Crafting at Home With The Kids

The kids are off of school today, it's Teacher Work Day

or something like that. The kids wanted something different

for breakfast and so we decided to try out Orange Rolls

Cupcakes. They liked it so much, 24 of the rolls were done

in under an hour..

We decided to make Chinese Lanterns and Cereal bracelets.

Nesi made the cereal bracelets before and wanted to do it 

again. Loni really liked creating the lanterns and it was pretty 

easy. 

Princess Bling Cupcake Topper Project..

So instead of doing the ladybug cupcake toppers, I 
decided on doing Princess Tiara Bling Cupcake Toppers.
I know that one was a mouthful..


Here's a pic. of it before getting blinged out..I decided
to go with the smaller popsicle sticks because it would 
look better than the wide width ones. 


I've got the gold shimmer over shadowing the black
with a square multi-cut mirror underneath the tiara 
with either a pink or white bow (mini) 

will post that after pic. in a bit. This is cut at 2"in. on the C. Expressions. 
I used the new Household Decor Cartridge for this one. 


These are made from acid & lignin free cardstock. 

Getting Back into My Love of Specialty Painting & A Little Crafting....

It's been a year since I last worked on a project
and I miss it alot. I will definitely catch up on what
I've been missing by signing up for Modello Design's
virtual class. Yay..this is what I've been waiting for. 


Before it was the classes that you had to make it in 
for. But now you can take it in the comfort of your 
home! I'm going through my boxes of tools and materials
that I last ordered from Modello Designs and Faux FX
and am pretty excited to go back to stenciling & 
Faux Finishing while at home with my children.


I'm still a licensed & bonded GRC
so hopefully I'll be able to get back into the game
after taking some more virtual classes and creating
some more samples to add to my portfolio.
I need to earn some money doing some small jobs
or something. 


As for my Cricut Expressions..that's going to be used
today to make some baby shower banners for my 
sister Meliani's baby shower next month. I'm going
to create the lady bug cupcake toppers for her dessert
table...stay tuned for that one! 

Looking forward to the 28th:)

Ok, so you're wondering why I'm looking forward 
to the 28th, I just ordered myself a Cricut Expressions
and can't stop thinking about all the wonderful 
things that I'm going to do with this cool 
machine!!! I got the bundled deal through HSN.com
and got a really great deal on it. 


I've been wanting it for so long and now
it's on it's way. The shipping is free, and is 
part of the bundled deal!! If you don't want to 
pay the full price immediately, you can make 
it in 5 installments..not too shabby:)

Crafty Ideas...

Photo: Royal Design Studio.

This is the next craft idea on my list. I was thinking that this
would be nice to create (the chair cover) for a wedding couple at
their reception or something. In our cultural weddings, the
couple usually has a wedding dance the night before the wedding
which is a friday night and the family always provides huge
decorative quilts that would cover both metal chairs..but I
thought the above pic. would be cute when covering each chair
with their initials on the covers.

I purchased the whole training kit 7 DVD Elegant Stenciled
Effects Program from Royal Design Studios for $299.00
and never got around to using it..so I'll be trying it tonight
to see how it turns out with the fabric I have on hand.

Go here to check it out and order the program..you won't regret it~