Holiday Creations

So here is a rundown of some great Holiday stuff I made this year...maybe next year I will get them done and on the blog BEFORE the holiday's are over :)

These were gifts for my Cardswap girls, I also gave one to Sarah's teacher for his family.
Cookies for santa plates (see at A wishful Thought) Take out box with fresh cookie dough inside
Plate- Tai Pan $2.97 Take out- Container- Michaels $1.00 Initial striped tag- $1.00 Homemade Cookie dough

Ribbon- Costco $6.98 for 50 yds.

Gifts do not have to be expensive to show someone you care it's all in the packaging!

This Christmas for Cardswap we each made two ornaments to swap..we made 10 of each style and swapped them so we each got a whole set of new ornaments for our trees. We used the extras for another tree we decorated and gave to a family in need. Here are my two I designed this year. I did a wood block and a Metal star. Click the Cardswap link above if you would like to see all the ornaments we created.
I made of few of these Christmas gifts for friends I visit at church. I absolutely love how they turned out..too bad i gave them away I still need to make one for myself. They will be on my website next holiday season.

It's almost countdown time

For Card Swap this month we created altered items. I got this great idea from a friend and had tons of fun creating these countdown block sets. I made one reversible base and 2 sets of blocks for each person. One set is a Christmas countdown and the other is a Countdown to Card Swap. The Christmas set alone would make a great gift for friends, familly, teachers etc. for the holidays. I will be selling the kit on my website . The kit includes the blocks and the vinyl lettering and numbers. all you need is paper and modge podge. Check out all the fun designs I came up with....

Jar Re-filled

I ran out of tags for my celebrate jar so i thought i would share a few new ones with you. The one pictured by itself is my favorite alothough it is hard to see how great the green rub on design looks. I can't tell you how much I love having these on hand.

stay tuned i have some great ideas i will be working on this week.

FREE Stuff, NEW blog

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A quick Project

I was at my friends house the other day and she had the cutest broom in her kitchen. I happen to see a similar one at TJ max. I had a red broom at home and not wanting to spend the $ I decided to make it myself. Using some vinyl dots and some cute ribbion I created a cute enough broom to leave out in the open.

I hate laundry!!

Okay I hate the process of doing laundry, you wash dry and fold the same clothes week after week..and that makes me nuts. But what are you going to do. A few months back we got a fancy new washer and dryer set so we updated the laundry room with fresh paint cabinets etc. I FINALLY put some cute lettering up on the walls and thought I would share the pics.

Gifts, Gifts, and more

I am finally back with a few new projects...hopefully with more to come soon!
Well we have had so many birthday party's lately here is another birthday sign I created for one of Sarah's friends who is big into cheerleading the overlay says go, fight, cheer. I love the new clipart flowers!

Who likes free stuff!!

How about 400 free prints and a free 8X8 photo book. Just use the link to get yours..this is cool! http://www.artscow.com/default.aspx?Ref=353283.
Don't forget to pass it on we all could use some free stuff rught now.

A fun summer birthday gift

This is one of my favorite gifts to give kids whose birthdays are around summertime. I added their name in vinyl lettering on the outside of a beach bucket add a few beach, pool, water or bubble toys inside add a cute quick tag and your the hit of the party (well at least the moms think your clever).

P.S. You can always email me via my website www.awishfulthought.com to get lettering. I can make the names up quick. You can even apply them quickly...like on the way to the party, not that I do that HA HA.

A quick gift

Look what the birthday fairy brought someone yesterday. A twist on the gift jar with cookies instead. You might notice the tag though it did come out of my tag jar, thank goodness I have those around for last minute gifts. The lettering on the jar says "Katie's Treats" and is white vinyl, I used the Kaleigh font it is one of my favorites right now. I also added one of my new clipart flowers.

A Girly Gift

So here is my last post before we are off to Tennesee for spring break...YEAH! Maybe I will find something cute to post while I am there.

One of the benefits of having the Vinyl lettering business is we always have a gift to give. Emily my 13yr old was very annoyed when we first started giving signs as gifts to her friends for their birthdays. She would bring home an invitation to a party and say "we have to get a gift", my response is always well pick a sign tell me what colors and I will make one. She would then roll her eyes at me.... SO now a year and a half later what do you think her friends are most excited about getting when it's their birthday...that's right a sign they can't wait to get their sign. We make each one to fit the girl and the colors she loves. Here is our latest for Emily's friend Kamarae..We put some extra bling (rhinestones) on the "I's" in Wish,dream, Giggle and then went all bling on the cute card. She LOVED IT!

My new favorite gift- The celebration Jar

I wanted a new creative gift for my sister in law for her birthday, I love giving handmade gifts! Here is what I came up with, a glass jar filled with a cute gift tags ready to attach to any gift, each tag has a coordinating yard of cute ribbon you can use to tie onto the gift or to attach the tag ( I also added some solid colored satin ribbon pieces in the jar for more color). Some of the tags are themed and some are blank. This is a remake of her gift and I added the celebrate white vinyl lettering in the scriptina font.

A Cute Baby Gift

As many of you know we have a vinyl lettering business "A wishful Thought" ( check it out at the link under my fabulous finds) . Last week I went to a baby shower for my sister in law. They don't know what they are having yet so I customized our baby box and burp rags to match her nursery. I also made a cute card to match. I love the wrapping part of presents, you can make the uggliest things look beautiful when they are wrapped with cute stuff. Anyway I love to make these burp rags for new moms, I use only the Gerber birdseye from target they are the best and are not to thick. I believe if you have to wear a burp rag wear a cute one!