Mother's Day Cards for 2010

My sister and I started this last year with doing home made cards because of all of the mother's in life that it seemed more sentimental to make our own cards (not to mention easier on the wallet!) Here is this year's products for my family and close friends:

Happy Birthday, Mommy

I miss my mommy so much...so I had to send her happy birthday wishes via mail...sigh...hope your birthday was a great one, Mom. Love ya! Made this card for her using my Cricut.

It's A Boy!

I just recently went to a friend's baby shower to celebrate the upcoming birth of their little boy, Joshua. I made this to go along with their present:

Congratulations Signing Board

Another opportunity for me to use my Cricut came up when I was asked to make a sign for everyone to sign to congratulate my manager on her wedding.

Birthday Banners

She might get mad at me for saying this, by my big sissy is now 30! However, if you've seen any of the pics of her on my blog, she still looks like a teenager :). For her birthday party, as a joke, we through a sweet sixteen party. Until the end when we brought out the "30th" stuff. I got to use my handy dandy Cricut machine again (after I dusted it off a bit since it's been a while) to make these banners for the party.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SISSY!! I LOVE YOU!

Happy Birthday, Stefanie!

Today is one of my best friend's birthday. Of all people, I just have to make something special for Stefanie! Stef's gotta a thing for frogs, last time I checked, anyways...so I made a made a frog and lily pad themed cake for her.

For a birthday present, I whipped up one of my tote bags, but I decided to try something a little different on this one. I'm not sure if you can tell from the pics but this one is almost 1/2 the size bigger than the original...almost the size of an overnight bag. Stef also has these cute butterfly tattoos on her wrists that partially inspired me for this purse (check out the liner).

And you can't give a birthday present without giving a birthday card...well you can, but where's the fun in that? Especially if you enjoy making the cards yourself, like I do! I topped off the ensemble with this stary card.

Happy Birthday, Sweets! hope it was as special as you are to me!

Polka Dot Tiered Cake and decorations

One of my niece's, Gabbie, first birthday was on July 29th and the theme was polka dots, polka dots, and more polka dots.

This is my first tiered cake! I can't believe how easy it was to do, I was so nervous, though. He he. This cake's three tiers measured (from bottom up), 10"x3", 8"x3", and 6"x3". Polka dot ribbon was wrapped around the bottoms of each tier and then used as a bow topper for the top of the cake. The cake is covered in marshmellow fondant with fondant polka dots. The cake itself was Rainbow Chip Cake so when you cut it, there were more polka dots! Well kinda.

But the polka dots didn't stop there...no way. Using my wonderful Cricut, we cut out a few hundred circles and put them up all over the living room and dining room for the decorations. This is something I highly recomment for a party when funds are tight. It made such an awesome impact with minimum costs. The party was a success. Happy Birthday my little Sweet Pea!

Veronica's Birthday Card

For my birthday, my wonderful fiance gave me a Cricut Expression. I was extatic because it can do almost anything craft related. My first project was the birthday card for my little niece. I like to make cards instead of buying them because, not only does it save money, but it also provides an opportunity to make something from the heart for the recipient while being able to release some creativity.