DIY Napkin Rings

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! I made a craft that actually benefited our ginormous feast!

I have heard of people making their own napkin rings from a paper towel roll. I decided to adapt the idea a bit since paper towel rolls aren't very sturdy. For my napkin rings, I used the roll from my empty saran wrap. It's much tougher, but harder to cut.

 

I glued some scrapbook paper onto the rings and made some paper flowers that a cute lady from my ward taught me how to make. (Thanks Michelle)! I Mod Podged everything (including the flowers) since it's basically a given they'll be spilled on in our house!

  I am totally in love with these flowers! They're so easy to make, they're just circles!

My dad did a little craft of his own! Check out this bread basket that he used as our centerpiece!

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DIY Birthday Calendar

 I have been wanting to make one of these for a long time! It's so hard to keep all the birthdays straight in my head and this calendar is the perfect solution! I cut out some cute little images from my Silhouette to doll it all up. I'm not so good at the scrapbooking thang, but I'm happy with the way this turned out!

Here are some of the pages...

 

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Saturday Spotlight #68

Welcome back to another Saturday Spotlight!

I didn't work on much this week, I had to finish up some classes I've been taking. But now that they're done I'm SO ready to get back to crafting! My last craft post was my Modern Cornucopia. 

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.

 

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Saturday Spotlight #67

Welcome to Saturday Spotlight!

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.





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Rebel of Cornucopias

I have never liked cornucopia decor. BUT. I found a way to join in the Thanksgiving festivities with my own twist of the traditional centerpiece.

So I turned this pile of junk (purchased from the dollar store, except for the cornucopia).

Into my own celebration of Thanksgiving that even I can appreciate.

All it took was some paint, a paper mat, and a TON of patience (the fake produce took a gazillion coats of paint).

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Saturday Spotlight #66

Welcome to Saturday Spotlight!

This week I shared my Halloween costumes and party. What have you been working on?!

RULES:

1) First, create a blog entry about something you made yourself. Post our Saturday Spotlight button under your post or somewhere on your blog so that others can find all of your awesome links at Saturday Spotlight. Our linky party button is on the right side of our blog. Just copy the html code to the bottom of your blog post. If you would like to keep it somewhere else on your blog where others can see it, that's also ok.
2) Next, add your blog post name down below and then add the link of the blog entry about your project (not your homepage) . To get your link, click on the title of your blog post that you would like to enter and then copy the address that appears in the address bar up top, and paste it down below. It should look about like this: http://yourblogname.blogspot.com/2009/07/your_project.html.



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Halloween Highlights and Giveaway Winners!

I hope you all had an eventful Halloween! I know we sure did! We made our own costumes (except for my son's). We were all Batman characters. P.S. I will love you forever if you actually know who I am off the top of your head. ;)

 ...and we threw a  Minute To Win It-- Halloween Party; a total blast!

Severed Finger Cookies

Jack Skellington Cupcakes

Brain Cupcakes

We have a winners for the Elmer's Craft and Tell Giveaway....

Katie said...

Elmer's white school glue is a must around our house! We use it several times a week.

October 30, 2011 6:48 PM     AND   

Kristin said...

have so many Elmer's products! I love the self-healing board, X-Acto knife and the tape runners!

October 30, 2011 3:50 PM   

Congrats Kristin and Katie! I will just need your email address so I can forward it along to our Elmer's Rep!

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