Happy 4th of July Centerpiece!

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY TO MY AMERICAN FRIENDS!! I hope you all had fun and safe celebrations this weekend! Perhaps you had a picnic, caught some fireworks or spent some quality time with family, regardless I hope it was great! We had a small barbecue at our house to celebrate both Independence Day and MY Birthday! ;) I wish it lasted a little longer but boy was I exhausted afterward!

In celebration of Independence Day I made the following centerpiece to put on the outside table. I used Dustin Pike's "Uncle Sam Dudley" image and cut the stars using the Cricut and the George cartridge. I used the Cricut DS to design and cut the "Happy 4th" sentiment using the Alphalicious cartridge. I added floral foam to the bottom of a plain silver pail and then added white shredded paper. I added the skewers to the stars, sentiment and image and stuck them into floral foam. I added the red stars ribbon I had in my stash to the outside of the pail and the Red, White and Blue ribbon to the image.

Isn't he cute??!! I love Dustin Pike's images!

I faux stitched around the sentiment star and the "4".

July 4th is my favorite part of the summer as it usually involves spending a lot of time with family and friends. It is my favorite summer celebration and I don't think "summer" without thinking of 4th of July celebrations!


--This project is entered in the following challenges--
Doodle Dragon Studios - Patriotic
Digital Tuesday - Summertime
Polka Doodles - Decorative Item
Kaboodle Doodle - Summer
Sentimental Sunday - Celebrations


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~Hugs, JennRo~

Altered Small Glass Bottle!

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I decided to make a "Mother's Day Kisses" jar for my sister as well! Here it is!

I've entered this project in the following Challenge(s):

Polka Doodles - "Summer Blossoms"

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Altered Mother's Day Set!

So here is the "Altered" Mother's Day set I made for my Dear Mother. I did not take a pic of the card prior to licking the envie, so that you will have to wait to see until after she opens it on Sunday! Sorry!! The Glass bottle and box posts are further down on my blog but I thought you all might like to see the set together. Enjoy and Happy Mother's Day!

Oh! Look at that! There's already something "hidden" in the box! :)

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Altered Glass Bottle!

Hello all! Hope your weekend has started off on the right foot! I enjoyed a beautiful day out running errands then a fun dinner out with my sister! :) I'm ready for a nap! But, alas, I find myself in my crafting corner! lol I needed to upload these pics. So, part two of my Mother's Day gift....An Altered Glass Bottle (This is a "Got Flowers?" Bottle but any bottle would work). I wrapped paper around the center (strategically placed over the stubborn labels that would not come off! Ok, I didn't try that hard since I knew I'd be covering them anyway! :)~ I wrapped a ribbon of paper around the bottle and adhered it with Glue Dots (my new fave adhesive!). I don't know why I didn't use these before but they are as awesome as the glue gun without having to get all stringy! Then I used the Cricut to cut (Easter 2010 cart) the Doily Circle in the same paper as I used to wrap around the bottle. I then cut a pink circle using my CM Circle Patterns and wrote "Mother's Day Kisses" using the CM Round Tip Marker. I did the faux stitching with the CM Fine Tip Black Marker. I popped the pink circle up with pop dots and placed it on my doily circle. After that was finished, I added my doily circle (again strategically!) to my bottle using glue dots.

I adhered pale pink satin ribbon to the outside of the silver screw on cap, added several blooms to the top and used a small sheer pink ribbon to add a little something to the center of the ribbon. I created my own beaded charm using translucent and pearly pink beads and attached that to a satin pink bow that I adhered (using glue dots!) to the bottom of the doily circle. It was missing something so I topped the bow off with a K & Company translucent butterfly sticker! (See pictures below)

Last but certainly not least, I added Hershey's Kisses to the inside of the bottle! YUM!

I think my Mom will like this gift...for the CHOCOLATE!!! :) I had fun making it and I think I might make one for my sister too! Aren't I nice? lol Somebody's got to eat the rest of the kisses!!

--This project is entered in the following challenges--

Rosie-D's Challenge Blog - "So Yummy"

Polka Doodles - "Alter It!"

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~Hugs, JennRo~

Altered Wooden Box!

Howdy all! I saw this cute little unfinished wooden box at M's the other night [for $1!!!] and knew exactly what I was going to use it for. It just so happens Polka Doodles Challenge this week is to 'alter it'!

So here's the wooden box before I took off the gold closure off and began my alterations!Using three different DP's I covered the box and the lid. I used glue dots rather than breaking out the glue gun and they worked VERY well [to my surprise!]! :) I added some 'Got Flowers?' Flowers to the top again with glue dots. I reattached the closure and added the fab pearly ivory ribbon! This is a pic of the new 'altered' box opened. It was a lot easier than I thought and didn't take me very long to alter! I hope you like it too! :) After looking at it in this pics, I added a translucent K & Company butterfly "landing" on the flowers.

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~Hugs, JennRo~