Red Velvet Cupcake Bliss

My husband and I were invited to a staff barbecue for my new job. We were supposed to bring enough dessert for 6 people. I made - FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY LIFE - Red Velvet Cupcakes with cream cheese icing - FROM SCRATCH. Not only that - but ALSO FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER IN MY LIFE - frosted them!! It was so fun! My little Gracie and I were squealing with delight at how they turned out and SO YUMMY. 

Of course I had to make some cute little holders for them....enter Sweet Tooth Boxes! I didn't use a lid - and I made my own handle. Remember my skunk project? I had a few flower sets leftover and they went perfectly on the edges of the handle. I used CTMH paper - Sweet Leaf - and Sunset. Yummy. I then heat embossed some cupcake stamps - no idea what brand since I got them at Michael's a long time ago. 

I used a MS punch on the stop handle and VOILA!! Perfection!

Everybody made an appropriately big fuss, and loved the cupcakes. 

NOW YOU DO IT!!!

Flower Garden in the Clouds

My daughter and I decided to cut some HUGE flowers from Flower Shoppe and hang them from her ceiling. The pictures don't do justice. I used dollar store Rexlace and thumb tacks to attach them to the ceiling. 

My husband painted the room blue with some white clouds, which REALLY makes the flower look cool. 

I cut the background flowers at 8.5 inches, and the curly-uppy flowers at 10 inches. I glued everything with my hot glue gun - seemed the only thing strong enough...hopefully it holds. 

NOW YOU DO IT!

Time for Potty!

I couldn't resist letting some humour come through on this piece of home decor. I used the skunk, and both signs from Campin' Critters, and the flowers from Flower Shoppe and Mother's Day. 

I used the Cuttlebug on the outhouse, and distressed the background with Tim Holtz Walnut Stain. 

I used some dollar store Rexlace to glue the flowers to the back of the pieces and connect them all!

I also inked the edges of the flowers before curling them up.

NOW YOU DO IT!

Fancy Monogram

I bought a wooden "J" and "G" at Michael's lately - one for my little girl and one for my little fella. I wanted to decorate their doors. I've been wanting to do more with home decor lately, and this seemed manageable.

I painted the letter G with dollar store paint - just plain old pink!

I printed one sheet of white cardstock with the big floral print from Lori's Garden on my Imagine. I waited for it to dry, then flipped it over to cut the flowers from Flower Shoppe. I did this so that when the flowers were wrapped up and glued there would be a coordinating pattern on the other side - rather than stark white.

I then used Kate's ABCs to cut the ADORABLE shoes and hat. (Also using Lori's Garden) I used my opaques from CTMH to spruce everything up, plus an organza bow accented with orange satin ribbon. 

NOW YOU DO IT!