Simple Paper Chain

Paper chains, they are some of the most simple things to make. I remember making these a few times in college to countdown some pretty fun moments. My sister and two nieces are coming to visit us in just a matter of days for Ava's birthday.

So after Ava's nap time one day we sat down and made two paper chains. One for her birthday coming up, and the other counting down till my Sister arrives with her littles.

These don't really need instructions, plus this was a really great way to put to use some of that left over scrapbook paper I have lying around.

I cut up a bunch of strips, as many as the days we needed to count down to.

I also didn't want to leave them plain, so I wrote on them and let Ava decorate them with stamps and stickers too.

Then we hung them up by the back door, we'll tear one off everyday till they get here. I think this is such a fun way to countdown events with kiddos. 

Do you do anything special to countdown memories for your kids? 

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Cracker box die

You don't have to have a letter press machine for this die, any die cut tool will work. This cute die cut is great for party favors or for putting small treats like candy inside.

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Valentine's Day Cookie Favors with Lifestyle Crafts

Happy Monday lovelies! Valentine's Day is just one month away! Can you believe it? Today I wanted to share with you a quick and simple favor idea you can make for those Valentine's Day play dates, or small gifts you can give to teachers or friends.

Using the food tray die cut from Lifestyle Crafts I cut out these adorable trays for my cookies. I used plain white card stock, but you could use any color you'd like. Once assembled together, I added some store bought cookies inside my trays. They are big enough for two of these cookies, you could also add small candies too.

I also added some red and white bakers twine and tied it around the tray and finished with a bow.

I scooped up this twine at the dollar spot section of Target. Go now and get some for yourself! 

Add a small note or card and you've got the perfect small gifts for parties, friends, co-workers or adorable teacher gifts for your kids to give! 

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Mini Love Note Mailbox

Today I want to share with you a quick and simple Valentine's Day craft you can make for your kiddos. I love the idea of making special little things for my kiddos during the holidays to get them involved and excited.

This week Lifestyle Crafts released their Love Notes Collection for Valentine's Day. An awesome little collection of Valentine's Day inspired die cuts and printing plates. Today I'm using the mini mailbox die cut to make a simple little mailbox.

I whipped up this little mini mailbox with the idea in mind that I would put a little love note to Ava or piece of candy in there everyday till Valentine's Day. Each day she could open it and find a special treat till Valentine's Day, sorta like a Valentine's Day advent.

I love how simple it was to put together. I ran my dies through my letterpress machine, and then assembled it. I used the Sticky Thumb tape runner to hold everything together.

Now, it's all ready to fill with notes and treats come February 1st! I love this little idea so much, and I think my little one is going to have a lot of fun opening it everyday.

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Fun Holiday Hostess Gifts with Lifestyle Crafts

This week Lifestyle Crafts released their new Wintertide Collection. I love Christmas time and it's never to early to start thinking about gift giving! Today I want to share with you a fun easy hostess gift you can give to your friends, this would also be a great gift to give co-workers. I'm always looking for small fun gifts to show appreciation.

You know I love a good cup of coffee, or anything to do with coffee right? 

Using the Drink Sleeve Die I cut out two of them with my letterpress machine. I also cut out some banners to add to the front of the cuff. 

Using some foam stickers I added them to the backs of the banner dies to make them pop and give them a 3D effect. They will look like this when you're done:

I bought my disposable cups from Target. Put your sleeve together and slide it onto your coffee cups. 

Next I used some crafts sticks, and some green glitter stickers to write "stir" on the sticks and put them inside the cups. 

To finish everything off I placed a hot cocoa and tea bag inside each of them along with the stir sticks. You could also add marshmallows, Christmas candy or any other small items to complete these coffee gifts. 

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Sharing with: Sundae Scoop, Overflowing with Creativity, Weekend Wrap Up Party, Create & Inspire

DIY Glittered Mini Envelopes

You know I love a good lined envelope, you can see the ones I made for Ava's birthday invitations here.  Today I want to show you how to make some mini glittered lined envelopes with the help of Lifestyle Crafts new envelope die. 



The new Fall Core Collection 2 is now available at Lifestyle Crafts. I was lucky to get to try out some of their new dies. Take a look below at all the fun things they now have to add to your collection.

Wanna make some DIY Glittered envelopes for yourself? Here's what I used for this project, you can see the links below to each product.

Letterpress machine

Envelope Liners

Mini White Envelopes

glitter paper (I bought mine on a mega pack at JoAnn's)
Elmer's glue stick

Using your Letterpress machine place the die on the cutting board and run it through your machine. 

Using the machine cut as many as you need, in my case I decided that I wanted to make four of them in two different colors. 

After you have them all cut out, using your glue put some glue on the back of the paper and insert it into the envelope and press firmly. I folded the envelope on the perforations as well before gluing them down. 

Repeat till you're done with all your envelopes, now they are ready for gifting giving and using. I think these little mini envelopes are great for giving gift cards for birthdays, Christmas or other celebrations. They are also great for slipping cash into birthday cards as well. There's so many possibilites you can do with them. 

How fun are these! I love anything that's mini, and with the glitter inside it's like an extra special surprise inside when you open them up. Plus, a fun little gift card or some cash is always fun. 

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Creating Pantry Labels with Lifestyle Crafts

I've been working on organizing my pantry and cleaning it out for a few weeks now. I finally decided that I needed to do some labeling.

Using the Pocket dies from Lifestyle Crafts I made some awesome itty bitty labels for my kitchen pantry.



I cut out a bunch of them to use on my canisters. My canisters are from Ikea, and I really love their size and shape. They fit well in my pantry.



Using a Sharpie pen I wrote on my labels before putting them onto my canisters. Not all of them needed to be labeled because they are clear and you can see through them. But there were a few items that I wanted to label so as not to get confused on the contents.



Here's my canisters before labeling.



And after simple labels made with some left over Avery labels, using the Pocket die from Lifestyle Crafts. 

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