I gave it a try on my computer and here is the result.



I took a picture of my ever so cute nephew and cropped it into a diamond shape. Copied that six times and arranged them around each other. Then I printed them off as a whole in four different sizes (staggering). Cut them up and glued it to black cardstock. Cut again and stacked them on top of each other, but I placed pop dots in between the layers to give it more dimension.

Here's the result...


Not too bad, right?

Oh...I forgot. I did punch a little hole at the tip of one of the big stars and put a fishing wire through it so they can hang it up.

Candy Crafts - Redskins Candy Sundae

My cousin is a big time Redskins fan and for his birthday, they had a Redskin's theme party. So, to keep with his theme, I created this Redskins Candy Sundae just for him.

I designed a Redskins candy wrapper for the smarties and tootsie roll candies, printed, cut and wrapped them around smarties and tootsie rolls, then filled & arranged them in a sundae glass, and added some ribbon.

Easy peasy and he loved it.

I'm back with Crafts

Wow. Talk about MIA, right? Well, I'm sure all of you understand how life just happens to take over sometimes.

But I'm back and ready to share with some crafts I have worked on.

First up - Flower Hair Clip in a Recycled Soda Bottle Gift Box

Here's a close-up of my flower. I added yellow beads in the middle and highlighted parts of the flower with a silvery white paint.

Now...Here's the flower hair clip, I wrapped some chocolates in pink paper, cut up large soda bottle, filled it with some crimped paper and put everything inside the soda bottle box.

Fold each soda bottle petal on top of the other and you've sealed it like a box. Notice though, that I did have to glue pink paper (matches the candy) on one flap of the soda bottle because I just could not for the life of me remove the label that was stuck on the bottle. So I covered it. And here's the end result.

Tah Dah! It was my first try at the soda bottle gift box and I think it turned out ok. Going to experiment more.

Yo-yo Cancer Angel Pin

This is a Yo-yo angel that I made for my Sister-in Law who was recently diagnosed with Uterine and Lung Cancer. She is only 37 years old and has never smoked, doesn't drink, and is still pure. She is so caring, always giving up her time to take care of others that are in need. Why something like this has happened to her, no one knows. But now it's our turn to show her our help and support. That's why I made these yo-yo angels.

Pearl represents Lung Cancer and the Peach color represents Uterine Cancer. I made my little angel with a sheer peach fabric as the body and a shiny white satin fabric for the wings. I then added a sheer ribbon and attached a pearl in the middle. I've attached the "Tammy's Angel" (as I call her) to a card with a cancer saying on it which I received from the great crafters and poets at craftsayings forum. I just changed a bunch of the wordings to make it more personalized for me.

I've passed this out to most of the family members. I am creating more in hopes of selling them as a fundraiser for my Sister-in-Law. The chemo she is going through has made it unable for her to work, although she still tries to go to work even if she is in pain because money is hard. We're looking to sell these for $5.00 each in order to help her out.

Don't send a greeting card, send a greeting cake!

What a wonderful way to send a greeting to someone. Instead of a card that most people throw out anyway, send a greeting cake. It's mailable, it's edible, and will always be remembered.

Only 4"...it comes with everything the recipient needs to make a mini cake - candle included. All they have to do is open it, add some water, stir, microwave, let cool, blow out the candle, and eat. For microwave, it tastes really good!

Great for Birthday, Anniversary, New Baby, New Home, Congrats, You did it!, Get Well, Thank You, and many more. Cost is only $6.00 plus shipping and handling and it's drop shipped for you. Visit the web to see all the different cake styles. If you decide to purchase something, please put my Distributor ID 06051552 so I get credit. ;-)

You can personalize the cakes too or create your own label to use for fundraisers or parties.

Look below for just a very few samples of the cakes offered. There is so much more at the main site... http://www.greetingcakeco.com/ Please don't forget to use my ID Code when you check out.