🌷Its looking like springtime in my craft room! Hello crafty friends🌼 I've been working quite a while on this precious journal. I lucked out when I found this greeting card stored away! Isn't he just the cutest bluebird you have ever seen?🤗 Well, truthfully, I've never seen one in person! But, I hope they are as fluffy as the one in this picture.😊 This journal was constructed with chipboard, covered with scrapbook paper and has a interesting binding. There is a link at the end of the post to the video I used to learn this binding. Also, If you would like to see a page by page video of my Bluebird Springtime Journal in all its glory, please check out the link at the end of my post! 🌷💙🌷 🌷Let's take a look at this cutie! Click on the pictures to see them super sharp! 💙The front cover. I tore the edge of  bluebird picture. Sewed it over a piece of faux fur.  Added die cuts & sequins. The tassel is made with ribbons and beads.🌸 🌷All the pretty pages! 🌸I sewed...

 ❄️Hello from the frosty northwoods! Ok! Wanted to make cookies for special people I know!😊After the holidays I'm flat out of any type of gift giving, treat boxes or fancy bags for food.🤔Once again Pinterest came to the rescue! Crafty friends! I will never (ok, maybe not never) purchase treat boxes again! Each one of these CUTE little boxes are made with one sheet of 12" x 12" card stock scrapbook paper!🤗 I see a whole lot of these little boxes popping up in the future! If you would like to learn how to make them, the link is at the end of my post. Warning! They are addictive! ❄️Lets take a close up look at these treat boxes! ❄️My favorite one! ❄️For the cookie lover! ❄️For the 'Lets go sledding' lover! ❄️Here they are all together!  Ready to be filled with treats (choc chip cookies😋) I added a little ribbon along with a velcro dot closure.🌨 💕Thanks for taking a look! Hope you will make some too!☺️  Here is the link I found on how to make them: https://kthom...

❄️Hi everyone! Don't give up on all the winter cuteness yet!☃️ There is still time to get some winter projects done! It might be freezing outside, but I'm toasty warm and crafting some cute photo journals to keep all our winter memories in!💕 Today, I'm drinking some nice warm hot cocoa and getting creative with the 'I Love Winter' paper pad!❄️Each book is constructed with one 12" x 12" scrapbook paper! How cool is that?😃 You will find the link at the end of my post on how to do this technique. You will find a link to a video flip through of my journals there too. Its pretty cute, check it out!☃️ ❄️Let's take a look at these cute photo books! ❄️Feelin' Frosty Photo Journals❄️ ❄️This is the 'I Love Winter' Paper Pad❄️ ❄️I added snowflake charms and pretty ribbon to bind the books.  Look how cute the mittens look with the yarn accent! Each book has a cute altered paperclip attached in them❄️ ❄️All the cute pages❄️ ❄️I can't wait to fill ...

🌸 Hi crafty friends🙂 I fell in love with a certain scrapbook paper pad today💝As soon as I saw the bicycle page I imagined it as a beautiful photo book💕🎼The bicycle, the beautiful flowers and music themed background is just stunning🌸 I made this with a technique using 3 notecards and 2 matching envelopes. It is a genius, incredibly, fun idea! I used paper from the Kirby Teesdale pad to decorate the journal pages.😃The link to the YouTube video I used showing this technique is at the end of this post. Also, if you would like to see a video flip through of my journal, it will be found there too!🌼 Lets take a look at this sweet journal🌸 🌸Music Notes & Bicycle Journal🌸 This is the paper pad I found at Hobby Lobby😊 🎀All the pretty pages. I distressed all the edges & added little journaling tags I cut from my Cricut.🌸 I added a ring faster on the spine with lots of ribbons & musical charms💛🎻🎵🎀 Have you ever used these photo corners to attach photos in your journal...

 💖Happy Valentines Day!💘 Adding a sweet little journal to my blog today!💝🌸🎀I love vintage cards and found this one in a box stuffed away in my closet. I think it was from the 1970s, wait! Does that decade classify as vintage?🤔 The base of this journal is made using 5 envelopes. I am in love with this technique.🥰Its fun, fast, and uses any type of scrapbook paper you have in your stash to decorate the pages! A link to the YouTube video I learned this technique from is at the end of this post👍 Also, if you would like to see a video flip through of my little journal you’ll find the link there too.😊 Let’s  take a look at this cutie!🌼 🌸Little Iris Girl Journal🌸 Don't you just love the lavender ribbon accent?🎀 It is a piece of soft satin ribbon I've been saving for  a special project! All the pretty pages🙂 I made pockets, added a little sewn journal tablet, and lots of extra journaling cards.💕I also added a butterfly altered paperclip attached to one of the pages...

🌸 Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a happy crafting day!🌸Whether you have an hour or the whole day, any amount of crafting makes your day enjoyable!💛Don't you think?🙂 Today I'm showing some altered paperclips I have made.📎💛It is so much fun and very addicting! I can't stop making them, but will soon half to stop, as I'm running out of paperclips!  Let's take a look! 🎀📎💕 This one is my favorite!🌸🎀I found this little picture of a girl as part of a piece of scrapbook paper. I cut around the edges and then torn it closer to the little picture. I used water and a paintbrush to help make a pretty edge while I was tearing it.🙂Using gold thread and pretty ribbon for embellishments. My hot glue gun holds everything together.  These are three of them I have made so far.  I used ribbons, lace, metallic threads, and sequins to embellish the paper cut outs.💕 I used distressing ink around all the edges. 💛 This is the back, you can see that I have used a 'ticket...

🌼 Is it summer yet? Yes, we are in the deepest part of winter here in northern Wisconsin, but I'm dreaming of our first picnic!🍉🌞 I decided I needed a little travel journal that would keep my menu ideas, favorite picnic spots, and favorite wine list all in one spot!🍓 It will also have room for lots of photos and places to journal all the memories.💕 Using my Cricut, I made different die cuts, made lots of pockets and added a ribbon to tie it closed.  Let's take a look at this cutie!💛🌼 🌸Life is a Picnic🌸 I made the pretty circle doily and picnic basket with a Cricut.🍉  🌞Added a grommet and ribbon to tie it closed. All the pretty pages🙂 I made menu cards to give me some ideas on food to prepare.😊I want a full picnic basket!🌸Yum and, printed out the recipes and tucked them in a pocket!🍉 🌼This sweet travel journal has a hand sewn binding. It was made with card stock weight paper.  🌸Here is the link where I learned this technique: https://youtu.be/SlgT9CSbrs0 ?...