Easy Father's Day Gift From Kids...

I haven't done very much crafting lately (insert sad face here...)  I've been super busy with life, the kiddo's finishing up school for the year, my niece's wedding and showers, we took a fantastic trip to California and have just been busy enjoying the beautiful mountains here in Utah.  I am really going through some major craft withdrawls so, I need to get my fix!!!

Anywho, Hubs got his Father's Day gift early, he got spoiled rotten with lots of accessories for his new baby, (a 4wheeler).  Since he has already opened those gifts, the kids and I decided we wanted to have something to give to him on the actual day, so we put this together (he doesn't read this blog very often, so I'm hoping he doesn't see this early!):

The base is 4 boxes of Sugar Babies hot glued to a floral foam cube, then I glued tissue paper to the top and added lots of curling ribbon.  I taped the candy bars to plastic drink mixer sticks and stuck them into the foam.  That's it!  Super easy and would be a great gift for pretty much any occasion!

Altered Album, Easy Gift Idea...

I altered this photo album for one of my daughter's school projects awhile back. Here is what it looked like when I bought it at the dollar store:

 Cute, but pretty cheesy.  Here is what it looked like after I altered it:

Much better!  It would be a perfect Mother's Day gift filled with pictures of children or grand kids, a friend gift filled with pictures of fun memories or Teacher Appreciation gift with pictures of each student or of activities from that year.  The best part is that you can decorate it to fit the personality of the person that you are making it for :)

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its-trash-to-treasure-tuesday
&nifty-thrifty-tuesday
& .tipjunkie
& take-look-tuesday
& too-cute-tuesday

Decorated Tile Magnet Sets...

I was going through the pictures I have saved on my computer and found these tile magnets that I made for gifts 2 years ago.  I can't believe that I never posted them!

This is also another craft that is really fun for the kids to help with and make cute gifts for girls to give their friends to decorate their lockers or magnet boards.

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hookin-up-with-hoh
& show-off-your-stuff-party
& t2t-tuesday

Appreciation Gift.....

The month of November is the perfect time to express our appreciation for the people in our lives, whether they be friends, neighbors, teachers or family. I made this easy "french fry" box of Kit Kat's for one of my sons sweet teachers:

There are so many people that do so much for me and my family.  It's nice to find a way to say thanks, even if it is just in the form of a simple handmade treat.  I made the french fry box using a free template that I had gotten years ago, (I believe you can find them online for free).  I used my bone folder to make the edges and glued the box together, then embellished it by inking the edges, putting the scrap paper band on it and then adding the stamped "Thanks A Bunch".  I threw in a couple broken up Kit-Kat bars for the "french fries" , wrapped it in cellophane and tied the cute ribbon around it.  The possibilities are endless with this one.  It just doesn't get any easier than this!

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crafty-soiree
& diy-thrifty-thursday
& somewhat simple