Something for the Teachers

2009 was Lili's first year at 'big' school and although we had some interesting times, it was on the whole a pretty good first year. Lili decided that she wanted to give all her friends a little Christmas present and a card to say Merry Christmas. We set aside a weekend before the end of term and made a few batches of white Christmas and rocky road, wrapped them up in cellophane and attached the card.

It was then onto the teachers presents. I decided on this cute folder that I had see on a few different websites but no one seemed to have the instructions available so I worked it out for myself. Once Lili had seen the first 1 she decided that she had more than 1 favourite teacher and I had to make 4 (Lucky they are easy)!!

Each one ties and the side with a bow, when you open it up you find a calendar, post it notes, note pad, pen and a book mark (the folder in the photo is a practice one without the bookmark). This is great to stick near a phone or something to have on your teachers desk!!!!

I hope the teacher enjoy them and I will have to work out what to give this year!!

Thanks for visiting!!

A Christmas present

This was my very first attempt at a christmas wall hanging and I am excited to say that it turned out. (alot better than I thought it would). I have tried another garden type hanging and it is still in the drawer never to see the light of day it is so bad!!!!!!



I can usually do the stitchery part of the hanging but when it come to sewing it all together, that is where I come unstuck!!!!!!! It ends up looking closer to a hexagon rather than a square!!! So I was happy this passed my inspection and I was able to give it to my in laws as a christmas present.

The pattern is by Christine Book and I brought all the fabric precut off ebay. I used red, green and clear beads on the end of every branch and I couldnt resist putting bells on aswell!! Hope you like it

Another Birthday

I loved the look on my friends face when she saw the cake my sister and I had made her. She had decided to get married on her birthday so in between the service and the reception we brought out the cake to have for afternoon tea!!!!

It was super fun to make but not to transport!!! We decided to catch the train into the city where the wedding was being held and I was stressing that the cake was going to end up in thousands of pieces by the time we got there. Lucky for me my sister has steady hands and is an old hand at catching the train. She carried all the way there and in one piece!!!!!!

A trip to Spotlight

Whenever I mention that I have visited spotlight the first thing my husband says is how much did you spend!!!!!!!! I have to admit I've had quite a few visit to spotlight lately!!! I love it, all the crafty ideas and those bright orange stickers that tell you that you can buy more of something ( I mean that they are on sale and should save you money!!) . From brads to stickers to paints it all
come home with me.

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My latest visit saw me come home with a ribbon box kit from kaiser. It is made from chipboard and then you just decorate it how you like. At present my ribbon is in one jumbled mess in a shoebox that the girls frequently raid for their hair!! So I justified my purchase by using the box as my craft and my necessity for the day.

I painted the box rather than covering it with paper. I then glued two paper flowers together and then inserted a metal brad. Glued the rest of the pretties on and..............

The Finished product looks like this. This will definitely not be shoved in the box with all my other supplies!!! All that's left to do is decides what ribbon is good enough to go in it or whether I will have to get some new ones!! LOL

Birthday Surprise

A few months ago one of the mums at Lilis school had a birthday. I wanted to make her something a little bit more special than just a card and spent some time scrolling my favourite websites to find something that I thought was just right for her. In true Emma style I spent way to long looking and not enough time getting organised. I can never seem to get things right the first time from the instructions and usually need to have a least one practise run first .So with limited time and the school day coming around way to quickly I finally finished my creation.

I found all the instructions for this bag on www.splitcoaststamper.com and I filled it with Dove caramel chocolates!!!

I really loved the end result and Lili was super excited to deliver it the next day

Paper : Stampin' Up! berry bliss (retired)
Cardstock: Stampin' Up! chocolate chip
Stamp: Happy Birthday is from Stampin' Up! Pretty Princess (retired)