felt bunting gift bag …

March 28, 2011

i made this cute garland / bunting gift bag with some felt, and i thought it turned out cute!
i guess i’m still not over the bunting craze.

i used the pennant die cut from lifestyle crafts to cut out my wool felt, then i just hot glued them on some canvas draw string bags.

this would make a great favor bag for a party, don’t ya think?

{image by me}

recycling an old calendar …

March 25, 2011

some calendars are really too cute to just throw away after the year is over.
good thing there are a lot of options on what you can do with the pretty images.

i decided to make a mini desk calendar with my old snow and graham calendar using some of my die cuts from lifestyle crafts.

i used my small circle die cut to cut out some of the pretty images from the back of my old calendar.

then, i cut out a bunch of the coupon booklet dies.

then i attached all my pretty circles, and printed out small calendars on label paper.

and, attached the mini-calendar together with twine.

i thought it was a great way to recycle my old calendar, and also make myself a new mini-one!

so, what do you do with your old calendars?

fun kid recipes …

March 24, 2011

it is officially spring, but i doesn’t quite feel like it where i live.  sunny one day, then snow the next.

my post today on the zupas blog is all about some fun recipes that you can make with your kids to help keep them happy while being stuck indoors.

check them all out here.

{images via family fun magazine}