getting crafty

Its been a bit nutty around here. Which seems to always be the case. :) The crafty projects have been flowing out of my office, but most of them can’t be shared. So, today I thought I would show you a couple projects that I have been working on.

The first are these cake stands! I have a thing for cake stands. An obsession passion. And I would have many more in my possession, if I could find a great place to display them all. Thinking on that one…

I picked these ones up at Michael’s. They are raw ceramic and about 7” in diameter and about 4” tall. I could  not refuse. Both got several coats of white paint. The one on the left got a chalkboard top. The one on the right had the edges finished to look aged, or that Pottery Barn look. Its easy to achieve, just lighten brown paint with white and apply to the edges. As it is wet, remove some of the paint with a slightly damp paper towel. Add or take away as much paint as you desire.

My baker’s twine  collection was getting a wee bit out of control. Off to Pinterest I went, browsing and saw someone wrap theirs around clothespins. Perfect. The end of the twine gets clipped into the pin to stay in place. My office has ribbon in candy jars and this one was just waiting for the twine, it appears. Yay! An I saw it, I pinned it, I did it!

Tomorrow I will be back with a card, I promise. thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

catching up

To say it has been a whirlwind around this place lately would be a very large understatement!! This post is photo heavy, but I figured, better in one post than all week! :)

To start with, last, last Saturday was finally the little man’s 7th birthday party. Obviously it was a Lego Bash. :) The idea for the invite came from Pinterest. I had E build a Lego dude and took a photo of it. Then I added all the text in Photoshop.

(Hey, this post fills in for I saw it, I pinned it, I did it! Its been awhile!)

The treat buckets were picked up at the party store for $1. The faces were made from files I designed with my Silhouette. The vinyl stuck perfectly to the bucket. If you want the files, let me know and I can email them to you.

The buckets were full of Lego themed items; a small Lego Creator set, pencils, erasers, Rubik’s cube, and the homemade things below.

These Lego dude molds were from Amazon and the Lego Store. I simply poured chocolate inside, let them set and removed them. Yum.

This is another mold I found on Amazon. We used it for making crayons. We actually picked up special colors to break up and melt. Crayons with glitter and metallic finishes.

And the happy birthday boy. The boys had fun building Lego cars that were powered by balloons. The balloons may have been a bit more fun by themselves. :)

And there will be no cake photos shared. Epic fail. Wow. So bad. Let’s just call that one a Pinterest FAIL. :)

Then last Monday, I flew to Golden, Colorado and met up with Susan Opel and Stacy Croninger from Paper Crafts Magazine. I was sitting on a HUGE secret. No one knew I was there, except my family!

I was out there shooting video tutorials for Paper Crafts Magazine!! Can you believe that?!?! I still cannot! :) It was busy and a ton of work, but good work. Fun work. Awesome work.

And we had some time for fun, shopping, and sight-seeing. Having never been to Colorado before, I was in awe of the mountains and the beauty there! See the road way down in the bottom of the photo on the right. Photos could never do that view justice!

Which brought us to this Saturday. Easter egg dyeing. Fun.

And I love the new egg plate! It was a birthday present from my parents.

And oh, the sweetness…E wanted to leave some carrots and a note for the Easter bunny. He was so excited, he could hardly contain himself. Or sleep. Please, please let this last longer!!

Successful egg hunting Easter morning. We had him count his eggs, just to see how many he had…really it was to make sure there weren’t any left in hiding! He could care less about the candy, just happy to have the plastic eggs. Which turned into baseballs or bowling balls, and are now all over the floor. :)

We went off to church and enjoyed a brunch at a local restaurant in town, because, who wants to bake on their birthday?

Yes, Sunday was also my birthday. Hubby made sure I had a cake, and lots of candles. Turning a year older is never fun, but I have to say that 37 is looking pretty good right now. I am so unbelievably blessed! There is so much to be thankful for!

Whew, are you still with me? Well, seeing as you read this far, how about I give you a chance to win a present?!? I have a box full of goodies; adhesives, ink, die templates, and some other fun stuff to send to one lucky commenter. Leave a comment on this post by Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at 10 pm CDT. I will draw a winner then.

thanks for stopping by and being such awesome readers!

~kimberly

P.S. Happy April Fool’s Day! Yes, I have fake food planned for dinner! Cannot wait to share that with you later in the week! :)

Happy Halloween and I saw it, pinned it, did it!

Happy Halloween! Today I am combining Halloween and an I saw it! I pinned it! I did it! post.

The little man is all about the jokes and has been for quite sometime. Scrolling through Pinterest one evening, I came across several sets of lunchbox jokes for kids. These Halloween ones were very cute and I knew I wanted to make a quick and easy book for him to keep his jokes.

I printed the jokes and cut them out. Then I cut orange cardstock to 4.5” x 2.5”. I scored at 4.25” to allow the pages to open and turn with ease. I adhered the jokes to the fronts and backs of each page.

The pages were all stacked up and punched with my CropODile. Then I wrapped some twine through the holes.

The front cover was decorated with some alphabet stickers and Hero Arts stamps.

The pin for the jokes can be found HERE.

The jokes in a printable format can be found at All for the Boys.

Happy Halloween! thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

I saw it, I pinned it, I did it!

Original photo from HERE

 

Its time for another Pinterest post. Yes, I am working on actually trying the things I pin! :) I saw this way cute idea for a caramel apple dipping party. It didn’t work out for the poster as planned and I didn’t have all those ingredients available either, so I came up with my own version.

 

We adore Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory apples, especially the Pecan Monster version, so the above seemed like the best way to go with the idea. The chocolate is from Baker’s (Baker’s Dipping Chocolate). It’s a small bucket of chocolate chips made for melting. I dipped each end of the apple slices into it and placed it on wax paper. While the chocolate was still setting, I sprinkled pecans. Some white chocolate squares were melted in a small bowl and I used a spoon to drop it over the top of each slice. These got lots of thumbs up from the home crowd. And I will be making them again.

Definitely a change from the original post, but its fun to see where inspiration takes you! I would love to hear about your creations from your pins!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

I saw it, I pinned it, I did it!

Original source: Macheesmo

Anyone else in love with Pinterest? I am. Hopelessly. So much eye candy. Such a time suck. :) I justify the time spent by calling it “research.” That works, right? Anyways, I figured it would be fun to start sharing the things I actually try. Sometimes it will be cooking, baking, or just how my pins inspire me to create a project.

This share is easy and perfect timing for back-to-school. When I saw the first photo, I thought, yes! Make ahead breakfast sandwiches! We use Egg Beaters in this house and they worked beautifully. I sprayed each well of the muffin tin with cooking spray, poured a small amount of eggs in each one, and baked at 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Once they cooled, we stored them in an air-tight container. I love it when ideas actually work! Stay tuned for more posts!

thanks for stopping by!

~kimberly

P.S. If you have not joined Pinterest yet, stop on over to the website and sign up. Its easy and you no longer need an invitation or to sign in through Facebook or Twitter. Its addicting. And you cannot blame me. :)

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