Easy Halloween Treat Bags!!

I dusted off the cobwebs in my studio and made a couple of Halloween treat bags to give out! I love this time of year!! It makes me feel closer to my Family and want to be home cooking, decorating, crafting and hanging out more! Like nesting but without the pending pregnancy, thank goodness! LOL. I am hoping for lots of rainy, blistery days this fall season!!

All these Halloween treat bags are super easy to make! Some of them I just used pre-made bags or sacks and just altered them to make them a little more homemade! How easy is that???

This first one was super simple… A kraft treat bag, ribbon, metal tag and an adorable owl charm. "Owl" always love giving these treats out!! harharhehe.

Next is a Martha Stewart treat bag. I buy her bags every Holiday…they are normal really cute and with just a little homemade touch they always make the cutest bags. For this one, I just added the doily, ribbon, glittered clothespin and my favorite little spider too.

I found these pre-made Jolee's Boutique bags this year too…I just added rhinestones to the bag and tied it up with pretty ribbon and a vintage flower stem! I love that treat giving can be simple, fast and fun!!!

I made a few more but my camera battery died so this is the last one I'll be showing you today. (I love it when Im prepared to blog and then I'm really not….) This little treat bag took a little more effort but still easy to do and I think it turned out super cute! (Kinda bummed that the feathers blocked my bat but unfortunately, I didn't notice it until I put in on here!!!)

Do you get a lot of trick or treaters at your house?? Did you make any treats this year for Halloween??

I'm off to walk our doggies, Thor and Celia and make a quick stop at the dog park. Speaking of Halloween, we got them a shark costume a couple of weeks ago to try on…they didn't seem to like it. We will probably find them a t-shirt or something to wear…They are so cute dressed up!!! Do you dress your animals up??? (and I'm not talking about the Husband or Kids! Heehee)

(P.S. My studio really didn't have that many cobwebs…I just have found it harder to keep up with the blog)

Hope you're creating something fabulous!!

Little Pink Glitter House…..

Hello… Just thought I'd pop in and share a WIP (Work in Progress)…



I know its been forever….Exciting new things are planned for next year….

Hope you're enjoying the season….

xoxo

Back to School!!

Hello, Hello!!! I know it's been forever...wish I could say, I'll be more regular here...but it just doesn't happen...family, work...fun...real life...it all gets in the way and I'm not one of those super Mom types....I'm lazy, tired and half the time unmotivated. I think if I could make the stuff and someone else would photograph it to get a blog post together...well, then there would be way more going on here!! As it is...I make stuff and don't photograph it and sell it or give it away.....then I think...Man...I should have taken pictures of that....Oh, well....I'll be here when I can and I hope you'll come stop by every once in a while to say Hello!!

Its hard to believe the summer came and the summer went and now another school year is starting....4 of our Kids are still in school. Two in College (One taking classes at night school and one going full time), one in Jr. High and one in High School. I never need classroom treats anymore....its really kinda sad...I so enjoyed when they were younger and coming up with fun ideas for them to take to their classmates for all the holidays. Now I make treats just for them and if I'm lucky they sometimes ask for treats for their friends and I'm happy I get to do that!!

This year I really wanted to make something sweet using apples for the first day of school.



We were at the Mall, school clothes shopping and I picked up some pre-made apples from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, thinking how convenient that was...quick and easy...turns out I probably would never go there again since I thought their Customer Service was AwFuL and I'm sure I could have made them as yummy at home without the attitude!!! However, since I did buy a few, I wasn't going to waste them!!



I always search Google for free printables, I typed in "Back to School, free printables" and TONS of options come up!! I choose a couple that I liked and printed them on cardstock paper. For this one I used, Bloom Designs Online for I Heart Nap Time. I did alter the tag a bit but you don't need to because the tag is super cute! I just wanted to add the black ribbon so I needed a little black on the tag to make it work for me. The M&M's on this apple remind me of school supplies!!!



Searching again, I printed this cute tag from Our Best Bites, So easy to work with! I love making things out of felt and this little heart works with this and I think the ruler button is perfect....it matches the little sprinkled nuts all over the apple!!



Next I used....a cute little printable from Parties for Pennies on the Living Locurto blog. This printable was for a really cute, get to know you, game but I cut it in half, added a sticker, rounded the corners and used it for a tag.



So I'm thinking these would be adorable 1st day of school treats but the truth of the matter is.... my Girls have been begging me to eat these.....they can't wait any longer so by the time I post this they will have eaten them and I will have to make something different for them for the first day of school!! These really are an easy, fun treat!! Hope you enjoyed them!!



I hope you had a wonderful summer and did something exciting. I have been off work for two weeks for a little surgery I had to have, it kinda put a cramp on the end of summer fun activities but whats a girl to do??!!

Hope to see you soon!
xoxo

August Already???

This layout was so fun to make! I'm sure it was probably made easy to do by the fact that the subjects in this picture are some of my most favorite peeps, ever!! =:O) I made this layout for P K Glitz. I used their China Red Glitter Glitz on one of the embellishments and also on the journaling tag (which I kinda cropped out of the photo..oops!) It is such a beautiful red! Like a sparkle burst of fun! I love this color....really!!!

I think what's even more fun is that I'm going to be offering a couple of different embellishment packs in my etsy store this week with fabric flowers and homemade paper goodness! I hope you'll like them. Here is a close up of some of the embellishments! Some of which are already in my shop!! FUN!!

It's hard to believe its August already! Where did the summer go? Why does it seem the lazy days and carefree nights begin to end before they have even begun? Now is the time for getting back to schedules and alarm clocks, hurried mornings and lunch money. I'm happy and kinda sad. While the Kids are still having fun with different activities, I am missing the big excitement of a family trip which we did not take this year due to our own "economic situation". I miss the long flight and road stops on the drive of getting to somewhere fun. Did you go somewhere this summer? A place you feel refreshed and ready to start again? What was the best part of it? Where do you want to go next? I'm still hopeful for a weekend away. The beach is calling me and I'll be here just looking for a way to pick up and answer that call!

Holiday Fun!!

I've been so busy, not to mention, sick with a bad cold this past couple of days..(okay week or so)! I havent been able to finish anything. Finally, yesterday, I finished this scrapbook page and I will be listing tonight on ebay!! It turned out pretty cute, I think!

I used the paper from Heidi Grace Designs, Jolly & Bright line!! Mixed in with some Doodlebug & Bazzil cardstock, Prima Christmas flowers, Martha Stewart Lettering & Gingerbread felts. I loved making the Gingerbread Girl!! I think I may try to make a few more of those as they were super fun!!!!
Enjoy and Have a Great Day!!!

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New to Blogging!!!

So...I'm new to this blog thing...I love reading other peoples blogs but never felt the need to have my own. Suddenly, I find myself wanting to blog, and so here we are! =:O) Bear with me as I learn this whole process!!