Silent Auction Boxes

I was so excited to be asked to bake something for the Fall Festival at my church! I had almost as much fun making the boxes to display my baked goods as I did baking them! Both of these started out as plain 10" by 10" cake boxes. I used my Coluzzle and cut out the giant openings and taped a window sheet in from the back side. Then I made the borders and tags and added the letters. I thought the decorated boxes would add value to the items...it was a silent auction. I made two sets of each item and thankfully they all did get bids. :) Chris thought about bidding on the apple pies...my mom's recipe is FABULOUS. If I were going to bid, I would have definitely gone for the lemon cupcakes!

Whoopie Pies!

We always do a fun treat for the teachers at the girls' school for the end of the first week. This year for something new and different we tried Whoopie Pies. They were a hit! We made five different kinds. I believe the red velvet with cream cheese filling was the favorite at the school. My personal favorite was the lemon cream!! I made the sign so everyone would know the flavors. It was fun to use the Bright colors with my Simple Letters alphabet dies and to make the border with my Tasteful Trim die cut for the Big Shot. If I had to take only one die cut to a desert island, it would be Tasteful Trim...I love it! It can take the place of most ribbons or can be a whole border on a 12" by 12" page. Thankfully I don't think I will be doing any desert island stamping anytime soon, but at least you know what I'd pack if I had to. Oh, and it would be nice to have a lemon cream whoopie pie on the island too. :)

New Member Dinner at St. Paul

We had the New Member dinner at church last Sunday. I made the place cards for the tables. They match the invitations I made several weeks ago. I also made butterflies to use like confetti around the center pieces on the tables. I die cut hundreds (yes, literally hundreds!) of butterflies with the Beautiful Wings embosslit. The Family Life Center looked so spring-y and festive. It was a great day to celebrate new members of our church family! Laura was excited that her job at the end of the dinner was to pick up all the butterfly confetti pieces...she did a great job...I think she got every last one of them!

Wedding Shower Favors

Here are some samples of some wedding shower favors I made. It is so hard to make samples for someone else to look at and decide...there are so many permutations. The colors my friend told me were "pink and brown"...well, is that Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Pixie Pink, Pink Passion...you get the idea! Then, I could easily do 25 different designs on the front...it would easily get overwhelming for all of us! I'm hoping she likes one or the other of these...or if these aren't her favorites, I'll try again!

For the favor, I used the Fancy Favor Box die cut. This die cut cuts out the pattern complete with the decorative top and the score marks. It takes no time at all to glue them together! I made one open (filled with a cello bag with candy) and the other one is closed. It is amazing how much will fit in one of these boxes...closing it with the stewardess bow helps control the amount of stuff you have to put in it.

Top Note Treat Boxes

Is there anything that the Top Note die cut can't do? Check out these super cute boxes! The top note forms the top and the base of the box and then I folded designer paper and used the Tombow Multi-Purpose glue to adhere them together. The "bow" on top is the scallop circle cut in half and snipped to the center. I wrapped Hershey Nuggets in the same designer papers and tucked in a Sonic gift card. It made a very cute and easy gift! I made these for Valentine's Day, but they are appropriate for any gift giving occasion--just change the papers!

Teacher Treats

Yesterday was the Teacher Luncheon at the girls' school. The theme was Italian food and since that didn't especially lend itself to a stamping project, we decided to go with the Valentine's Day theme. These projects are adorable. It's a scallop square die cut that is scored on the third scallop on every side, then again on the diagonal. Punch a hole in each corner and then fold it up and tie with a ribbon. Perhaps a little time consuming, but worth it! We made the tag mostly on the computer...typed "We" and then left a space and added "You!" After they were printed and punched, we stamped a red heart in the middle so it looked like "We Love You!". Layered the words onto the scalloped oval and tied it in with the same ribbon. These treats will deceive you...they look so small, but actually hold quite a bit of candy! Let me know if you need more info. Happy Creating!

Happy Halloween!

We had a fun Halloween evening. The neighbors came over for chili before we went out trick-or-treating. I did minimal decorating for the event...just made a quick banner to hang in the kitchen and some treat boxes for all the kids with my Big Shot and the Pumpkin Patch stamp set from the Holiday Mini. The witch (Laura) and the fairy princess (Ellen) had lots of fun and got way too much candy! I hope your evening was frightful and delightful too.