I was grocery shopping last night and as I was finishing up the Valentine section caught my attention...Cute cards, pink and red hearts and I started remembering all the classroom parties I did when my kids were in grade school,craft creating and making special treats. Wonderful memories...
Gosh, where did those years go?
Feeling crafty ~~~ I decided to buy a heart shaped box of chocolates and alter the cover with whimsical elements.
Vintage paper, ribbons, rick rack, scrabble letters and tinsel. I embellished all the details and finished the project quickly with Sealah tape!
You are never to old to be crafty! Right?
and a few mystery chocolates for my husband and college kids to try. Ha-Ha
"Life is like a box of chocolates...you never know what you're gonna get."{Forrest Gump}
January 2014 has been a very busy month! Before it slips aways I wanted to share a few instagram photos from the Craft and Hobby Mega Show and our booth!
My Mom created SEALAH TAPE adhesives over 10 years ago and she is well known in the home dec, window covering and quilt industries... so this was a real treat to show off the doubled sided clear adhesive for the first time at the CHA mega show and demo how easy the Jodees Inc Sealah Tape is to use.
A big thank you to my husband Mark Hammar for the new graphics and packaging and video for 2014. Everything looked amazing!
We showed a variety of artful examples how quickly you can create crafty projects with embelishing paper, burlap, felt, silk petals, wood, metal, glass, rubber, fabric & even candles along with a (make and take) bookmark.
Amazing distributors and craft store buyers came by to say hello from around the globe and placed orders with us.
Creative soul that I am ...I loved talking with other artists and seeing what they were creating too!
Enjoyed visiting and seeing Debbie and Shea again and I took a little time away from our booth to make a necklace at A gilded life. The booth they designed was stunning!!
Jenny and Aaron are very talanted team I met a few years ago at an art event.... very sweet too. They have a great new mixed media book out and a new line of hand painted paper ... really beautiful details on each artisic sheet!
Who doesn't love Mod Podge? Really great to chat with Cathie & Steve always sharing great projects ~~~ such a fun duo team!
Mark has several books published on creative crafting ... super talented and I have felt a creative connection with him from years ago with my visual merchandising back ground, excited to have his most recent craft book to get inspired!
The week flew by ~~ but before we headed home I had to pop over to Disneyland of course.
I went to my first Christmas gathering last night ... of course I am the last minute person frantically looking for ribbons and pretty things to wrap up my goodies I was bringing... I looked on the floor of the garage and noticed a container filled with burnt out Christmas lights... perfect! I can put these to good use!
I gathered everything I could find and decided I would wrap up the treats in cellophane bags with mix-matched ribbons and old Christmas bulbs.
I love these little dapper gingerbread gents I bought.
Thank you Trader Joes!
I had ran out of time to bake and Trader Joes saved me in a pinch.
They are really moist and taste like homemade.
I had a wonderful evening at the party and my burnt out light-bulbs and store bought baked cookies were a big hit!
Save your old Christmas bulbs and re-purpose for the holidays...a pretty nifty and thrifty, DIY :)
