Personalized Water bottle

I hosted and participated in a 12 days of Christmas swap on the cricut.com board. My partner is a sweet and loving woman who loves all things I make so I hope she is happy! LOL! Day one was a customized water bottle for her. I cut her initials out of white wall pops using Calligraphy on Matrimony I think and then a rose from Lyrical Letters or maybe it was all Lyrical Letters LOL! I forgot to take pictures of some days so I will be stealing hers that she posts. Inside was a 2010 planner in a lighthouse theme (one of her favorites!) What do you think?

Treat box

Made this for a friend. She should open it today so here you go. I made this way back in OCTOBER! LOL! I used Learning Curve for the My Treats, rhinestones, pearls, MS butterfly punch and my nesties. Some doodling and distressing and there you go. I hope she likes it!

Countdown Calendar and Glitter Ornaments

This countdown to Christmas calendar is two years old! I participated in an awesome swap with some very talented ladies. Everyone made one day with the number and something Christmas themed. You made 25 of those and got back one of your own and 24 others so that you had the complete set. I added magnets and painted the inside of a cookie sheet, altered it with some paper and ribbon and of course a circut title and have hung it up every year. This was extra special because it was done when I was pregnant with Caitlyn, I did day 25 (the angel). Heather, a good friend, made sure to that I got a spot and that it was this one since Caitlyn was due around that time, our little angel. Get it? LOL! Still warms my heart! I love it!
These are all the rave on the cricut board right now. They are clear glass ornaments, remove the top pour some PLEDGE FLOOR SHINE FUTURE in there, swish to cover, remove extra, funnel in desired glitter, swish to cover remove excess. Replace top and add ribbon or vinyl as desired. I will add names or pictures with vinyl later. I just wanted to try this so badly and they turned out awesome. I got rid of all my glitter a while back since I don't use it, but had blue and brown (thank you Danielle!) and some Fire Opal from before. What do you think?

Todays Momma AWESOME giveaway

The holiday season is wonderful. Full of joy, wonder...and work. Especially if you have a handmade holiday in mind. We want to make the season a bit easier on you by giving away a sleighful of gifts that only a mother could love.



Our “sleigh” is a Madsen Bike filled with gifts and goodies from Provo Craft to help you create those handmade projects including a Yudu screen-printing machine, a Cuttlebug, a Cricut Expression Machine, a Your Story thermal book binder, and a Knifty Knitter loom set. That’s not all - we’ve got treasures galore - a Dyson Blueprint, an Easy Walker Sky stroller from MamaBargains.com, two Sidekick baby carrier bags from Kemby and an Amber Alert GPS unit and a full year of service.

That’s over $3,800 in gifts!

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Mama’s Holiday Wish List Meme
TodaysMama and Provo Craft are giving away a sleighful of gifts this holiday season and to enter I’m sharing this meme with you.

1. What 5 items are on your holiday wish list this year?
pajamas, cricut cartridges, DVDS, CDs, and new crocs
2. What is your favorite handmade gift you have received?
A gorgeous blanket that someone that barely knows us made my daughter when she was born.
3. What handmade gift have you always wanted to tackle?
I would love to learn to knit so that I could give away socks/scarfs.
4. What was the best Christmas gift you received as a child?
The most memorable was not a gift for me; it was the year of Desert Storm and my Dad found a way to send my mom 2 dozen yellow roses! I will never forget that!
5. What items are on your kid’s wish list this year?
She is only two so not much but she is getting a nifty kitchen!
6. What is your favorite holiday food?
chocolate covered pretzels
7. What will you be hand-crafting for the holidays?
I have made photo tile coasters, canvas layouts, cards, tins, and still have mugs to etch.
8. What is your favorite holiday movie?
I do not really have one
9. Favorite holiday song?
Jingle Bells
10. Favorite holiday pastime?
Trimming the tree and going to see the lights

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Lots of love for Caitlyn

Caitlyn turned two on Sunday and we had a great party with a Mickey Mouse theme. I asked the Cricut Card Fairies (I am the commander) to send her some cards for her scrapbook and to celebrate her special day! Here they are! Aren't they completely wonderful creative and gifted? WOW!

Beer Stein

Have you been to Practical Scrappers lately? I KNOW we are all insanely busy with Christmas, the holidays, birthdays, events and life in general, but we all need to take a small break for ourselves, to save our sanity! So take a break and come visit us at Practical Scrappers. We would love to see what you can do with the theme "Anything Christmas". Hope to see you there.

This week our design challenge was to show off either homemade gift wrap or a gift we are making for Christmas. Hubby and I made these together and we still have about 10 to go! They were a buck at the local dollar tree and are HEAVY and STURDY! We used Base Camp and Calligraphy Collection for the design plus of course Cricut Design Studio. Pretty simple, these are for a couple that just got engaged and will be married in May. We did a set of four for them. You could customize these with their favorite athletic team, something about their hobby or job; only your imagination is your limit! Enjoy!

Butterfly clock

I made this clock using a 3.97 white clock from Walmart. I made it for our niece for her birthday today. She shares the birthday with our daughter but is TEN today! These are the fun and bright colors that are in her room. She loves it! I love how bright it is. The circles were cut at 6 3/4 and 6 1/4 inches from George and Basic Shapes, then the numbers and letters are from Learning curve at one inch and 1 1/2 inch plus respective shadows. The butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch and run through the cuttlebug with swiss dots. The numbers and letters also have the swiss dot and ink treatment. The paper is from Michael's (pink) and Blossoms and Butterflies from DCWV. What do you think?

Tile Coasters

I made three sets of photo tile coasters for Christmas gifts this year. We have already exchanged these. I made a set for my MIL, Grandma in law with a picture of all four grand/great grand kids and some simple stamping. I made a set of I think 6 or 7 for my family to have, with a picture of each of us with little miss and a family picture of the three of us. The last picture is an example of the box that I put them in. The MIL and GMIL boxes are similar style but purple. They seemed to have loved them but I don't know, I hope so!

Caitlyns 2nd Birthday decorations

The banner you already saw, we also cut various sized mouse heads for the wall. Next is the two page layout the left side is for pictures and the right side is for the guests to write a note to Caitlyn to put in her book. Third are the goody bags that I made using Mickey Font. They are supposed to look like Plutos Doggy Bag. The last thing we made is the Pinata, it is a string/pull one not a bash one. Jonathan handmade the pinata and then used Cricut Design Studio to make the face big enough. I cut it out, Brianna (our niece) colored it all in for me. There you go! I will have pictures of the cakes later on today! We are getting ready to go to a Christmas party to see Santa!

Christmas Countdown Calendar

I submitted this for inspiration at Practical Scrappers. I did NOT do all this work, I altered the cookie sheet and did day 25 but that is it! This was two years ago, when I was expecting little miss, that is why I was blessed with day 25 the day before she was supposed to be here but ended up coming three weeks early! All the pieces are magnetic, the base is the inside of an old cookie sheet painted white and with paper adhered. I used the crop a dile to punch two holes in the top for string and it hangs on our wall! I love it and wish I had a better picture to share with you!