Softball Charm Necklace

I recently got together with one of my besties for a belated birthday celebration. We’ve been friends since seventh grade, and our birthdays are 9 days apart. We’ve celebrated them together for um, let’s just say ever!

Her daughter is a college softball player so when I saw these baseball / softball charms, I knew what her gift was going to be.

I made this just like the two ribbon necklaces I’ve previously shared. I put extra large jump rings on the necklace, then decided where to add the charms. I used three: one on each end and one in the middle.

Then I played around in my stash to decide what to put with them and decided on two large faceted crystal beads, Trinkettes beads, and some silver patterned charms.

Stay tuned to see the amazing thing she made me!

Treat No Tricks: David Tutera "Celebrate" Giveaway Winner

Happy Trick or Treat day everyone! I hope those of you impacted by Sandy are safe and dry.

As scheduled, today is the day to announce the winner of the $50 David Tutera “Celebrate” card making goodies giveaway. And the winner is:

Congrats Tabitha! I’ll email the folks at Darice and they’ll coordinate getting your goodies to you.

Wishing everyone a safe and Happy Halloween filled of course with lots of chocolate!

Fall Vinyl Embellished Candles

Sharing a project I did for the Expressions Vinyl blog last week.

I’m having a long overdue lunch with some girlfriends and I always like to take them a little gift. I love embellishing these tall glass candles . I downloaded the image for the vinyl from the Silhouette online store and cut from gold metallic vinyl on my Silhouette Cameo.

Here are my images after peeling away the extra vinyl. For images with lots of detail, like these swirls, I like to use transfer paper to get my images cleanly off the backing and onto my project.

This made it easy to center the image and place it on the candle.  I used a Canvas Corp damask print paper ( white on kraft) and Mod Podged the paper to the candle, then applied the vinyl image.

Then I just poked around in my stash and embellished with some complementary rhinestones, plain old twine, beads, and paper flowers.

What's a gift without a gift tag? Since I have an abundance of paper scraps, I found a coordinating scrap from another project, covered a plain white tag and finished with a K&Co fall leaf scrapbook border, a giant eyelet, and coordinating baker's twine. 

BFF Open House Link Party #76 : Wrap Up and Features

Boo! Oh wait, that’s still a couple of days away. Thanks for another fun party! Here are a few ideas including some things you can still whip up in the next few days. For example:

How about these fun spooky spider straws that Keri over at Shaken Together linked up. 

They go perfectly with these potion jars by Laura over at The Shed:



Need a centerpiece for your Halloween table? See how to make one with just a few items over at Southern Scraps:

If you’ve already moved on from Halloween or it’s not your thing, Malia over at Yesterday on Tuesday has a gorgeous and fun fall wreath idea:


Finally, you’re going to line up a big glass of milk to go with this week’s chocolate feature.

Try to say that five times fast! Go visit Karen at Pint Sized Baker for the recipe.

Thanks again to everyone who linked up and hope to see you again on Friday. Make it a creative week!

BFF Open House Link Party #76

Happy Friday Eve! We're in Halloween countdown mode now. Less than a week to get all the ghouls goblins tricks and treats lined up. Don't forget I have a special treat to announce on Halloween....the winner of the $50 worth of  David Tutera Celebrate card making goodies. Still time to enter if you haven't already!


Now, let’s see what everyone’s been up to this week.

More Fun With Tutera Celebrate Including A $50 Giveaway!

A sweet couple, friends of The Mumster, are celebrating their 60th Anniversary this month. 60! I hope when we celebrate our 60th Anniversary we’re as energetic and on the go as they are.

You might remember last week, I posted about the new David Tutera Celebrate line at JoAnn’s? Well they sent me so much fun stuff to play with you’ll probably see several future cards made from this line. I used it for this card along with some other stuff I had in my stash.

Here’s the even more fun part. The wonderful folks at Core'dinations who sponsored my post last week are giving one of my readers the chance to win a “Celebrate” prize pack of their own, valued at $50. I’ll be using Rafflecopter for this giveaway which will run from today through October 30, winner announced on Halloween. Kind of a reverse trick or treat! Like I said in my post last week, ANYONE can be a cardmaker with this line.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!

BFF Open House Link Party #75 : Wrap Up and Features

Thanks everyone for another fun party. I can’t believe Halloween is only 9 days away. As always, lots of inspiration was shared by you and here are just a few features.

First, Michele at The Scrap Shoppe shared this spectacular skeleton head idea but the magic is in the tutorial to achieve the look:

Carolyn at homework, shared how to make this adorable treat bags with supplies from the Dollar Store and eyes that glow in the dark.

I am in love with this harp chair from Kristy over at Shona Skye Creations. Just gorgeous:

And finally, this week’s chocolate feature is brought to you by Back for Seconds. Perfect for those cold Fall nights: Spicy Cinnamon Brownie Pie. Mmmmmmm.



Make it a creative week everyone!