More Thanksgiving Pretties

Another set of place cards I whipped up for the craft fair last weekend.  They didn't find a home yet, but there is always next year right. :)

 

I haven't used the scalloped die from PTI in a while.  Gosh, I don't know why!  I love the look of the lacy loops.

 

The bows are a little wonky in this photo, I think I got them straightened out a little more after looking at this! :)

 

Three Cheers for it being Thursday!

Thanksgiving Pretties

A few place cards that I made for a craft fair.  Didn't really sell much at the fair, but I did get to meet someone from Etsy! He was super cool and we chatted for quite a while about crafty stuff and Etsy. :)

The Thanksgiving stuff that didn't sell I brought into work.  Maybe someone there will be smitten and "need" these for their table?

Have a Terrific Tuesday!

 

Who's Coming for Dinner?

 We've had a craft fair at work amongst ourselves the last couple of weeks.  I've been madly creating things and these place cards are one of the things I made.

I had made a version of these before and sold them in my Etsy shop.  Sooo much fun to make!  I used all kinds of dies from PTI that had been collecting dust. :)

A bunch of the papers I used on the base are from PTI and then others are smaller papers I had in my stash.  The Swiss dot paper is one of my favorite "go to" papers from Bo Bunny.  They add just the right pop without making things too busy.

So who's coming to your place over Thanksgiving- or where are you going?

Thankful

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! It was a wonderful day yesterday spent with family and not shopping. Now that it is Black Friday... well here is a quick peek at a tutorial I have over at The Hen's Den this weekend.  There are deets and links here.

Thanksgiving is a big holiday weekend in my husband’s family.  We have lots of birthdays that fall around now and I have a big Black Friday Tree Trimming Blowout at our house.  Needless to say, we have lots to be thankful for each year we are together.  Every year we write what we are thankful for, pose for pictures (silly and traditional), and everything is added to a thankful album my husband (yup he worked on it too!) and I made for his mom years ago.   

This Thanksgiving Day we saw family in Maine too.  There are a lot of food allergies in the family we visited, so rather than causing a potential disaster by cooking, here was my contribution.  Place cards! :)

All the place cards are made from envelopes that have paper tucked into them for each person to write what they are thankful for and then all the envies will be tied together with ribbon for a family keepsake.  Don’t stress if you like this idea but didn't have it in time for this Thanksgiving.  You could spin this idea in time for Christmas or any other celebration coming up.  Folks could write favorite memories of the year, wishes for the upcoming year, or even what they love about whatever holiday you may be celebrating at the time.  Well, I have babbled on long enough.  Pop over here for all the deets AND pop over here to add any creation of yours to the gallery.  You could win $10 to the store (which would get you a couple free albums to load with all sorts of memories!!!!)  Hurry cause you only have until Friday!!!!!!!!

Pumpkins and Acorns

I've got a fun banner tutorial over at The Hen's Den today.  Please stop by and let me know what you think. :)

In the meantime, I managed to get some place cards finished.  Folks at work liked these last year, so I thought I would make a few more sets.

One set down and several more to go!  I'm spending the afternoon/evening at my LSS supposedly getting more sets finished.  First I need to get everything prepped! :)  Actually really first I need to eat breakfast and finish my coffee.  Amy and Cad both had vet appointments today.  Luckily it is about 5 minutes away, so I could take each one separately.  Between her howling and his whining- I can't handle having both of them together.  (I'm a wuss I know!)  Both are doing well, although Cad is a little overweight so he's back to carrot sticks for treats. Good thing he like those!

Well off to prep!  Have a great Friday!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!  I thought I would share the placecards I made for our family gathering.  I make the dessert 'cause tomorrow we host everyone at our place for the annual Christmas decorating party.  So it's pretty easy for me to make some fun table do-dads. :)

Here's the whole spread.  I used PTI dies for the banner base and the pint jars.  I'm on a jar kick this year.  Dessert is even in jars!  I made personal pecan pies in the short half pint jars and personal cakes in the tall half pint jars this year.  Just in case they turned out yucky when we finally get to eat them I bought ice cream and some luscious cookies from the bakery.  One must always be prepared for the sweet stuff!!! :)

The banner background is actually a Memory Box card base that I ran through my Cuttlebug using the large banner die.  It gives them a fun edge and allows the placecards to open so they can rest on the plate.

The stamps and some of the papers are from PTI.  The doily is one of those cake decorating doilies you can get at the craft store.  Each card is stamped with a different sentiment so that none of them is exactly alike.  That way everyone has something special. :)

An MFT die was used to die cut the kraft cardstock mat.  Anyone else gettin' hungry?!?  I know I am!  We're also wicked excited to see everyone and Cad is coming to Thanksgiving this year to show off his new skills as an independently walking dog.  We are so thankful for all the support he's been getting since July and are happy to say that he can walk to the mailbox on a leash with no help- it's not as graceful as before the disc rupture, but gosh he is making some awesome progress!!!

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!