3D Cupcake Invitation Tutorial

cupcake liner invitation

I’ve designed a few versions of a cupcake 1st birthday party invitation made with a coffee filter as a 3D liner. I love adding something unexpected to an invitation! This is the original invitation I made for my daughter’s birthday 3 years ago (see credits here). And now I’ve created a printable version (for sale [...]

Cupcake Liner Nametags

cupcake liner nametags

 I had a request for the details on the cupcake line name tags from our recent girls night out. Autie from icandy pinning on her cupcake liner nametag (Photo: Sierra Studios Photography) We like over-sized frilly nametags (see the great ones Kristyn did at our first AZGNO). What could be more appropriate than using cupcake [...]

Spa Day Party – Fun with Flip Flops

spa day flip flops

Last night was my music recital for the year, and I tell you I am exhausted today. The big bummer is there was plenty of insanity involved in the refreshments and such, but with everything else I was trying to do, no camera, and no pictures. Maybe I can re-create a few things and post [...]

Dollar Store/Mod Podge Business Card Holder

After a weekend like the one I’ve just had, it’s hard to know even where to begin to blog! It has been a whirlwind of excitement, information, fun, friendship, and ideas! I am worn out! But excited about some of the things on the horizon for this blog, our Arizona Girl’s Nights Out, and other [...]

An Insane amount of Spring Break Ideas from Pink and Green Mama

It’s another Trading Spaces Tuesday! Did you know that my kids are on Spring Break already? I’m not sure what everyone else’s Spring Break schedule is, but I’m guessing that it will be here before you know it. If you don’t have exotic travel plans, you may be struggling with ideas to keep your kids [...]

Happy Presidents Day!

abraham lincoln puppet

Happy Birthday Mr. President… If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos off of school this President’s Day, maybe you could help them make some presidential puppets! My first grader (with ideas from me and lots of help from BSB) made this puppet as part of a book report for school. This [...]

Super Silhouette Products Giveaway!

Today is the day I get to tell you about the exciting giveaway going on here for the next week and a half!  Some of you know that one of my life’s ambitions is to get the opportunity to giveaway a Silhouette machine on my blog, someday.  Well, today is not that day, but it’s [...]

And the winner is…

…ME! …And MaryLea. No. Seriously.  (Sorry about the all the rhyming–it just happens sometimes!) I linked up our Ocean in a Bottle craft to the CSI Project last week, and it was chosen as one of the Top Ten Projects, along with some other fabulous kid/craft posts from other blogs!  (Check out all of the [...]

I’m an ocean in a bottle, baby! Crafting with kids & GIVEAWAY!

Knowing I have a house full of crazy, creative kids, blogging friend, MaryLea from Pink & Green Mama, sent me a copy of her Ocean Fun Art Camp e-book to try out with them. We chose the ocean in the bottle craft to try out, since I had all of the supplies on-hand, and it [...]

Kids’ Camping Craft

Sand Art Camping craft kids

As you read this, I am probably in the mountains somewhere in the wilderness of Utah with my baby strapped to me entertaining a bunch of school-aged children that are somehow related to me.  I am reposting one of the craft projects we did with the kids last time we had this family reunion, two [...]