Ideas For Gifts
Today I had a house full of kids who were begging me to bake. I wasn’t in the mood to make traditional cookies or cupcakes so I thought what could we do that I would also enjoy? Whoopie Pies! Making whoopie pies has been something I have always wanted to do but hadn’t gotten around to yet. It was so fun and I am glad I surrendered to the request. Here is a picture of mine – the kids were ‘creative’ also. Up next – brownie pops.
Here is the recipe for Vanilla WHOOPIE PIES with sprinkles.
The Short One has been begging for a key chain to attach to the zipper of her school back pack. We finally got around to making one this week. We had so much fun we ended up making several of them to give to some of her friends. This was a quick project to do together leaving the Short One happy and me with more cash in my pocket since everything was found in my studio!
We have a birthday party to attend this weekend and I took the gift on as an opportunity to create something special from a selection of dollar store finds. I bought a few toy princess play sets and a t-shirt all in shades of purple. I used glitter, ric rac and flowers that I had on hand to customize each piece and make a special gift for the birthday girl! In the images you can see before and after shots.
I am excited to show this project I made using an new Cricut Cartridge called Snow Days that I paired with vintage holiday wrapping paper.
I first wrapped a plain white box top that I picked up at a paper supply store, with red holiday ribbon to give it more texture. I then used the Snow Days cart to cut a cute little bundled up kid shape out of the vintage paper. I cut several of them and glued them to the box.
I also made a coordinating card because really how could I resist?
Happy Holiday Crafting xoxo
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