Patriotic Necklace

You can find directions for this cute little necklace over at Better Homes & Gardens.

Victorian Post Cards

Here's a sample of one of the Victorian Postcards available for printing and use in your Red, White, and Blue papercrafts or scrapbook pages. You can find these printables over at Country Living. It looks like there are six for printing and surely one will strike your fancy and getting your imagination in gear! I can visualize these making a cute unique scrapbook page.

Red, White, and Blue Garland

Check out this red, white, and blue garland over at the Martha Stewart site. Easy and inexpensive to make it's the perfect little eye catcher for July decorating or for a 4th of July party....

Altered Trinket Boxes

I love trinket boxes. They are super easy to make, almost always turn out cute and can be given as gifts. Tuck in a gift card, ring or earrings for an extra special presentation! I bought these trinket boxes at the Target dollar spot. There were two boxes in a package for one dollar. These are ones I made for my great nieces for Christmas

Creating a List Folder

Here's one of those "Best of the Creative". Blue Moon Stamping has an adorable folder creation that is perfect for tucking in lists. What a fun colorful way to keep track of something as mundane as your "to do" list or your shopping list. Displayed on a desk or countertop, its decorative, as well as useful. It would also make a cute addition to your scrapping area, where you can use it to jot down scrapping thoughts, items needed on your next trip to the LSS, and other important notes.

To read more about creating this project visit Blue Moon's blog.

Spring Card Idea

Over at Angelosity you can get the complete directions for this lovely Spring Card. She used it with Congratulations but it would be equally beautiful as an Easter card with Happy Easter rubbed on! Make sure you scoll down a bit when you check out her site there's another adorable card down the page a bit.

 

Altered Paint Cans

I love the look of altered paint cans and they have so many uses. Here's just a few: 1. Spa Bucket: Fill with bath and shower stuff 2. Manicure Bucket: Fill with manicure set, polish, etc 3. Birthday in a Bucket: Fill with balloons, candles, card, hat, etc 4. Over the Hill Bucket: Fill with all sorts of over the hill goodies 5. Wedding Pail: Can be used for cards at the reception This picture shows several pails that were created in a class I took at a local scrapbook store.












This is a photo of the pail I made at the class!!