Merry Christmas 2024

 

I finished making these adorable Gnome ornament candy holders for our Golf League!  Each one

is filled with candy and the opening is in the back.  The SVG file came from Dreaming Tree!  I love

that they have instructional videos (big help) and that they are so easy to make!

This year I wanted to make a Snow Globe for our Christmas cards.  I got the

SVG file from Lori Whitlock's on-line store.  This card was easy to make too! 

They fold up easily to be mailed! This picture shows the multi layers!

I think I made about 20 cards this year!  I really enjoy sending out 

Christmas cards!  

The last photos show our newest Christmas decoration that we acquired this year!

We got it on sale at Home Depot!  I have always wanted a Toy Soldier to put

outside our door!  This one is 6 feet tall and plays over 11 different tunes!  His eyes light up too!

I love that it looks like he is guarding our doorway!

Well, Time to end this post!  I am hopeful that everyone is healthy and happy this Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all!  See you next year!

Wait! I did promise a picture of our hanger Snowflake when they were hung up! They hang on the lanai side of our condo. What do you think?

The picture above is with Fairy lights on- The picture below is what it looks like during the day! I 

did use alot of those white plastic hangers!  Merry, Merry!!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! Just a quick post to share the turkey favors I made for our golf league. I used Stampin Up's Curvey Keepsake die for the body.  I had an svg file for the head and feathers. The body holds the candy!!

 My husband does not like turkey so I made a pumpkin turkey cake. Nordic ware has a great turkey pan that I used. You put the turkey together with frosting but I used too much. The turkey head was oozing frosting so I made him a hazmat mask...hope I do better the next time I make it!! 

Have a fabulous ThanksgivingDay!!

Happy Halloween!!

 

I had to share this awesome Halloween decoration !

I bought this svg file from Dreaming Tree! I just love putting this together! My favorite is his face!  I love his outfit too!  Even my husband thought he was great! 

He is fabulous!

I don't have any Halloween decorations here in Florida! I have hung him on my door! We are not even sure we will get trick or treaters since we aren't usually here for Halloween. We shall see how many we get!!

I guess I am in a Christmas frame of mind! This die set was purchased from Tonic Studio!!! It's called Christmas Baubles! I love making these beautiful ornaments that open up and can be used for gift boxes!! I haven't used dies in quite awhile since I love using my Cricut machine for most of my projects. But I must say it was fun using these dies from Tonic. They are very good quality dies and it is very rewarding seeing these "baubles" come to life!  Of course it takes a little longer to make them but I do find papercrafting very relaxing!!

The other Christmas project I am working on is this snowflake made out of hangers! I have one done but want to make 2 more! I saw lots of these on Pinterest and had to try it!  I am going to use solar fairy lights and wrap them around the snowflakes! I will post pictures once I have finished this project.  Should be fun!

It is getting quite chilly back in Maine. I find it hard to relate here in Florida when the temps are in the 80s!! We are very grateful that we didn't have any damage to our property due to the hurricane! Those who weren't so lucky are in our thoughts!

I hope everyone has a fun and safe Halloween! Take care!

What happened to Summer?

 

Well, Summer is over and I didn't even post once!  I can't believe how fast it goes.  It doesn't help that I came down with pneumonia in August.  I am still trying to get rid of a cough.  So that is my excuse and I am sticking with it.

Last summer we had a tree taken down in our backyard.  I decided I wanted the stump to be a bottle tree.

The top picture is with the solar lights on but it wasn't quite dark. I do love how it came out.

I am still working on planting around the base of the stump.  I am hoping next year it fills in more!

These are Christmas items I am working on.  I bought a bunch of banana tree holders this summer.  I decided I wanted to hang some lighted ornaments from them.  Some of them I painted green but a few I left natural. I bought the star SVG from Etsy. I do like making them!

Do you like gnomes? I do!  This one is about 10.5 inches tall.  I bought this SVG from Etsy.  The Company is M3D crafts.  Love the mountain in the background. 

Lastly, the Angel is from Dreaming Tree.  I made a few of these last year.  They are

really fun to make so decided to make one for this year.  

Here it is lighted.  It is so pretty at night.

It won't be long before we head out for our home in Florida.  We are spending the next 6 months in sunny Florida... I hope.  I hear there is a hurricane brewing.  Should be interesting.  We are leaving a 

few weeks early.  I will be sorry to miss fall here in Maine.  The trees are so beautiful already!  

Hope all is well- will try and post more this winter!  Take care!

Summer is coming!

 Well, we have been back in Maine for about a month! It has finally warming up!! I have been busy making cards and gardening and playing golf!

The cards above were made from the SVG file from my Scrap Chick.  It is her freebie for the month! I love it! Easy to make too!!  It is such a cheery card- Don't you think!

I also purchased this SVG from My Scrap Chick because I love how the stars explode from the card. 

It is called a Tuxedo Card and Scrap Chick has a bunch of different designs. 

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Just to show you I haven't been too lazy since I got home- I have been working on adding some rustic looks to my backyard.  I planted succulents in the teacups I got from the thrift store.  

I did paint this bike but I love all the rust that is on it and hope to add some more this season.  I also think I will add another basket of flowers to the rear of the bike. 

This birdcage was fun to do!  I love the purple color against the black.  It was a challenge since 

the opening is very small to put the flowers in.  But I can't wait to see how it does.   That is my update since we got home.  I will try and do better in posting items this summer.  I think it is going to be a fun one!  Take care!

Happy St. Patrick's Day (past) & Happy Easter!

 Happy St. Patrick's Day!  Ok, it did get away from me! The time is just flying by here in Florida!  

There is so much to do here!  We did go to an Irish restaurant just before St. Patrick's Day!  We would never go on the actual holiday!  It was busy enough before the holiday- can't imagine what it would be like on the holiday!  Anyway, I made some St Patrick Day goodies for our golf league this year.  I got the SVG file from My Scrap Chick.  I just love their designs!

This Monday I will be bringing some Easter treats!  This SVG file was free from My Scrap Chick too!

I love the fact that they do provide a video that shows you how to put together the project!  I did add

some stuff to the back of the box- I love the cute bunny tail!  I also didn't use the dispenser since I added some wrapped candies to the box.  But the dispenser is a really cute idea!

Diamonds in the Ruff is the name of our golf league.  It is a fun bunch of women who love to have

a good time!  We might not be the best golfers but we do know how to have fun!

Our time here is very quickly coming to an end  I say that but I know that back home (Maine) just had

a big Snow and Ice storm!  We won't be heading back until that is all gone!  I hope!

Ask me how hard it will be to leave this beautiful place!  But I do feel the pull of home.  Our families are there and it is nice to be able to spend some time with them!  Hope everyone is well and having a fun time crafting!  

Happy Valentine's Day 2024

I had such fun making these LOVE BUG lollipop holders!  I purchased the SVG file from Spot of Tea Designs over on Etsy.  You can find them here-

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1119721214/love-bug-lollipop-holder-svg-cut-file?ref=yr_purchases

They are really easy to make and such fun!

I made them for our Women's Golf League called Diamonds in the Ruff.  This group of women are so much fun!  I am not the greatest golfer in the world but it doesn't matter when you play with good company.  I love them all!!  I think I made about 25 of them. 

I did add the wording and embellishments myself.  We were all bitten by the LOVE BUG!

 

Just to share a couple of pictures with you- the above picture is a puzzle I did 

recently.  Isn't it beautiful!!  I think puzzles have come a long way.  This was a

little more difficult since it does not have a square border.  I loved it!!  

This picture was taken by a friend.  She takes the best pictures!  I am so grateful that

she shared this with me!  It gives me a sense of peace and calm.  I thought I would end my

post with it to pass that feeling of serenity on to you!  Hope you have a fabulous day!!