Christmas Planner

I made a couple of these planners this year (and a couple last year). I gave this one as a wedding gift to a young couple in our church. They were very appreciative of it. And, I'm appreciative of the pictures that they sent because I forgot to take some!

I made all the words on the Gypsy using the "Songbird" cartridge and welded them together. I made the dividers from the "From my Kitchen" cartridge using the "fit to page"mode. It still ends up a little narrow and that's why I added the printed paper to the left side (and it looks pretty).

All the forms I made on my computer.

The planners that I made last year are pretty but the ones this year were even prettier because of my Gypsy. I got it for Christmas last year. I was able to weld and squish (for lack of a better word) the words, to make them no wider than 4 inches, to fit on the tabs. Before all I could use was a sharpie and my own -not as elegant- handwriting!

I had been gathering ideas for these planners for years and finally buckled down and started making them last year. Each one gets tweaked a little bit. I'll eventually get them to where I think they are perfect! I got different ideas for the forms from various places on the internet. I liked a lot of ones that I saw but I wanted something a little different so I worked on my own. I spent many, many hours just on those! I probably should have just used the free ones that were out there. I would have saved a bunch of time!

The envelope in the back is for receipts.

M&M Bags

Thanks Candace (scrapadoodledee.blogspot.com) for the poem and the permission to scraplift!

I made 107 of these for church. We handed them out one night after a little play that the kids performed. I still get compliments on them! I'm sure to let everyone know where the idea came from though!

Some Christmas stuff (now that it's January)!

Here's some stuff I made over the Christmas season.

Thanksgiving Napkin Sign

Another sign for the school's napkin holder. I plan to make one for each holiday throughout the year.

I used Create-a-Critter cartridge.

Halloween Napkin Sign for School

My Mom asked me to make some little signs to put in the school's giant napkin holder (she works in the kitchen). I made this one for Halloween. I gave it to Blake to give to the kitchen ladies. That's what started him wanting to give them things all the time. They must have made over him and the sign pretty well and I'm sure he LOVED the attention.

At least Blake is willing to take things in to school and give them to the right people. Chase and Reed would rather crawl under a rock than take anything in and give it to their teachers or whomever. I don't know why they are so embarrassed to do that, but I think it's odd. Sometimes their teachers ask for old magazines and when I give some to the boys to donate, they act like they've been asked to give up a kidney or their favorite video game. Geesh!

I used the Mini Monsters cartridge for the cute little guys on the top. I think I got the poem out of a Paper Crafts magazine.

More Candy Purses

Candy Purses

I made these Halloween candy purses for Blake to give to his teacher, teacher's aides, and the wonderful kitchen ladies that he absolutely adores!

He loves to give the kitchen ladies things. He'll pick up stuff around the house and ask if he can give them to the girls. Most of the time it's a sheet of paper that he colored or something quite obscure like a piece of foam. I don't think he has asked if he could give any of his airplanes away, lol!

I would have liked to make some creative tags for these purses but, it was 1:00 am and at that point I just wanted to get them done so Blake could hand them out the next day. The idea to make these purses for the girls didn't come to me until 10:00 pm that night. I don't know why I can't come up with these brilliant ideas about 2 weeks ahead of time!

I used the Cricut cartridges Tags, Bags, Boxes and More and Forever Young. I love the little purses on those cartridges. They are so dang cute!