Giveaway! Hooray!

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(You don’t have to worry about the Twitter thing,
 but I would love if you could link to the giveaway in a blog post on your blog.)
Good Luck!

Upcycled Plastic Tubes: Love Letters

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A friend of mine gave me these plastic tubes. Here is the before picture.  Pretty boring, huh?

Here is what I came up with.  Pretty simple.  I made it in less than five minutes!  Think “Message in a Bottle.”  You can use it as a tube to send love notes back and forth!  Another use would be to store kids’ Valentine’s notes.  So many uses, so easy to make, and a great way to recycle.

Use Up Your Scraps

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Oh, no!  I have discovered another way to create that I am now obsessed with!  Look out!

I have some chipboard pieces that don’t quite fit in my chipboard storage drawer.  They are too long and as a result, they stick out and I am always bumping into them.  Last night I finally had enough! 

I grabbed one, because honestly I have no idea why I am saving them and not putting them to good use, and this is what I made.  I want to call it “Vintage Scraps.”  It kind of has a vintage feel to it, and all I did was cover the chipboard in some decorative paper and then without any pre-planning, I just started gluing down all kinds of scraps that I could find on my desk and in my drawers.  I gathered up small pieces of ribbon that I was saving (again, I don’t know why I was saving it,) some buttons, some little flowers I had stamped and were left-over from another project…all kinds of stuff.

See that big pink flower?  That has been in my drawer for a long time.  I’m glad I finally found a home for it.

I hope you like this, because I think I am going to make a TON of these with different themes.  It was so much fun.  Plus, my girls were really impressed.  And we all know how impossible it is to impress teenage girls.  😉

Make a Small Gift Bag: Template & Tutorial

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Click here for the template favorgiftbag.pdf.

Step One

Cut a piece a Designer Series Paper or card stock to 8 1/4″ x 10 “

Step Two

On the 8 1/4″ side, make score lines at 1 1/2″ and 7 3/4″  (these will become the top and bottom of the bag)

Step Three

On the 10″ side, make score lines at 3 1/4″, 4″, 4 3/4″, 8″, 8 3/4″, and 9 1/2″  (these will become the front, back, and indented sides of the bag)

Step Four

Remove the small rectangle piece as shown on the template

Step Five

Make cut lines as shown on the template

Step Six

Fold in bottom of bag and adhere

Step Seven

Fold in side of bag and adhere

Step Eight

Pinch sides together, decorate the outside, add some ribbon and a tag, and enjoy sharing!

 

These Are Sooooo Extremely Delicious!

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(PB and J Graham Cracker Bars)

…and I’m sure, with their 17 grams of fat per bar, extremely bad for you, too, but I don’t care!

They have a mile-long list of ingredients on the side of the box with tons of un-pronounceable words, but once again, I don’t care!

If they have peanut butter in them, they must be good for you just a little bit, right?

I bought a box of these at Costco.  The first delight was when I opened the box.  Each bar is about the size of an ice-cream sandwich!

Then I bit into one in its frozen state and that was all I needed.  Really, let me just say again, 17 grams of fat and all, they are delicious.

When I Googled them for a photo, I discovered that the company that makes them is a food service company that provides foods to schools and vending machines. 
Oh, they are heavenly!  I need to try dunking one in some ice-cold milk.  I need to crumble one up and use it as a topping on some vanilla ice cream.  I need to dunk one in some hot chocolate.  I need to remember that I love my clothes and don’t want to buy new ones.  I need to remember that I have reached my mid-life point and thus my metabolism will soon be gone for good.  I need to go eat one of these right now! 
You should, too!