craftucopia: September 2012

lucy's i spy birthday party

i like off the beaten path ideas for my little girl's parties and am resistant to buying all the commercial what-not for any party. here is a little peek inside what a party for my gal looks like. enjoy.

i spy invites

party favors

i spy bottles as party favors

i spy notebook

i spy notebooks for party favors

find these items in the flowers

hidden items in the flowers for an i spy game

table complete with food and favors

scrappy pages

i scrapbook, too. for my own little gal, i decided to make a page for every week documenting her first year of life. fast forward to age 3; i am still working on year one. as it turns out, only one page a week for the first year turned into approximately 2 pages per week or more. i just couldn't help myself. here is a small sampling of those pages (picture quality is not the best, so i apologize).

christmas gifts for friends and family

so i love pinterest. no, i LOVE pinterest. so while browsing around sometime around november or late october last year, i decided that i would make all of my christmas presents! below you will see the gifts i mailed out to my loved ones. i will attempt to locate the links for the said projects so you can find and make these for yourself. cheers!

bracelets! try this link http://www.makeitandfakeit.com/2012/04/diy-wrap-bracelet.html

no link for this one. but easy with mod podge.

my own 'secret recipe'

some of my favorite people. find out how, here: http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/10/make-your-own-canvas-portrait.html

cards, cards, cards!

handmade cards speak to my sentimentality in a way traditional cards cannot; in my opinion a handmade card demonstrates to the receiver a great deal of thoughtfulness and so i opt to make cards as often as possible. here are a sampling of cards i've made for various occasions, enjoy!