Hall-o-Ween Treat Box

I was invited to a CTMH craft party on the 2nd of October by my neighbor, Angie. She is a consultant for CTMH....we made these super cute treat boxes. And it was so fun to mingle and chat with everyone while making them. Mine still needs to be filled with "TREATS", maybe tomorrow.

I thought it would be cute to use photos of the kids when they were much smaller.

This last photo is the very top of the box.

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

Jammin' Favors

Step 1: Go crazy enough to make 50 jars of jam.

Step 2: Make 50 jars of jam.

Step 2.5: Sample all the flavors you made. Briana and I recommend crackers and cream cheese to help with this step. If you completed Step 1 correctly, you made at least 5 different flavors.

Step 3: Use the Cricut cartridge "New Arrival" to cut out the thank you circles. Use a paper punch to cut out circles in secondary color and glue them together. Tape on top of jar.

Step 4: Print out the jam flavors on cardstock and use a paper punch to create tags. Tie around jar with ribbon.

Step 5: Watch as your guests can't decide which flavor they want and ask if they can pay cash for any leftover favors you have.

Diaper Cake

Here's another shower decoration that you don't have to wonder what to do with when the party is over. After I assembled my diaper cake (search for videos online for how-to) I used a wide ribbon to cover the rubber bands. Then I took the leftover flowers from the topiary centerpieces and used them to decorate. I just tucked everything in - no glue - so that the diapers were still usable.

Double Duty Centerpieces

Since I'm helping to plan another baby shower, I thought I'd better get the pictures and ideas up from the last one I planned with Briana. It had a tea party theme, so we bought mugs at the dollar store and put a piece of foam in them topped with moss. Then we took silk flowers and poked them into a styrofoam ball. To conserve flowers, we glued some leaves to the bottom to fill in the space. Next we took wooden dowels that we had painted and stuck one end into the leafy part of the ball and other end into the mossy base. Finally we used ribbon to tie a bow on each "stem". They went together faster than we thought since we didn't have to glue the flowers onto the ball - they just stuck into it. At the shower, after the mommy-to-be picked one out to remember the special day, we gave the rest out as prizes for the games before the guests left.

Wooden Pumpkins

I got this idea off of another crafting blog. They were really easy to complete. These pumpkins were made using a 2X4 - I just cut them to 4 different heights ... mine are 6, 8, 10 and 12 inches tall. Then I took a 1X2 and cut it down to make the stems. Then I painted everything and glued the stems to the top of the pumpkins. I took a Dremel tool and added some lines for more dimension and then I sanded everything... then tied some ribbon on and that’s it!!! I planned on adding some light stain to them, to give them even more dimension, however, I did not have any on hand last night. So I will have to do that a little later, but for now they turned out fun I think. I will add rafia to the odd ball pumpkin with the ribbon in this photo, I was just trying to decide which I liked better, rafia won. :)

Happy Crafting!!