Tsunami Day Project

Since we had a tsunami warning here on Saturday, my husband was called into work at like 3:30 a.m. That left me at home alone with the kids. The kids were keeping busy by watching cartoons and playing together while I tried to stay informed to the status of the tsunami by watching the news. It's never a good feeling when you don't have your entire family together during times like these. Anyways, since the kids were being "good", it gave me the opportunity to do a little crafting. I found the tutorial for this luminary here and just added a cover to it. I was actually going to add a handle to it but then decided to put a cover on it instead. And I just so happened to have some flameless tealights at home so I was able to light this up right away. This was such a fun project to work on and it came together really fast!

Yet Another One

I know, I know, not another one...LOL! Sorry, I really love making these easel boxes and I actually pre-made a few of the box part of these..I just needed to decorate them. I made this one for my mom for Valentine's Day. Her favorite color is purple so it worked out perfect since I already had a pre-made purple box! I was able to throw this together in no time! :-)

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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.

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Birthday Cards

A few of my GF's just had birthdays. Their birthdays are actually like a week and a half apart. Since I've been trying to get back into my crafting, I decided to make them cards. I had to come up with these quick as we were getting together for breakfast to celebrate their birthdays and I was making these at like midnight the night before! They are very simple....I would have added more "bling" to them but honestly, I was just too tired! *YAWN*

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Valentine's Day Gifts

Here are a couple of gifts I made for Valentine's Day. I really have not had the energy to craft lately, but I did manage to push out a couple of gifts using some of the new SU! supplies I've been wanting to use.

I was feeling on top of things last month. I thought to myself I'd get a head start on Valentine's Day gifts and actually made this box for my GF Brenda like weeks before, and yet she still beat me in getting her gift to me. I'm telling you, my time management skills....LOL!

This is a photo cube that I made for my husband (from our kiddies). We filled it with M&M's. I found the tutorial on SCS.

I just love making these easel boxes and since I've never made one for my MIL, I thought it would be the perfect Valentine's Day gift for her from her grandbabies.
Okay, hopefully these projects jumpstart my crafting again. Maybe, too, since my DH is back from his work trip I'll have more time to craft! (fingers crossed)! :-)

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Spiderman Birthday Party

My son recently turned 5 years old (I still can't believe it). He chose Spiderman this year for his birthday party theme. That worked out great for me because it gave me the opportunity to use some of the SU! Sweet Treat Cups that I had bought a while ago.

I remembered seeing these great spider favors on numerous blogs during Halloween and thought they would be perfect little favors for my son's party.And here are the simple goodie bags I made for the kiddies

Don't look too closely at the goodie bags. I really don't know how to use the stamping wheels well yet....or more like I don't have the patience to align it properly so I just go for it! hehehe!

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Super Quick Card

I made this quick little birthday card using the Sweet Treat Cups from SU! for my nieces birthday. I bought a bunch of these when they came out and haven't used one of them!! hahaha..I'm really bad about that! I'm always buying stuff and not using them until much, much later. I know this card is kinda plain and blah, but I just haven't been feeling "it" lately! Hopefully I can start feeling inspired again soon!

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Wedding Card

I made this pop-up gift card holder for my GF's wedding. Her wedding colors are a light cream color and black so I thought I'd stay with those colors for this card. I decided to keep it simple since her invites were elegantly simple as well. I found the great tutorial for this here and just had to make one. Oh, and as usual, I almost forgot to get a picture of it before I put it in the envelope so unfortunately I had already signed the card.

I hope everyone is starting off the year on a good note and that it carries on throughout the year!! Happy Friday!! :-)

Gift from Brenda

Sorry it took me so long to post this!!! But look at all the goodies my GF Brenda (Sweet as a Gumdrop) gave me for Christmas!!! I just love EVERYTHING that Brenda creates! She is such a talented person!! She is such a talent that she and a few of her stamping pals have started a new site called Craft Project Central. If you are looking for some creative craft projects, you should go check them out...they are all so talented!

Thank you Brenda for my wonderful Christmas gift...I LOVE it!!!

Christmas Gifts for Mom's Friends

My mom asked me to make some post-it holders for her friends at work. I decided to use my BIA for these which helped to make these really quick to make. Since I had to make 23 of these in a day, I kept them super simple. I hope her friends like them.

Thank you so much for continuing to stop by (even though I am not a consistent poster) and for all of your kind comments. I am truly grateful for the wonderful friends I have made through my blog. I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas filled with love and laughter!

Easel Calendar Boxes

I apologize for the junkie photos in this post...I couldn't find my camera and so I had to use my phone to take these shots. Anyways, I've been making easel calendar boxes as Christmas gifts for the past week or so. I forgot to get pictures of the first 2 I made for my son's teachers since I made them the night before we had to take them in! ;-) I included a gift card in each of the drawers for his teachers. For these, I included these notepad/calendar pocket-folios in the drawers. I got the instructions for the easel calendar boxes through Tammy Maxvill's Fun Paper Candy blog. These were so much fun to make!!

BIA Notebooks for Preschoolers

I've been wanting to use my BIA again so I decided to make these little notebooks as Christmas gifts for my son's preschool classmates. Even though the notebooks didn't turn out the way I had envisioned them, I was still pleased with the finished product. I kept them simple since I realized that at 3 & 4 years old, just seeing their names on something makes them happy enough...plus, again, I was having time managment issues and found myself putting all 23 of these together a couple of days before winter break was going to start! UGH!! I really think my New Year's resolution will have to be to work on that...I cause so much stress for myself! :-)