sea of red vests

My scout projects a sea of red vests and book covers for there scout books.

I Love to make things for people even if I can afford to buy something so I have been spending some time trying to get some projects done. In the middle of all this I am a boy scout leader over the wolf pack they are the greatest rowdiest group of 8 year old you have ever seen. Every year I make red vests so they can display their awards on them. The scout office charges $12 for them and they cost us just over $1 to make them. With 12 boys that is that is a savings of about $130. The problem is I always make them in December. I get so overwhelmed. and I always have extra scraps that I don't want to throw away but I also don't want to store them. I got real excited when My friend Tylynn Showed me this snowman candy wrapper it was perfect to use the scraps on. I think we will have the boys make them next week in scouts. They are real simple it is a red hat and scarf out of felt. It is a candy bar wrapped in white card stock buttons for eyes and buttons. The nose is orange paper. You could use markers or paper for the eyes and buttons.

fun wekend

I had a fun weekend. We had a girls craft weekend and spent the weekend finishing projects for Christmas. I found this cute idea for My girls to give to their friends. It is a tic tac holder. There is a cute little poem on the inside.



It says he is cute cuddly
& full of good wishes
he wants to give you
These snowman kisses

I got these moose finger pupets for 25 cents each put a baggie of kisses on it's neck. The card reads Merry Kiss Moose.

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12 days are over

I know the 12 days are over but I still plan to share some ideas and fun projects. I made this desk calendar for my mothers Birthday yesterday. I also plan to make one for my husband for Christmas. each Month is a 4x6 size so it fits in an acrylic frame found at walmart for $1. It is like the CD calendars that you see people making but I like this size better and the frame looks better.

12th day of Christmas gifts

On the twelfth day of Christmas gifts My good friend gave to me a decorated Tin. Who doesn't like a decorated tin? Get out your Modge Podge and fun paper and soon you will find that there is nothing that you can't cover. You can go to your local craft store and buy them in all sorts of sizes. You can use them to hold cards photos food almost anything you like.
Tins don't have to cost a lot of money this pink one is the electrasal tin that my dishwasher soap came in you can see the original can in the back. You can also get tins from the dollar store and I love to put a new top on the cheap cookie tins that you can get at any store. So look around and cover anything that is not moving.

11th day of Christmas

On the eleventh day of Christmas gifts My good friend gave to me some magnets.



magnets are so easy to make and cost so much to buy. I got some tiles at homedepot. They come attached together 8x8 or so. You can ask if they have any broken ones at a discount. You cut them all apart it is not a big deal to throw away the broken ones if they give you a big discount. I used permant ink and a stamp to make the immage. Then I glued a button magnet on the back found at wallmart of any craft store. You can make lots of these in a short amount of time and it is so easy the kids can help.

10th day of Christmas

On the tenth day of Christmas My good friend gave to me a recipe book





I love a good recipe and you know there are those recipes that the whole family loves so write them down and put them all in the same place. I took all of our favorite Cookie recipes and made a book for a friend's wedding. I made a copy for my brothers and sister as well.
If you paper scrap take out your suplies and start making a book I made mine 6x6 because it was a good size to find a book to put them in.
If you do Digital Scrap booking run over to 2 peas and sign up for there recipe card swap. It ends Dec 1 They are making 4x6 cards and swapping them. You email your recipe to the host and they will zip all the recipes and then send you a link where you can download and print them. I am joining I can't pass up a good cookbook.

9th day of Christmas gifts

On the ninth day of Christmas gifts my good friend gave to me a personalised mug.





I love these mugs they are so much fun. I have seen them at my local dollar store my grocery store old navy, and Starbucks. They are 10x the price at Starbucks for the same mug. You can unscrew the top and put in a new insert. You can scrapbook it up or just put in a piece of pretty paper. I gave them to my friends to decorate at a weekend crop we went to. We were able to drink out of them all weekend. I put a single serve drink mix with them and some straws. I still like to drink out of mine It is the one mug my kids will leave alone. If you want to make them dishwasher save glue the lid down with some E6000 or glue from the hardware store.
I am drinking the minty hot cocoa out of mine right now. Yummmy!