Girly Gift Wrap

This little girl is actually the wrapping for a small gift box. This project was a little labor intensive, but well worth it. Brief directions below.

Side View of Box
Supplies: Paper, Scissors and Plain White Glue

1. Wrap the box in plain white paper.
2. Cut out legs and attach them to the bottom of the box. Bend legs at the knee.
3. Using crepe paper cut out a shirt and skirt and glue them on the box.
4. Cut out hair and glue to box.
5. Draw in face.
6. Add arms, shoes and bow.

Email me or leave a comment if you have any questions.

Give Mom a Tattoo for Mother's Day

I received a set of Valentine Cookie Cutters from a friend and was trying to think of other things that I could use them for. Then it occurred to me "tattoo cookies". I used the Sugar Cookie Recipe and Royal icing recipe from the Martha Stewart site. Both recipes worked out well. I recommend drawing out a picture before you start icing. Besides using the "flooding method" to decorate, I also used Foodwriter markers by Wilton.
I also made some cookies with white icing for my kids to decorate, which they loved. This was so easy that the two year old was able to do it. As you can see from the picture you don't have to add icing on the cookies to color them with the pens.

How To Make a Unique Gift Tag

This might look familiar to some of you. This star tag was shown in the "rethinking paper lucky stars" post. Someone recently requested the directions for it so I created a tutorial. Here goes..

Supplies
Lucky star paper (cut to about 3-4 inches in length)
mini brads
embroidery thread or string

click on the picture to enlarge and see the steps/directions better

* For a personal touch write directly on one of the tails.
Exp. Happy Mother's Day, Love Jessica!

"We need to talk about your flare"

I'm happy to announce that I finally created a button(or flare) for Zakka Life. You can add these buttons to your blogs instead of having a text link if you wish. Let me know if you have any problems installing the code.

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Easy Mother's Day Card

Here's a quick and easy card you can make for Mother's Day. All you need to do is roll out a circle of paper clay ( sold at Michaels and Daiso). Push the child's hand in the clay. Let the hand print dry for a day. When dry, glue it to your choice of card stock. This would also look cute framed in a shadow box.

*Paper clay is very light so it won't way down the card at all. You can also paint paper clay.