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The images are pretty self explanatory but here are the steps. Trace a circle using a cup. Use large scalloped scissors to cut around the circle. Use a hole punch to punch a hole in each scallop. Punch another row above and in between the other holes. Erase circle or flip it over. And done!  You can use this same technique in a straight line to make a lace strip like I did for the package on the left. I link up in these parties

I made these gingerbread snowflake cookie ornaments out of salt dough last week. They turned out pretty good. I took photos as I made them so a tutorial is on it's way eventually. As soon a I find some more time. :)  Hope you all had a happy Thanksgiving!

Just sharing a little paper mache snowman I made. I am working on another snowman and a girl but who knows how long it will take me to finish them. Recently my husband told me that I have been selling all of my sculptures and keeping none for myself, and he is right, so this one's for us.  The sign says "Jolly Lolly" because my son has been walking around the house singing, "Season to be jolly lolly, la la la la la, la la la la".  It's the cutest thing I've ever heard!

With Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one coming out, and the fact that my daughter's birthday was three months ago already, I thought it was about time I posted her Harry Potter Hogwarts birthday party. :)  I set up a table to look like the Honeydukes Sweets Shop with lollipops, marshmallow wands, Snitch petite fours, and Hedwig owl cupcakes. (I know my fellow Harry Potter fans are disappointed because there aren't any licorice wands, like in the books, but we were on vacation; what can I say?) Of course we decorated with the red and gold colors of my daughter's favorite house. Go! Go! Gryffindor! My mom made the owl cupcakes based on the those in the adorable book Hello Cupcake . Since we wanted our owls to look like Hedwig we used butter cream frosting and generic vanilla Oreo's instead of the classic Oreo and chocolate frosting used in the book. We set up my mom's party tents and had different Hogwarts classes underneath each tent. In Potions cla...

...for glittered felt Christmas trees. I love these trees so much. I made them last year and they were very affordable to make. They turned out so pretty and magical I plan on giving you a tutorial soon so stay tuned. :)  Also, check out these adorable origami boxes my sister Merrilee made using my tutorial . :)   She made them for Halloween and put pumpkin cream pies inside, yum! (Ooh what if for Christmas you made gingerbread cream pies, or chocolate with pepermint cream and added crushed candy canes yummmm!) I was checking out my stats and she has sent quite a few readers over to my blog ever since she linked to my origami boxes and I wanted to share the love and send all of you over to her blog; Mer Mag . So head on over and prepare to be inspired by her loveliness! this post is participating in these link parties

Hi there today I'm guest posting over at Whatever Dee Dee Want's .  Go there to see my post about the Fall advent calendar I made.

I have had people asking me to post a tutorial for this felt flower brooch for a while, and I finally got around to making one.  This time I made a yellow one & I really like how it turned out.  This glittered felt flower is not too hard to make. It's a really great idea to give as a gift, and it fits perfectly into an origami box made with 12in x 12in paper. :)  This project turned out to be difficult to photograph, so I drew it for you.  You need:  glue gun felt one pearl bead glitter fastener/brooch pin _____________________ Step one   Cut 5 of each size of petal, large, medium and small. (Cut 5 extra large petals to make flower more full.) Cut one circle cut one scalloped piece   ______________________ Step two Glitter each petal and the scalloped piece   __________________________________   Step three Cut middle of each petal almost half way up Fold and glue one side to ...

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Kathleen Frances over at Grosgrain is embellishing knits everyday this month.  Hey, that's my recycled rosette cardigan! What a neat and flattering surprise it was to see my photo in her post. :)    Click the button below to see my tutorial. Sounds fun right?! I might have to participate too. :) Transforming cardigans was something of an obsession of mine. You know about the rosette cardigan , and this girls hooded jacket , but somehow I kept most of the others to myself & forgot to post them.  I will for sure be checking Kathleen's blog a lot this month. Keep checking back here for more of my embellished knits. :)