Apple Cider Box

Hi friends,

I have to say that I haven't had much time to craft lately.  It seems that life has gotten too fast for me to keep up.  Trips to tutors, speech and sports take up so much time and energy.  My goodness!

Well, all that said...let me share what the kids have been up to in school and I'll share a photo.  Our school is a private Christian school.  Some of you will remember last year we were a little misplaced due to our home school going charter.  I decided not to keep them at the charter school this year and found a school that we fit in beautifully with.  It's called Hollywood Christian School.  I am really enjoying the relationship with the teachers, but I will admit that I really miss the "family" feel that we had at Florida Bible.  We are making the best of it and I am committed to making this school year a wonderful experience for the kids and for the teachers.  At the end of the day, that is what matters, right ?  Right!

Well, they are having a silent auction next week and have asked the kids in each classroom to bring in items for class baskets to be auctioned off.  Bryan's second grade class is doing a tea basket.  I didn't have any tea ideas, but I did find a variety pack of Apple Cider.  Because I couldn't just give her a box of apple cider (heaven forbid), I decided to package it up nicer.  I cut a sheet and scored it to make a box.  I then added patterned paper and a little pumpkin.  to the front.  The pumpkin was made out of punches and the My Creative Time leaf dies.

This is pretty much all I could think of.  She liked it.  I also gave her a tub of biscotti to add to her basket.  Hopefully, the other kids will participate.  So far...not so much.

Have a great day!

Morrocan birthday card

Hi friends,

Today is the big day!  You all should see how beautiful Elizabeth's party has turned out.  I can't wait for the kids to arrive and for them to see how pretty everything is.  The attention to detail is just amazing!  We really love doing parties and seeing the outcome.  I promise to post pictures next week after the big event.  My cousin, Marisol, even made her an outfit.  She is going to look beautiful!

Well, I made her a card.  I decided to put money inside, since at 13 they already know exactly what they want.  The problem is

Paper Lanterns

Hi everyone,

As you know I've been working on some pretty things for my niece's thirteenth party this Saturday.  Lizzie wanted to have place cards for each of her guests, so we came up with lanterns.  These little lanterns will house a flameless candle and the light should glow through the cutout.  I like the way they turned out.  I was going to spritz them with gold, or add some gold stamping to them...but I was afraid to mess them up and I don't have enough paper to make another 25.  I hope Lizzie loves them as much as I loved making them for her.

Paper is Stampin Up, of course.

Have a great rest of the week!!

Moroccan tags

Hi everyone!

Been working on my niece's 13th party. Seems like all of the kids were born in October And September.

Well, these tags will be used to decorate the goody bags. Unused Papertrey Ink Mendhi Medallion stamp set and Stampin Up ink and paper.

The tags are from Tags, Bags, Boxes and More cut at almost 6".