Core’dinated Thanksgiving Candles

I’ve done several projects with the plain prayer candles from The Dollar Tree and since I bought a case of them last year, I still had a couple in my stash, so I decided to alter a couple to coordinate with my place cards.

I used the same papers , and Memory Box diecut from my place cards along with a few other embellishments:

KandCo paper, Core’dinations glitter paper, Jolee’s Boutique acorn and pinecone stickers, Studio G rhinestone strips I picked up at Michaels after Christmas last year 50% off.

Mod Podged the papers onto the candles and then went around the top and bottom of the papers with velvet ribbon from my stash. Cut out the leaves using my Epic 6, and hot glued them on top of the ribbon. Finished with one of the pinecone dimensional stickers and two strips of the rhinestones on each candle.

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Thanksglitter Place Cards

I am in love with Core’dinations glitter cardstock. It’s what I used in my “All That Glitters” wreath, and as I mentioned in that post, I couldn’t resist buying several other colors. Psssst….it’s on sale this week at JoAnn’s…5 sheets for $.95. That’s a lot of bling for under a buck!

I decided it was time for new place cards this year and a color called Copper Shimmer went perfectly with the project I shared over at A Glimpse Inside today.

I cut my place cards from copper cardstock (4x6, so they’ll be 4x3 when folded), then panels from K and Company’s Fall Wheat Scroll paper, edged them with coordinating (and glittered) scrapbook borders  from KandCo.

Ran Memory Box’s Fall Leaf Trio die through my die cut machine and cut the leaves from the Copper Shimmer paper. Cut everyone’s initials on my Expression (Jasmine cart) from the same great metallic vinyl I used on my Autumn Lantern, and finished with more of the glittered turkeys I used on my wreath. Is that enough glitter for you? lol .

Hello. My name is Carol, and I’m a glitterholic.

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Greetings all! I'm guest posting over at Allison's blog A Glimpse Inside today. Sharing a festive fall project if you'd like to stop by for a visit!

BFF Open House Link Party #27 Wrap Up and Features

I dunno about you all but it seems I blink and the weekend is over. Hope everyone had a good one. I got my Halloween stuff down and my Thanksgiving stuff up and trying not to freak out that Thanksgiving is two weeks from Thursday! But that means my college boy comes home so for that, I cannot wait!

Another great party. Thank you everyone for continuing to help the Open House link party grow. Here are a few things that caught my eye but as always, everyone’s creativity was amazing.

I am always in awe of quilters. My  great grandmother was a quilter (by hand) and my mom has some of her treasures. This one from Caroline at Atelier Caroline is incredible both for her handiwork and her choice of colors: Raspberry and Chocolate!

What could possibly go better with this gorgeous quilt than these truffles? They were made for each other!

Raspberry Chipotle Truffles from Evie at Brown Paper Packages! I really like sweet and savory combinations and have seen several recipes where the secret ingredient is spicy. Can’t wait to try these and isn’t her presentation stunning?

For a completely ingenious take on a wreath, go visit Caroline at c.w.frosting. I would never have thought to use a bicycle tire as a wreath form would you?

I’ve never thought of bike tires as elegant but this one sure is!

You can see why Terri’s blog is called A Creative Princess with creations such as this:

Simple ingredients: Pine cones, acorns, burlap, and an embroidery hoop, but combined into a gorgeous piece of seasonal art.

And finally, with Thanksgiving upon us, this printable from Lesley at Freaking Craft is perfect in its sentiment and design:

Hope to see you all again on Friday. Have a creative week!

Indoor, Outdoor Autumn Lantern

The BFF Open House Link Party is still going on if you’d like to link up here.
I know other people do this ( humor me and tell me you do!) ….pick up something because you see a project in it even if it’s not immediate? Like when I picked up an outdoor lantern at Lowes this Summer and only just decided what to do with it?

When Pick Your Plum had a great deal on metallic vinyl, I couldn’t help myself. Copper, gold, chocolate brown…Yes please! I cut out some designs on my Expression using the Accent Essentials cart and put on each side.

Cut out a flourishy thing and several leaves in different sizes. Of course I couldn’t leave the candle that would go inside just plain. Remember that wood grain contact paper from Dollar Tree I used on my Give Thanks charger?  Cut some of that and wrapped around a plain candle, then added some KandCo scrapbook borders of maple leaves from the Tim Coffey “Fall” package to the top and bottom.

Finished that off with some wired bark ( an endless roll of which I picked up in the floral section of Michaels last year) . Not even sure if I’ll burn the candle ( unless we lose power on Thanksgiving which has been known to happen here in the PNW) .

For now, it’ll just be part of my Autumn décor. But I also wonder if Lowes still has these because I see a Christmas idea in my head!

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BFF Open House Link Party #27 and BFF Days of Chalk and Chocolate

Welcome to the first BFF Open House link party of NOVEMBER! Less than three weeks til Thanksgiving and then….OK I won’t say it. Hopefully everyone’s recovered from Halloween.

This week, I’d like to introduce you to Jenny from the blog Days of Chalk and Chocolate, another blogger whose crafty creativity is fueled by her love of chocolate. She’s also a wife, mom, and part time elementary school teacher. And if that doesn’t keep her busy enough, she’s recently been through a move! Here are just a few peeks into Jenny’s wonderful creations:

Love the chocolatey brown of this table runner which is made from napkins!

Or this gorgeous ruffled wreath:

And even though one of her little ones thinks she makes too many pillows, I think she should keep making them if they’re as fantastic as this one:

But where’s the chocolate you ask? Right here I answer. How perfect are these for the holiday season? Hot cocoa cupcakes!!

Aren’t they wonderful? I hope you’ll go visit Jenny and check out some of her other creations!

Now, let’s see what everyone’s been up to this week! Party On!

These Turkeys Were Screaming For a Makeover

I was wandering through JoAnn’s ( I swear, the car just goes there by itself) and even though I’m a crafter and thus a season ahead, it wasn’t even Halloween yet and the Fall and Thanksgiving stuff was already 70% off. Who am I to argue? Had to peek!

I stumbled upon a pair of these poor turkeys who’d been left behind when all the other Thanksgiving stuff went home with people. They were sitting there,  kinda pitiful looking. Just staring at me.

The were covered in some sort of foil but these poor birds were molting. I mean this stuff was coming off:

I picked them up. I put them down. They kept staring at me. I walked away. I came back. OMG, they brought friends! Now there were two pairs of them. I figured I better just get them for a whopping $1.19 each before they multiplied. Again.

Once I got them home I started picking off the foil but that got tedious fast. So I figured what the heck. I’ll just paint over them. I gave them a coat of a satin finish acrylic paint, let that dry, then went over with a similar color glitter paint. They were better after the first coat, but here they are after two coats of glitter paint. What do you think?

I’m thinking they’re much happier with their new look. And I’m happy with my $5 investment!  They’re either going on my dining table or mantle. Haven’t decided yet.

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