Tag Archive | "Gifts"
The big week is here!!!
My fav stamp company, Hero Arts, is launching a new look for their website & blog this week. I can’t wait to see the new surprises they have in store for us on July 15th! To celebrate, the folks over at Hero are being ultra-generous and giving away incredible prizes! Just check out the blog [...]
Continue reading...Two green projects…
Monday, July 13, 2009
I thought I’d share a couple of “green” projects I made recently for the Hero Arts website that combine two of my favorite things…polymer clay and rubber stamping! First up is this lil’ tin – that turns trash into treasure! This was made from a round altoid tin and uses some darling new Hero Arts [...]
Continue reading...Mother’s Day Trio
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Back on Mother’s Day, I made the below trio for my Mom complete with hand-stamped lavender-filled sachets, greeting card and altered notepad cover. You can find the notepad cover template over HERE on the Hero Arts website. TFL!
Continue reading...Amy Butler Card Set
Monday, May 25, 2009
I absolutely adore Amy Butler fabrics. Amy’s prints are the perfect blend of vintage and modern and have recently inspired me to start sewing again. So I was thrilled when K&Company began distributing a line of Amy Butler designer papers & embellishments. I particularly love these dimensional purse stickers. I thought they would help make [...]
Continue reading...Handmade Baby Gift #3: Felt Baby Booties
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Here is the final gift I made for my friend…felt baby booties. There are quite a few free patterns out there you can download on the internet. I used the Mary Jane pattern found here, by the folks over at Martha Stewart. Simply print out the template and use it to cut out two pattern [...]
Continue reading...Handmade Baby Gift #2: Crocheted/Sewn Dress
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Here is the second gift I made for my friend’s new baby girl. I’d been wanting to try this dress pattern by Candi Jensen for years, ever since she demonstrated it on the Carol Duvall show. Here is a link to the pattern online. You can also get it in Candi’s book here along with [...]
Continue reading...Handmade Baby Gift #1: Stuffed Easter Bunny
Sunday, March 29, 2009
A friend of mine had a baby girl a few weeks ago and I decided to make her a few special, handmade gifts. The first is an Easter bunny that came a lil’ early this year. He was made with white fleece and lavender polka dot cotton fabric. The tail is made from fleece as [...]
Continue reading...Christmas Tins
Saturday, December 20, 2008
I made 16 of these Christmas nugget tins for my fellow co-workers this year. Hard to see behind the polka dot ribbon, but each nugget was individually wrapped with a stamped label (using Papertrey Ink images) & I added a scalloped tag to finish (the to/from sentiment is from a Hero Arts holiday tag set) [...]
Continue reading...Altered Memo Board
Thursday, October 30, 2008
I found a small magnetic memo board a while back that was begging to be altered. I decided to cover it with pink & green princess colors and personalize with my niece’s name for an xmas gift. Both the letters & butterflies are magnetic. Hope she likes it! Supply List – Chipboard Letters: Target $1 [...]
Continue reading...Halloween Treat Boxes
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Just a quick post to share some fun altered Halloween treat boxes. These pyramid boxes come in packages of 50 in Target’s wedding section and the frankenstein, ghost, witch, & spider are from The Angel Company’s Boo Bash set. For dimension, I used seed beads as bolts on the frankenstein & embroidery floss for the [...]
Continue reading...About Me
Hi! My name is Laura Griffin and I’m a Sr. Finance Mgr by day and a designer by night. This blog is dedicated to sharing all things creative with you... from papercrafting to polymer clay, painting, music recordings, and more!
Once or twice a year, I’ll also take you along on my global travel adventures so you can share in the journey!
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