Birthday Banners

It was my son’s birthday yesterday and I got to put up the Happy Birthday banner I made for him the year before.  I also made a banner with his name that I strung across the fireplace.  I put ribbon coils between each letter and it looked really good.  I also hung ribbon coils from the ceiling (just with some scotch tape) and scattered balloons all over the floor.  My kids love it when I decorate for their birthdays. My other son will be eleven in a couple of weeks and he keeps telling me he wants decorations for his birthday.  He was old enough this year that...

Teacher’s Card

I just realized exactly how close we are to the end of the school year!  I mean, I know it’s close, but I forgot all about making cards for my boys teachers.  I got busy today and made the first one, which is of a pencil.  I still have two more cards to make and I’d like them all to be different.  I made an apple card before with the Home Accents Cricut cartridge, and I suppose I could do something similar again.  There’s also an apple on my Plantin SchoolBook cartridge that could be cute.  As for the teacher’s gift, I have no idea what to do...

Skull Block Set

My skull block set is complete and I’ve posted a picture!  Go to my Blocks page under the Crafts section to view a photo of it.

Scribble Flower Cuttlebug Die

I just finished three projects that I thought would be fun and simple for kids to make.  I made a magnet, a necklance and a friendship pin.  They were very simple to make using craft foam, the Scribble Flower Cuttlebug die, and of course the Cuttlebug machine.  You can check out a photo of these flowers in my Kids Crafts...

New Photos and New Projects

I finally got my photos up!  Check out the new Letter Blocks category, birthday cards, and kids crafts to see the projects I’ve been working on over the past couple of months. Also, I’ve been putting my new saws to work!  I made a name block for my sons room yesterday.  It has a skull on top that I cut out with my band saw and scroll saw, and the block below reads Travis’s Room over the word CAUTION.  It looks good on his shelf and he really likes it, so I’m happy. Today I’m going to work on a set of book ends.  I’ve already cut out...