Disney Autograph Books!

Hey there!!

I haven't posted in a long time, I have been so busy making various projects...and have had no time to post them!  :( Boo.  

I started making these Autograph  books last May.  (yeah, I know!)  I didn't work steadily on them, but just did a page here and there when I had spare time between other projects.   My brothers typically take their kids to Disneyland in the winter, so I had plenty of time.   Then the holiday season came, and I had many, MANY other projects to make, and the autograph books were pushed aside.  So, around December 27th, I hear that one family is heading off to Disneyland in January!  AND.....I only had about three pages done!  EEK!  It was time to buckle down!  

Luckily I finished theirs in time, and I hope they get to meet all the characters, and get a ton of autographs!  The kids were excited to have them, I can't wait 'till they get back to hear how it went! 

I have a LOT of pictures.  I tried to make each child's book a little different from his/her brother or sister's book.  So the characters and names are different in their books.  Keep in mind, I had five of these to make, and I didn't have that many options in some of the Cricut cuts, so I did what I coul.d   I am going to show two different books in this post.     Again, I have a LOT of pic's!  

Also, I designed the book with room for the character's autograph on the right page, and left room for a photo of the character on the left page!! My brothers typically get a picture of their kids with the characters, and I thought it would be neat to display them next to their autographs!! :)

And now, here are the pictures! 

Here is the inside cover and front page: 

Mickey Mouse!

Minnie Mouse:

Donald Duck:

Daisy Duck:

Goofy:

Pluto:

Chip:

Dale:

Winnie The Pooh!!

Tigger:

Piglet:

Eeyore:

Cinderella: 

Aurora (Sleeping Beauty):

Aladdin & Jasmine:

Belle:

Ariel:

Alice:

Snow White:

The 7 Dwarfs:

Tinkerbell:

Faries:

Woody:

Buzz:

Inside of Cover and first page, along with Inside of Back Cover and last page:

Outside Covers: 

I put paper over the kids names on the covers.  Just because they are not MY kids, so I'm not showing their names in the pictures I post online..  :)

The book covers are laminated for protection.  The covers are made out of thick chipboard.  I punched two holes in the back cover, inserted eyelets and elastic strap for a closure.  I like that style of book closure. It's so easy to do, and keeps the books closed tightly so they don't get damaged in backpacks / purses / suit cases /etc at Disneyland!!  

The books measure 4.5" tall by 8" wide.  And all of the characters were cut at 4" 

Wait, I lied.  Not ALL of the characters are cut at 4", but most are.  The faries are cut at 3" I believe...  And Buzz Lightyear is also smaller, but i can't remember off the top of my head what he is cut at.  

I had so much fun making these books!!  I hope the kids have just as much fun getting them autographed! :)  

Thanks for looking!

Wine Charms

Hey!

Sooo, one of the gifts I gave at Christmas time was a wine theme.  Wine glasses, Bottle of wine, books about wine, etc.  So I decided to add a personal touch and make wine charms.  This person is a Mickey Mouse/Disney fanatic, so I thought these were appropriate.  (and now that I think about it...a little odd.  A child's show...turned into wine charms?!? Haha.)

I decided to cut Mickey mouse icons; his head, pants, shoes, and glove.  I loved them!  This is how they looked before the beads and all the extras... but I thought they were so cute!

I also made a different set of just the head outline, in four different colors... here is the picture of the black one: 

I cut them with the Cricut, (they are plastic) so I figured I could make whatever design I wanted, and I ended with Mickey.  It took quite a chunk of time to finish them!  But, it was worth it! I had fun!

Thanks for looking! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas! 

Oooh, I forgot to mention, I got a nwe desk for Christmas! My brother and sister-in-law take old items, and re-do them as their own.  They do AMAZING work!  So they got me an old metal desk, I think it was one of the old-school teacher's desks like that my grade school teachers had. (love those!)  And they painted it and re-did it.  It is AMAZING!  I took pictures, I just haven't posted them yet. I just had to mention it, because I'm so excited to have a new workspace to create on!! :)  Thanks guys!!  

Thanks for looking!

Cricut Cake 1st Attempt

Hello all!

I was actually brave and attempted the Cricut Cake this past week!  I just decided to make sugar cookies and decorate them with the very most basic of cuts.  I was not about to attempt anything too intricate on my first try!  I also made cookie boxes to individually wrap them.  Because....I am just silly like that.  Here is how they turned out:

And here are the cookies in their boxes: 

I can't wait to try something else next time!!  I think I will decorate a cake next.  Oooh the possibilities! 

Thanks for looking!

TGI....after Christmas!!!

Don't get me wrong, Christmas is great.  But the stress of planning and purchasing presents for my immediate family alone,  let's just say I'm super glad Christmas only comes once a year!!

I haven't had the time, or felt good enough to get on the computer and actually post any of my projects in a while.  I hate that.  I wish I could post them right as I finished one!  :(

So this will be my first of two or three posts tonight.  This one, I wanted to put up the night I finished it, but it was for my sister-in-law, and it needed to be a surprise, so I couldn't post until after I gave it to her.  This is keeping with the tradition of making a paper cake for each of my family member's birthdays.  I did a elegant looking black and white for her.  I loved how it turned out! I made flowers for the outside/ends of the pieces, they have a pearl in the center.

Inside of cake view:

And the top of the finished cake had a white scalloped circle (like frosting) and in cursive, it said, "Happy Birthday [sister-in-law's name]"  And it was stuffed with candy.

Thanks for looking!

Christmas Gift Organizer

I decided to make a Christmas Gift Organizer this year.  My family is getting bigger every year, and it gets harder and harder to keep everything straight.  It also seems like each Christmas there are duplicate presents, so I always keep my receipts.  So, I figured, why not put my Cricut and Bind-It-All to use, and make myself an organizer!?

Here is the cover.  I cut the penguins from Create A Critter, and I believe the font is Cuttin' Up, (but I might be wrong.)  The background paper on the cover is from K & Co.

I then made dividers using the From My Kitchen cartridge, (The recipe box dividers) And used my Gypsy to stretch them to the size I needed.  I also cut down 12"x12" paper and folded to make my pockets.  I made a divider for each of my brothers, and then within each divider are pockets representing each of their family members. (I also make extra dividers for my mom and a few friends that I buy gifts for.) 

I now have the names wrote on the tabs and pockets, I just didn't want to photograph the names.

I also made little pull-out notepads so that I could write what I have bought for each person, and what I still need to buy.  If I don't do this, I will end up forgetting soneone, or forget a take a present that I bought to that person, and I'll find it a week later, (no joke!)

I really like how this project turned out!  I think it's cute and I will get a lot of use out of it!

I titled it "checkin' it twice" as in, "making a list, checking it twice, ..."  Because I will for sure be checking it more than twice!!  Haha.

I made a few coupon organizers similar to this earlier this year, prior to my blog, and I can't remember if I posted pictures of them or not.  But having these handy lil' organizers makes life just a little less chaotic!  :)

Thanks for looking!!!

Thanks Sew Much

Hey people!!

I can't believe how fast Christmas is approaching!  It's unreal.  This entire year has gone by so quickly! 

This is a card that I made for my Momma.  She helps me out so very much, and I appreciate her so very much. So I made her a card this week to give to her along with a little gift. My mom loves sewing, knitting, and all things crafty.  So this card fitted her perfectly.

The sewing machine and table is from Country Life.   The background paper is a Cosmo Cricket stack, called 'Material Girl.'  It is super cute paper!  It has all different sewing themed pictures....very cute.

Thanks for looking!!