Valentine's Day Treat Dispenser

Greetings, All:

Happy New Year!

It has been a very busy couple of months.  I have been out-of-pocket since November due to the holidays and my 85-year old mom was hospitalized due to a fall and I had to tend to her.  No time for blogging.

I have found something that I think is so adorable and easy and also inexpensive to make from none other than Heidi Swapp, she rocks.  So, since February is coming and you need to get the treat ideas out, here is one I wanted to share with you all to make for your family and friends.

http://heidiswapp.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/02/diy-valentine-candy-dispensers-.html

How cool is this, huh?  Love it.

Well, as always have a great week, great month, and hope to get back soon.

Enjoy the journey, we only get one.
Laugh often, live, well, love a lot, and be happy!
{{hugs}}
Jackie 

Altered Mouse Traps!

Greetings, Dear Scrappers!

I am excited.  So, I am a member of Creating the Crafty Life and Denise posted this awesome project w/Graphic 45 paper and mouse traps.  She was inspired of course, by Graphic 45.  So, I googled and viola - I found the project.

I bought some mouse traps and now I have a project to make and wanted to share with you all too.

This Rocks!

http://g45papers.typepad.com/graphic45/2012/09/september-27th-tara-orr-will-be-guest-blogging-on-creating-keepsakes-blog-she-will-be-featuring-a-steampunk-12x12-layout.html

You must see this...

The ideas are endless...Since it is Halloween and Fall.  I will be making one of those and then one for Christmas and then of course one for daily use.

Supplies:

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Bazaar of Wonders #4500435

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Exquisite Motif  #4500427

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Optical Oddities #4500430

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Parlor Wall #4500429

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Chipboard Tags #1-2

Graphic 45 Staples Metal Butterflies

Close to My Heart Metal Numbers

Clearsnap- Inks Blackbird and Turquoise

May Arts Ribbon

Tim Holtz Ornate Plates

Want2Scrap Bling (dyed with Clearsnap ink)

Vintage- computer alert light glass, mercury bead

Mouse Traps .99 Cent Store

Paint- Martha Stewart Crafts- Pool

Get to crafting there is so much to do the next few months.  I love FALL - Sept, Oct, Nov, and Dec (Christmas) for projects!  Yippie.

Ok, too much enthusiasm, I know.  But I love, love this time.

Enjoy the journey, we only get one.
Laugh often, live, well, love a lot, and be happy!
{{hugs}}
Jackie 

Happy Halloween!

Greetings All:

Just a quick stop to show you my latest project.  I wanted to make something for the girls in the office and for my family (girls) too.

I love witches, my favorite movie about witches is Hocus Pocus.  So, I wanted to do something with the same theme that I love ' Witches'.

I found this idea through Cricut.  I did have to alter the shoe a bit because I didn't want open toe shoes.  I used the Party Princess Cartridge.  I altered the shoe to have more of a witch style to it.  I didn't 'fit to page' because I wanted it to be as big as I could get it.  I used my Gypsy and moved it around and was able to get it at 12".

Hope you all enjoy.  Happy Halloween Week!

 I did remove the heart on the heel, this one cut why I don't know.

 I tried to use all Halloween paper and make them colorful.

I made four styles.

 

 

Have fun, if you have any questions let me know.  I would love to hear from you all.  Thanks for stopping by.

 

Live well, laugh often, love a lot.
{{hugs}}
Jackie





Halloween Hop Blog

Greetings, Friends!

I wanted to share a Halloween Hop Blog with you all.  I love Halloween, one of my favorite holidays because you get to dress up and get lots of candy.

I especially love the crafting projects that you can create during this time also.

Please, check out Misty's blog and follow along.  Here is the link:
http://mbtreasurista.blogspot.com/2012/10/mbs-treasurista-halloween-blog-hop.html?showComment=1350865650746#c2881232638825416817

Enjoy.

Thanks for dropping by.
Enjoy the Journey, we only get one.

Live well, laugh often, love a lot.
{{hugs}}
Jackie

Altered Halloween Coffin Swap

Greetings, All:

I wanted to share my altered Halloween coffin I made for my swap partner with http://creatingthecraftylife.com/.  I was pleased with how it came out that I will have to make one for me also.

I bought the coffins at Michael's last year when they went on sale for like pennies (bought like 9).  Of course, you can still get them but they will cost you I think $2.99 or something like that.

It was really fun doing it.  I just painted, crackled it, covered the inside with red felt and the bottom too.  I made a mini coffin shape tag album to go inside it (I mean you can only put so much in the coffin anyway before it burst).  LOL.  I added embellishments to the outside of it.  The best way for you to have a vision is to show you the results. :)

Here is my altered coffin for swap.

top view

right side view

left side view

inside the coffin

 

I hope you enjoy the project and get to crafting.  I love Halloween and I need to do more.  I am doing a stick pin swap, ATC Halloween swap, and TP mini swap.  Will post those later.

Thanks for dropping by.
Enjoy the Journey, we only get one.

Live well, laugh often, love a lot.
{{hugs}}
Jackie

Ikat Rug - stencil work!

Great week, Fall is here!  My favorite time of Year!

Hello, everyone.  I just simply had to share this with you all.  I found this on Craftberry Bush blog - the most amazing idea and simple too.  Stencil Work!

Check out Lucy's site: http://www.craftberrybush.com/

There is a chance to win some stencil too from http://www.cuttingedgestencils.com/ikat-stencil-uzbek.html  Go visit her site and check out how easy it is to create this beautiful art work.  You can put it on a rug, on the wall, on a chair, on furniture, basically anywhere.

I personally love the Damask and Wall Art: Chandelier Stencils.  This will be my next project.

Hope you enjoy.

 Enjoy the journey, we only get one.
Laugh often, live, well, love a lot, and be happy!
{{hugs}}
Jackie

Happy Fall

It's that time again, I can't believe how fast Fall has gotten here again.  Time just seems to fly by.  Here is an awesome site with fabulous wreaths.

Take a look: http://blogs.babble.com/the-new-home-ec/2012/09/12/12-fantastic-fall-wreaths/#monogram

 

 

This is my favorite of the year.
I am also working on some swaps with Creating the Crafty Life, go to the site and join, there are fabulous swaps, great crafty people, and lots of fun.  I have a button on my blog that will take you there.

Have a great Fall everyone, will post some of my swaps later.

Enjoy the journey, we only get one.
Laugh often, live, well, love a lot, and be happy!
{{hugs}}
Jackie