Adding Some Spice to Normal Office Supplies.

Decorative Notepad Holders

Decorative Notepad Holders

One of my latest projects has been to create cute office supplies for myself and my friends. My first project was to create notepad holders. I found the idea on Pinterest. They are very simple to make and you can customize them in many different ways. I generally buy my frames at Walmart and I stick with 5X7 frames.  They are usually under a $1.00. I did make a 4x6 frame for my son but the notepad takes up most of the frame. You can also turn the frame to the side or keep it straight up and down like the ones pictured to the left.

Notepads for Gifts

Supply List:

• $1.00 plastic frame 5x7
• Scrapbook paper
• Mod Podge
• Clothespin
• Tacky glue
• Glue gun
• Ribbon
• Sticky note pad (You can use a plain color or one with a design).
• Embellishments

Two different sizes.

The first step is to cut your scrapbook paper.  Sometimes I use two different scrapbook paper designs. Cut the paper to the size of the frame. And then slide the paper into the frame. Everything glued directly to the frame is glued with Tacky glue. The hot glue gun melted the plastic of the frame. I usually glue the notepad first and then decorate around it. Use Tacky glue to the entire back of the notepad. Then wait for it to dry before you add more decorations. Next, I usually glue ribbon to the top of the frame. You can add a clothes pin so that it can hold other messages. I usually decorate the clothespin with some mod podge and scrapbook paper. One that is dry I hot glue it to the ribbon on the frame. Finally, I add embellishments. Some items I have used: buttons, cardboard letters, flowers and stickers. It is very easy to create one to match a theme. I have made 10 so far and each one has turned out so differently. They also make great gifts.

Seusstastic

UNLESS...

Truffula Trees Anyone who knows me knows my love for Dr. Seuss. His books and quotes offer a lesson for kids and grownups. Every year in March we celebrate Read Across America at school. I try to carry Seuss with me throughout the year but even I feel my Seuss creativity coming out in March. This past year My son and I made Truffula trees from the story, "The Lorax". We painted pencils yellow, then let them dry. Next, we used a black paint pen to draw wavy lines on the pencils. Finally, we hot glued pom poms to the tops of the pencils on the erasers. Then we cut green strips of construction paper. After that we took a baby food jar and mod podge the green construction paper to it, so it looked like grass. To finish it off we put the pencil trees into the baby food jars. It turned out really cute and I loved seeing it on my desk.  This book and this activity are great for Earth Day as well.

School Craft Project:
I made cheaper versions of this with 2 classes this year.  We took black and yellow pipe cleaners and twisted them together. Then we glued the pom pom to the top.

Welcome!

Welcome to my blog. I never thought I would start one but then I had friends who said I should share my crafty ideas. So this will be a collection of my craft projects, holiday treats/decorations and my party planning. Please let me know what you think and if I can help you in any way feel free to let me know. My first post will be about my seven year old son's Angry Bird birthday party.