Mustache Mugs and a Hot Chocolate Party

Not sure anyone is following this, but I will update anyway.

I find mustaches on guys creepy most of the time, but for some reason, I find it amusing that they are the new "it" accessory.  I think mugs that have mustaches on them to make it look like the person drinking it are cute, so I decided to make some :)  I found some cute mugs on sale at Target (it's amazing how hard it is to find nice plain mugs!!) and use enamel paint to make the mustaches.  I like how they turned out.

I decided to send the mugs to my cousins as part of a hot chocolate party.  I bought six different kinds of hot chocolate and 3 different kinds of marshmallows.

I also made some invitations for them to give to the friends that they want to join them for their parties.  

Hopefully they will enjoy their parties :)

Need a baby gift?

Have a friend who is expecting or just had a baby?  Want to give them a unique gift?  Paint blocks!  Three of my friends and I painted a set of blocks for our life group leader.  We put the letters of the baby's name on one side of the blocks and then decorated the other sides with a variety of designs.  There are so many possibilities!
I got my blocks at Michael's.  We painted them with normal acrylic paint and then sealed them with Mod Podge.
We were happy with how they turned out and our friend loved them :)

Winter Wonderland!!

Want to beat the winter blues?  Plan a fun winter wonderland party!  Decorate with snowflakes, snowmen, and white lights.  Take wintery pictures...a fun background and people all bundled up in winter apparel.  Decorate mugs for hot cocoa and make foam snowglobes to display pictures.  Make a mess with fake snow!  Have soup for dinner and hot cocoa bar for dessert!  Our party was the most fun we have had in a long time!!

Glass Tile Pendants

I just finished my first batch of glass tile pendants!  One of my best friends sent me some necklaces that she had made and I was intrigued, so I looked up the instructions and ordered the supplies on etsy.  I'm not the best at cutting a straight line even when I used a ruler to draw the lines, but I am happy with how they turned out!  Can't wait to share them with my friends!!

This is where I got my instructions from http://www.sugarbeecrafts.com/2010/04/glass-tile-pendants.html

Girls' Night Craft

Need a fun craft to make with the girls?  Paint wine glasses!  If you don't drink wine then you can have a fancy glass for you juice or water ;)  Wine glasses are fun and fairly easy to make.

The paint...you want acrylic paint.  I get this paint at Michael's.  I think it's around $10 if you have a 40 or 50% off coupon (they normally have one each week).  There are directions on the box for baking them after they have been painted.  Once they have been baked then they are usable and washable :)

The first time we painted wine glasses I got a 4-pack at Wal-Mart for like $5.  One time I got a pack at Target for like $6.  Then I found the glasses that I like at the Dollar Tree!

I painted my first glass with my favorite flower, daisies.  I had extra glasses after our girls' night, so I decided to try some other decisions.  I showed some school spirit by painting an ECU glass, some team spirit by painting a Rays glass, and candles on a birthday one.  I've painted a couple of others for friends' birthdays and weddings.

I have a shelf full of glasses and a new box of paint...now I just need to find the time to use them!!  Happy Painting :)

Party Pictures!

Another thing that I like to do is host parties and get togethers for my friends.  I love pictures so all of our recent parties have incorporated some sort of fun photo-taking experience.  Add some fun to your next party with fun photo ops :)

For my birthday party, I found a photo booth kit at Wal-Mart.

 

For a friend's birthday party, I found a wall background at the party store and some frames at Michael's.

For our Christmas party, we "wrapped" our wall and I bought a variety of hats, headbands, and such from a bunch of different places (Dollar Tree, Wal-Mart, Family Dollar, Old Navy).

Can't wait to host more parties and come up with new ideas!!

Christmas Gifts!

Guess it's time to share some of my craft ideas.  I decided to do a homemade Christmas this year.  I was pretty happy with how everything turned out.  Hopefully everyone liked them!

My mom, aunt, and grandma got the following gifts.  My favorite is the bells!

Some of my friends got these gifts.  I found some great laser cut frames at Michael's and turned them into cork boards.  I also made frame memo boards inspired by pinterest.

I saw these wooden tile boards at WalMart and thought I needed to do something with them.  I decided to make them into picture boards.  I used modge podge to decorate each tile with seasonal scrapbook papers. I attached the tiles to the board with magnets so they could be switched around and some of them are reversible.  Mini prints can be made at Target for the same price as a normal 4 x 6 print :)

Figuring out gifts for men is always tough, but I think I came up with a good one this year.  I made personalized checkers sets.  My brother got Chiefs vs Steelers, Grandpa got Jeff Gordon vs Jimmie Johnson, Brian got deer vs hunter, and Dave got golf ball vs golfer.  I forgot to get a picture of Jeff's :/