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Christmas Candy Tubes

December 10, 2014

Just popping in today with another easy and fun holiday craft.

I love putting candy in my family’s Christmas stockings. We won’t all be together this Christmas and since I’m having to ship gifts to my brother and his family, I decided instead of sending stockings I’d come up with another way to gift them their favorite candy treats.

A trip to the Container Store and Cracker Barrel and I was ready to make these fun Christmas Candy Tubes.

How To Make Candy Tubes:

Supplies: Small mailing tubes from Container Store / Decorative Scrapbook Paper / Double Sided Tape / Yarn / Candy & Snacks

How to: Cut your scrapbook paper to fit around your mailing tube and then attach the paper to the tube using double-sided tape.

Make yarn Pom Pom’s (two for each tube) using this method.

Punch a hole in the center of the plastic end caps for each tube. Insert the long ends of your pom-pom ties through the holes in the cap and tie to secure.

Insert your favorite candy!

These candy tubes are a fun gift idea that you can give to anyone and they’d make great party favors at your holiday party or Christmas dinner.

Happy Crafting!

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Woodstock, GA and a New Favorite Shop

May 30, 2014

Happy, Happy Friday!

Even though I don’t have any major plans this weekend (catching up on work) there are several things to be excited about.

1) Word on the street is that Oprah is in town for the filming of the movie Selma, which she is also producing. The movie is being filmed in downtown Marietta so I just might have to head that way to see if I can get a glimpse of her.

2) I’m being featured on TerrysBlinds Designer Insights series and I’m thrilled about it. I’ll share the full feature tomorrow.

3) I don’t know if I’m ready to pull the trigger yet but we’re going to look at kittens.

4) and finally, I’ve got a great new store to share with you.

All good things!

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A couple of days ago my dear friend Sheila invited me to lunch and a shopping tour of Woodstock where she lives. Even though Woodstock is only about 30 minutes away from me, I’ve never visited the downtown area so I was excited to check it out.

Woodstock is located north of Atlanta and is a growing and developing community. Over the last few years, the downtown area has been developed into a mixed use area with the most adorable homes, townhouses, shops and restaurants surrounding main street.

One of the businesses that Sheila took me to was the Leaning Ladder. The store sells wine, vinegar and the most amazing selection of gourmet olive oils you’ll ever see. If you love to cook this is definitely a place you want to check out.

Sheila also took me to several home decor/gift stores all of which were cute but there was one that really stood out to me. Having owned my store for many years it’s hard to find a store that makes me take notice but LINDEN did that and easily made it onto my list of favorite shops. Let me take you on a tour!

Linden is located in an old home that oozes of charm and character. Laurie, the owner has filled each room with a wonderful collection of French and English Antiques, home accessories, unique lighting, original artwork and European Influenced Florals & Garden Plantings.

This wall basket was a stunner!

I loved all the weathered wood, wicker and rough luxe decor.

There are vintage treasures all throughout the store.

One of the rooms is dedicated to garden decor, plants and natural elements.

Laurie didn’t miss a beat and created the cutest product vignettes in each closets throughout the house.

Linden had a great collection of shells, coral and starfish at fantastic prices.

I loved this old wooden basket.

The store also has a great selection of tabletop and gift items. I will definitely be going back to pick up a few of the white ceramic platters and plates.

So many beautiful pieces to use for entertaining too!

I could go on and on with how great this store is but I won’t give it all away, you’ll just have to go check it out for yourself . And tell Laurie I sent you.

For those of you that don’t live in Atlanta, good news, you can shop Linden online!

Linden

8722 Main Street

Woodstock, GA 30188

Lindenwoodstock.com

Tues-Sat. 11-5

While you’re visiting downtown Woodstock, check out these other great shops —Pineapple Park and Christine’s Creations!

Happy Shopping!

images of Woodstock via google

Gift Wrap Inspiration–DIY Flower Bouquet

May 6, 2014

Hi there! I hope you’re having a good day. The sun is shining again today here in Atlanta and that makes it a great day in my book. As promised, I’m back today to share an easy Gift Wrap Inspiration for you, perfect for Mother’s Day.

I always take extra care when it comes to wrapping a gift for my mom. She’s one special woman and deserves a special gift wrap. For her mother’s day gift this year I decided to craft a flower bouquet for the outside of the box.

Here’s how I did it.

Once the box was wrapped in a black and white check paper (from TJMaxx), I added a band of pink striped grosgrain ribbon.

Next I folded the left and right edges of a paper lace dollie towards the center of the dollie to create the shape of a cone.

I taped the dollie on top of the ribbon and paper and used glue dots to attach an assortment of paper flowers. The pink roses, yellow flowers and pink and yellow tiny flowers came in a cluster on stems so I simply inserted those into the cone and added tape behind to hold them into place.

The last step was a pretty pink bow and a gift tag.

Since I can’t give my mom flowers in person, her flower bouquet wrapped gift will do the trick.

Happy Wrapping!

Essentials for a Well Stocked Gift Closet

April 22, 2014

Outside the holiday season, the spring and early summer months are prime gift giving times with graduations, weddings, mother’s day, father’s day and many of my friends and family’s birthdays taking place during these months. Shopping at the last-minute for gifts is not something I like to do so I tend to keep a stash of essential gifts on hand in my gift closet. These are items that have universal appeal and items that can easily be paired with another piece if the occasion calls for a little something more. Here’s a look at the items I like to gift most and always keep in my gift closet.

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Happy Easter and I hit 1000!

April 20, 2014

Yesterday I shared my first spring tablescape and to celebrate Easter I crafted these cute bunny candy pouches filled with jelly beans for the Mr. and me and added them to the table.

In addition to celebrating Easter, today marks my 1000th blog post. While I can’t believe I’ve written that many blog post I can tell you that after four years of blogging I still love sharing my passions, tips and ideas with you, and look forward to many more blog post ahead. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reading along, sharing your comments and for inspiring me in more ways than you know.

Happy Easter! I hope you day is filled with love, faith and all things beautiful.

Let’s Get Crafty–Stamped Gift Box

March 27, 2014

I’ve been in a crafting mood lately and this project is right up my alley. It combines my love of crafting with my love for gifting and giftwrap.

One of the items I love to gift (and get) most are candles. Often times I buy my candle gifts at HomeGoods or TJMaxx because they usually have a variety to select from and the price is right. The only downside is that many of their candles don’t come in boxes which means you have to come up with your own packaging.

I have several friends with birthdays in April so the other day I headed to HomeGoods in search of a candle and found this one. The glass jar was really pretty and classic but I knew to give it as a gift I would need to put it in to some kind of gift packaging.

I decided to make a pretty custom gift box. This is a pretty simple project and the box becomes an added gift that the recipient can use as décor in their home.

To create the gift box I used a few crafting supplies and clear stamps from CraffitiDirect, including one of the new sets from expert crafter Mark Montano .

Supplies Used:

Hinged Wood Box

Mark Montano Vintage Nature stamp set from Craffiti Direct

Thank You Flowers stamp set from Craffiti Direct

Sticker Paper

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Walnut Stain

Prima Markers

American Crafts Glitter Tape

Drawer Knob from Hobby Lobby

I knew I wanted to add a handle to my box so before I got started with the paper design, I drilled a hole in the lid of the box to fit a decorative knob I picked up at Hobby Lobby.

To cover each side of my wood box, I stamped five sheets of 4″ x 6″ sticker paper using the Thank You Flowers Stamp and the Mark Montano Vintage Nature set. Once stamped and colored in using Prima markers, I placed the sticker paper to the top and sides of my box and then cut off the excess paper.

The box had a hinged lid so I used my exatco blade to cut the paper between the opening and around the back hinges.

To finish the edges and add more dimension I used glitter tape to frame each side of the box.

And as an extra touch I covered the front and back of a couple of small matchboxes with stamped sticker paper using one of the beautiful butterfly image from the Vintage Nature stamp set.

I’m addicted to decorative match books now!

Each side of the box has a different design layout so it is really unique.

Creating your own decorative gift wrap is an easy way to personalize any gift you give. I hope you enjoyed the project and hope that it inspired you to get crafty!

Valentine’s Bucket of Love

February 7, 2014

Happy Friday. I’ve got a fun little Valentine’s craft for you today.

My sweetie loves to snack and his snack of choice is anything in the NUT family. My friend Robyne knows his obsession because anytime she makes a batch of her delicious cookies for us she has to make some special for the Mr. with nuts in them.

This year one of the gifts I’ll be giving my guy of 22 years is a handcrafted Bucket of Love, filled with nuts!

This was a super easy and quick project and would work as a great Valentine’s gift container for anyone on your love list.

Supplies:

Metal container with lid (available from craft store or Container Store)

Valentine rubber stamp set from CraffitiDirect

ABC rubber stamp set from CraffitiDirect

Textured white wrapping paper

Paper Ribbon (available from PaperJacks)

Mini playing cards (purchased at Michael’s)

Paper Heart (made with paper punch)

Gilltered arrow (available at craft stores)

Wrap white gift wrap around base of metal container

Layer red and white paper ribbon on top of gift wrap

Stamp the word LOVE onto white cardstock, cut out and layer on the back side of mini playing cards

Use foam tape to attaché LOVE cards on top of the paper ribbon

Add playing cards and paper heart

For the lid of the bucket create a roulette wheel and use the Valentine stamp set to stamp different love messages in each space

***the roulette wheel was created by making a pie graph in Power Point and printing it out

Add a glitter arrow to the center of the wheel using a brad

Mount the roulette wheel on red paper and use foam tape to attach the piece to the lid

Fill the bucket with LOVE and a special treat for that special person!

Valentine’s Day is just a week away, what are you doing for the one you LOVE?

p.s. Rubber stamp fans head to the CraffitiDirect website and take advantage of the 25% off sale!

Paper Love: Creative Ways to UpStyle Your Envelope

February 6, 2014

I love paper products and one of my goals each year is to step away from the computer or cell phone and sends notes and cards to my friends the old fashion way. The cards I send are always decorative but rarely do I do anything special to the envelope.

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