I totally stole this idea from my friend Jodi, who made them for her husband and dad last year. While I’m content to use anything as a bookmark (magazine subscription card, piece of junk mail, scrap of paper, another book), Dan feels he needs to use a “proper” bookmark. And because he reads about 20 […]
Tile photo coasters
My mom told me she wanted some photo coasters last year sometime. This was another project that I started months ago and got stuck, ran out of time and just put it away. But I dragged it back out for Mothers’ Day. I got some tumbled stone tiles at Home Depot. I think they were like 30 […]
Mothers’ Day chipboard frame magnets
This is an easy and supercute Mothers’ Day magnet frame I made for my mama. And one for my grandma and Dan’s mama as well. I picked up these chipboard scrapbooking frames at Michael’s. They came in a pack of three, and as soon as I saw them, I knew I wanted to make some […]
First Birthday Party: The Favors
I wanted to keep the favors for Elise’s party simple, so I made photo cards and homemade chocolate chip cookies. For the photo cards, I used paper leftover from the invitations and some additional cardstock and attached wallet-sized photos. I used patterned packing tape to seal the treat bags. Finally a good use for patterned packing tape!
Coin roll wrapper frame
My mom keeps bringing over piles of rejected craft supplies in hopes I can make something with them. This plain little frame was the first thing that jumped out at me. I sifted through my stash and found these coin roll wrappers. Sometime last year, Dan took coins to the bank to be counted, and […]