A quote that will make you think

     Today I was blog surfin' and taking a look at some DYI things trying to get a few ideas.Well, I came accrossed one with a very inspirational quote.Well at least to me it was. I am not quite sure which blog it was, so sorry. Here it is:

      An old Cherokee told his grandson, "My son, there's a battle between
                                          
                                        two wolves in us all."
     
    One is Evil. It's anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies
                                                  
                                                and ego.
     
    The other is Good. It's joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness,
     
    empathy, and truth. The grandson thought about it and then asked
                                   
                          his grandfather, "Which one wins?"
                   
                The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed!"

                                      Author unknown

Pause Dream Enjoy is having a 1200 Follower give away

Janis over at Pause Dream Enjoy is having a giveaway for reaching over 1200 followers.

All you have to do is go over to here blog and become a follower, post give away for a second chance, and for a third post on your facebook page.So head on over and tell her congradualtions on suc a wonderful accomplishment.

 

 

It's time for a Give Away!

In honor of reaching over 1200 Followers! (WOW!)

Let's give away a Cricut Cartridge to one lucky FOLLOWER!

All you have to do to be eligible to win is:

**Be a Follower (or become one if you aren't already)

**Have a USA shipping address

**Leave a comment

For extra chances to win:

**Share this on your blog & leave me a 2nd comment with the link

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Give-Away winner will be announced on 

Tuesday, March 6th!

:) Janis

Baby shower gifts and decorations

     Well, as I have posted in previous posts, I have a wonderful grandson on the way named Josiah(can't wait til he arrives :) and have been crafting items for the shower. Here are the centerpieces for the tables. I am going to add more pictures after I set up for the shower on Sunday.That way everyone can see how they look on the tables.Seven size 4 diapers were used in each mini diaper cake.The shredded paper is from The local Dollar Tree and the palms are from Michaels.

     Also, I had visited over at Alex's blog, You Had Me At Craft, and seen this wonderful Palm tree diaper cake. I done my own little tweeks to it and here is what I came up with. Thank you Alex!!!! I used a carpet tube for the trunk of the tree and made two circles out of cardboard to form the base to put the diapers around.The stones are 4 bags from the Dollar Tree and I just used constructions paper for the bark and leaves. The monkeys are from Michaels. Approx. 104 size 4 diapers were used.

     I also made a "six pack of bottles" for the shower as a gift. They turned out super cute, I think.I have been having a ball making all the things for the shower.I wish I had more time in my day to do more crafting.Well, if nothing else, I will have plenty of time when I retire in 40- 50 yrs from now.LOL

      

                       Thanks for stopping by and taking a look at my creations.Happy crafting!!!!

  

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Finished Monkey baby shower invites

     I finally found the time to finish my shower invites for my first grandchild. I think they turned out pretty good. Well ,I really love how they turned out(pat on the back,lol) Well, here they are!!What do you think?
Thanks for stopping by to check them out. I surprised myself with the outcome. Oh yeah, I put the recipe for the cards on a previous post I done.

New Year's Hat

 I decided I wanted to make a New Year's project and my search began.I found a few different New Year's top hat ideas and so I thought that would be really cute. My neice Bobbi, my sister Chey, and I made some and this is how they turned out. My hat is the black and purple one in the middle. My neice Bobbi made the one with the four leaf clover, we all need a little luck sometimes.My big sis made the blue and white one on the right. We used sheets of foam to make the top hat and just embellished as we wanted.I really love how they turned out. I can not wait until I get a camera so I can make videos.I would really love to show how I make my projects. Well, I guess one thing at a time,right! Well, atleast we had a good time making them. Thanks for stopping by and checking out my projects. HAPPY NEW YEAR'S TO ALL!!!!

Teacher gifts I made for the kiddos' teachers

     So this year I decided to get creative and make the Christmas gifts for my kiddos' teachers.I made the gift bags out of the school news paper, some match book notepads for their purse or whatever, and a little set of 8 mini cards inside of a playing card box that I put together.

Recipe:
* For the cards and the match book pads I used a Recollections hand punch
* Not too sure of the card stock
* Random ribbon I had just laying around
* Michaels $1 stamp sentiments ( "Just a little note")
* Pattern for playing card box I found at www.ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/

Card:
* Cut 3 1/2 x 5
* Scored at 2 1/2

Match book:
* Cut 7 x 3
* Scored at 2 3/4, 3,and 6
* Paper inside match books cut 3 x 3 (about 12 or more, make sure you can staple)

Playing card box:
* Cut from pattern
* Decorated the same as the cards inside

     Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.I had fun makng them and had quiet time to myself. I thinks that is why I love crafting sooooooo much, because i get to relax and the Hubby keeps the kiddos away!!!Oh, I almost forgot to mention that I also added a mini pen to the set that is matching colors.