Hello Kitty Duct Tape Wallet

Yesterday I posted the Hello Kitty duct tape coin pouch that I made.  Well here is the wallet that I put together.  I kinda watched a few tutorials and then decided to wing it...seemed easy enough.  I decided to add a magnetic closure to my wallet to help keep it closed.

Wallet closed

Inside of wallet....I would probably omit the silver duct tape on the bottom of the ID pocket if I were to make this again

All the pockets that I added.  The majority of the wallet is made with the regular silver duct tape and I placed the Hello Kitty duct tape over it. 

My DH seemed to like this creation.  He wanted me to try and sell it.  But I still can't wrap my head around this duct tape stuff.  I need more convincing that it's the "in thing" I guess. LOL!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation!

Hello Kitty Duct Tape Coin Pouch

Okay, a few months ago while shopping at Target I found a roll of Hello Kitty duct tape.  Well since it was HELLO KITTY duct tape I just had to have it...not knowing what in the world I was going to do with it.  Now I don't know about you but I had NO CLUE how big duct tape is now.  I was browsing the internet and came across many different duct tape crafting tutorials...I told my DH how interesting and kinda funny it was that there are so many people that are into duct tape stuff now.  Then my DH showed me the Think Geek website that he likes to buy gifts from every so often and they were selling duct tape wallets!  I just thought it was so strange but he convinced me to try and make something with my Hello Kitty duct tape.  Decided to start of easy (I wanted to conserve my tape since it was the last roll when I went) and made this coin pouch (found a tutorial for this on YouTube).

Pouch opened up...about 2" tall and wide

Folding coin pouch close

Flattening it out

Pouch closed

First Birthday Card

My family and I attended a first birthday party this weekend...unfortunately I COMPLETELY forgot that I needed a card for it. So I had to throw something together before we left for the party that morning. Good thing I already had this Hello Kitty cut out and assembled...made putting this card together so much more faster!
Hope you had a great weekend...thanks for stopping by!

Birthday Party Invitations

These are the invitations I made a few weeks ago for by DD's 4th birthday party that's coming up at the end of this month. She chose her party theme this year and I was so happy that she chose (WITHOUT any persuasion from me what so ever) Hello Kitty...since I love HK too!! ;-) I decided to make these pocket card invites since they come together so quickly...and they matched the M&M's favors that I had already started putting together (see below). :-)I hope you had a great weekend!! It went by way too fast for me! :-(

Baby Shower

First off, I just wanted to post a few pictures of the Hello Kitty cakes that I recently bought at the Sanrio Cafe in Pearlridge. The one my daughter is holding is their Strawberry flavor and the brown one is Banana. They were so YUMMY and almost too cute (for me) to eat...my daughter on the other hand, had no problem just digging HK's eye out and eating it!

Okay, now on to the "Baby Shower" portion of my post! :-) Today was the baby shower I have been planning for one of the mom's from my son's preschool class. I decided on a pink/white/brown, baby carriage/Hello Kitty themed shower...LOL! As you may know, from one of my earlier posts, I had already put together the little baby carriage favors using a pink, white, and brown color combo (hence the color/baby carriage theme). But I had originally planned on just bagging up some candy to put in them, that is, until my visit to the Sanrio Cafe!! Since the cafe is part of the store, I OF COURSE, had to take a walk through the store! LOL! As soon as I saw the cute little HK wind up toys I knew I had to get them for the shower so I decided to put them in the baby carriage favors instead of the candy...which created the Hello Kitty co-theme! hehe! I couldn't find any Hello Kitty baby things so I decided to add a HK doll to my baby carriage diaper cake.

Here's the baby carriage "diaper cake" that I put together. Actually, the only diapers you could see were the wheels...the rest lined the inside of the carriage. Included in this baby carriage were a wicker basket, 1 pack of 40 size 1 diapers, 2 blankets, 3 burp cloths, 1 bib set, 2 baby gowns, 1 book, 1 beenie/mittens/bootie set, 1 baby rattle, 1 baby wash/baby bubble bath set, 1 tube of diaper rash ointment, and 1 Hello Kitty doll.Here are the completed favors
And lastly, the card I put together for her gift

We had a great time eating breakfast, playing a few games, and just talking. I always have a great time with this bunch of ladies...I hope we are able to stay in touch even after our children graduate from preschool next month!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring Hello Kitty Card

My family and I attended a birthday party for my GF Brenda's daughter yesterday. She had a Hello Kitty themed party and it was great fun! It was such a cute, girly party with lots of Hello Kitty decorations! Everything Brenda does is fabulous so of course her parties would be too! My kids had a great time and were still talking about it this morning!! :-)

Here's the birthday card I made for Brielle. Happy birthday again Brielle! Thank you for making our day so much fun!

Another Easel Box

I made this easel box for a family friend who is visiting from Japan. She and her husband come to Hawaii at least twice a year and stay for months each time they are here. They are very sweet and generous people who even send goodies to my family throughout the year. She really liked the easel box that I just made for my MIL so I thought I'd make one for her too. I hope she likes it.

Thanks for visiting my blog! I truly appreciate all of your kind comments!

Mini Composition Books

I needed to put together some quick little gifts for my all of my friend's kids a few weeks ago. I bought these cute mini composition books and little mechanical pencils a little while back and decided they would be a perfect little something to give to them. I made 5 boy themed ones and 4 girl themed ones in a day! That's a real accomplishment for me since it normally takes me an entire day just to make ONE card!!! hehehe!!

Sorry for the bad picture...I was rushing to get them wrapped up since I was seeing them all the following day (there I go again with my poor time management skills)!!! :-) Here's my solution to gift wrapping when I'm in a pinch! hehehe!

Thank you for taking time out of your, I'm sure, very hectic holiday schedule to check out my blog. I hope you are all enjoying these last few days before Christmas!!