Easy Birthday Gift

My daughter is going to a birthday sleepover tonight and even though gifts aren't required, she really wanted to get her friend a little something special.  We have been trying to come up with something fun and unique all week.  It took a quick trip to the Mall of America by me during my lunch hour one day, to come up with the perfect idea.

My daughter's friend likes head bands and she is a really "sporty" girl so I got her a bright colored sport headband at Athletta.

Then, I bought multi-colored M&Ms and a fun lollipop at a candy store at the MOA.

With a small canning jar,

we created a bright and fun birthday gift......perfect for a little girl turning 13!

"Remember, the greatest gift is not found in a store or under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends."  -Unknown

Chalkboard Notebook :)

This is another blog written by my daughter.  She has been creating all kinds of fun things and wants to share her projects.  We hope you like it!

So what you will need for this project is :

Step 1: Take your chalkboard paint and paint the first coat on. It should be a little light.

 Step 2: Wait for it to dry. Then you can put the second coat on, then the third coat. And wait for that to dry.

 Step 4: Now that it's dry you can go ahead and use your chalk and make designs on your notebook.

To take the chalk off you can use a wet paper towel or anything that works.

"Money can't buy happiness but it can buy craft supplies, and thats pretty close."

-Unknown

Hannah's Blog - Homemade Notecards

I think I should totally turn this blog over to my daughter....the light of my life.  She is one of the most creative people I know.  She asked to do my blog tonight so here goes......

So what you need to make this project is a piece/ pieces of card stock paper , a hole puncher, tacky glue, scissors , a binder ring of any color you want , a pencil,  and notecards.

Now that you have all of your supplies you can start! So what you have to do now is trace your notecard on the card stock four times. Then you can cut them out.

Next you  glue two of them together and do the same with the other two.

 Now you can move onto step 4!! so what you want to do now is punch a hole in the two pieces of card stock at the top or wherever you want to.

Now its time to start to punch out holes in the notecards. So how you do this is you line the notecards up with the cover and punch a hole matching the cover hole. If you do this in smaller groups its much easier!

Its time to start putting the notecards on the binder ring!! You can just put them on through the whole and also do this in smaller groups!

Time for the fun part !! So you can decorate the cover however you want. If you want some ideas you could use card stock paper, washy tape, or even old cut up CDs!! I decided to use washy tape for this one!

Here is the finished thing ! I like to use mine for a job list or checklist of the day, but you can use yours for almost anything! You could even use them as gifts but I hope you enjoy yours!!

                             " I just want to make beautiful things even if nobody cares!! "

                                                            - Jen Smith