Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Thank you to our Teachers Blop hop Day 2

Welcome to the Thank You To Our Teachers Blog Hop! Day 2.   If you have arrived here from Claudia's then you are on the right track.  If you just happened to stop by my blog for a visit and want to hop along with us, start from the beginning withhttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com%2F&h=a55f0 .  This is a week long hop and we will be posting on 3 seperate days.  (June 5th, 8th and 11th)  Please make sure you hop on those days or throughout the week to see all the wonderful inspiration on what to make our teachers for thank you gifts. 

For my second project, I decided to create a frame.  I bought the wooden frame at Michael's and decorated it with the Me and my Big Ideas paper stack.  I used the Plantin Schoolbook and Home Decor Cricut cartridges.  In the center there is a picture that I did not put in order to protect the teacher's privacy.  This was such a fun little project.





Hope you enjoyed my project.  Make sure to check-in on the 11th for our 3rd and final post.  Blog candy will offered.  My one rule is that you must comment on all 3 of my posts.

Your next stop is Nancy at Fancy with Nancy.

Have a great day!!!
Liz

(Blog line-up below)





Laurie Cass-Griggs  www.lauriestar.blogspot.com
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Sunday, June 5, 2011

THANK YOU TO OUR TEACHERS BLOG HOP!!

Welcome to the Thank You To Our Teachers Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here from Claudia's blog then you are on the right track.  If you just happened to stop by my blog for a visit and want to hop along with us, start from the beginning withhttp://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com%2F&h=a55f0 .  This is a week long hop and we will be posting on 3 seperate days.  (June 5th, 8th and 11th)  Please make sure you hop on those days or throughout the week to see all the wonderful inspiration on what to make our teachers for thank you gifts. 


For my 1st project I decorated an accordion album.  This gift is for my son's Kindergarten teacher.   I added pictures of all the students along with photos of special events during the year.  I left one spot blank for my son to write a thank you note to her.  I'm also going to include a small graduation cap along with the names of each child next to their photo.  (for privacy reasons I did not want to do that for the hop.  Please note, I am going to add more images to this very cute album.  My Imagine and Gypsy are in a fight with me.  Something funky happened when I tried to update it last week.  
Here are a couple of pictures.  Enjoy!!!  Scroll down for more information.









 So what's a hop without some blog candy?  Since this hop is all week long I will not announce my giveaway until the last day.  My one rule is that you must leave a comment on each post.  


 I hope you enjoyed my post.  Below is a list of the other blogs participating.  Your next stop is Nancy.




Jen R  www.memorieswithjen.blogspot.com
Laurie Cass-Griggs  www.lauriestar.blogspot.com
Liz - http://www.mywhichcraft.blogspot.com/ -------------------------YOU ARE HERE!
Nancy http://blog.fancywithnancy.com/--------------------------YOUR NEXT STOP!
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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Ahoy Mates!

Hello crafty friends,
Here's another birthday party I was asked to put together.  Unlike my previous party. (Very very girly) Zebra Minnie  this party was for a boy turning 6.  He's all about pirates and Jack Sparrow.  Here are a few things I made.  Its not your traditional red and white stripes because of the whole Pirates of the Caribbean color theme.

For the banner I used Plantin Schoolbook for the circles and letters.  The Jolly Rodger is from Indie Art. The ends of the banner are from some of the party packaging for Pirates of the Caribbean.  I created the tags on my Gimp software and then adhered them to blue cardstock and twine.  The treasure chest and pirate ship were used as center pieces.  I painted them with acrylic paints and added jewels and mardi gras beads.  I also created the custom invitation on GIMP.







Have a great day!

Liz
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Thursday, May 19, 2011

Decorate to Celebrate blog

Hello Fellow Crafty friends,
Just wanted to share with you a great new challenge, giveaway blog.  Dedicated to showing off your party creations.  It's called Decorate to Celebrate  Thanks to Sher and Rhonda for commenting on my previous post (Zebra Minnie) and recommending I share my latest creations on the blog.  Head on over there and follow them.  They have a nice giveaway going on.

have a great night!

Liz
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Monday, May 16, 2011

Zebra Minnie party theme

Hello!  I finally have a little time to post the things I've been making.  I was working around the clock trying to get all these things done for a party on Saturday.  3 banners (only 2 pictured here), 1 party sign, 40 tags, 7 centerpieces and 30 cupcake toppers.  I had so much fun and I'm thrilled that everything was a success.








Happy Crafting!
Liz
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