Re-Used Wine Bottles for Halloween

Hey Halloween lovers! It's my *favorite* holiday. Every year we all get to see each other, hang out with the family, dress up and there's not any pressure to find the perfect gift or all that. It's just a great way to hang out with the family and we get candy!! :)

I saw some really neat bottle labels at Michels Craft Store. It really wasn't worth the $9 to me though. It seemed easy enough to print some. There's a really cool website with free labels, here.

I printed them out on printer cardstock, ran them through my Xyron sticker maker and volia! I suppose you could clear coat them but I didn't this time. I did spray paint some wine bottles black though. I think it's more Halloween-ish.

A huge thanks to my friends Jennifer and Abbey for the wine bottles! :) Happy crafting!

Monster High Party Post - Round 1

My daughter is turning 11!
So I have a huge shock for you. Huge. Are you sitting down? She wanted a Monster High party. Not at all like every other girl her age. LOL
We have already been to 2 this year. It's what most of the girls around here are into. The store decorations are good and all but here's the first post about our added DIY stuffs for her Monster High party.

I used $1 store plastic fangs and left over spray paint, given to me by a friend. 2 coats are needed in my opinion. I made the labels using Word, with a Skullette image I found here. The font I choose is Andalus.

I'm off to try more fun craft ideas for this party. See ya soon with more. :)

They were right!

My little crafter and I are behind on our blog! Oh no! Let's get on with fixing that. :)

Using stuff we already had we made this awesome earring holder for our growing earring collection! I decided, since my daughter is only getting bigger, that we needed a spot for earrings we can share. We've seen these frame holders everywhere and they were right! It's easy to make, functions wonderfully and it's fun.

We simply stapled rabbit wire, left over from another project, to the back of a painted wood frame. We added a few hooks for necklaces and bracelets. Then it was just a matter of finding a place for it.


Happy crafting!

Cupcake Liner Party Decor

 Everyone's seen these cute little tutorials on cupcake liner party decor and I just had to try it!
The ones I've seen keep saying to put hot glue on the liner then press it into the styrofoam ball... that's all fine and dandy but I just cant do it without burning myself! Ugh! So, here's my how-to non finger burning style (for those of you who are clumsy like me). lol

Start with a styrofoam ball, pins, a hot glue gun and cupcake liners. I'm using liners from Micheals. I just love the polka dot liners!!

I put one pin in one liner (some people put a pin through 2 or 3 liners together for a fuller look). put a dab of hot glue on the head of the pin and set it aside to dry. Once it's cooled off simply smoosh (that's a highly technical term), roll or curls them up the way you like and press them into the ball.

I'm going to put these on the back of the treat buffet at a party coming up.

Happy Crafting!

Cupcake Shot Glasses

Hey crafters! Check this out. It's a Shot Glass dessert that anyone can make with cupcakes!

 Need:
Shot glass
Cream recipe (or pudding)
Buttercream (or canned icing)
Piping bag (or ziplock bag)
Cupcake

Make up all your recipes (or pull the lids off of the canned stuff).
Put them in piping bags (or ziplock bags).
Cut 2 sections off the *bottom* of the cupcakes. The bottoms are smaller and fit better in the glass.
Now just layer neatly, serve chilled.

This is a high impact, low effort dessert that anyone will enjoy. I'm going to try my next batch with  Kahlua cream. I think that is going to be awesome!

Happy crafting (and eating)!!