Closing Time

After two years of hoping to pull our business adventure back together, Kate and I have decided - it's time. We are embracing our "time and season" in life. With both of our husbands' in residency, three young children in each of our homes, and our callings in our church, we were rudely awoken from our big "crafty" dream. ;)

So, this will be our last post to this website. We truly enjoyed working on projects together and had a BLAST along the way. Thank you all for your love and maybe we'll see you all in the next season of our lives!

Let It Snow!

So, my sis just called me to tell me that her sister-in-law had favorited this blog, not knowing that she was favoriting a blog of an almost relative!  (She figured it out after reading about the authors) How funny is that?!  So, that made me think I better jump in here and try to post more often.  When you sit down to blog, it feels like you're just talking to yourself and your computer, not really realizing that it's going out into the blogosphere and that others beyond you and your little computer are actually seeing it!  So, sorry if you've been checking and we haven't posted much.  Candi's in the Young Women's Presidency in our ward and I'm the new Primary President, which, you all probably know are extremely time consuming callings.

In the spirit of the weather that is coming Saint Louis' way, I wanted to post a picture of one of my other favorite blocks: Let It Snow!  It is so cute with little ornaments as the "snow" words and silver snowflakes floating down.  The Let It is in navy blue.  We also found a really cute blue ribbon with glittery snowflakes on it, which makes the craft even more adorable than with the silver ribbon (which, don't get me wrong, is also really cute).  I have mine sitting by the front door right now, just beckoning the clouds to let loose! Come on!  We want to build a snowman, already.  Haha, maybe that's the Montana girl in me begging for snow.  The rest of the St. Louisans probably don't really want to see it snow.

As with the other blocks, if you love it, let us know and we'd love to help you get the materials to make this sweet craft.  $6 for the vinyl and $25 for the entire craft.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Apparently once the word got out that Kate and I had enough spare time to make crafts, people decided to gang up on us and give us LOTS and LOTS of other things to do. ;) This time of year is crazy enough, but we both also got new (much more time consuming!) responsibilities at our church. We're excited with these new opportunities, but - WOW - are we busy.

In the madness, I decided I needed a moment of craftiness to help get me through the day. Remember the monogram wreath idea we had posted a couple of months ago? I've been dying to do one of my own. How do you think it turned out?

This was soooooo simple. I bought the letter M from Hobby Lobby for $1.49 and then mod podged paper on (FYI - the paper came from the same paper pack that I used to make the Gratitude Sign). Then I roughed up the edges and added a little walnut stain. I really love this new addition to our home. Now I just need to find a little more time in the day. Hmmmmmm... Until next time - Later!

Peace Block

I am so excited about this latest block.  It looks so beautiful with the white lights softly glowing on my mantle.  Plus, I am so excited how the ribbon and the vinyl match so perfectly.  With the lettering and dove cut out and the rest of the vinyl left to color the block, it makes the message so clear to read.  If you love it as much as I do, you can make it with all the pieces in the kit for only $25, or you can gather them together and buy the vinyl only for $6, or vinyl and ribbon for $11.  I know you will love it as much as I do when it's sitting in your home!

Two Months and Counting!

Only two short months ago we decided to jump feet first into the crafting arena and haven't looked back since. We are so grateful to all of you for your support in this adventure and can't believe that we've had thousands of visits since we started! Not only that, but we've shipped orders from New Jersey to California, so don't be shy about telling your friends in other areas about our site!

For those of you who are on Facebook, we decided to start a page! We will have special offers from time to time exclusively for our Facebook Fans and our Blogger Followers. As always, let us know if you have any ideas that we could help you with. Thank you, again, for your continued support. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

We're Centsational!

We'd like to give Kate at Centsational Girl a HUUUUUGE smooch for sending so many of you our way! Our "Gratitude Tree" idea was featured on her amazing website and we couldn't have more GRATITUDE if we tried. If you've never checked out her projects before, please go over and have a look. Like I wrote in the beginning of my write-up on her page, I wonder when the girl sleeps! Thanks again!

Noel Board

Wouldn't this sign just brighten your home for the holidays? We especially love the way the swirly ornament looks! With this project, we took an cream colored board and added the red vinyl on top. We can do it in one of two sizes:

Small - 5.5" x 15"

Vinyl only $6.00

Kit $8.00

Class $10.00

Finished $15.00

Large - 7.5" x 18.5"

Vinyl only $8.00

Kit $10.00

Class $12.00

Finished $18.00

Anyone have a date that works for a class? Weekends are crazy lately for everyone, but if you have another night that would work for you, let us know! We'd love to get together.

Tis The Season - $5.50

We all have extra frames laying around gathering dust, don't we? Well, I took an old white one that I had, bought a $0.99 can of spray paint at Wally World, and turned it into this! I just took out the back and the wall color shines right through. LOVE IT! If you don't have one around, check your local thrift store. They usually have tons of frames that have an ugly old picture inside. You just need to take it out and make your own art!

We're selling the vinyl for $5.50. If we can find a frame, we'll try and get it ready for our next class. It's been busy lately, but we hope to get more ideas out to you soon.

Established Board - $12

We've seen our fair share of personalized family signs, but this is definitely our favorite! We love the way we can give it that weathered look with the routering and how the two upholstery tacks add just the right amount of bling! Wouldn't this be a great gift?

We're doing this board in November for one of our classes.

$12 for the Class (includes everything)

$9 for the Kit (does not include paint, stain, brushes, sandpaper, sealer)

$5 for the Vinyl only

If you're interested, let us know and we can work out a date that's good for you! Also, keep checking the blog. We've got a few cute projects coming down the pipeline!

Whoo-Hoo! We were featured!

A big thanks to Valerie at "The Crafters File Box" for featuring our Halloween Luminaries! If you haven't been to her site yet, check it out! She finds great projects and "files" the ideas away for the future. Have fun browsing!

Sew Cute!

I {heart} this pillow. That's all I need to say. Thanks to Cluck Cluck Sew for this creative way to use fabric scraps.

Halloween Luminaries

We're going to start adding our frugal ideas to the blog listed under "Cheap Trick." I know, I know... now you're all singing "I Want You To Want Me...." ;) Great song. But, from now on when you hear the words "Cheap Trick," we want you to get SO EXCITED because you are about to see one heck of an idea for hardly any $$$. It doesn't get much better than that!

Here's one that I came up with a few years ago when we were a poor medical student + family. Not much has changed since then...now it's just the poor medical resident + family.

But, even if we ran into a truck full of money tomorrow, I would still do my halloween luminaries. They take very little time to make, cost hardly anything, and take up very little space in storage. Have you noticed that the storage part is important to me?

The hardest part for me was googling "Spider Clip Art" to find the pictures for this project. Ugh. I'm still a little creeped out and I made these 3 years ago! Anyway, I printed little sayings (such as "Scared?" or "Turn Back Now") with spider pictures onto white cardstock. Then I folded the printed cardstock so that it would fit onto the outside of a white paper bag, taped it on, and then taped a blank folded white cardstock to the back.

Add some tealights & sand (or dirt if you're dirt cheap like me) - and WHA-LAH! You've created a spooky little walk to your front door for trick-or-treaters. Every year I get TONS of comments on these and they are just so easy. Hope you like 'em! Do you have any "Cheap Tricks" you'd like to share? Can't wait to hear from you.

Hostess with the Mostess

Thanks so much to all of the ladies at Friday night's craft class! It was such a blast and we hope you had a great time. After such a great turnout, we decided that we wanted to have some kind of reward for people that host our craft classes. So, we came up with a hostess reward program similar to any home party company. Because, after all, who doesn't like free stuff?!?

Craft Classes

We know how much fun it can be to get together with friends and family to make affordable crafts, but sometimes the hassle takes all of the fun out of it. You won't believe how easy we make it to have a craft night! We will teach your craft class at the place of your choice (our home, your home, etc) and provide everything for the projects (paint, brushes, glue, etc). We only ask that you have 5 projects to work on (you can have 3 people doing 5 projects and that's just fine).

Hostess Rewards

We base your hostess rewards on the dollar amount of projects purchased for your class. Even craft kits and custom vinyl for people not in attendance can go towards your total! If your total is $150 or more, you earn 10% of free products (i.e. $200 class earns $20 worth of free products). You can use that credit to purchase crafts, kits, and custom vinyl. Also, for every guest at your class who books their own class, you receive one half-price item.

Thanks to everyone for your interest! We only started a month ago and we are so excited for the future. This hostess program is our little way to start saying THANKS! We couldn't do it without you!

Boo!

What is it about Burlap that makes me think of fall? I love these two projects! If you have some fabric laying around, they'd be pretty easy to make...and cheap to boot! Thanks to Everyday Chaos and La.T.Da for these great ideas!

Autumn Blocks - $15

Aren't these darling? These cute little blocks spice up the season in such a fun way!

The ribbon and bows add just the right touch, don't they?

Let us know if you'd like to make these at showmecrafts@gmail.com.