Paper Crafting: Follow Your Heart Card

Paper crafting - making cards, marbling paper...and making paper - is one of the first types of crafts I remember doing as an "adult."  When I start "playing" with my Evolution Die Cutter I get so excited...the possibilities are endless...and sometimes that sends me off on a tangent...and sometimes I never know where i will end up.

Bear with me on the tutorial. I had one (or ten) things in mind and then my hands took me some place else and this sweet little card was created. Can't you imagine this on a small block of wood or a canvas too? I kind of am in love with the colors and the arrows...and the hearts...and the polka dots!

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Pretty Paper Pinwheel Centerpieces

The last few months of my life have been insane,

and to add to that insanity I threw my daughter a birthday party right before we moved.

Last month I posted about the A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E

mini sugar cookie favor boxes I crafted...and finally (better late than never, right?)

I am showing you a simple but oh so pretty paper pinwheel centerpiece I made for the party as well. I used the same Chalkboard Paper Pack as I did for the favors...because it has to coordinate, right!?

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DIY Letterpress Table Numbers (Lifestyle Crafts)

There are so many celebration happening in my life right NOW.

Milestone birthdays, births, bat mitzvahs, promotions, new jobs, new homes.

And, well I love celebrating these joys with my friends,

and I love to decorate and create sweet little details for them too.

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How to Make Pretty Paper Cake Toppers

I truly enjoy making fabulous birthday cakes for my kids, husband, family...

and friends if given the chance. I have made bowling pins and balls,

solar systems, trains, flowers, and giant cupcakes - to name a few.

Recently however, I have been baking up Bundt cakes and angel food cakes,

(a little less frosting!)

and had to devise new ways to decorate them!

I am enjoying the simple simplicity of a beautiful cake adorned with pretty paper.

It is so easy and so versatile...and everyone seems to love it!

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