2011 Calendars!

I'm so excited to finally share these! Shabby Princess and I have been working on these non-stop for the last couple months....which explains my sudden disappearance! I've been creating these calendars for the last 5 years, and I can honestly say that these are my most favorite that I have done! Each page is designed so that you just have to pop in your own pictures, add any journaling you would like, and print!  I'm so excited to share these, so be warned that there are lots of pictures! I linked up each picture to the The Shabby Shoppe incase you want more details on each one. Shabby Princess has also put together an amazing Information Page on our calendars and how to use them. Soooo excited! Eeeek! Hope you like them as much as I do.

ONE PAGE CALENDAR:

TWO PAGE CALENDAR:

CD CASE CALENDAR:

 
POSTER CALENDARS-SCRAPPY STYLE:

POSTER CALENDARS-GRAPHIC STYLE:

 
POCKET CALENDAR COVER INSERTS:

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a peek and letting me show-off a little! :)
Photo and Example Credit: Shabby Princess/The Shabby Shoppe

Teacher Gift - Flower Pens

I'm a little late in posting this ~ I've been crazy busy working on this years Shabby Princess Calendars. It seriously feels like I fall of the face of the earth for two months while I work on these!

Anyway, I decided at the last minute that we needed to make a back to school gift for the Princess's teacher. She is the sweetest teacher! So, we made a quick trip to Micheal's and bought a red canister, some flowers and a bag of mini-rocks. A half hour later we had created this!

First I designed the label in Paint Shop Pro using the new Hopscotch School Additions by Shabby Princess. I printed it out on photo paper and then used Mod Podge to glue it to the tin can. After it was attached I brushed a coat on top to help seal it and keep in clean. Then I simply tied a red gingham ribbon around the top and filled the can with the mini-rocks.

 

Next, I made the pens by attaching a flower to the top of a pen and then wrapping green floral tape around it. I hate how sticky the floral tape is, so I always rub flour on my hands and then roll the pens between my hands. Then I wipe them down with a dry cloth. It totally takes the sticky-ness away!

We arranged the finished pens in the can and it turned out so cute, yet functional!

We put it in a cute little gingham green bag with a coordinating tag for the princess to take to school. Her teacher loved it!

I've made of ton of these lately and love them. I don't have any of my own, though! I think it is first on my list if I ever finish my calendars!

I joined these fun parties!

Fingerprints on the Fridge ~ Feature Yourself Friday

Crystal's Craft Spot ~ Feature Friday

Finding Fabulous ~ Frugalicious Friday

Family Man Wallet

Here is my newest project, Family Man Wallet Album,  just in time for Father's Day! Usually I buy templates to create my hybrid projects, but I created this one completely from scratch! It was definitely challenging at times, but it turned out amazing in the end, if I do say so myself!

One again, the fabulous Shabby Princess Printed and assembled the sample project!

Teacher's Pet Gifts

I can't believe I forgot to post these...they were released last week. I think the projects turned out so CUTE and I love that they aren't super "teacher-y".

This first one is a little Gift Set. I used the Summer Cottage Kit and then Shabby Princess made me a cute little apple embellishment to use. I can't wait to give these to L's teachers in a cute little bucket.

And here is another little Accordion Album that highlights events through out the school year. I'm actually going to mail this one to L's teacher back "home".

Thanks to Shabby Princess for printing and assembly and photographing everything!

Mother's Day Projects

I have lots of projects to post on decorating our new home, but this is the last project that I finished up and have been dying to share! I think that these are some of my most favorite hybrid scrapbook projects that I have ever designed! For those that don't know, Hybrid Scrapbooking is a combination of Digital and Paper Scrapbooking. They are all super easy to put together and so tiny and cute and adorable. I designed these for the big Mother's Day release at The Shabby Shoppe. Although I designed everything, the fabulous Shabby Princess actually printed, assembled, and photographed everything WITH easy to follow tutorials. Enough talking....on to the goodies!

ACCORDION FILE ALBUM
This was our most favorite project! We LOVED it!
You can find it here.

BLOOM BOX~SPROUT

This little box opens up to show layers of little pages for all your photos. I had so much fun making this one.

You can find it here

BLOOM BOX ~ CLEMENTINE
Clementine is one of my all time favorite Shabby Princess Kits, so I had to make a box with it too!
You can find it here..

MOTHER WORD ALBUM
I've always wanted to create one of these word albums. It is designed to fit the chipboard word albums from SEI, but you can also just glue the pages to any chipboard type product you have at home. Cereal boxes work great for this! I'm totally going to make one of these for my desk, full cute pics of my Lizzie girl!
You can find it here.

 

SPRING CONFECTION COLLECTION

These are such an easy way to dress up sweet little treats for your neighbors and friends!

Find it here.

 

CLEMENTINE PIECE-OF-CAKE ALBUM

This guy took me 3 months to finish...of course you have to take into account that I moved across the country sometime during that 3 months! Lots of layering and tons of spots for your photos! These are great because the hard word is already done for you. You just have to add your photos and journaling!

Find it here.

And that's it! Everything was so fun to make and I hope you enjoy them as much as I do. I would love to know what your favorite project was!