Zoo Babies Train

Victoria Bunn showed her Zoo Babies Train on a FB group to which I belong. I thought it was really cute and saved the picture to try and make one on my own. Just last week, she shared how to make parts of the train - minus the engine. I thought I would try my hand at it - even though I do not need a baby gift at this time.

I added magnets to keep the train "together".

Tea Light Holders

Instead of giving chocolates to friends at church for Mother's Day, I used Sam's tea light holder tutorial to create these. I recently went to IKEA and picked up some of their yummy smelling tea lights - my craft room smells wonderful!

Hope you have a great day!

Apple Candy Jar

Long ago, I found this idea on Pinterest and filed it away. I do not know who the original person is who posted it though.

I made this with a small flower pot and a wooden piece that, to me, looked like a stem. 

I used acrylic paint to paint the pot red and the "stem" green. 

Once the paint dried (after three coats), I covered the entire pot and bottom with Mod Podge. 

I used Liquid Fusion to glue the stem to the bottom of the clay flower pot bottom.

Once the Mod Podge was dried, I filled the pot with Werther's Candies.

Hope you have a great day!

Wet Bag

I made this wet bag from PUL fabric I purchased when I was awaiting the arrival of my granddaughter that was over 2 1/2 years ago! How time flies! 

I watched a YouTube video and it reminded me of the fabric so I decided to make a Wet Bag for Ana's swimsuit. I thought it would be a great thing to have so everything else in the big bag would not get wet when she changes from a wet swimsuit into clothes.

Here is how I made it:

I used a 9" zipper and fabric that measured 7" x 22". I used some extra fabric to create the handle - I did not measure this piece, just cut and sewed.

Pin the fabric to the zipper with right side facing down and the zipper facing up. The fabric fits just inside the end/beginning of the zipper. Sew this with the regular sewing foot with the edge of the foot up against the zipper.

Once this is complete, flip the fabric so the right side is facing up and top stitch the fabric just as you did the first time. You may need to help the fabric stay near the zipper - this fabric is slippery and at times, hard to handle.

Now take the opposite end of the fabric and pin as you did when you first started and repeat the first two steps (sewing the fabric to the zipper and then top stitching).

This is what it looks like after you bring the fabric up and sew it onto the zipper.

This is what it looks like when you top stitch the second time

Now to add the handle and sew the sides ...

I tucked the handle into the side where the zipper opens ...

BEFORE you sew up the side, make sure you unzip the zipper (about 1/2 way) or you will not be able to open your bag! Trust me on this!

Sew up both sides. Clip corners if needed and turn the bag inside out. Voila! Your finished bag. I top stitched the sides of the bag to give it a more finished look.

I made the bag below with fabric that measured 12" x 38". This bag is big enough to hold lots of wet items. For little ones, it could hold clothes in the event of an accident or swimsuits for a couple of children.

I hope this is helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment or send me an email.

Have a great day!

Gift Card Holder

I made these for my son and daughter-in-law for Easter. I am always sending the grandchildren a box, but rarely does it include something for their parents. Since they requested no chocolates this year, I sent them gift cards.

I hope they enjoy a lunch or dinner on us! 

House of drawers

I came across this house on one of the groups to which I belong. There were no directions, only the name of the magazine it appeared in. After much searching, I found the article only to discover the directions were in centimeters! 

Centimeters were not going to get the best of me so I converted them into inches and plugged along. This is my prototype...

The drawers are a little smaller than the space they go into, but overall, I'm pleased with how this turned out!

Have a great day!

Gift Card and Candy Holder

I saw this while going through the many YouTube subscriptions I have. It was just the thing I needed for a gift card for Ana.

Have a great day!

Box with Crackers

I made this after Linda S. posted her cracker directions on a FB group to which I belong. It holds Lindor truffles.

Have a great day! :)

Snowman Goodie

I made this from a Lindt chocolate snowman. I used the scallop tag topper punch, embossing folder, and an oval framelit. 

Have a great day!

Frosty the Snowman

I wanted to take something to a friend who has asked us over for dinner. She is so crafty so I thought I'd make something for her.  

Frosty is what I made ...

I used The Crafty Owl's box builder page to give me the measurements I needed to make boxes with the Envelope Punch Board. The bottom box is 6"x3"x3". The next box is 5"x3"x3". The box for the head is 4"x3"x3". The hat box is 2"x3"x3". Goodies (peppermints, Lindor truffles, and Ghiradelli minis) are inside the three boxes that make up Frosty; nothing is in his hat.

I used buttons and dimensionals to help the back flaps stay in place.

The circle for the hat is the largest circle framelit. I cut a 1" strip of paper (not sure of its length) and embossed it before wrapping around the box. The flower is made with the Flower Shop stamp set and punch. The center is the flower stamp cut with the smallest center circle framelit to look like a button. All pieces of the flower were put together with dimensionals.

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set.

I hope she likes it!

Have a great day!

Frosty's Hat

I found the tutorial for this on YouTube. Isn't it cute!?!

Rudolph Gift Card/Money Holder

Isn't this just the cutest!?!?  Did you know there are only 42 days until Christmas? 

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Stampin' Up! products used in this project:

Blossom Petal Punch
Small Oval Punch
Oval Framelits
Word Window Punch
Petite Pairs Stamp Set
Chocolate Chip stamp pad

What You Need:

Brown CS 4 1/2" x 7" (card base) 
                 2 punches with the Blossom Petal Punch - the largest oval petal
                 1 punch with the Small Oval Punch for the tab on slider piece 

White CS 3" x 4 1/4" (for the base of the slider part) 
              3" x 1 1/2" (for the pocket piece)

Red CS for oval - I used the second oval framelit (from the center) 

2 - 20 mm eyes (that is if I measured them correctly)

Dark Brown CS 4 punches with the Word Window Punch

5" of red ribbon

Double sided tape

Adhesive (I used Tombow)

Glue

Hole punchers

Black thin line marker (I used a Sharpie)

Instructions:

Fold the 4 1/2" x 7" piece of CS in half. Close the bottom and side with double sided tape.

Use the small oval punch to punch a tab into the top center of the card holder.

Cut two of the dark brown pieces in half to create the antlers - use glue to hold the pieces together.

Adhere the ear pieces and antlers to the inside back of the card holder with adhesive.

Adhere the nose with adhesive to the front of the card holder.

Glue the wiggly eyes to the front of the card holder.

Draw a mouth onto the card holder.

Adhere the 3" x 1 1/2" white CS to the slider piece with double sided tape.

Adhere the brown small oval piece to the top of the slider piece. I slide this piece into the holder and matched the oval to the tab cutout on the card holder.

Punch a hole in the center for the oval and insert the ribbon. Trim ribbon ends if necessary.

Insert the slider piece into the card holder and Voila! It is now finished! 

Hope you have a great day! :)

p.s. This idea is not mine, but the measurements and instructions are. I believe I found this on Pinterest - all I have is a picture so I do not know who was the creator for this neat gift card/money holder.

Tic Tac Cover

I have seen several of these made so I am not sure who to give credit too ... Angie and Sam's videos are the latest videos I watched.

Here is what I came up with ...

I did not take dimensions from either video as they did not work for the size Tic Tac box I purchased. 

These are really simple to make and are great for a last minute gift!

Have a great day! :)

Pencil Pouch

I took out my sewing machine and made this pencil pouch for my daughter. I was very impressed with myself that I was able to get the zipper in on the first try! 

The pattern for this can be found at Sew 4 Home.

She loved it and that's what makes it all worthwhile!

Hope you have a great day! :)

Button Container Repurposed

I have been wanting to make one of gees for a long time! I finally had an empty container to complete this.

This uses an empty Stampin' Up! button or brad container, a piece of transparency, DSP, sticky strip, 2 1/2" circle punch, and ribbon.

Hope you have a great day! :)

Halloween Goodies

It's getting to be that time again ... Halloween.

As school began, I thought about Halloween and what to do for my daughter's classmates when this came to mind. There are several children with food allergies so I thought I would stay away from sweets. Her class is always in need of pencils so I thought I could "kill two birds with one stone" and give them pencils! :)

This is my sample. I made the bat out of the owl and oval punch from Stampin' Up!. I used a white stamp pad to color the edges of the pieces before gluing them together. I used 7 mm googly eyes and a white gel pen to complete the bat. The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes from Stampin' Up! which I punched with the word label punch from Stampin' Up!.

Hope you have a great day! :)

Teacher Gift

It's that time of year ... Summer is over and the children are back in school. I miss having my daughter around during the day. She is so much fun to do things with - I do, however, look forward to picking her up after school and finding out about her day!

This is what I made her teacher as a gift for the first day of school. I took a soda shop straw dispenser and filled it with No. 2 pencils and added her teacher's name in vinyl letters.

My daughter was lucky to get a teacher last year that teaches 4th grade one year and then 5th grade the next year so this is the second year with the same teacher. She was so excited to hear she would have the same teacher two years in a row!

Hope everyone is adjusting to the school year routine. We are adjusting very slowly from late nights to bed times again.

Have a great day! :)

Calendar and Post It Holder

Wow! These are fun to make. Linda Parker shows how to make these here.

This was my first attempt.

Linda made hers with the large Post It pads. I did not have any so I enlarged her instructions to hold two 3"x 3" Post It pads.

I made this one for my husband.

Have a great day! :)

Tea Bag Holder

Sam Donald has so many clever ideas!  This one is a tea bag holder.

I recently saw an idea where you take a potholder and sandwich bags to make an emergency kit for your purse, backpack, or glove box. It held band-aids, Tylenol, safety pins, chap-stick, gum, bobby pins, nail file, and a Tide stick.

When I re-visited Sam's tea bag holder, I thought this would be a cute idea for the emergency kit to place in the glove box of a car, sit on a desk, have in a drawer at work, or in a locker at school.

I have yet to re-create Sam's holder to fit the different items I would like for this to hold, but will in the very near future. :)

This is what my holder by Sam's instructions looks like on the inside.

As soon as I have re-made this holder to make an emergency kit, I will get it posted.

Have a great day! :)

Pop Up Post Its

Once again, I was out "wandering" in the world wide web and found the idea to use pop-up Post It notes.

The original was sealed closed so it could only be used one time. I made mine with the small magnets so one side could be opened and more Post Its could be inserted.

Hope you have a great day! :)