Disclaimer: I received the following products for review purposes. No other compensation was received. All opinions and experiences are 100% my own. Your experience may differ. If you click a link in this post, you will be taken to the sponsor's site.When we find a series of books we love we stick to it! We love Fancy Nancy at our house. She is such a sweet little girl with some high style! My daughter was very excited to learn that The Orb Factory wanted her to throw a Perfectly Posh Fancy … [Read more...]
Crafts That You Can Easily Do With Your Kids
Winter is usually especially hard for me. Being cooped up indoors with my two little ones every day I become tired rather quickly. Running out of entertainment ideas the first two weeks of cold weather, I vowed this year would be different. Finding fun crafts that my kids can easily do was my top priority.Purely CrayonUpside-down drawing. Tape a large piece of paper under your kitchen table and let the kids color with every color of crayon. Once the masterpiece is complete, hang it up … [Read more...]
Silhouette Project: Disney Freeze Paper T-shirt
The Back Story I got an email from my mom saying that she had been searching for Disney t-shirts but couldn't find what she was looking for. As a backup plan she included in her email links to a picture of a mickey head and a freezer paper shirt tutorial, she figured it would be easy for me to cut out the pattern on the freezer paper with the Silhouette and then send her the paper and she would make the shirts. Here is everything I used to do this project. The Design I needed a picture of a … [Read more...]
Four Kid-Made & Heartwarming Mother’s Day Gifts
Mother’s Day is a special day for many people. It’s a day where everyone is giving extra special recognition to the woman who has cared for them since they entered the world. Young children are eager to show their love and appreciation to their mothers; however, shopping for Mom can be difficult for them when they lack the ability to purchase a nice gift. Never fret though, as the best gifts are usually ones made with love and effort! Here are four thoughtful gifts that are perfect for little … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: Baby Art 2.0
The Back Story Now that our son is 3 months old we decided that he was ready to graduate from the checker board pattern to more advanced geometric shapes. We also decided to add some color. In my wife's college human development class, she learned that when babies are first born they can only see black, white and red. The checker board pattern that we made was just black and white, this one will be red and black, and instead of just squares we have rectangles, circles and chevrons.Baby … [Read more...]
Cupcake Creations Review
How clever is it to have a craft kit full of everyday household items? Artzooka! kits from Wooky Entertainment have done just that! This cupcake creation kit is just one of their many craft kits that use common items in your house. This kit, of course, comes with everything you need, but my point is, when this kit is over and done, I can still make more cupcake animals with my own cupcake papers now that I have learned the folds! Fun! My daughter had a really good time making this darling … [Read more...]
Silhouette Project: Fan-tashe-tic Birthday Card
The Back Story It's my brother's birthday next week so I decided to look on pinterest to see if I could find anything 'pinteresting'. After a little bit of digging I found this:Fan-tashe-tic Birthday Card This post is more of a show and tell rather than an actual tutorial because all it takes is a rectangle some text and and mustache picture. Here is card designed in Silhouette Studio.Just as a small side note, I went with the traditional mustache look on the card but there are tons … [Read more...]
Shadow Box Memories
You know when you have a child, you get a lot of things while in the hospital. There are bracelets, pacifiers, little beanies among other things. These special hospital memories are perfect for fitting into a shadow box. I love these shadow boxes because it helps me remember those precious first moments with my babies. I have made shadow boxes for 2 of my 3 kids (My third child is only 10 weeks old so it's a little soon to make his box. I'm still using a couple of the items I normally put into … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: Happy Birthday Dad card
The Back Story It's my Dad's birthday this week so I decided to search pinterest for birthday card ideas. Let me tell you there are a lot of dad birthday cards on pinterest and this is the one I decided to make.As it is with most cool stuff I find on pinerest when I clicked on the pin it was a link to a picture. Here is how I made cut file for the card. Happy Bday Card You can import the picture into Silhouette Studio and use the Trace Tool make cut lines around all the black letter … [Read more...]
Powder Point Designs Review and Giveaway
I love to have custom art in my home. I have made shadow boxes for 2 of my 3 kids to hang in their rooms. My husband is designing subway art with my kids birth facts to also go in their rooms. It is fun to have customize decor that no one else has!I also love to have lots of decorations around the house for the current holiday or season. It makes the house cheery and the kids love it!For these reasons I LOVE Powder Point Designs! Marybeth, the owner, is fantastic at making cute … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: Pretty Pink Castle Valentine Mailbox
The Back Story Back when I was in elementary school, during class on Valentines Day we made the bag or box where we would collect the valentine cards from our classmates. Sometimes we made the valentine mailboxes out brown paper lunch bags and decorated the bags, other times we would staple two big construction paper hearts together and leave the top open so the cards could go inside. But today, with the invention of Pinterest, there is a new standard in Valentines Day valentine … [Read more...]
Silhouette Turtorial: Hello Kitty Valentine Card
The Back Story Every year for Valentines Day my dad would make each of my brothers and sisters a homemade valentine. These homemade valentines were not a piece of paper folded in half with some sentimental saying inside. He would personalize each one with a drawing of something we were interested in, whether it was super heroes for me and my brothers or my little ponies for my sisters. My Dad has started give his special valentines to my kids each year. Since I am a child of the computer age … [Read more...]
Shrinky Dinks I Heart You Cards Review and Giveaway
By now you can tell my kids love to do crafts! The I Heart You cards with Shrinky Dinks from Creativity for Kids was no exception! My husband was super excited for the kids to use the Shrinky Dinks. He insists that as a child of the 80's I should know all about them. Apparently they were huge then and he used them as a kid. I had no idea what he was talking about so the kids and I learned about them together.Shrinky Dinks are a special vellum paper that when heated up shrinks to make hard … [Read more...]
What’s New from The Orb Factory?
I've told you in the past how much I love The Orb Factory. They just released some new toys and I'm happy to share some of them with you! The Orb Factory now has a fun line of Plush Crafts that feature no sew room decor crafts. My daughter is all about decorating her room, so I new instantly she would love to work on one of these projects.When I opened the box and she saw the butterfly pillow she wanted to get started right away. She has been talking non-stop about how she will make the … [Read more...]
Silhouette Tutorial: Valentine Pixelated Popup Heart Card
The Back Story When we first got our Silhouette CAMEO I started looking for Silhouette projects and tutorials on pinterest. One of the very first things I found was a popup card of a heart that someone else had made on their Cameo. Unfortunately, when it came time to try and make the card the pin was just a picture, it was not a link to a website tutorial. After doing a little "pinsearching" I found a pin for a website with the tutorial on how to make the card. The tutorial goes through … [Read more...]
