Few more craft items

Well, ya gotta love a neighbor that comes and shops for Christmas gifts at your house before a craft fair!!! She went crazy buying some of our products so I spent the last few days making some more of projects I recently posted (and have done nothing else)...so here are a few repeats - but different designs:

I made a few more wine bottle tags. The paper is My Mind's Eye Bohemia collection. The pointsettia stamp is from Savvy Stamps and the sentiment is from MFT. For the center of the pointsettia, I colored it in with green marker and then used yellow glitter (from my google search - that's what pink pointsettia's looked like)
Here's the same paper and a Stampendous "Joy Brackets" stamp. I stamped in sepia and then used brown glitter on all the dots. It looks really great in person.

Here's an Inkadinkado stamp with some colorful ribbon. I can't remember who makes the paper.

I also made some more tea bag holders. All the stamps are from Papertrey Ink except for the Hero Arts: "You warm my heart".

Only 6 days until the craft fair, so we're just finishing up our last minute projects. We have a TON of products this year....so lets hope folks are in the buying mood next weekend!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Tea Bag Holders

Here are the individual Tea Bag holders that we will sell at our upcoming craft fair. I used Papertrey Ink's Tea for Two set and have been trying to match up the color on the tea bag packaging with the colors for our holder.
Here is the inside with another sentiment from PTI's Tea for Two set. I decided to use velcro to keep the holder shut. I like how that works instead of the ribbon.

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!!

Snowman Soup

(Sorry - this post is going out again) - There was a typo in my poem, so I tried to fix it, but I can't figure out how to save it with out re-publishing!!

Here are the family-size Snowman Soup packages Cindy and I put together yesterday. She found these great containers at T's and since we couldn't find individually packaged marshmallows - we decided to make it family size. (My tag is covering the adorable snowman image on the container!!!)

Inside is four packets of hot cocoa, a big bag of marshmallows, four candy canes and Hershey's kisses.

I then came up with this poem for the tag:

Gather up the family
To make some Snowman Soup
A fun treat for all to share
Especially in a group.

Pour the packet in a cup
Add marshmallows to whip it up.
Three kisses will make it sweet
With hot water, it can’t be beat.

Use your cane to stir it around
Sip it slow, so you don’t frown.
Enjoy your treat on a winter’s night
Snowman Soup – it tastes just right!

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Fair - Gift Card Holders

Yesterday I worked on these gift card holders for our upcoming fair. I used the largest Nestabilities scallop oval to make the card shape using my Big Kick.

I used an Inkadinkado ticket stamp and raised it up on dimensionals. I decided to use some Velcro circles to keep the holder closed. I cut out one of the "presents" with a 1" circle punch and pasted that onto another 1" circle, then I punched out a 1 1/4" circle - so that panel is pretty thick and won't rip when you pull on the Velcro beneath.

For the inside, I used the third scallop oval and another Inkadinkado stamp and added a glue dot so the gift card can be stuck on by the gift giver.Here's a picture of the back of the card as well. I used red-line glue to hold the ribbon on the 1" circle punch and adhered it to the back of the card so it would not come loose, then added our label for extra security and promotion!

These will be packaged in a cellophane bag with an envelope!

Thanks for visiting!

Notepad covers

I found these great notepads at Target that have a note pad and a 2010 calendar. So, I decided to make covers for them and to add them to our product list for the upcoming craft fair.

Here are pictures of the outside and the inside. I tried to replicate the design on the notepads on the covers.

Thanks for visiting!!

Craft Fair Products - Wine Tags

Well, it's Halloween night and we don't get many trick-or-treaters here at our house....and my internet connection is finally corrected...so here I am updating the blog :)

I made these wine gift tags for our upcoming craft fair. Instead of using a gift bag for the wine, these tags can be slipped over the bottle for a hostess gift.

I used the Inkadinkado holiday clear stamps and Inky Antics for these wine tags. I think they are a great option instead of a foil wine bag. What do you think?? Thanks for visiting!

Halloween Tic Tacs

At my house (Maria)....we never get a lot of Trick-or-Treaters. We finally had neighbors move in last year with two young kids - so we look forward to their visit. One of the girls is allergic to nuts, so I'm always careful about what Treats to provide. Along with some other candy - I decided to get some orange and red Tic Tacs and make a holder for them.
The holder is 3" x 4 5/8" scored at 2" on each side. I stamped my Studio G pumpkin and cut out the circle with a 1" punch. I colored in the pumpkin with Marvy Markers and used another Studio G sentiment and a 7 Gypsies flourish. To keep it closed I used a hole puncher and laced the ribbon through it! This is a really fast project and Cindy's made a bunch of snowman Tic Tac holders for our craft fair. Thanks for visiting!

Post It Note holders

We've made a few more Post It Note holders with pens for our upcoming craft fair. I used Dawn's Utube Video for the template.

The following two uses a Papertrey Ink sentiment along with silk flowers and a brad:

Using another Papertrey Ink stamp and sentiment:

Hero Arts sentiment and 7 Gypsies scroll:

They are all touched up with some gemstones for bling!! We learned from last year's fair that the shoppers love bling!!!! Thanks for visiting!!!

Whip it up Wednesday

Wow - we've been whipping up the craft items for our upcoming fair (2 1/2 weeks to go!!!).
Here are some large acrylic clothes pins I picked up at Target about 6 months ago. I altered them with cardstock, patterned paper, scallop punches and some flower stamps. They are highlighted with glitter pen (which doesn't show up in my pictures) and some gemstones. They are finished off with some ribbon!!

Tomorrow I'll be posting a few more Post It Note holders!!! Thanks for visiting!

Husband Survival Kit - Mojo 109

Wow - it's been about a week since I've posted to the blog - but we've been busy at work continuing our projects for our mid-November craft fair.

This week I worked on the Husband Survival Kit, which I lifted off of Jenn Diercks. This Survival Kit includes 5 cards for the husband to give to his wife. I used the Splitcoast Stampers tutorial for making an A2 box. I made a computer generated label for the box. Inside the box is a list of the imporant holidays with a place for him to write in his wife's birthday and their wedding anniversary.

Inside the box will be five cards:

I'm Sorry (using the Mojo 109 Sketch)

Happy Birthday

Happy Anniversary

Just Because

Happy Valentine's Day

Here's a list of stamp companies I used: Memory Box, Denami, Papertrey Ink, Studio G, Unity and Hero Arts.

I made FIVE of these kits that we will bring to the craft fair. I "attempted" to make them CAS cards, but I ended up making them a little more elaborate. Thanks for visiting!