This year my boys have learned all about Christmas and they are OBSESSED! Santa is the greatest person ever because he gives candy canes after you visit him. What more could you want? They look out the window several times during the day waiting for Christmas lights to come on. When it’s finally dark, they
I wanted to add a personal touch from my boys on their grandparents gifts this year. I decided to go with handprint crafts on the gift wrap. Projects like this make me love my Silhouette even more. Rather than tracing and cutting out handprints for wreaths on several gifts, I just traced their hands in
Christmas is less than a week away. Here is a little Christmas roundup of quick and easy gifts that are perfect for neighbors, classmates and friends. Santa | Snowman | Reindeer Snowman | Reindeer | Santa Merry Kiss-mas! stickers Santa-tizer Don’t Open Until Christmas | Pinecone and bough | Wreath Christmas Tree Advent Calendar Lace-up Stocking Pocket
December is just around the corner which means it’s time for advent calendars. I love advent calendars! I created this one as a craft for my nieces and nephews to make together. I cut out all the ornaments in a variety of colors and let them mix and match to make their own special ornaments
We celebrated Thanksgiving with my side of the family last week and my nieces and nephews loved this Turkey Bingo game. I even heard my little three year old niece yell this is the funnest game! All the kids playing were under seven years old and could play on their own. That’s a big deal
I promised these images weeks ago, and I’m finally posting today. We’ve been practicing the phrases “Happy Halloween” and “trick-or-treat” the last few days and it’s paying off. Today I heard the boys in their room yelling “Happy Halloween!” out the window to the garbage man. Cutest thing ever! I’m going to go get my
I have some fun Halloween party designs new in the Silhouette online store that I’ll be showing on my blog next week, but today I had to show you my adorable little fox and hound from Halloween last year. Aren’t they just the cutest! I struggled finding a fox and a hound costume that went
I love making treat boxes and this candy wrapper box is one of my favorites. This is the perfect one for those times when you need to make a lot. It has very few pieces and doesn’t require a lot of candy to fill it. The ends twist shut just like wrappers on candy really
Here is a simple farewell party I threw for a friend before she moved away. It was one last get together with all our girlfriends. I used neon circle labels found in the office supply section to add a little touch of neon to everything. It was so easy and fast. Each guest left with
To finish off the week with the ABC flashcards, I have a tutorial for you on how to make them into coloring pages. I printed mine 4 to a page and bound them using The Cinch. Continue reading for a tutorial on how to turn the print and cut flashcards into coloring pages.
This ABC book is so easy to make using the ABC flashcards. I bought two mini albums at the dollar store, printed the flashcards and put them inside. I made one book for the uppercase and one for the lowercase. I kept them separate because I will be teaching them separate and I wanted to
