cupcake gift tags...

9 times out of 10, when it comes to wrapping packages {which is one of my favorite things to do} i omit the card and go with a cute gift tag instead...

 

marina has had a flurry of birthday parties lately and we've been busy tag making...

 

yesterday's loot was tucked into a cupcake gift bag that marina chose... so we decided to make a tag to coordinate with a few supplies we had on hand...

some washi tape, pom pom yarn, crepe paper, mini ball fringe, and tags punched from pink card stock {we used my creative memories tag maker... although craft/shipping tags would work just as well...}

 we just lined up some washi on a scrap of white paper and then cut out the cupcake liner shape and glued it onto the tag... added some white pom pom yarn icing and a mini ball fringe cherry with twisted crepe paper stem... then, threaded some bakers twine through...

 

and there ya have it... a cute cupcake tag...

what are your favorite go to supplies when it comes to gift wrapping?

xo

angie



cake batter cookies...

today i made some cake batter cookies... they are pretty easy and my girls love them so i thought i'd share the recipe with you... i originally saw them here... {i adapted it a little... using a yellow cake mix instead of a vanilla one and only 1/2 cup of sprinkles instead of a full cup...}

ingredients:

~ 1 yellow cake mix  {18.25 oz.}

~ 1 tsp. baking powder

~ 1/2 cup vegetable oil

~ 2 eggs

~ 1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

 ~ 1/2 cup sprinkles 

  mix the cake mix and baking powder in a mixing bowl...

mix the oil, eggs, and vanilla in a small bowl... once mixed add it to the cake mixture...

stir the ingredients together... once stirred... add the sprinkles mixing them throughout the dough...

drop by teaspoon full on cookie sheet...

bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes...

it's my aunt's birthday today so while the cookies were cooling, i gathered up some cute packaging supplies... a canning jar, a polka dottie cupcake liner and i made a happy birthday tag laced with some mini-ball fringe trim...

once they were cooled... i packaged them up...

i placed the decorative cupcake liner over the top of the jar before placing on the silver lid... then i added the tag...

and there you have it... a fun birthday treat...

enjoy!

have a happy day~

angie

valentine touches here and there...

little touches of valentine's day are making there way about our home... thought i'd share a few of them with you...

{jar of hearts... going on my dresser}

remember these hearts?... i sewed them together... 

now they're hanging from the chandelier in our breakfast nook...

and i made little tags from these supplies...

 i thought it would be cute to clip these to the front of a wire caddy that holds milk bottles that my mom and dad surprised me with a few years back... it's one of my favorite things...

i covered some mini clothespins with washi tape and clipped them on...

and i bought myself some tulips... i think that they are the prettiest flower... and look... there were 7 in my bunch instead of 6... what a happy surprise when i got home...

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now... i have an announcement... the hand knit dish cloth giveaway winner is...

 congratulations, sylvia!!! please email your info to oopsiemaizie@yahoo.com so i can get your happy mail sent out to you...

thanks to all who took the time to comment and enter...

have a happy day~

angie

sprucing up the kitchen...

happy new year to all of you!

 

 

have you ever wanted to make something new for your home but you put it off... and off... and off...

 

i do this all of the time... i think, once again, it's because i want it to turn out a certain way so i let fear stop me from even starting...

 

i had some extra time yesterday before we headed to a new years eve get together, so i thought that it was just as good of a time as any to make a new curtain for our kitchen... that little window has been naked for too long...

 

about 2 years ago, i bought this fabric with the intent to make a curtain out of it...

i really thought this was the look i was going for... browns/blacks/taupe... i even bought these letters to hang above the doorway...

i hung up the letters but couldn't commit to the curtain...

after a while, the letters weren't really getting it for me anymore...

and the longer the fabric sat, the more indecisive i became about it... i really do like the look of it but it's a heavier fabric and i have a tiny, little kitchen and i thought it might close it in...

 

then i purchased some of this fabric which i love...

{i don't think it could be any more different than the first fabric option}

 

since it's brighter i thought i would just give it a try and see how it turned out...

if i didn't like it, what's the worst thing that could happen? take it down and i've only used a small amount of fabric from my supply...

 i just wanted a simple valance... it looked a little plain so i decided to add some frayed, ruffle trim to the bottom of it... a few layers of color made it complete...

and i really like the texture that it added...

 

now my kitchen has a cheery, little curtain :)

 once the curtain was finished i decided to redo the "eat" letters...

i just wrapped them with fabric strips and added a flower to the corner of the "e"...

i think they're so much cuter now!

 

i had a few plain hand towels that i have been wanting to do something with so they got a makeover today, too...

as i made things, i hung them on the cork board above my sewing machine...

{my workspace is one that i will share with you soon... i'm working on getting it all organized...}

 

i also made this tag today with the new colors in the kitchen... i'm going to hang it around the neck of one of the little glass bottles that sits on my windowsill...

a reminder that i needed today... {and that we all could use every now and then...}

 

it's a new year... do you have any projects that you've been wanting to start?

 

 

have a happy day~

angie


{sorry for the varying colors in the pictures... my house did not have the best lighting today}

gift tags...

i love to wrap presents and today i decided that i wanted to make some cute gift tags...

 

 

when i pulled everything out, it was looking like a big mess...

and i didn't get very far because i had a little girl who was running a fever all day long...

 

poor marina... i felt so bad... she was clingy and needed her mommy... so my project had to wait until she was tucked into bed... 

 

i finally got back to it at 8:30 tonight...

so happy with how they turned out...

 

have a happy day~

angie