60th Birthday Cake

Hi Blogland !

I made this wonderful birthday cake  for my mother in law's 60th Birthday party.
It was a 3 tier, buttercream frosting and vanilla cake.  The colors were royal blue and silver. I added royal blue satin ribbon bows on two of the tiers and crystal cake bling around each tier.  I got the crystal ribbon at Hobby Lobby and it was just enough to put around each tier.  She loved it! Oh and I also made some water bottles labels to coordinate with the theme of the birthday party.  I forgot to take a picture of those, but they were really easy to make!  ( Sorry for the blurry picture, I took it with my cell phone)

My Mini Bill Planner

Hi, Ya'll:)

Today I wanted to show off my latest project, what I call my bill planner.  So for years I kept track of what bills needed to be paid in a little 5x7 notebook.  I think I have had that notebook for about 7 years now.  Well, it is on it's last leg and I needed something to replace it with.  So, I got to thinking why not make one.  Since I liked the idea of the envelope mini album, it is just condensed version of one. I have two pockets made with envelopes, I printed some lined paper to write on and put it all together with my BIA(bind it all). I made a pen to match as well  The paper pack used was Recollections Everyday Moments.  I love, love that paper pad, it is soooo pretty!  Sooo, check it out below!

Bloggie Love
Kim-

 

 

 

 

 

 

Envelope Mini Album Kathy Orta Style

Hello lovely Blogland

I have finally tried my hand at making a mini album.  Now, you know mini albums tutorials are all over the web.  So I chose to follow, You Tuber Kathy Orta.  It was simple, but I would suggest you watch the video several times and get all the supplies first.  I did not do that, so I had to stop and re-start a few times..lol!  I got through it and I think it turned out really cute!.  Since, I really did not know what I was doing I chose to use some really inexpensive, but cute paper from Wally World.  It was the Colorbok Paper collection Fresh Linen. It really is cute paper, see below.  They had two different kinds of paper stacks for this one.  One paper pack had more paper, while the other had more stickers, etc.

I used black cardstock  I found at Tuesday Morning, I think it is called Paper Studio.  It was only  1.99 so  I got all they had that day:).  I added a little bling on the front with some Boa feathers I got from Wally World.  I am really happy with the way it came together. 

Ok, so I did a video to show you guys what I did, so ..umm.. let's just say amateur attempt at video making..lol! Anyway, check it out below.

Blog for you soon-
Kim

 

  

 

 

Daughter's Graduation Party Decorations

My daughter graduated from high school this year..sniff..sniff.  They grow soo fast!
Anyway, we through a graduation party for her and  I made all the decorations.  Know let me say, I do not know how people do this all the time..but this was a lot of work! It was fun, but whew! She is going off to VA Tech in the fall, so I incorporated both her current school colors orange and black and her new school schools, orange and maroon in the design. My advice for those who have not done this before, start early!!! lol!!   I used my cricut, YourStory, SCAL and several cartridges for most of the decorations.  The poms, poms were made from plastic table cloths, really easy to make.  I found the tutorials for the poms, the water bottles labels,  the chocolate graduation hats and the banner on the internet. 

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Kim

Vertical TP Roll Mini Album

I finally made my first mini album.  I started small and made the toilet paper mini album.  I watched the you tube tutorial by My Sisters Scrapper.  She does the best, most thorough tutorials I have seen on You Tube for mini albums!  Don't you just love you tube!  Everyone is soo generous with their knowledge, its just great to be able to learn from such wonderful, creative people.  I used scraps from two left over 6x6 paper pads, Authentique and MME Lost and Found.  The black ribbon is from the dollar tree, the sticker was from a leftover Teresa Collins paper pack, the black cardstock is paper studio corduroy I bought at Tuesday Morning. I was happy with the way it came together.  It is now sitting on my desk at work.  Love it!

 

 

 

Enjoy!

Kim