What fun we can have .Carnival and Fun Fair Poster

I am happy to show off another one of the gems I will be selling on EBay. It is Carnival and Fun Fair poster. 

   It is really cool looking. Amazing art work they just don’t make them like they use to. It is U.K poster from the 1950’s. 

 The poster well be on Ebay March 19. I especially the picture of the clown. If you want more information you can Check it out Here.

Handmade Tuesday: Embossing wood letters

                                          


       I am trying something Called Handmade Tuesday. I am going to be linked up with my new friends at Tip junkie giving you guys access to a lot more handmade crafts as well. I am so excited so let’s start crafting. 


















So today’s project involves wooden letters and stamps. I am not sure if you noticed that at Michaels they have new larger section with wooden letters and shapes. I have been itching to get my hands on one. Today was the day and here is what you will need: 

•  Large wooden letter ($3.99 at Michaels) 
• paint (I love Martha Stewards Acrylic paint collection the color is so rich $1.00) 
• Paint brush I suggest the round sponge (49 cents) 
• Stamp and stamp pad (used Inkadinkado® Dot Flourishes Clear $14 and Emboss ink$4)
• Stamp Embossing powder $7 Embossing heat tool ( $24.00-30.00 a bit of investment,but worth it if you like stamping)

 Paint the letter and let dry. Take your stamp of choice and stamp using your embossing powder sprinkle it on and be sure to coat it evenly. Shake of the extra. Use your heating tool to emboss. Use heat tool until it is shine. Repeat for each stamp. Enjoy.

Pinterest Inspired: Pretzel Buttons

     One of my problems about Pinterest is after you pin some of items I am hesitant to try it especially recipes. I am not sure why, but it just had not tried making any food until my boss told me she tried several recipes that were amazing. So I decide to try something easy first pretzel buttons. 
 I want to go back and tell you the original sources for theses little beauties the blog G*rated. You can see the original blog right here and there and some other great recipes take a look.
 Let me tell you these pretzel buttons are so good John and I couldn’t stop eating them. it was really bad !! it was such a cinch and really you don’t need culinary bone in your body. once you melt the chocolate on the top of pretzel ( about five minutes in the oven at 200). You press the M&M’s in on the top and throw it in fridge for five minutes. So easy and so good. Enjoy and just try not to eat it all in one sitting.

Bran muffins that will make you smile

Bran muffins that will make you smile

 So lets be honest no one likes healthy food. It taste well frankly like cardboard. That was why when I heard about this recipe I was not super excited to try making Bran muffins. I frankly avoid bran muffins at all cost because they taste gross. So when my mom swore they were best muffin she ever had I had to at least try it. That was about year ago and I eat two ever morning that is how great they are. Recently I lost about sixteen pounds and I am sure having bran muffin ever morning helped a lot. 

So I promise you these muffins are not only delicious,but so good for you and easy to add any fruit you want. I have feed these exact muffin to four children under age of four and each one of them asked for more.I choose to add bananas and chocolate chips. My favorite muffin I have ever made however was pumpkin the canned type at store and chocolate chips. So Yummy enjoy. 

What I love : NPR edition

What I love so much is NPR( National Public Radio). Ok so I think that officially makes me nerd. However, before you judge to much let me just say Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are big fans too. I am so lucky to have the Santa Monica KCRW for my station I get all “Martine Shoot” and a bunch of other locally programs that I love.

  I really fell in love with Ira Glass in College. He is the host of a Saturday show called “ This American Life” and if you have not heard of it do yourself a favor and click my link right now. He is brilliant and every week he brings you different topic and stories on that topic. Sometimes hilarious and others heartbreaking. Always thought provoking. My all time favorite story is episode  115: “First Day” I have never laughed so hard. The other thing that sold me on NPR was Nick Harcourt. He doesn’t work there anymore,but his show he hosted is still on the air “Morning becomes Eclectic”. He introduced me to so many amazing artist. Butterfly Brocher and Damien Rice most notably. 

I love learning things I didn’t know and let others in on the secret. It is great to pretend you are smartest person in the room on every topic. NPR is researched and brings both sides of the discussion. They never side with one person and always ask the hard questions. That is what I love about them. I have cried with as I  listened to 911unfolded on my radio and I have laughed with them. I am better person for listening to them and there are not many things that you can say that about it.

Classy,Unique and oddly enough an Altoids tin too

      Pinterest strikes again. I found this amazing pin of Altoids tins turned into a business card holder.
 










The one problem with Pinterest is person that came up with idea doesn’t credit for it . So after a little research and thousand clicks I wanted to give credit where credit is due Julie Ann and you can check out on her blog with lot’s of great ideas.  So here is how I made mine.

It was really quiet easy I used patterned tape and double stick tape. I am not quiet finished with box. I want to add message on the top of the box, however I have not decided what I want yet. I love this craft so classy and unique. Who knew the amazing things you can do with Altoids tins. Here are some more ideas of things to do with Altoids tins.

Click the picture to find more details on these ideas.

Bridal shower banner

I project I have wanted to do that is all over the internet lately is banners. There is every shape and size out there. So I took the opportunity of planning Candice bridal shower to try it. I also got to use one of my favorite things my Cricut. The Cricut cuts out shapes and letters like traditional personal cutter,but it comes with little cartridges and connects to the internet at “Craft Room” making large projects a cinch. So I used in Walk in My Garden to cut out garden flowers and shapes and Zooabloo for letters. Then decided on size for letter and started cutting in “My Craft Room”. 

Now I cut the banner and my husband made be handy templet and then I had to glue it all together. I used twine instead of ribbon for my grading theme. So that easy,but it took two afternoons so don’t think it isn’t time consuming it is however well worth the time and work.