christmas

November 17, 2011 6 Comments

FREE mod candy cane printables

I’m just in the giving spirit this week! AND I would love for you to join us on facebook. Click now to DOWNLOAD my mod candy cane snowflake rounds, “have a sweet day” tags and recipe cards. I’ve pre-filled the recipe cards with my Peppermint Bark recipe, or you can type your own recipe directly into the cards before printing.

Perfect for gifting sweets this holiday season! Oh, and have you downloaded my free printables featured in this month’s issue of All You magazine?! Make sure you grab those too! ENJOY!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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DIY punch design gift bags

Yesterday I mentioned that I teamed up with All You magazine on a holiday savings article and that we were giving away FREE printable gift tags and recipe cards.

Today I’m sharing my craft for the article. I wanted to share an idea that would be adorable, easy and of course, inexpensive. I personally like to give little “happy” gifts to my sons’ teachers, our neighbors, and a number of others who make an impact in our lives throughout the year, but it can get pricey. So I bake! This year I’m going to make our favorite, no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies (so yummy when warm) and I’ve added a peppermint twist.

For the packaging we’ve designed recipe cards and holiday tags (both can be personalized right in the document before printing) and I got a bit crafty too! I embellished white lunch bags and inserted a gusseted cello to keep my goodies fresh and to keep the bag crisp.

You’ll need white lunch bags (picked mine up at Target), gusseted cello bags (picked mine up at Target), a hole punch (this one is a Martha Stewart punch that I picked up for 40% off at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores, it has three hole sizes to choose from!) and ribbon or twine (this twine is from the Martha Stewart collection too).

Here’s how:

Fold the bottom of your bag down on both sides so that you don’t punch through it
Punch a simple design (Christmas lights, snowflakes, ornaments, Christmas tree) on a self-healing mat if you have one (if not, grab a piece of wood or other hard surface you don’t mind scarring) ~ I recommend placing it near the bottom of the bag if your treats are short
Bag your treats and insert them into the lunch bag
Download our free tags and recipe cards
Personalize them with your name and your recipe, print, cut and give!

And here are a few other punch ideas: Tall ornament (like the one on our design) and

a Christmas tree.

And the best part, this adorable Christmas packaging will cost you less than $.40 per gift! Check out this issue of All You magazine for more wonderful savings ideas this holiday season!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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free printables for Christmas!

I’ve teamed up with All You magazine on a holiday savings story and we’re giving you FREE and easily PERSONALIZED gift tags and recipe cards!

Download my recipe cards now, personalize them with your own recipe (or use mine) and print! Download my gift tags now, personalize them and print!

And make sure you check out my DIY punch design holiday gift bag idea (all for under $.40 per package and super cute if I do say so) and peppermint no-bake cookie recipe and pictorial!

As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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introducing Santa collection

I’m already head over heels in the Christmas spirit this year. I’ve even already started styling my Christmas cookie decorating party by creating new printables for my Santa collection! You see, each year, we invite 6-8 children and their moms over to decorate cookies for Santa a couple of days before the big guy arrives. It’s messy, the kids have a blast, I drink too much hot chocolate… it’s great!

So this year my designs are taking a page from Santa himself! And what’s better, they match our custom invitations! I’m mailing mine out next week and my oldest is addressing them (love to see a child’s handwriting on mail… especially to a Santa party!).

In addition to the Happy Ho Ho Holidays mat and the Santa beverage wrappers (on cappuccino bottles I picked up at Target), we also designed cupcake wrappers, and

dessert table tags, which could also be used as placecards!

And I’m very excited to share that now, in addition to offering our printables the way we always have as e-mail templates, we also offer them FINISHED and SHIPPED!

You can see the entire collection in the shoppe! And make sure you check out our BELIEVE and Mod Candy Cane collections too! As always, I hope you’re inspired to craft, bake and create!

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DIY jingle bell bracelet

I love jingle bells at Christmas! When I was in grade school I actually got in trouble for putting them on my shoestrings. Not that I was a fidgety child or anything! {wink} So when I saw these beautiful red jingle bells at JoAnn Fabric and Craft Stores I had to pick up a bag and make myself a bracelet.

Of course little ones ran off with it after I jingled them into giggles. They eventually gave it back and I plan on wearing it on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. (It’s a great way to make them think Santa’s on the roof! His reindeer always have bells on their reins, right!)

I thought it also a great idea for kiddos to make as Christmas gifts for moms or moms to make as gifts for their little girls. Here’s how!