Angry Birds Valentine

Like most other little boys, my son is a huge fan of Angry Birds. We were just going to buy the usual little cards and stick lollipops or something on them, but ended up with these awesome little valentines instead! Which is great, because as a "crafty" mom, I was feeling a wee bit guilty about not doing something at least a little more special than the boxed cards. 

I was walking outside of a Michaels store a few weeks ago and found these great little plastic Angry Birds, each containing a little Angry Bird figurine, a sticker, and small pack of candy inside. What really excited me was that they were in the 20 for $2.00 clearance bin! That's right....10 cents each! 
I thought they'd make great Valentines, so I bought enough for my son's class.

I designed a little card using www.PicMonkey.com and some free Angry Bird clipart I found online here. I printed them 9 to a page on some card stock and cut them out. Then I just punched a little hole in the corner and tied it to the bird's tail with a little red ribbon.

These Valentines were so cheap & easy, but sure to be a hit with the kids! These would make great party favors for an Angry Birds birthday party too!

Happy Valentine's Day!

-Blythe

Baby Shower Favors

My neighbor was hosting a baby shower for her daughter, who also happens to be a friend of mine, and asked me to help with the favors. She had the idea of making some cute little bracelets with a cross to show how they've been "blessed" with a baby boy. Here's what we came up with...

We packaged them in little blue organza bags with a small "Thank You" mint (made by Wilton and purchased at Michael's). I used my Cricut to cut tags out of some baby blue card stock and wrote "We've been blessed with a boy. Thanks for sharing our joy!".

And here is the bracelet on a fabulous model, which may or may not be me....

I purchased the crosses from a fellow Etsy shop and the chains and jump rings from Michaels. This was a very inexpensive, yet meaningful gift to make for the guests.

-Blythe

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Starfish Cookies

It has been a busy summer around here! I find myself doing lots of baking for various events! I was making some monogram heart cookies for a wedding and had some extra dough and icing, so I pulled out my new Starfish cookie cutter! 

This cute starfish cookie cutter came from http://www.cheapcookiecutters.com/ - my favorite place to find cookie cutters.

My "go-to" recipes for cookies are The Best Rolled Sugar Cookie Recipe

and Sugar Cookie Icing Recipe

And these are the monogram heart cookies I made for a friend's wedding. It was an amazingly beautiful wedding and so much fun!!!! Haven't danced all night like that in years. Almost made up for all the cookies I ate! Almost....

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Monogrammed Onesie Cookies

Making decorations and goodies for baby showers is so much fun. The She's Ready to Pop Again popcorn box favors were so cute that I just couldn't stop there. I also made some monogrammed onesie cut-out cookies and dipped strawberries.

Strawberry season is here and they are so sweet right now. I melted some pink Wilton Candy Melts, dipped the strawberries, then rolled the bottom in light green sugar (the color scheme of the shower was pink & green).

The recipes used:
Sugar Cookie Dough: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/the-best-rolled-sugar-cookies/detail.aspx
Cookie Icing: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/sugar-cookie-icing/detail.aspx

And FYI, I bought the onesie cookie cutter at http://www.cheapcookiecutters.com/

Places I'm Partying:
http://www.bluecricketdesign.net/

http://sewwoodsy.com/2012/02/whats-up-wednesday-link-party-12.html