Beanie Anya

Here's a Christmas card using TGF's Beanie Anya image. Don't you just love her!

Sorry for such a short post but I'm off to the post office to stand in a super long line! I don't know why I always wait till the last minute! Have a nice day!

~Chals

Christmas Cookie Boxes

Hi everyone! Yes, I'm still alive......I'm sorry I haven't been updating my blog but my sister and I were in a car accident and we had to go to physical therapy three times a week. I'm somewhat recovered now but sitting and crafting is fairly hard on me. I have been crafting a little and I have pictures to share but some of them are from Halloween and I'm not too sure if you all want to be seeing Halloween stuff when it's already Christmas! Lol! I'll probably post them later just to add them to my collection of stuff.

Anywhoo.....Since this is my kids last week of school before Christmas break I had to get started on Christmas gifts for the teachers. Since I haven't been feeling much in the crafty mood lately I was stumped as to what I would make this year. A while ago I stumbled upon this awesome recipe for Almond Shortbread Cookies and I figured I would bake some up for their teachers. Try this recipe, I promise you'll love it!

Next I needed to come up with some pretty packaging to wrap these babies up in and I came across this Cookie Box Template from My Favorite Things. Here is my take on the box:



I'll be back later with more crafty Christmas gifts. Have a great week!

Chals~

Hello Kitty Elf Gift Box / Bag

  Okay, so I didn't quite get Hello Kitty out of my system yet, but just take a look at this Hello Kitty in an elf suit....isn't she just the sweetest!?  Well, I'm still trying to create new little treat boxes for Christmas since so many of my customers have children still in grade school and they would like something small to give all of their classmates.  After much thought I came up with this at around 1 o'clock this morning!  (no, it didn't take me all night to make....I was also creating another box that I'll show you in the next post).  Anyways, this box stands 6" tall and is 2" wide.  It's big enough to hold 8 or more of those regular sized candy canes or other small treats or trinkets.

Cocoa packets

I whipped up these little cocoa packets for the craft fair yesterday.  I figured they would make a great little gift for the kids to give their friends for christmas.  Something small and inexpensive but cute enough to show someone you care.  We have more styles available but as usual I only took pictures of Hello Kitty and that sweet little Angel Anya.

More cocoa sets

Here are a few more cocoa sets I managed to whip up after the fair on friday night.  Since the other ones sold out I went home and did these.  I decided to do these in Hello Kitty since all the other Hello Kitty stuff was the first to go that first night.  These cocoa sets were a big seller and this is what I have the most orders for.  Thank goodness they were really fun to make.  

Christmas stockings

These two stockings were the last ones left after the fair this weekend.  They are filled with the small sizes of Bath and Body lotion and hand sanitizer.   Wish I had more pictures to show you but I didn't think of taking pictures of them before they were sold....like i said, it was a very long and tiring weekend.

Bath & Body Gift Sets

Once again sorry for the bad photos.  These are our Bath & Body gift sets.  Included inside are the large sizes of Sweet Pea lotion and Sweet Pea anti-bacterial hand soap.  They all come wrapped in cellophane (like the first picture).

Hello Kitty Manicure Cans

I'm so sorry about the awful picture but it's hard to photo anything wrapped in cellophane.  I totally forgot to take pictures of these before wrapping it up.  Anyways, these are our small (pint-sized) paint cans.  The contents include either a Tinkerbell or a Hannah Montanna nail kit with press on nails, nail file, nail jewels, two nail polishes and a lip gloss. (Too bad they didn't have these nail kits in Hello Kitty)  These sold out in no time on saturday but like everything else, I am working on more.  I only made Hello Kitty for the fair but these could be done in another theme if requested.  These make a great gift for that special little girl in your life.

Candle Sets

Here are our candle sets.  Each set comes with two scented candles in a pretty little carrier wrapped in cellophane.  Most of these sold out too, these are the only ones we have left, but will be making more soon.  These are a great gift for co-workers, friends or teachers.  Also available in a non-Christmas theme.  

Hot Cocoa / Cappuccino Gift Set

Thanks to all of you who came out to support us this past saturday at the Kapolei High School craft fair.  I thought it was going to be a total bust since it was storming, but we did really good thanks to all of you!  I am so sorry that I didn't get to post our new items before we went to the craft fair but I was so busy trying to finish last minute items that I just ran out of time.  Here is a look at the items we had.  Most of the stuff were sold out but a lot of you placed orders so I will be making more.  

These are our Hot Cocoa / Cappuccino Gift Sets.  Each set comes with two coffee cups filled with Caffe D'Vita Mocha Cappuccino and marshmallows.  These were a big hit at the fair and we sold out in no time!  There are many more styles available.  Each set comes wrapped in cellophane.  I will try to post more pictures up later.  I will post pictures of our other items in another post.

I'm addicted to Pink Poison!

Here's a Christmas tree box ornament made with this adorable Angel Anya stamp from Pink Poison.  I just love all of those Anya girls!  Marie over at Pink Poison was sweet enough to post this picture on her blog.  You rock Marie!  So check out her website and her blog, I bet you'll get addicted to Pink Poison too!

I used Stickles on her halo and wings.  Sorry, most of you already know that I'm not the best photographer. LOL!  Anyways, this box opens up in the back and can be filled with candy or a small gift.

I just received my shipment of Christmas papers from My Minds Eye yesterday and let me tell you, they're awesome.  I'll be coming up with more Christmas stuff over these upcoming days.

Christmas cans - traditional

I know it's not even Halloween yet but I thought I'd show you the Christmas cans we did last year.  A very good friend of mine ordered these and wanted to go with traditional colors.  These are the 1-quart sized cans and were filled with candy to give to her co-workers.  It's hard to see but in the last picture these cans have shaker lids that are filled with Christmas confetti.  Remember, all cans can come cellophane wrapped with matching gift tag at no extra cost.  

Christmas cans - pastel

Here are the Christmas cans and matching party favors we did for a friends Christmas party last Christmas.  The cans were filled with cookies and the favors were filled with dinner mints.

We decided to go with a pastel theme rather than the ordinary red and green and I really love how they came out.