It’s been a fun and crazy week! I have been creating away for the upcoming book. I will have more share-able details for you next week…promise! I created MANY projects and can’t wait to see them in print. As a pat on the back, I gave myself a little prezzie…a SLICE! It’s not in my hot lil’ hands, yet, but I promise to share when it is!
I want to thank everyone for their input on what a good amount of AVERAGE posts per week is. When the new year begins I plan to do 4-5 on average. I think that not having to plan on something everyday will take a load off my shoulders. I am getting lots of new stamps in, along with some great product and I look forward to just sittin’ and playin’ after Christmas. It may takes years off my life to have to wait that long, but I just have to face the facts of reality. LOL!!
Well since I have been absent all week, I figured to make this a good {in my humble opinion} ABC Friday. I really like the Stamp A Sweet Impression Treat Tags set and I knew that they would be perfect for what I had in mind for today. For the first project I created a short 2-4-6-8 box with a lid. I covered it with Making Memories FaLaLa paper {LOVE this stuff!} and then attached ribbons, a poinsettia flower, a button and the stamped tag. Oh, I also inked the edges of that yummy paper. I thought that it just needed something and I could bear bringing out the sewing machine for each of those pieces. I’m all about working smarter and not harder…for the most part!
A more detailed shot of the top/tag…
Now before I go on, I must warn you that you might be hungry after this part…and not for anything healthy or remotely good for you. Don’t say that I didn’t warn you!
First, here is the project in it’s entirety. I’ll get to the goodies in a sec. The bag is a small frosted tin tie bag that I got from Papertrey. I think that you may be able to get these in bulk from sites like clearbags.com, as well. The tag on the front was created by die cutting the bracketed square {I really have no idea what that shape is, but this is the term that works for me, k?} in both white and from FaLaLa paper. I trimmed the DP so that there was enough room for the sentiment on the white. For a little added flair, I attached a scalloped edge along the edge of the DP. There are times that I just can’t stand to see a seam in the paper, and this was one of those times. So, I added a very thin strip of retired Cranberry cardstock. The ribbon treatment is pretty much the same as above. I took a piece of cream sheer ribbon and tied 2 bows in it. Then, I took my green ribbon and wrapped it around the center and tied another bow. I topped it off with the poinsettia flower and button with linen thread.
Now for the yummy part! I love chocolate covered pretzels. I love Heath bar…and the fact they you can purchase a bag of crushed Heath bar at Wal-Mart for about the same price as 3 of the candy bars themselves. So…why not put those things together? Yummy, yummy in my tummy CHOCOLATE AND HEATH BAR COVERED PRETZELS.
I really like sweet and salty together. I think Tony would rather smash a brick against his head than endure that combo, but I love it! To make it just a little saltier, I sprinkled sea salt on the wax paper before dipping the pretzels and setting them there to dry. YUM-O!
I just have to share these couple of pictures from Ellie’s tea party last weekend. I just love the one of her feeding T-Rex! Recently Ellie has picked up the term, “probably.” I just think that it’s a hoot to hear her use it in context. I mean, she’s not even 2.5 yet! I asked her if her friends were having fun at the tea party. Her answer, “Yea, probably.” She cracks me up!
