THANKFULLY CRAFTY

I LOVE Thanksgiving! Sure there is all the cooking, but still it is the best holiday! Actually I have gotten lucky the last few years and my husband and daughter have done most of the cooking for me, My point is, besides the cooking, there really isn't too much work involved. Christmas is insanity. Halloween needs costumes. All those eggs to hide for Easter.Forget it, I'll take Thanksgiving.

I am also a huge fan of the fall, so I really like to decorate. I find it hard to find decorations for Thanksgving so this year i made several of my own! I got a lot of ideas from www.svgcuts.com. I used their cut files for the turkey box,. Pilgrim's hate and Pilgrims. the rosettes are from Art Philosophy for Close to my Heart and a few items I found on Pinterest! I have huge boards for fall and Thanksgiving and i have made or done most of them!

I know my friends up in Canada have celebrated a few weeks ago and ours is still a few days away, but I know I will be busy with work. If you are looking for a last minute decoration, follow me on Pinterest for check out some of these sites!


Have a fabulous and thankfully craft Thanksgiving!
Jennifer

Crafting can be dangerous!

Note to self: crafting can be dangerous!  First off, I am losing sleep due to crafting! I stay up late lurking on Pinterest which only makes me want to get up early so I  can make the projects!  So sleep and I have not been seeing much of each other lately!  It's pretty bad when I wake up in the middle of the night with a craft project!

I find myself second guessing everything I  throw away! Can I repurpose it, can I recreate something with it.. It just never ends! Again, I blame Pinterest!

I decided I would make this with these wonderful little plastic boxes i found at the dollar store. 10/$1! Can't beat it! Wait, yes I can, I can poke holes in the lids so that the twine can just come out as needed!

What better tool to do that with than the Martha Stewart screw punch I got on sale the other day with a 60% off coupon!

My plan was working great, until I slipped, because I got lazy! And this is why I say crafting is dangerous!

Hubs cleaned it out really well with some peroxide, I added some antibiotic and a huge bandage, cuz of the location! Now I look like a boxer who tapes their hands before a fight! I guess that is what I get for trying to be lazy and trying to hurry! Thankfully, it doesn't hurt, it's just annoying!

So please be cautious when crafting!

Jennifer

That was some storm!!

I hope you all fared well during Hurricane Sandy! We lost power for about 17 hours and one tree fell. (Thanks Sandy!) We still have friends who are without power and others who have lost everything.The phrase "going to the beach!" will have a new meaning for a lot of people for a long time.

The plus side of the storm for me was that I was able to hop through some great blogs, do some baking, cleaned out a file cabinet, hubs cleaned his part of the room--and through out a bag of clothes and two bags of trash!)

 I also spent time organizing my Pinterest boards and am oddly proud to say that i did almost everything on my Halloween board! OK this is a big deal for me, hand clapping would be appreciated!! :)

 I did find time to make a few craft items including this one below. I made a few and then got carried away and made them for some special little ones I know and some co workers.

Our Halloween activities were postponed til Monday so I don't feel as though I am late! (Although, I'm not gonna lie, I am beyond ready to switch my decorations to Thanksgiving!--my favorite holiday!!!)

I put little dum dum pops in them. In retrospect, I would have used double sided paper, but they are for little kids who won't care, they just want the candy!

 I am working on a plan to reconfigure them into Santa hats! Really wish I could give credit to who ever created the file, but it has slipped my mind. I will check Pinterest later and see if I saved it there.

Have a great  night and thanks for stopping by!

Jenn

HAPPY BLOG SPOT BIRTHDAY!

Sorry i have been MIA. So much is going on in my life. Hoping the craziness is finally slowing down. I have had some time to do some crafting. My friend Pam Lavertu is celebrating her upcoming birthday with a blog hop. What is more fun than a birthday? Spooktacular projects made by amazing friends! We are hopping for 2 days sharing 40 Spooktacular projects to celebrate Pam of MzLavr2's Creations turning 40! If you have arrived from Vanessa's blog http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com you are right on track! If you missed the beginning you will want to head over to the Birthday Girl's blog! http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/ Not only are we sharing fun Halloween projects, we have a lot of fabulous goodies for our trick or treaters! Our Sponsors are: Jen over at Girl Boy Girl designs is giving a full digital kit to one luck winner! Please go like and comment on her Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pages/Girl-Boy-Girl-Designs-by-Jen-Balding/113186302038084?fref=ts and let her know you stopped by from Pam's Spooktacular 40th Birthday hop! You can find her stuff at http://www.thedigichick.com/shop/Girl-Boy-Girl-Designs/ Pam is on her Creative Team Scrapbook Stamp Society is handing out 3 digi stamps to one lucky trick or treater! I know we are all so excited! Best part is you win digi stamps so there is no shipping! Little Scraps of Heaven Designs is giving one lucky trick or treater their Ghouls Night Out paper piecing pattern set (link to this set: http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigAdd pns.com/item_709/Ghouls-Night-Out.htm) Erica's Room is giving one trick or treater a Cricut Cartridge! http://www.shop.ericascraftroom.com/ There is an overall grand prize sponsored by Lisa from Scrapping with Lisa Designs. It is $20 in free Halloween files! http://www.scrappingwithlisadesigns.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-With-Lisa-Designs/130882060268842?fref=ts http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ Lisa is asking that you become a follower of each blog along the hop as well as her design team blog http://scrappingwithlisadesignsdt.blogspot.com/ In order to qualify for the goodies we have listed, please Comment “Trick or Treat” and let each of us know what you love the most about our projects on every blog while trick or treating! Here is my SpOOkTacUlaR project:

Thank you for checking out my project! The next house on the street is http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/ Thanks for trick or treating our blogs! 1. Pam Lavertu - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/ 2. Jennifer F. - http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com 3. CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/ 4. Lisa P - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ 5. Pam Lash - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/ 6. Sandy S. - http://simplycraftycreationsbysandys.blogspot.com 7. Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/ 8. Susanne A.- http://handmade-tear.blogspot.com/ 9. Ashley- http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com 10. Kris Parsons - http://scrappinbykris.blogspot.com 11. Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ 12. Wanda (Deezy) - http://www.deezydoesiteezy.blogspot.com/ 13. Tammy B - http://anonymouscricuter.blogspot.ca/ 14. Vanessa T - http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com 15. jennifer w. http://cluelesscrafter-jennifer.blogspot.com/ 16. Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/ 17. Nicole Elliott - http://teachdanz.blogspot.com/ 18. Amy T - http://thebestofme-amy.blogspot.ca/ 19. Lori - http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/ 20. Jessi http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com SUNDAY'S LINE UP 1. Melissa - http://pinkpolkadotscrapping.blogspot.com/ 2. Jennifer F. - http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com 3. Lisa P - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ 4. Pam Lash - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/ 5. Susanne A.- http://handmade-tear.blogspot.com/ 6. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com 7. Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/ 8. Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/ 9. Lissa Marie www.somanycrafts.com 10. Vanessa T - http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com 11. Paula Jennings - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com 12. Kris Parsons - http://scrappinbykris.blogspot.com 13. Maria Matter - http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com 14. Nicole Elliott - http://teachdanz.blogspot.com 15. Amy T - http://thebestofme-amy.blogspot.ca/ 16. Lluvia- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com 17. Torri - http://bitsnpiecescustomcreations.blogspot.com/ 18. Carolyn- http://www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com/ 19. Jennifer - http://creativecricutdesigns.blogspot.com 20. Erica http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

BUILD A PROJECT

A few months ago i started following Creative Kuts on facebook. Check out their website at . They post a scal file every week, you can request it and then they just ask for you to post your project to their facebook page. Last week's project was a graduation cap. I seriously made this project in less than 15 minutes, because to be honest, that is all the time I had and I was under the wire to post it. Oddly enough I don't have any important graduates in my life this year. I will save it for the future when I need something last minute. It's a super easy project and you can fill it with money or candy!

MY BIG FAT WEDDING FOLLOW UP

Thanks for all the great comments and projects from my fellow bloggers. Congrats to Tiffany, a fellow Jersey girl, for winning the gift certificate. I think someone was spreading a rumor about her letting me help her spend it!! My nephew's wedding was awesome and it was great getting to spend so much time with my family! There are quite a few of us! This is only about half of my mom's descendants. A new one will be added in the summer bringing the total up to 50!!

MY BIG FAT WEDDING BLOG HOP

Welcome to My Big Fat Wedding Blog Hop. We are a group of a talented ladies who love paper crafting (well most of us) and will be show casing Our Amazing Creations along they way. If you are visiting from http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com then you are in the right place, if not, please go and start from the beginning at http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com Blog Hop Giveaway is............ $10.00 Gift Card om Ginger Snaps Scraps Here is what I came up with: These are items I made for my nephew’s fiance's bridal shower held in April. At the time, I didn’t’ realize I would be explaining how I made them so I forget a lot of the details such as size and ink color, sorry about that. For the treat boxes I used Tie the Knot, pages 72 and 73. I inked the edges of the dress with a ink (perhaps Lagoon from Close to My Heart) to match. I just used a generic paper pack I had on hand. fr

The floating frame is the M on page 60 monogram shadow. The date is from the Art Philosophy cart. It is done with vinyl so it is pretty forgiving if you make a mistake. It was the first time I made something like that and I was very pleased with it.

For the large box, I took a plain photo box and placed patterned paper in the middle. The wedding invitations were brown, beige and turquoise, so I tried to use colors that coordinated with it. I used the same M form page 60 in Tie the Knot. This time I used the monogram and monogram shadow cuts. The love birds are form pages 34 and 35. I finished it off with XOXO on page55.

The wedding card was actually for my other nephew who was married last fall. The Mr.& Mrs. Is from the Sweethearts cart. I seem to have misplaced this cartridge so I can’t give you any more details except that is the cart I used. I also ran the white through the Cuttlebug. The sentiment is a word art. This is my first Blog Hop ever and I really hope you enjoyed yourself. Please visit everyone and enjoy their fabulous work. Thanks to Vanessa for putting this all together!

Next you should go to http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com here is the line in case you get lost Vanessa http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/ Tammy http://anonymouscricuter.blogspot.ca/ Mary http://Mary-fortheloveofart.blogspot.com Jennifer http://cluelesscrafter-jennifer.blogspot.com/ Tiffany http://angel4ever-thecraftyteacher.blogspot.com