1st Day of School Gift

Tag will say... "Have a Crazy Kool First Day of School!"

I made these to give to all the teachers and staff on the first day of school.  I found a Valentine's post here and modified it to make it be about the first day of school.  The tag will say "Have a Crazy Kool First Day of School!"

• A cute striped bag I found on ETSY
• A Crazy Straw
• A Packet of Kool-Aid

Sizzix Die Cuts I bought on Clearance

Slowly building up my diecut stash just got these on clearance.  I know I can use these on a lot of different projects.  The Penguin and Reindeer are from the sizzix dress ups collection along with the Santa Suit. I think the Frankenstein one is cute:)

Snowman Die Cut

He looks cute plain

I decided he needed a hat

I cut off his arms and flipped him over and added some brown arms and a piece of black paper for his smile

Flipped him back over and added a snowflake to his hat

I might add some eyes a carrot nose and some buttons or make a scarf for his neck... He already looks much cuter than the plain white snowman:) 

Adorable Wrapped Candy Halloween Party Favors

Sometimes I will buy pre-made kits on ETSY and assemble them. And other times I will make everything myself. I saw these Halloween Party Favor kits on ETSY and these cute Halloween Tags. They were reasonably priced so I bought both and assembled these with Hershey Miniatures. 

They were easy to assemble and make. I did a Google search and if I want to do these again I can make them myself. Here is what you will need to make these:

1. Hershey Miniatures
2. Pretzel Bags
3. Card Stock
4. Various Patterned Scrapbook Paper
5.  Ribbon
6. Scissors
7. Double Sided tape
8. Tag (optional)

• For the candy trays measure and cut your card stock 1-7/8" x 4-1/4" and score 1/4" in on each side. Crease the folds with a Bone Folder.
• For the miniature wrappers cut various patterned scrapbook paper cut them 1.25 inches wide by 3 inches tall. 
• Wrap the paper around the miniature candy bar and secure with a small piece of double sided tape. Place the wrapped candy in a pretzel bag. Each pretzel bag fits six candy bars tie a ribbon to the top and add a tag if you want. They look cute with or without a tag.

***You can also use Hershey Nuggets. (It would take 7 nuggets instead of 6 miniatures and to make nugget wrappers cut your paper into 1 x 3 ½ inch paper strips) Both ways are adorable!!!

Sizzix Pillow Box Die

Got a new Die today:)  I can already tell I will have fun making these!!!!  Cute packaging for my homemade jewelry and other small trinkets.

Hershey Nugget Turkeys

I seen these cute Turkey Die Cuts for sale on ETSY and decided to buy them.  I cut one inch strips of polka dot scrapbook paper to wrap the nuggets and attached the face to one side of the nugget and the tail to the other.  I first tried double sided tape but some of the pieces didn't hold too well so I used glue dots.

They make cute little token gifts for family, friends and coworkers:)

I think I am going to have to buy me a turkey die because I think they are so cute!!!!

Halloween Candy Bar Wrappers

I like to get an early start on all my Holiday Crafting!!!  Here is a Bat Candy Bar Holder I made.

I found the wrapper template from Skip to My Lou's Blog here and the circle tags here  cut them out with my scallop punch I used black card stock and cute stickers for the eyes from Jolees Boutique.  I think it turned out cute:)

My New Toy Sizzix Big Shot Machine

I was on Overstock.com and seen the Sizzix Big Shot Starter Kit for $99.00 with free shipping!  That was a really good deal that I couldn't pass up so I decided to buy one!!!!!

It comes with:

1. Big Shot
2. Standard cutting pads
3. Adjustable Extended Multipurpose Platform
4. One (1) Bigz die (basic shapes)
5. Two (2) Medium Sizzlits dies (butterfly, delicate; flowers #20)
6. One (1) Framelits die set (basic shapes)
7. One (1) A2 Large Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (Dotted Lattice)
8. Ten (10) Assorted Samples of Core'dinations Cardstock

I watched a few youtube videos on how to use the machine and all the different things you can make with it as I was waiting for my new toy to ship:)  overstock has lightening fast shipping so I didn't have to wait very long!

I decided to try out the embossing folder on some toilet paper rolls I had handy.  I also tried out the flower die.  I had some cute shapes I just punched with my new Stampin Up Owl Punch and had some ribbon and used my corner chomper to chomp the edges and made these Gift Card Holders I think they turned out cute:)

Stampin Up Two Step Owl Punch

I have had my eye on one of these punches for years.  I finally broke down and bought one and I am so glad I did!  I have been having so much fun playing with it and making other things besides cute owls too!  So far my favorite is the Penguin!!!

One Pot Chicken Potatoes & Green Beans

I seen this on Pinterest and decided to try it this is my second time making it.  The first time I made it I followed the recipe exactly.

Ingredients
4 medium potatoes, cut
1 can of green beans
1 lb chicken breasts
1 stick of unsalted butter
1 package Italian dressing mix

• Drain green beans line one side of the pan with green beans.
• Cut potatoes up. Line opposite side of pan with the potatoes.
• Line the chicken breasts down the middle of the baking dish.
• Cut butter up and layer over the green beans, potatoes and chicken. Sprinkle Italian dressing over the entire pan. Cover with foil
• Bake in the oven @ 350 degrees for one hour

The second time I made this I marinaded the chicken over night in a bottle of wish bone Italian dressing. I lined all the ingredients up in the pan I sprinkled Freeze-Dried Garlic on the green beans and potatoes sprinkled a package of Italian dressing mix all over everything and sprinkled a little bit of Italian Seasoning on everything added a stick of salted butter this time instead of unsalted. Covered in foil and baked for one hour @ 350. The first time it was good the second time it was amazing!!!!