I love to read and one of my favorite books is Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. I often watch Pride and Prejudice while I am folding laundry and before too long the laundry has folded itself. The long eloquent speeches by Miss Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy are my favorite parts of the book/movie. My husband reminds me a lot of Mr. Darcy. He is a man of few … [Read more...]
Instagram Paper Album
The theme for the July Silhouette Challenge is favorite things. Three of my favorites are paper, photos and Instagram. As a longtime scrapbooker, I have been in love with paper for over a decade. Paper is the easiest for me to bend to my crafting will and use for my crafts. I do not have many photos of myself as a child and I definitely know I am overcompensating for this with … [Read more...]
Paper Purse Gift Card Holder
I love to make handmade gifts for others but sometimes the perfect gift is a gift card! Giving a gift card doesn't have to be boring. I read somewhere that gift card sales increase when stores include free and unique envelopes for the gift cards. I created these paper purse gift card holders for my son's teachers for teacher appreciation. They were super excited about the paper … [Read more...]
Bloom And Grow Sunflower Bouquet for Teacher Appreciation
It's Silhouette Challenge time for April! At the end of this post, you will see links to 39 other awesome spring themed Silhouette projects to inspire you! Last week I posted about the preschool recipe book that I designed for Colin's pre-kindergarten assistant teacher for her birthday. I also made her this beautiful sunflower bouquet. The center of each sunflower has a … [Read more...]
Persimmon Paper Roses
The theme for the March Silhouette challenge project is paper. As a scrapbooker, that is probably the medium that I am most comfortable with for any project. I contemplated many different projects for this challenge post but the decision was easily made when I learned of something going on in my class. His preschool teacher had surgery last week. I decided to make her some … [Read more...]