Cooking or cupcake party favors

For the chalkboards, I used the covers of old books that the girls had torn up.  After cutting them evenly, I painted them with 2 coats of chalkboard paint.

For the "MENU" part, I got a set of alphabet stamps 1/2 price at Michaels.  This would be WAY cute if you used vinyl, but I can't afford vinyl, so here's my cheap-o version.  I dug through the dollar stamp bin at Michaels and found this border stamp and the birthday stamp which I only used the scrolls from.

After stamping, I went over it with paint and a teeny paintbrush and then freehanded a little cupcake.

Next, I mod podged cute paper to the back for a finished look (sorry, I forgot to take a pic)

I was really cheap this time and used metal wire hangers to make the stands.  Just use pliers to cut and bend them into the shape of your stand and then curl the ends with the pliers.  I spray painted them the 97 cent white spraypaint from Walmart.  All in all, I was really happy with the menus - especially since I went so cheap (green) this time.

I'll do a post on the cookbooks later.  They turned out way cute and the girls LOVED them!

Happy Father's Day!

Here's a cute and easy Father's day card idea.  Faith made these for the big guys in her life (o:

First you cut your paper into an 8 x 4 inch strip and fold in half.  Measure 1" from folded end and make a 1" cut on both sides for collar.  Fold collar down and add brads before gluing or just glue now and glue buttons on later.  Cut out a tie and glue on just under the collar.  Open card from the bottom and let your dad know that He's the BEST!

Owie pouch

I made these to send with Rahel to church and sitters along with a HIV card to put people at ease in an event of a blood spill.  It's no big deal, but people do have worries so I made this HIV preparedness kit.  Great news - we went in this month for Rahel's 6 month HIV blood draw and the virus is now undetectable!  We couldn't be happier!

Bamboo coasters

A set of 4 coasters rolled and tied.  So fun and easy!

Go green!

Memory games

I made these from wood and scrap paper with mod podge.  Kinda fun!

New crafting blog

Okay.  I'm going to try and start a crafting blog so you don't have to sort through all the boring stuff.  I'm starting this off with a welcome for all of your great crafting ideas.  We are planning for a fundraising project for an announcement that is soon to come. 
On this blog, I will record and share all of my crafting ideas and also offer them for purchase to contribute to our cause.

I thought I'd try my hand at Soap

These ones are a clear glycerine soap with my favorite fragrances!

This one is Avacado and Cucumber glycerine soap with Lavender flowers added

I got brave and tried oatmeal and cinnamon with this one and I love it!