Monday, May 24, 2010

Ribbon Bow Holder!

I have wanted to make my daughter a bow holder for all her adorable bows. She has so many of them and I just had them thrown into a basket. The basket started to over flow and I was tired of digging through the basket to find the bows I was looking for. I was constantly picking up bows that I had thrown onto the floor while I looked for the right ones. So this is what I created!


It was so simple. I took a 12x12 frame and painted it purple. Then I took different colors of ribbon and stapled them to the back. I then hung it up in my daughter's room and added her bows! It was that easy. I love how it turned out!


FYI~ I got my frame from The Wood Connection and my ribbon from JoAnn's!



Saturday, May 22, 2010

They just keep on coming!

That's right. I receieved another award from my SIL Angela over at  
Comfie Country Crafts! - Thanks Ang for the cute award.


Here are the rules for recieveing and passsing it along!

1. Accept and thank the person who sent it to you.

2. List 10 things about yourself.

3. List 5 additional things you don't like.

4. Pass the award on to 10 other bloggers.

10 things about me!

1. I am the oldest of four kids, 1 brother and 2 sisiters!

2. I am double jointed in my thumbs.

3. I have an obsession for painting.

4. I was a single mom for 5 years.

5. My parents own a pizza restaurant.

 6. My mom owns a vinyl business (I am workin gon an Etsy page for her)!

7. I met my husband online (shhh don't tell him I told you)!

8. I have a 7 year old boy and a 1 year old girl!

9. I love pasta!

10. I have taught Special Education for 3 years!


5 things I don't like:

1. I don't like milk! YUCK!!!

2. I am not a big chocolate fan!

3. I am scared of mice!

4. I can't stand when people lie!

5. I hate winter, because of the cold that comes with it!

I am awarding these FaBuLoUs blogs this award:

Jen Glam Girl from Craft~o~manic
Elizabeth over at Sunny Bug
Alison from Oopsey Daisy
Missy and Kimi over at If I Could
Laura from Paring Down
Stacie at the Creative Create







Friday, May 21, 2010

Blog Swapping with Keeping It Simple!

Today I am so EXCITED to be blog swapping with  
Kaysi for Keeping It Simple!
She has an adorable blog with lots of great ideas please check out her blog and leave her some love!


Hello everyone! I am super excited to be here with you today!! Leslie is super creative and has such a fun blog,l I just adore the name of it!!

Let me introduce myself, I'm Kaysi





Here are a few things about me:
I am the mother of three boys, ages 5, 3 and 1
I have been married to an amazing man for 6 years
I love chocolate!!
I love color, green is my favorite but brown and blue are up there
I like to keep things simple, not overdo them
When I get a spare moment, I love to craft or look at crafts
I enjoy singing and dancing
Each day of the week, I have something different.
Motivate me Monday, that's where I have link party and you get to show me all the
cute things that you have done.
Tutorial Tuesday, I give a tutorial of a craft that I have done
Whatever Wednesday, this is my day that I put anything up.
Scrapbook Thursday, this is the day that I post a scrapbook idea or give a scrapbook tip
Fridays are the days that I do Blog swaps with other bloggers.
Here are a few things that you can see at my blog:

Thanks Leslie for doing this swap with me, it's been fun!







Thursday, May 20, 2010

Decorate your vases with Washi Tape!

As I said on before, I am in LOVE with Washi Tape (Japanese tape)! The whole reason I decided to order some was because of this inspiration!


Elizabeth from To Be Charmed made these adorable vases.
So after seeing these cute vases, I decided I needed to order some Washi Tape. I kept dragging my feet to purchase the tape for two reasons.

1. I couldn't decide which color and designs I wanted. There are just too many cute ones to choose from.
2. I didn't know if I could justify spending that much on tape!

So after 3 to 4 months of debating I finally gave in and ordered some. I am so happy with the quality and how long each roll lasts! It is so easy to work with. When applying the tape if you don't like where you positioned it or it goes crooked, you can just pull it off and start over. The tape still continued to stick after repositioning a few times. So yes, this is my favorite product right now!!! 

I couldn't resist sprucing up my own vases and this is how they turned out!


I know my picture isn't as cute as Elizabeth's, (I never claimed to be a professional photographer) but I think they turned out FaBuLoUs!

This is not the last time you will be seeing a project with Washi Tape! I have several more ideas I want to do that will involve using it! If you missed my Washi Tape Magnets then you can check them out here!

If you want to purchase some Washi Tape then you can find it at the following places!


I am not receiving anything from either one of these companies! I just want to share a product that I love ans is so easy and versatile to use!




Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Hoo's got talent #4

Thanks to all the AMAZING peeps HOOOOOO linked up to the party last week! There were so many great projects and ideas! It was so hard to just pick 2, but I did it. I loved every single thing that was linked, this made my to do list even longer! I wonder who's list is longer, mine or Santa Clause? Probably mine! Oh well this is what gets me all excited and pumped to keep creating new things. So here are the 2 projects I am featuring today for last week's link PARTY!!!

Check out this lamp re-vamp that Jalinda did at  
theCraftInMe! 


Also how cute are these little guy ties made by Misty from the CreativeItch!


If you were featured today feel free to grab my button that says,
I've got talent!
It is located on the right side of this blog!



NightOwlCrafting

Now onto the HOO'S GOT TALENT link party! 

Here are the rules!

*Link-up your post to this party, then PLEASE include a link back to this page.

           *Make sure your link is to your specific post and not your main URL.

                     *No Etsy pages or business websites please.

 *Include a short description of your project and the name 
of your blog in your link up.

                * Visit at least 2 other blog links and show them some love!

         *Grab the party-link button on the side bar so others can join the PARTY!!