Hello everyone! Welcome to another weekly crafts post! Today I decided to make some birthday décor since tomorrow is my birthday! (my party is on Saturday, I will show you pictures soon after that!)

Here is the first craft!

Pretty Banner!

You will need:

• Pretty Cardstock
• Hole punch
• String (for hanging)

Lets make it!

1. Print out this,  cut it out.
2. Hole punch each side of the widest side of the pennant
3. String the string through the holes and you are finished!

 

Cupcake toppers

This is such an easy and inexpensive way to make cupcake toppers!

You will need:

• A selection of craft/washi tape
• Skewers
• Scissors

Lets make it!

1. Break the skewers into thirds. Trim the scraggly ends!
   

   

   

   
2. Peel and tear a piece of  tape.
3. Place a skewer on the table and stick the piece of tape to it. (center the skewer)
4. Fold the piece of tape over, trim and you are finished!

 

Table Center-piece!

I love this easy idea of making a center-piece for the party table!

1. Pick or buy some pretty flowers! If you pick them make sure that you have enough stem so that you can put them in a vase easily!
2. Put the flowers in the vase. Set in the center of the table!
3. I used some of these at each corner of the vase! It looked very pretty!
4. For my candle holders I actually put a flower in each one (not with any water and I used outdoor mod-podge on them)
5. You have to wait until Saturday for a picture! Sorry, 😦

 

 Birthday Cake Banner!

This banner is So easy to make! I just love it!

You will need:

• 2 paper straws in any color you like
• Washi/craft tape
• String (I used Baker’s twine)
• Scissors

Let’s make it!

1. Cut a 12 inch piece of string and tie one end to the top of a straw.
2. Tie the other end of the string to the other straw.
3. Cut a piece of tape

4. Stick the tape to the table, centered on the string.

5. Fold over

6. Trim and repeat for the other pieces.

7. I added an extra strand to mine!

And here is my finished banner!

 

Paper Straw banner!

This is such a cute banner! I just can’t resist it!

You will need:

• Paper Straws (found at a craft store)
• Scissors
• String (such as Baker’s Twine)

Let’s make it!

1. Cut 1 straw in half. Cut a 32″ piece of string.
2. Thread 2 full size straws onto the string.
   

   
3. Thread on the short half straw that you cut in step 1.
4. Form the 2 long straws to make a point and the short on the top!
5. Tie a knot at one corner to secure!
6. Now you are finished! Look how awesome it looks!

 

I hoped you liked making crafts with me!

Hello everyone! Today is Grace’s 2nd 12th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Grace!

Continue reading ➞ Grace’s Birthday Photostory!

Yes! I know what you are thinking: “She just made her schedule last week! She’s updating it already!”

The reason why is because I have been getting some tags and awards and needed a place for them in my schedule!

Here is the “New” Schedule!

Sunday: I usually don’t post on this day

Monday: Weekly Craft

Tuesday: Optional Recipe

Wednesday: Photography Post

Thursday: Optional American Girl Post

Friday: Random post or tag (if their is one to do)

Saturday: Another optional craft idea

 

 

Above are some pics I took of Grace! I hope you like them!

Welcome to this week’s weekly craft! I know many of my lovely readers have been to the beach this summer, and you may want something to do with all of those pretty shells just sitting around!

Skill level: 1

You will need:

• Seashells (preferably the white ones)
• Mod-Podge
• Watercolor paints (I just used cheap ones from Walmart)
• Paintbrush
• Foam brush

Lets make it!

1. Wash and dry your seashells to remove any sand or dirt, if you don’t like the smell of your seashells then after washing them drop them into a bucket filled with bleach. Wash and dry them again after wards
2. Set up a nice workspace and begin to paint the shells

 

3.  Let the shells dry completely.

4. After the shells are dry paint the top of them with Mod- Podge

 

5. Once the shells are dry from their first coat paint them again with Mod-Podge. Paint the entire shell, not just the top. Let dry.

Here are some pics of my finished painted shells!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed! You could paint on some outdoor Mod-Podge and use these in your garden!

Comment questions:

• Which was your favorite finished Seashell?

• Do you have any shells just sitting around?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another random, post!

So I have a goal! I want to try to get 100 followers by Christmas! Yes it is a HUGE goal, and I will need YOUR HELP TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!

So TELL THE WORLD! Once I get 100 followers I will be doing a big GIVEAWAY! (this one I will make easier to enter)

Before Christmas, After Christmas, or Christmas day— Whenever I have 100 followers the giveaway will start!

Thank you in advance for your support!

Hello everyone! I just wanted to let you know that I will be gone tomorrow, I have a scheduled post, remember to like follow and comment! I will be with you Sunday!

Hello everyone! Today I wanted to introduce you to my cousin Christy’s blog! (I think I should call this week “cousins week”)

Right now she is doing mission work in Belize and starting a school there for children!

Please check out her blog!

The Black Orchid Montessorian

Thank You! Happy Friday

 

Also, I am thinking about creating an award! It would be something like:

1. The crafty blog award
2. The craftily awesome blog award
3. The creative and fun blog award

Which one do you like best?? Tell me in the comments

Hello everyone!

To understand about this you need to know the story:

A few years ago my older cousins Sarah and Stephanie gave my sister and I American Girl Dolls. I got Samantha, and my sister got Caroline. I still have Samantha and my sister still has Caroline. (I will show you a pic of Samantha next week)

So anyway, my Grandma found a small what looked like a mini old-fashioned school set in her one of her bedrooms where cousins, and other family can stay when they are traveling or visiting.

It turned out to be that Sarah had forgot to give me that school set for my doll Samantha.

Interesting story right?!

This school set is from before Samantha was retired so it is very special to me!

I wanted to show it to you:

Here is a gallery of all of the items in the set!