Saturday, January 27, 2018

galentine's day centerpieces

i'm not one for valentine's day and all 
its mushiness and romance.
are you?
my hubby sure is but we're not gonna talk about that today.

instead since i am for sure one for celebrating with my gal pals, what more reason to have a party than on Galentine's Day where ladies celebrate ladies?

all the more reason to make some 
Galentine's Day centerpieces.
 
these are easy peasy and all the supplies can be found at the awesome dollar tree store.
take a look at this cute vase-heart eyes for sure!
so let's get to decorating it ok?
here goes.

first cut the foam to fit the vase.
and trim the bouquet to fit the cone to fit the vase.

then cut the garland to fill the vase to cover the foam.
(lol doesn't this sound like a children's book?)
make a bunch. they're real quick and easy.
and if you have a cutting machine, here's how you can make it just for Galentine's and not Valentine's.

just buy a 99 cent image and duplicate it as many times as you need then apply the vinyl to the vase with transfer tape.
and then tada!
all done.
so now i am officially on a galentine's day role so that means lots more galentine's day stuff coming up just for all my gal pals including you!



Wednesday, January 24, 2018

where the wild things are cake pops in a boat

knock! knock!
hmmm? wonder who that is? 
i wasn't expecting anybody?...

...who is it?
THIS IS THE BLOGGER POLICE!
WE'VE COME TO ISSUE YOU A TICKET SO OPEN THE DOOR NOW!

WHAT? why the heck am i getting a ticket?
IT IS FOR BLOGGER SLACKINESS-A FELONY FOR THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO BE LAZY AND NOT KEEP UP WITH THE POSTS REQUIRED PER BLOGGER...SOMETHING OR RATHER...

ummmm...JUST A MINUTE!

quick! lemme give you a post!
this one is about the cake pops i made for a teacher friend of mine whose little just turned one.

they were fun but took a lot of time outta my regular crafts. so before i open the door (?!) may i present to you
where the wild things are cake pops in max's boat.
when my friend approached me she asked if i made cakes and i said no no no i will never make a cake cuz i have dreams, 
err nightmares, of cakes toppling over during transport and then i would topple over in severe angst so 
cake pops is what she got.

 so i compromised and made a boat instead, like so out of 5 foam blocks taped together and cut in the form of a boat, covered in red cardstock on which i drew sharpie details on and then covered with basket filler. 
i actually covered the foam with cardstock first then added the filler- i just forgot to take pics of the steps and had to work backwards to do so! duh on me.

anyway, i also made a sail that's made outta more cardstock hot glued to a wooden dowel that i pushed into the boat.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!
BANG! BANG! BANG!

ugh! i gotta speed this post up-i don't wanna ticket!
ok boat's ready!

now time to make some teeny tiny crowns out of gold cardstock.
and then cut some pink candy melts in small face shapes, using an icing tip.
ok let's get these cake pops going ok?

first up, MAX of course.
ok here's MAX with his crown, ready to meet the monsters.
monster number one--> BERNARD

monster number two---> MOISHE
(i had to google search these monster names btw!)

monster number three--->TZIPPY

monster number four---> EAGLE BIRD WITH NO OFFICIAL NAME (lol)

i bought some labels from etsy here.

and...there you have it.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
QUICK! EVERYONE IN THE BOAT!!!


ok scoot over already!
ok i'm in! 
now let's get outta here before the 
blogger police gives me a ticket!
and then let them figure out 
where me and the wild things are...






Saturday, January 13, 2018

from the archive: rice krispie valentine love letter mailboxes

so hey i was looking at old valentine posts and almost forgot i made these! so today i am being lazy and posting them again cuz they seemed to be a hit 5 (?!?!) years ago!(oh and by the way i'm still bad with social media! lol)


bing!
you got mail.

remember that? 
my how time flies! 
now it's odd when someone doesn't have email.
and the social media keeps 
growing
and growing, 
and GROWING!

we have FB, the P site that takes most of your hours away from you, the IG photos, G plus, the RsS thing, the little birdie texts, the regular texts, the.. the.. oh goodness! 
do i have to name them all?

anywho, you get the point.
and i spend soooooooo many hours on the internet! way way way too many and i'm not even on half those social media thingies!
it's all too much for me 
:>P

and as our world is ever changing, i often wonder what will happen a few years from now. 
will we have a social media button for every letter of the alphabet?


so you can ask your friends, 

"so hey are you gonna join X, Y, Z site? or are you totally against L site? did you trthe H app? how about the elemenopee app?"


ohhh! i'm dizzy thinking about it.
maybe someday i will join all those popular sites/apps but til then,
how's about going back to the old letter in the real mailbox? 
remember those?

apparently they weren't too exciting (probably cuz there were more bills in there than anything else!) which is why we all turn to email and such,
 but what if i mail you something edible?

something like this?
woohoo!
let's make some shall we?

you'll need:
 cool straws (see below)
rice krispies
red gummy life savers
1 red and 1 white airhead candy
red and white candy melts
black food marker
valentine sprinkles
paper for a real note

so while at target,
my eyes caught this:
look. 
at. 
those. 
BIG. 
straws!

i placed a regular one next to it so you can see the difference.

oh i was smitten.
it was definitely love at first site.
so naturally they happened to fall in my cart and i was 
gung ho on using them.

so i took the candy,
and grabbed a straw, and did this:
then out of sheer baking laziness, i bought rice krispies instead. 
now:
i was going to use the circle part for the mailbox base but had to change my mind. 
so go ahead and eat that part of the rice krispie like i said.

i cut the krispie cuz i didn't want too heavy of a mailbox that could possibly topple over.

make sure you freeze that krispie first before sticking the straw in it. i froze mine for about 10 or so minutes, long enough to hold the straw or the krispie will get all weird on you and fall apart if it's not cold enough.

once you stick the straw in the krispie, freeze it again for a few minutes to set. 
then:
yes-the candy melt will hold your mailbox up!

once the mailbox is all set and dry,
it's time to:
then:

now let's get the letter!
then for the back:
almost done...
leave the letter sticking out so your sweetie can get it.

what's that? you wanna write a real note?
ok, i did this for my kids:
yahoo!
you're done. and look:


(imagine MY surprise when i saw how i spelled their! :>P)

bing!
oh look!

you got mail.
so as you can see, 
you can write anything you want on the love letter!

like for instance,
"please take out the trash. i love you."
or 
"please remember to buy me some reese's cups for valentines. i love you."


and my husband says i'm not romantic?!?!