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Posted in Holidays, and Homemaking

Munchkin and I were trying to come up with a unique gift for someone when we saw the phrase “Wise Men Still Seek Him”. We thought this would make a cool phrase to put on a plaque which would make a nice handmade CHRISTmas gift. Supplies: Plain wood plaque Black Paint Lettering (cut with Circut) Designs (cut with Cricut) Mod Podge Paint Brush Foam Brush Ribbon Tacks Directions: Lightly sand your wood plaque to remove any splinters or uneven spots. Wipe down to remove dust. Paint the plaque black (or your desired color). We only did one coat for ours.…

Paper Mache Christmas Tree

Posted in Holidays, and Homemaking

Our next project was a paper mache Christmas tree. I picked up these cardboard cones at Michaels very inexpensively after Thanksgiving. We then cut out shapes with our Cricut in 3 different sizes – 1″, 1 1/2″, and 2″. Munchkin chose to do triangles and I did stars. Using Mod Podge, we put on the various designs of paper shapes. I chose to do the 2″ shape on the bottom, the 1 1/2″ on the middle, and the 1″ on the top. Munchkin put hers on more randomly. (Notice the black garbage bag on the table. I learned from past…

Fuzzy Sock & Bath Scrubby Cupcakes

December 5, 2010

Heather L

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Fuzzy Sock & Bath Scrubby Cupcakes

Posted in Homemaking

As I was looking at some of the gifts that I will be giving this year, I decided that I wanted to figure out a unique way to package the fuzzy socks and the bath poofs/sponges. While I was trying to think of ideas, I came across the diaper cake and thought that I would try to make cupcakes from the socks and sponges. First, I cut out some cupcake wraps using decorative scissors for the top of the wrapper. I just used some scrap paper and cardboard from some packaging that was being tossed out. It had a cute…

Handmade Gifts: Prayer Journal

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My new Cricut has inspired me to start working on my handmade Christmas gifts. The first project of the year is a prayer journal. It’s pretty simple, but it makes a nice gift. Supplies: 2 pieces of matching scrapbook paper 1 piece of coordinating paper for letters 2 pieces of coordinating paper for inside of notebook adhesive favorite verses about prayer composition notebook crafting scissors Process: You’ll need 2 matching scrapbook pieces of paper for the front and the back of the composition notebook. To get the correct size, you’ll just trace the shape of the composition notebook onto the…

Old Fashion Fun with a Twist

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One of the fun things about having a birthday at the end of October is that I can save that birthday money to purchase something in November during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales. This year, I decided to take advantage of an exceptional offer at JoAnn Fabrics on a Cricut personal cutter. Munchkin didn’t know what to think of it all until she saw all of the many things that we could create – including paper dolls. My sister had me pick up 2 paper doll cartridges for her machine while I was at JoAnn Fabrics on Friday for her…