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Mini Clay Garden Figurines Part II

If you missed it, click here for Part I Succulent Garden Gifts See my tutorial here  to create the garden. The glass vases came from the Dollar Store and the adorable chalkboard buckets came from my house....they were left there and hidden in a cabinet by the previous owner. So thanks to her! Please comment below if you know where to find these! My first attempt at a cupcake. There is room for improvement! The puggy is my favorite. Who doesn't love the face of a  pug ?? His friend is a Cardigan Welsh Corgi. No surprise, this gift is going to someone with both types of dogs... and if you're reading this, you know who you are... forget you ever saw it! It's a surprise! This  stop sign  is perfect for bus drivers or crossing guards! Here is a  free stop sign printable card  from another bus driver gift of mine. Teacher Gifts The following gardens in the red buckets with chalk boards are teachers gifts. The apples and crayon and I used may have giv

Mini Clay Garden Figurines Part I

Today's post very much falls under the category of "other crafty things." I've never touched clay a day in my life until this project. I have been increasingly enjoying working with fondant on my cakes and was curious to see how this measured up. Clay is AWESOME! Sorry to my Pinterest  followers, I've been bombarding them with clay pins ! My first application with clay are these mini clay garden figurines. For Christmas I'm giving a slew of people succulent gardens , and I wanted to make them personalized, so I ventured into clay. It is simple enough that I can show you how I did it! I'm a novice, so by all means, take my advice with a grain of salt! Tools and Supplies    Sculpey Polymer Clay Polyform Sculpey Glaze Acrylic Paints Greening Pins Paint Brushes Oven or Toaster Oven Fine Sand Paper Pottery Tools  & I also used Duff Fondant Tools, similar to  Wilton's  (optional but highly recommended) Smooth Foam  (optional) Paint Tray  (op

Palette Planter

Have a wooden palette lying around? I've been seeing succulent gardens everywhere and I love the succulents outside in my yard, so it was time to bring the outside in. It is super easy to propagate most succulents. I have ground cover outside my house and if a piece gets broken off, it will root anywhere it lands. I was ordering succulents to make gifts and knew I'd have extra, so lucky hubby, I came up with a project. Our project dimensions were 7 "wide x 20" long x 3" high. This was purely based on our table size. Make sure there is plenty of room for plates and drinks, so you won't have to move your planter if you don't want to. Hubby constructed the box for me. He took the palette and pried off the boards, which happened to be roughly 3" wide. He used nails to assemble it (to give it a more rustic look) and calked the inside seams to keep the box from leaking. Once I got my hands on it, I sealed the inside using Plasti-Dip . Hubby picked

Giveaway (OVER): "Sweetie Pie" Embroidery Pattern

To celebrate the launch of my facebook page , I'm giving away a copy of my  "sweetie pie"  embroidery pattern collection from my Etsy shop ! WIN THIS! Enter below. You have 4 ways to enter! Good luck! a Rafflecopter giveaway Also,  here's a freebie  "bake" pattern from my  "sweetie pie"  collection on Etsy !

FREE "bake" Embroidery Pattern

To celebrate the launch of my Etsy shop , that is now stocked with pdf embroidery patterns, here's a freebie  from my "sweetie pie" collection on Etsy! Click on this image to print or click here to download the pdf with multiple sizes or mirror images. Want more? Check out my Etsy shop for for embroidery patterns. I'd suggest using a  hot iron transfer pencil  to transfer the design onto fabric.

Dino Island Cake

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Buttercream & Bunting Cake

There is something to be said for simplicity. Up until now, I've always decorated detailed and over the top cakes for my kiddos. But when my brother gave me free range on my niece's 1st birthday cake with the only direction of " teal ", I went for a little simplicity.

Elegant Ombre Buttercream Cake

I finally had a chance to make a cake for an adult! Whoohoo! We were celebrating two Birthdays of our female friends so Spider-man and Transformers were out of the question this time. I wanted to challenge myself with trying new techniques and coming up with something elegant. I learned two new techniques with this cake. The first was

Autism Awareness

Last year I wrote this post  about Autism Awareness. Autism is close to my heart having two boys on the spectrum. Well, it's that time again. April is Autism Awareness month and I've updated the Facebook cover (below). Please feel free to use it (click and save) and share it. Take some time this month to learn a little more about Autism, the more you know, the more you can make a difference.